VOL. 28. NO. 17
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Southern Pines, N. C- Friday, March
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Duke Glee Club
Performance Is
Highlight Tonight
Civic Club Supper.
Dance Will Add To
Festive Occasion
Advance sale of tickets indi
cates that a fine local audience
will be on hand at 8:15 tonight
(Friday) at the Southern Pines
High school auditorium, to hear
another brilliant concert by the
• Men’s Glee club of IDuke univer-.
sity—a repeat performance, with
slightly different personnel and
a brand new program, from that
which scored such a hit here al
most exactly a year ago.
The Civic club, which sponsor
ed the famous choral group’s ap
pearance here March 23, 1946. is
again doing so this year.
The varied pnogram will in
clude three groups of songs by
the entire 40-member Glee C|lub;
three selections by the double Oc
tet, in the light style for which
this group is famed, and several
solos.
- J. Foster Barnes will direct the
group, as he has done since 1927.
From a small beginning made
long ago, the club has under his
hands grown in fame and achieve
ment.
Many High Honors
During Barnes’ first year as di
rector, the club won the state col
lege glee club championship.
They won it again the second
year, and also th4 championship
of the entire south, later singing
at Carnegie hall in the national
finpls.
In 1937 was begun a series of
annual national network radio
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Vass-Lakeview School at Height of Ruinous Blaze Officials MovC To
Build New School
For Vass-Lakeview
RUSSELL TO SPEAK
Walls of the Vass-Lakeview school are seen as a hollow shell, with the columns of the front stark
against the flames, in this dramatic picture of the midnight blaze of Tuesday, March ll,Avhich left
the 20-classroom building in ruins.
At left is seen the brilliant glow of windows through which the flames are about to burst. Just a
few minutes ^fter this picture was taken they came roaring through as that wing of the building
was consumed. (Photo by Arthur Pate)
Leading Horseman
To Judge Finals
Good news to horse people is
the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bontecou are to be the judges for
the Hunter Trials next Wednes
day, March 26th. One of the lead
ing horsemen of the douotty, a
past performer in the show rings
of the Garden and Olympia, Bon
tecou is also Master of the Mill-
brook Hunt and has hunted in the
Sandhills during several visits
here in the past.
The Trials will Start at 2 p. m.
promptly, and the Committee
states that there should be plenty
of room for all those who wish to
attend as the new grounds on the
old Pinehurst road, allow ample
space for parking. Admissions
will be $1.00 plus tax., and $10.00
for a car, regardless of the num
ber of occupants. The proceeds of
the affair will go to the Fencing
Fund of, the Moore County
Hounds.
With local horses numbering
among their ranks many top per-
formprs in the show ring, as well
as several of the country’s out
standing hunter, entered, the
Trials promise to be most inter
esting.
An informal buffet supper for
riders and exhibitors will be
given by Mr. and Mrs. Dwight A.
Winkelman at their home follow
ing the show.
SLOW DOWN!
So the Navy is not waiting
for Congress to debate and
decide our course, but is.
sending the Leyte full speed
ahead for the Mediterran
ean. What if she hits one of
those Albanian mines we've
been hearing about?
Is that wh^ is called a fait
aiccompli? Or should we spell
it "fate?"
It may well be our fate
that this hasty action is de
ciding.
Why this hurry? What is
back of it?
We have a right to know
before we get in so deep we
can't get out.
Fashion Parade Al
Carolina March 24
The Committee of the Easter
Fashion Parade announces that
plans are shaping up well to
make this event to be held at
the Carolina Hotel Monday ev
ening at 8:45, one of the most en
joyable 'Of its kind.
F. R. Razook, whose models
will be shown, has announced
that professional models will be
flown down by Resort Airlines.
A galaxy of local ladies, with no
other than Germaine Monteil,
■cosmetic expert, to, make them up
for the grand parade will also
take part.. As an expert touch,
there will be a door prize offered
in the shape of one of the gayest
Razook models.
The show is being given for
the benefit of the Hospital Aux
iliary, the Historical Association,
and the Boy and Girl Scouts. Ad
mission tickets ($2.00) can be ob
tained from Mrs. W. D. Hyatt.
Pinehurst, or at the door. Some
sixty ladies are acting as patron
esses for the occasion,'while Mrs.
George C. Marshall is the hon
orary chairman of the Committee,
headed by Mrs. Harry Norris of
Pinehurst.
Other members are Mesdames
Heman Gifford, T. A. Cheatham,
W. J. Fitzgibbons, W. D. Hyatt,
George F. Shearwood, and Henry
Spellman, of Pinehurst, and Mrs.
James Boyd of Southern Pines.
NEW SCHOOL
CPA approval was receiv
ed this week by the South
ern Pines school beard for
the building of an elemen
tary {school, and advefrtise-
ments for bids were placed
at once in state papers. Bids
will be opened April 9 at the
office of the district princi
pal, Philip J. Weaver. Con
tracts are to be let for
plumbing and heating, light
ing and general contracting.
With plans for a new high
school for the town abandon
ed when the bond issue fail
ed to be held, an alternative
has been adopted — a new
building for the elementary
grades, and the turning over
of the present building to the
high school.
Plans and specifications,
now in the hands of W. H.
Dietrich, architect, of Raleigh,
call for a building of modern
consrtuction with 10 standard
classrooms,, libreiry and of-
.fices. A gymnasium and cafe
teria for all grades, and an
auditorium for the elementary
school will have to wait until
more funds are available.
Weaver said.
Sunday Cr'Ash Put^
One In Hospital,
One In Jail
Forester Injured
At Country Club
Real Poutre, of Newport, Vt., a
forester working on the wood-
l«ids of the Southern Pines
Country club golf course, receiv
ed severe injuries early Monday
afternoon, when his leg was
caught between a log and a trac
tor.
First aid was applied immedi
ately by a physician, and the in
jured man was taken by ambu
lance to the Moore County hos
pital, where it was found his leg
was fractured above the knee. He
will have to remain as a patient
for at least six weeks.
The young man is one of a
crew of five employed by W. W.
Sherman, Country club, proprie
tor, to do selective cutting of tim
ber on the club grounds.
REGIONAL MEETING
Registered Scout and Cub
leaders wishing to attend the
annual meeting of Region 6, Boy
Scouts of America, to be held at
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Atlanta March 29-30, are asked
to make reservations through
Paul C. Butler, of Southern Pines,
disti-ict chairman.
Honor Plaque Arrives;
Alumni Banquet Off
A bronze plaque in memory of
W. Duncan Matthews, longtime
principal of the Vass-Lakeview
school district, has arrived, and
another honoring Vass-Lakeview
boys who died in World War 2
is expected within two weeks, it
has been announced by H. Clif
ton Blue, president of the Vass-
Lakeview Alumni association,
which is donating thetwo plaques
to the school.
They will be installed in the
new school building which will be
erected.
Blue also said, that, after con
ference with a number of the al
umni, a decision had been reach
ed not to hold the annual Vass-
Lakeview High School Alumni
banquet this year. The event is
ordinarily held at the school the
Saturday evening before Easter.
Collision With Taxi
Shakes Up Visitors,
Injures Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Cassius Clajdc, of Niagara,
is in the hospital and her hus
band , her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Trask,
and the Trasks’ two small sons
received a severe shaking up
when their car was struck by a
taxi of the Smith Taxi company
at the Connecticut and May
street stoplight about 3 p. m. Sun
day.
Ernest Bellamy, 23, an em
ployee for only a few days of the
local taxi company, was arrested
by Police Chief Newton and is at
present lodged in the Carthage
jail, to be tried Monday in re
corder’s court on charges of driv
ing while under the influence of
intoxicants, and crashing a red
light.
The 1946 Hudson driven by
Trask was proceeding north
along May. street when the taxi,
carrying several Negro passeng
ers, came out of Connecticut
heading east, and struck its rear
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Classes Held In
Makeshift Quarters
Desks, Books Coming
Moving into action while
smoke was still rising from the
ruins of the Vass-Lakeview"
school, destroyed by fire Tuesday
night. March 11, school officials
got school started again within
a few days, with some desks de
livered and others on the way,
new textbooks also on the way,
and plans already afoot for the
building of a new school.
An extraordinary sight on the
school grounds these days is that
of high school classes being held
m school buses, while work is
being rushed on the almost com
pleted agricultural building,
where they will meet later. Visit
ing the classes Wednesday morn
ing, Superintendent H. Lee
Thomas was like a farmer seeing
the giraffe—“It isn’t possible,
but it’s so!” He commended the
student body, principal and teach
ers on their cooperation and re
sourcefulness in meeting a diffi
cult situation.
New Building
Following a meeting held Mon
day of the county board of edu
cation with the county commis
sioners, it was announced by Su
perintendent Thomas that the
commissioners had agreed to the
construction of a new building as
soon as work could get under
way. Meeting with the county of
ficials was Frank B. Simpson,
school architect of Raleigh, who
is now drawing up plans for the
building, which it is estimated
will cost $160,000. Insurance was
carried for $40,000.
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The Historical Society an
nounces that it is having dis
tinguished company at its
next meeting, Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock at the Library,
in the'person of Phillips Rus
sell, member of the faculty
at Chapel Hill and noted in
the fields of English litera
ture and journalism.
One of that quaint com
pany of prowlers - about-
houses, haunters .- of - grave
yards. and pokers - into -
every - manner - of - ancient-
lore. Dr. Russell will speak
on his researches' in early
North Carolina history.
Meetings Be Held
To Plan Cub Packs
In Three Towns
SPHS Students
To Have Pap er
With the eighth grade already
in the field with a lively publica
tion, The Piper Cub, this week
comes news of another entry in
local journalistic circles for The
Pilot to watch uut for—and to
welcome, which it most heartily
does.
This is Fox Tales, the new
weekly newspaper of the South
ern Pines High school, which will
go to press (or to mimeograph)
today (Friday) or early next
week.
The newspaper is the result of
Chinese Are Philosophical People,
Mrs. Marshall Tells Pinehurst Folk
SURPLUS BUILDINGS
Camp Mackall, that once so-
busy spot, is being dismantled,
and everything from a theatre to
a large number of latrines is be
ing offered for sale.
Mess halls and administration
buildings are also on the list of
surplus structures, for which
sealed bids must be received by
March 31 at the office of the di
vision engineer at Columbia, S.
C. No priority certificaie is nec
essary, and the buildings may be
seen and necessary information
secured at Camp Mackall.
The sky belongs to every
body”.
This remark, made to her by
an illiterate Chinaman, typifies
the'philosophy that has sustained
China through all her suffering,
Mrs. George C. Marshall, wife of
Secretary of State Marshall, told
a large audience at the Carolina
hotel at. Pinehurst Tuesday in
the course of an informal talk on
her experiences in that country.
Mrs. Marshall, wearing a dark
blue native Chinese dress given
her by Madame Chiang Kai-shek,
said that she left China feeling
that its people were the kindest,
most generous, industrious and
grateful of all the people in the
world. She spent many months
in the country, some weeks of
alissimo and Madame Chiang,
while General Marshall was act
ing as special United States en-
ingvoy endeavoring to reconcile
the opposing political factions.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek, who has only
once been outside China and does
not speak a word of English, Mrs.
Marshall found to be a very re
markable ihan. She described
leads a very austere life. The
generalissimo neither drinks nor
smokes and spends many hours
in solitary prayer. His most priz
ed .possession, Mrs. Marshall
learned was a cross Mme. Chiang
brought him from this country.
Mrs. Marshall said that while he
is both tactful and stubborn, he
has a delightful sense of humor.
All Brush Teeth
Madame Chiang’s influence on
China is very great,, Mrs. Mar
shall related. She told how, while
in Chungking, she saw Chinese
all brushing their teeth even
though water was a priceless
commodity. She learned that
Madame Chiang has insisted that
every Chinese soldier’s war kit
should contain a toothbrush and
that as a result the use of tooth
brushes had spread over the coun
try. ' ,
As an example of the patience
and industry of the people, Mrs.
Marshall cited the case of the Yel
low river. This river, the course
of which she said has caused the
Chinese more suffering than any
thing else was .changed by the
Japanese in an effort to make
things still worse, but the Chin
ese are now changing it back to
him as a fastidious person who its original course, with their
hands and wheelbarrows, with
out any machinery of any kind.
Cubbing—the pre-Scout pro
gram for boys nine to 12 years
old—-will take a big step forward
in Moore county during the com
ing week, when meetings of pa
rents and their sons with Scout
officials will be held at Southern
Pines, Pinebluff and Aberdeen to
form Cub Scout packs.
A. L. Burney, district chair
man of organization and exten
sion, has announced the meetings
as follows: 'Wednesday, at the
Aberdeen school, 7:30 p. m
Thursday, at the Southern Pines
school, 7 p. m.; and Friday,
March 28, at the Pinebluff Com
munity house, 7:30 p. m.
A full explanation of the Cub
program will be given, supple
mented by a sound movie’ in tech
nicolor in three parts, “Cubbing
in the Home,” ''“Cubbing in the
Den” and “Cubbing in the Pack.”
Expected to be present, with
their sons, are a number of pa
rents to whom Burney has re
cently sent out letters to sound
out their interest in the program
Many have responded favorably,
offering help in getting it start
ed in their communities.
All Are Invited
All other parents of Cyb age
boys are invited to attend and are
hsked to bring their sons.
Cubbing has already had a
start in the county with the re
cent formation of packs at West
End and Pinehurst. A beginning
has been made at Carthage,
though the final steps have yet
to be taken.
Cubbing is built on a consistent
program of achievement awards
covering every field of normal
small-boy activity, and channel
ing the Cub Scout’s energy and
resourcefulness into wholesomft
directions. Companionship with
parents is emphasized through
son-dad activity, and home-cen
tered fun and work.
The Cub Scout program leads
flaturally into Scouting as the boy
ferows older. ,
Dr. Rondthaler
Tells Kiwanis Of
Washington’s Tour
President's Diary
Yields Details Of
Trip Through South
All who heard the speaker at
the Sandhills Kiwanis luncheon
on Wednesday expressed enthus
iastic agreement with Chairman
Paul Butler's words when he said
“our club is honored to have as
our guest speaker today Dr.
Howard Rondthaler, President of
Salem College.”
Dr.Rondthaler, who has made
the study of North Carolina’s
history his specialty, chose as his
subject George Washington’s
Southern Journey, and made it
as vivid to his audience as it
clearly was to him. In the eyes
of his hearers the white coach
with its four enameled paintings
and its coats of arms was clearly
visible. Dr. Rondthaler called at
tention to the fact that he was
speaking almost on the anniver
sary of the journey’s start on
March 21st, 1791.
Delightful from start to finish,
perhaps the most striking mo
ments in the speech were those
in which The Doctor closed his
remarks with quotations from
Washington’s diary, two delight
ful sentences.
“I was greeted in Tarboro, by
such tolerable salute as could be
given by one small cannon.”
“I was entertained this after
noon at Salisbury by thirty-four
ladies, all of Salisbury and ap
parently all quite respectable.”
Golf Stars Play
Pinehurst Monday
For Red Cross
a petition presented to their
chiefs by high school students a
short while ago, which brought
about immediate cooperation on
the part of principal and teachers.
The editorial staff includes
Rita Jo Ferguson, editor in chief;
Lewis Pate, assistant editor;
Stephen "Van Camp, business
manager; Wyndham Clark,
humor editor, with Sue; Hall and
Amelia Willcox as assistants;
Peggy Phillips, society editor;
Carolyn Chester, assistant society
editor; and Howard Burns.
George Hodgkins and Robert Mc
Clellan, sports writers.
Danilla Frassinetti is staff ar
tist, and Suzanne Kelly feature
writer. Reporters are Jack Spring,
John O’Callaghan, Janet Corn-
well, Doris Reed, Richard Kaylor.
Norma Sanford, Peggy Cameron
and Ruth Russell are typists, and
faculty advisor is Miss Hope
Baiiey.
The new paper, starting late
in the year, will carry no ads,
and will be sold at five cents per
copy. A subscription rate is to be
set up for the next school year,
and the matter of whether or not
to carry advertising is under con
sideration.
It would be difficult to ar
range a more interesting golf
match than the fourball contest
to be played at the Pinehurst
Country club Monday, starting at
2 p. m. for the benefit of the
Moore County Red Cross fund.
The Sandhills’ own Richard D.
Chapman and Frank Stranahan,
holder of the North and South
amateur championship title, will
meet Ben Hogan, the world’s out
standing golfer of the hour, and
his 'international fourball part
ner, James Demaret.
American golf could not pro-'
duce a better amateur-professi«n-
al match. Chapman and Strana
han are members of the Ameri
can International Walker Cup
team. Hogan and DemaVet are
certain to be selected as members
of the International Ryder Cup
side.
Tickets are $2, and will be on
sale at hotels and stores in the
community. On Monday, members
of the Silver Foils club will take
charge of ticket sales. Every dol
lar paid for tickets goes to the
fund. Pinehurst, Inc., is paying
the professionals, the amateurs
are giving their services and Pine
hurst friends of the Red Cross
will provide for incidental ex
penses.
INQUEST DELAYED
Coroner’s inquest on the death
of Robert Thayer, 32, of Pine
hurst, was still being postponed
at latest report, as no report had
yet been received from the Duke
Hospital laboratory on evidence
submitted to them.
BASEBALL GAME
The Wake Forest-Cornell
baseball game will be played
at Southern Pines April 8.
through announcement this
this week from the city plan
ning board, which is sponsor
ing the event.
Proceeds of the game, a
major event of the season in
North Carolina, will go to
ward development of the
school athletic field, where it
will be played.
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