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A big red freight car stood on
the siding at Cameron Tuesday
afternoon, its open door piled with
the produce of Moore County’s
fields and markets. This was the
carload of food being donated to
the Friendship Train by the peo
ple of this county, as part of the
Christian Rural Overseas Pro
gram.
Men busied themselves about
the trucks that^ came in with bags
and cartons to'be loaded aboard.
Clyde Auman of West End, chair
man of the Friendship Train com
mittee for Moore County, with his
assistant chairman, W. G. Cald
well of Carthage, were in charge
of the proceedings.
In a brief address which open-
ed the dedicatory exercises, chair-
Iman Auman explained the pur
pose of the work: it was, he said,
an effort to give to the rural peo
ple of the country, who were
often “long on crops and short on
cash,” an opportunity to contrib
ute to the feeding of the needy
overseas. The great proportion of
the food collected, he said, had
come in as direct contributions
from farmers, in the .form of bags
of corn, wheat, barley and other
farm produce. Added to this was
a vast quantity of canned goods,
contributed or bought by the com
mittee with money given them.
Auman stated that about 20,-
000 pounds of food had been col
lected, filling about two thirds of
the car. tl had been hoped, he said,
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Christmas Lights Are All A-Sparkle;
Prizes Awarded In Business District
Home Displays
Will Be Judged
Christmas Eve
<■
The town was in full sparkle
this week, as many homes and
most business houses decked
themselves in lights and tinsel for
the Christmas season.
Though simpler than in pre-war
years, the exhibits are among the
most beautiful ever seen here, was
the consensus of many of those
who rode about town during re
cent evenings, to see and to ad
mire.
Judges in the Chamber o^^Com-
merce Christmas display contest
viewed the business district Wed
nesday evening, and yesterday an
nounced their choices. Other
judges will tour the residential
district Christmas Eve night.
Snow Castle Is Winer
In the business .district, a snow
castle made by members of Miss
Bess McIntyre’s fourth grade, dis
played in the window of Tots’
Toggery, won for that shop the
first prize of $10. Miss Katherine
Wiley; proprietor, expressed her
delight in the award, and said it
will be given to the fourth grade.
The large castle is apparently
the home of the whole Santa
Claus family, as it is adorned with
Santas of all shapes and sizes,
scooting off in silver sleighs, peer
ing from the chimney, smiling
from the windows and seated be
fore the fireplace inside. Mrs.
Santa is there too, and other fig
ures of Christihas lore.
Second prize of $5 was awarded
Hayes Book store, where a beau
tiful Christmas scene lies beneath
a star-studded sky. The miniature
figures and expanse of real Sand
hills sand give an effect of im
measurable distance.
Honorable Mentions
Special honorable mention went
to Clark’s Funeral home, where'
a softly lit outdoor scene of the
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CAROLERS
Among several groups of
young carolers which have
been about during Christmas
week, one composed of mem
bers of the Southern Pines
school's fourth and eighth
grades gave much pleasure
Wednesday flight.
With parents enlisted to
drive ^em, they went from
one part of town to another
for about two hours, singing
very sweetly and happily the
age-old carols of Christmas.
Christmas Services
This Christmas week is filled
with song and worship as, begin
ning last Sunday and ending next,
at one church after another the
music of the Nativity rings out,
and heads are bowed in prayer.
Only two churches will have
services actually on Christmas
day, the Catholic and Episcopal.
At both of them, according to
long-standing custom, many of
other faiths will join the two con
gregations in the solemn services
ushering in the day of Christ’s
birth.
At St. Anthony’s Catholic
church the solemn sung mass, cel
ebrated by Father Clarence Hill,
will begin at midnight. The
church choir will sing, with Mrs.
L. D. McDonald at the organ. In
preparation for Holy Communion,
confessions will be heard from 4:30
to 6, and from 7 to 8:30 Christmas
Eye. On Christmas morning there
will be two low masses, at 8 and
9 o’clock.
Mass will be sung at midnight
also by Father Herbert Harkins in
the little chapel of the Franciscan
Sisters at St. Joseph of the Pines,
and their Christmas morning
masses will be at 7 and 8 o’clock.
Episcopal Church
At Emmanuel Episcopal church,
the solemn Christmas service
will begin at 11:30 Christmas Eve.
This will be a service of Holy
Communion, with carols and other
sacred music of the season sung
by the church choir, with Mrs.
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McBryde Resigns As Senator-Elect;
Cherry Will CaU Special Election
ALUMNI GAME
Visit From Santa,
Music, Gifts For
Hospital Patients
Jfrom
pilot
White Selected
By Directors As
C Of C Manager
CHAIRMAN
It is no fun being in a hospital
at Christmas—but patients at the
Moore County hospital will have
their own bit of Christmas cheer,
with music, gifts and a visit from
Santa himself, in the Hospital
auxiliary’s annual “Christmas
party.”
The “party,” a custom of sev
eral years’ standing, will begin at
10:30 Christmas morning, when
Santa Claus and his musicians
will begin their tour of the hospi
tal, accompanied by an assistant
rolling a cart full of gifts.
There will be something for ev
eryone. A variety of suitable
gifts is being assembled by young
people of the Junior Red Cross,
for patients in the wards. The
Junior Red Cross, whose chair
man is Mrs. Hugh Carter of Pine-
hurst, is also providing gifts for
all hospital employees.
Patients in private rooms will
each receive a beautiful orchid,
through an annual courtesy of
Mrs. W. A. Way, of the Carolina
Orchid Gardens. Staff members
and nurses will receive red roses,
as gifts of the Auxiliary.
Music has traditionally been
provided by members of the
Dunes club orchestra, giving their
services without charge. This
year, with the orchestra tempora
rily disbanded, one member who
remains has undertaken to carry
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Tom White, of Ellerbe, will be
the new manager of the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce, by
choice of the directors meeting in
regular session at the Belvedere
hotel Tuesday night.
Mr. White was present at the
meeting, the last of three candi
dates to visit Southern Pines for
intervievrs with the directors. All
are December graduates of the
University of North Carolina,
chosen through the University
Placement bureau at the behest
of the board in seeking a succes
sor to Tom Wicker, who is resign
ing.
The new manager, who will
come to work January 3, is a
former .NATS pilot, 26 yeairs old,
the son of Mrs. Roberta White,
Ellerbe postmaster. He graduated
from the Ellerbe High school, at
tended Louisburg Junior college
and Elon college, and was em
ployed by the Carolina Pow,er &
Light company for two years, at
Henderson and at Wadesboro, be
fore entering the navy as an avi
ation cadet in January, 1943.
After winning his wings at Pen
sacola, Fla., in Jime, 1944, he was
assigned to the Naval Air Trans
port Service, flying Coronados and
C-47s, based at Alameda, Cal.,
then at Patuxent River, Md. He
was released December 10, 1945,
and entered the school of com
merce at the University of North
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happy HOLIDAY I
The long holiday week end
closing, from Saturday
through Monday, will be gen
eral among offices and busi
nesses here.
Restaurants and fheatres
will be open, and some spe
cialized businesses, such as
garages, will not observe the
Monday holiday. Next Wed
nesday wUl be a half-holiday
as usual for most stores, as
they return to their pre-
Christmas schedule.
The post office, whose par
cel post window will stay
open till 9 tonight, will ob
serve on Christmas day its
only complete holiday of the
year. All service will be sus
pended except for delivery of
"specials."
At Carthage, county offices
will close at 12 noon today, to
reopen Tuesdiay morning.
There will be no recorders
court until January 3.
Local and county schools
closed Wednesday. Making up
for time lost at the start of
the semester, the Southern
Pines school will resume
classes next Wednesday mom-
fng.
Judge
;e’s Error
;s Dismissal
Of Pinebluff Suit
Brings
Midwinter Junior
Horse Show At
Pinehurst Sunday
The state supreme court last
Wednesday dismissed the appeal
of a group of Pinebluff citizens
who sought to nullify the county-
wide school bond election held
last August on grounds that it
was illegally conducted.
The case was dismissed as being
one in which the court had no
jurisdiction, as through inadver
tence of Judge F. Don Phillips, of
Rockingham, entry was incorrect
ly made that the appeal'was taken
by the defendants instead of the
plaintiffs. Judge Phillips had, fol-,
lowing a hearing at Rockingham,
held in favor of the defendants.
Judge Barney, of the supreme
court, who rendered the court’s
opinion, added the notation, how
ever, that the plaintiffs would not
in any case be entitled to recover,
as in bond issues of this character
(the erection 'of school buildings
adjudged necessary) approval
needed only to be given by a sim
ple majority, not by a vote against
the registration as plaintiffs con
tended.
Sent To Attorneys
The opinion, rendered in dupli
cate to attorneys representing the
contending parties, has been in-
Girls' and boys' basketball
teams of the Southern Pines
High school will meet the
alumni in contests to be held
at the Aberdeen gym next
Thursday evening.
A number of alumni, princi
pally boys and girls of former
teams home from college for
Christmas holidays, have
come out for the event, and
fast work is expected on l^oth
/tides.
The teams will be transport
ed I>y bus from the school, and'
a good crowd of local fans is
expected :lo attend.
Moore, Harnett,
Randolph and Hoke
Will Vote Again
Christmas Eve
Party Planned
For Prison Camp
eluded by Spence & Boyette, attor-j emphasis on the comfort and We
The Church of Wide Fellow
ship’s Christmas party, given an
nually for men at the highway
prison camp at Carthage, will be
held Friday afternoon, Christmas
Eve.
Those going to the party will
meet at the church at 3:30 p. m.,
for transportation in several cars,
in which gifts for all the prison
ers will also be carried. Anyone
wishing to join the group is given
a cordial invitation to do so, ac
cording to the pastor. Rev. T. G.
Humphries.
This will be the sixth year the
party has been held. It is the only
recognition made by the outside
world, other than the prison au
thorities and their own relatives,
of these men serving sentences
for crimes of varying degree.- It is
a real event at the camp, and the
guests always take part with
wholehearted joy.
Christmas Message
Carlos are sung, prayer is
offered. The Rev. Mr. Humphries
giv6s a Christmas message, with
Because of illness, Ryan Mc
Bryde of Raeford resigned Wed
nesday as senator-elect from the
12th Senatorial district and Gov
ernor Cherry set January 3 as the
date fer a special election to name
his successor.
The 12th district comprises
Moore, Hoke, Harnett and Ran
dolph counties.
McBryde, a farmer and lumber
dealer, represented his district in
1933, 1937, 1941 and 1945. He now
is a patient in Highsmith hospital
at Fayetteville and has been ad
vised by his physician, the Gov
ernor said, that he may be suf
ficiently recovered to leave the
hospital by late March.
The Democratic Executive com
mittee of Hoke county, which is
entitled to one of the district’s
senators this time under a rotation
agreement, is expected to meet
early next week, probably on
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Youthful Golfers’
Tournament Will
Honor D. J. Ross
Christmas Mail Pours Through P. O.
As Late Mailers Bring New Armfuls
A. B. Patterson, of Southern
Pines, proprietor of the Sandhills
Funeral home, has accepted chair
manship of the 1949 fund raising
drive of the Moore County chap
ter, American Red Cross, accord
ing to /announcement by Col. G.
P. Hawes, chapter chairman.
The drive will take place in
March. Mr. Patterson, civic work
er in many good causes in South-
; ern Pines and the county, is ex
pected to start setting up his or
ganization soon after the first of
the year.
More people are mailing late;
more people are mailing cash;
but just about the same number
of people are mailing this year as
last, said Acting Postmaster A.
Garland Pierce this week, releas
ing some interesting figures on
the Christmas mail.
Up until close of business Tues
day cf this week, 162,340 pieces of
mail had passed through the post
office canceling machine in De
cember. On the first three days
of Christmas .week, the average
was about 14,000 pieces (outgoing)
a day. The volume was expected
to drop sharply Thursday and
Friday—but incoming mail will
probably then reach its peak.
The post office will stay open
till 9 o’clock tonight (Friday) and
hopes to clear out every bit of
mail before Santa starts his
rounds. Except for the lateness of
some of the trains, over which
they have no control,, the regular
workers and their Christmas aides
have the situation well in hand
and have been handling the mail,
both outgoing and incomng, about
as fast as it can be handled.
The anticipated 10 per cent in
crease in volume over last year
has failed to materialize, said Mr.
Pierce. Lagging 2.85 per cent be
hind last year’s figures up until
Tuesday of this week, it suddenly
spurted slightly ahead of the 1947
volume,indicating that peacetime
ways of eleventh-hour mailing are
creeping back on the populace
again. Armloads of Christmas
cards accounted for much of this.
The increase in cash gifts has
been one striking feature of the
1948 Christmas mail, said Mr.
Pierce. Registered mail contain
ing cash is running just about
triple last year’s figures. He had
no handy explanation, but one
can picture many individuals
quailing before the problems of
1948 shopping, and giving up with
a despairing “Oh, heck, let him
buy his own gift.”
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The 12th annual Mid-Winter
Jnuior Horse show will be held
in the riding ring of the Caro
lina hotel Sunday afternoon, with
the first class scheduled to enter
the ring at 2 p. m. A program of
eight classes has been announced
by. Dennis Crotty, Carolina Hotel
sports director, who is in charge
cf arrangements and direction of
':he rhow.
Special prizes wUl be given in
addition to the ribbons. Prizes are
being donated by the Carolina ho
tel, Holly Inn, Berkshire hotel.
Manor hotel. Pine Crest inn and
Pinehurst, Inc.
Judging the classes will be Mr.
and Mrs. WiUiam J. Stratton, of
Southern Pines, well known in
riding circles in the Sandhills. A.
Cerbett Alexander will be ring
master.
The program wiU be as follows
Lead-in class for small chil
dren;
2 Children’s horsemanship, 16
years of age and under;
3 Children’s hunter or jumpers;
4 Pairs of hacks;
5 Open jumping;
6 Handy hunter or a knock
down and out class;
7 Green hunters—open;
8 Working hunters.
There will be no entry fee and
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neys for the defendants, in papers
sent to New" York bond attorneys
to get preparations for the bond is
suance under way.
In the meantime, according to
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inherent in the Christian religion
for everyone.
Mrs. L. D. McDonald is accom
panist for the songs, in which the
men join in with obvious pleasure.
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Elks Entertain 400 Youngsters At
Party Complete With Santa, Gifts
Around 400 youngsters, com
plete with asorted parents and
other relations of varying degrees,
were happy guests at the Sand
hills’ biggest party of the season
^the Elks’ Santa Claus party,
held at their lodge on South May
street Wednesday afternoon.
Promptly at 2 o’clock, the par
ty’s opening hour, the children
started arriving, and they kept
streaming into the lodge grounds
for the next three hours.
Thanks to the Elks’ efficient
management and ' strategically
placed helpers and guides, the par
ty never got out of hand, and
what could have turned into quite
a jam remained an orderly,
smooth-running event.
In the pine grove behind the
lodge, the children lined up to
pass around a rope^-off square
centered with a Christmas tree.
At the first corner, Howard Burns
handed each one a bag of fruit
and Christmas candy. Then up a
long green-covered ramp they
went, to meet and greet old Santa
himself—a smiling, jolly Santa
right out of the storybooks, who
cuddled each young ’un in his
arms, won their smiles and hark
ened to their whispered wishes.
Faces Alight
Some of the younger ones held
back at first ,not quite sure what
this was all about, but were soon
smiling up into Santa’s friendly
face. Their slightly older sisters
and brothers flung themselves
upon Santa, their faces alight,
eyes sparkling with eagerness at
sight of their very own Saint.
As they passed down the ramp
on the other side of Santa’s throne
Tony Reese and Tommy Vann
handed each a gift from a huge,
diminishing pile.
"Night Before Christmas"
Occasionally Santa took a rest,
and at these times Col. Don Mad-^
igan,. chairman for the event, was
assisted by Bob Smith in showing
“The Night Before Christmas” on
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The first Donald J. Ross Junior
Golf tournament, planned as an
annual event for boys up to 17
years of age, will be held Monday
at the Pinehurst Country club,
under the club’s direction and un
der sponsorship of the Pinehurst
Chamber of Commerce.
, The tournament is named in
honor of the late Donald J. Ross,
master golf course designer and
Scottish-born devotee of golfing at
Pinehurst. Mr. Ross was president
of the Pinehurst Country club at
the time of his death last April.
The junior tournament wiU be
played on the No. 3 course of the
famous Ross-designed Pinehurst
layout. No. 3 is a 6,129-yard-
course with a par of 71, generally
considered the easiest of the
three courses.
Wide interest has been evidenc
ed in the tournament, it is re
ported, and entries have been re
ceived from a number of places in
the Carolinas, including Camden
and Bennettsville, S. C., Char
lotte and Fayetteville.
No entry fee and no greens fee
will be charged, and entry may be
made any time up to 10 a. m. on
the tournament day. The tourna
ment is designed simply to create
competition for junior players
and promote interest among them
over as wide a section as possible,
the sponsors say.
Prizes will be awarded for the
winners in two classes. Class A
for boys from 15 up to (but not
including) 18 years of age, and
Class B, boys up to (but not in
cluding) 15 years of age.
Play will be medal play, with
the gross score to count. The ma
jor trophy will go to the low gross
score of the entire field. Other
trophies will be awarded the low
gross winners of the two divisions.
USGA rules will apply through
out.
All any boy has to do is to be
at the club before 10 a. m. M;on-
day, and enter his name at the
desk. And here’s a suggestion
from the sponsors—he may bring
father along to caddy if he wishes.