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It's Your Red Cross, Keep It Going! Give Generously! It's Your Red Cross, Keep It Going! Give Generously! VOL. 3t>—NO. 14 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. C. Friday. February 25. 1949 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS 29 Freight Cars Sprawl On Twisted Tracks At Vass Moore Red Cross Peacetime Quota Set At $17,420 Fund Raising Drive Planned For March In All Communities Gen. Marshall Presents Race Trophy l* > An intensive drive for funds for the American Red Cross gets under way next week in Moore county as campaign workers seek to raise a total county goal of $17,420. A. B. Patters'cn of South ern Pines, is county cairman. The goal this year is less by far than in previous years. During the war years, approximately $39,000 was asked and last year a total of $19,867 was sought from Moore County citizens. i Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, execu tive secretary of the Moore County chapter of the American Red Cross, pointed out this week that, although the goal is less, the need for meeting it has not dim- 1 inished. | The Red Cross no longer has many of its heavy wartime du ties, but its peacetime services are still badly heeded. | Of the 1949 goal. Southern Pines, under the leadership of Mrs. George Moore, residential division, R. L. Sugg and John Storey, business division, and Mr. and Mrs. William Stratton, advance gifts division, will be asked to contribute $5,500. Carthage, under the leadership of R. G. Frye, will be asked to give $1,350. Robert Page, 3rd, is i director of the Aberdeen cam-1 paign, where $1,500 is requested. Pinehurst will be asked to give $5,500. W. J. Bryan is director of the Pinehurst campaign. Other goals and campaign lead ers are: Addor, $45, Mrs. Henry Addor; Cameron, $300, Mrs. Orene McPherson; Eagle Springs, $375, the Rev. H. A.. McBath and Miss Ellen Maurice.; ETurelja, $100, Preston Blue; Glendon, $25, Mrs. W. Hewitt; Hallison, Put nam, $50, Mr. Parks; High Falls, $175, Miss Ijllian Davis; Jackson Springs, $150; Mrs. Herbert Carter; Knollwood, $800, Dominic DiFat- ti; Pinebluff, $400, W. D. Shan non; Robbins, $1,400, Stacy Brew er Jr.; Vass, $600, Monroe Chap pell, and West End, $400, I. F. Horton. As Gen. George C. Marshall, of Pinehurst, presented the third race trophy he expressed appreciation for the honor. .“Thank you. Gen eral, and I appreciate the honor of having served under you in the war,” was te answer given by Carter Brown, of Tryon, shown on Moonshee above,, The general then clasped Brown’s hand and gave him a warm smile. (Photo by Humphrey) Successful Race Event Is Held Local Track You can count only 26 or 27, but some freight ca s ate hidden under others in the piled-up debris of the worst train wreck the Seaboard Air Line has had in many years. A young veteran, surveying the scene Sunday mo.ning, said, “It looks like the things we saw in Eu rope in the war. Just as if a bomb had hit.” Orangas and cabbages, though, were the only casualties. This splendid picture was made by Emerson Humphrey, of Southern Pines, from a plane piloted by Hairold Bachman, about three hours after the wreck. Wreckers were on the way but nothing had been moved. Tuesday Hunt Honors Founder Boyd; Sunday Wreck Hounds Have Good Sport, So Does Fox Attracts Huge Crowds To Vass It was a day with a rare beni- son upon it. No finer day for hunting has been seen this sea son, said MFH Ozell Moss, than was Tuesday, when the Moore County Hounds gathered for the George Washington’s Birthday hunt, traditionally held- in mem ory of their founder and joint master. “Hounds meet today in honor of Mr. Jim Boyd,” Master Moss, his voice touched with deep emo tion, told the field of half a hun dred, gathered early on Boyd ground. “Just as there are in this entry many of the sons and daughters of his earlier packs, so are there many of his old friends who, here in the Sandhills, cher ish his spirit. May hounds show good sport on this day of mem ory, and wherever he is, may he hear their music.” And it was good music that day, to bring joy to a listening, unseen lover of the hunt. Through the misty morning, without wind, the hounds led in-* to Azalea swamp, where they picked up an illusory trail which was soon lost. Despairing o:^ jumping fox in that deer hunting country, and getting too close to the reservation, they picked up the hounds and moved over to fox land. Behind the McBride stable the puppies got excited ajt a scent they found, but the old sters refused to pay any mind and the fox seemed farther away than ever. Drawing over to Sawdust Head, all at once the whole pack show ed unmistakable signs and it was known Reynard was in the vicin ity. Ah, but he was a smart one! They ran him fgr an hour, on to Skyline airport, crossing High way 1, their cries ringing out, through the brightening morn ing. Another half hour found the hounds halfway to Lakeview and close to the fox, when all at once they lost him. Racing through a swamp and onto several hundred acres of burned ground, he ef fectively cut off his pursuers and vanished into thin <air. The hounds didn’t take it lying down, but by then the sun was high and it was decided to leave chat particular brush for collect ing on another day—perhaps Thursday, when, according to an nouncement by MFH Moss, the hunt would end at Mile-Away for a cocktail party and chicken fry, with George Brewster and Happy Hoy . as hosts. Cause Undetermined; Seaboard's Loss Will Be Large NEWS OMITTED On account of an unusual run of late news this week, many social personals have had to be omitted, also some entire news stories and parts of others. We’ll try to catch up on everything next week.—Ed. Visitors thronging to Vass by the thousands Sunday had a chance to see what a freight train would look like if a giant picked it up and dropped it back to the ground with shattering force. Twenty-nine freight cars, de railed by some undetermined chance at 6:54 a. m., lay as they had fallen as they staggered along the ties, then went over on their sides and on each other. With tops and sides split open like children’s toys, they spiUed out over the ground their cargo of oranges, tangerines, grape fruit, cabbages, onions and. rad ishes from the farms of South Florida, which had been destin ed for New York delivery. Two other cars of the 83-car train were also derailed and dam aged, but remained with the train till failure of the air- brakes brought the engine to a stop at the station, a quarter-mile away from the main scene of wreckage. No one was hurt. The smashed cars were piled up along the twisted tracks the full length of the Vass Cotton mill, projecting out across the (Continued on Page 5) Moore Citizens Join Referendum March On Raleigh Nearly 100 Moore citizens were said to have been among the 2,300 which thronged into Raleigh last week, voicing the cry Of the Allied Church League that the liquor question be put up to a statewide vote. All sections of the county were said to have been represented in the group, which attended the hearing of the joint committee on propositions and grievances at which the “dry” side was sched uled to be heard. Though no count was taken, it is believed that this county was also represented Tuesday of this week, when public hearing of the non-dry side brought more than 2,000 to Raleigh. For both public hearings the joint committee was forced to move to Memorial auditorium to accommodate the swelling throng. Speeches pro and con were made, presenting all views and making plain that this was an issue of strong feeling on both sides. Few names of those in the Moore delegations were obtain able, with the exception of the Rev. B. O. Merritt, of Robbins, and J. B. McLeod, of Carthage, both prominent in Allied Church League activities of the county. Mr. Merritt, president of the Moore ’ county unit, modestly dis claimed an eloquent speech which he was quoted in Raleigh News and Observer as having made. His name was called, he said, but before he could get to the rostrum from his balcony seat someone else had responded and was mak ing an address. in the delegation, said Mr. Mer ritt, were a large number from the Cameron section, about a doz en from Robbins, some from Eagle Springs and others from various townships, mostly in the north end of the county. From the scuth end, he said, he saw some from Aberdeen, but none from Southern Pines or Pinehurst though he said he heard some were there. A crowd of some 2,500 came from aU points of the compass Sunday afternoon, to witness the first racing and steeplechase event to be held in Southern Pines since pre war days, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. They saw an exciting program of five races, on the flat, over brush and over timber, which won the commendation of the judges •and other race-wise individuals as “equal in many ways to the best put on at any of the big tracks.” And no wonder, for flashing over the new Stoneybrook track, approximately five-eighths of a mile in length, were many horses of big-time experience, their rid ers wearing silks familiar to the top ranking courses. The less ex perienced horses and riders kept magnificent pace, offering real competition. Events which appeared to be best liked by the crowd were the first, a quarter-mile race for jun iors, in which a half dozen teen age misses acquitted themselves like veterans; and the last, the two-mile Stonybrook Steeple chase, in which The Cobh, entry of Britisher Graham Grant, showed himself a horse of mighty heart, well worthy of his fame. Starting off at an apparently sleepy gait. The Cobh kept shov ing along as though piston-driven, clipping off one after another of the five jumpers to beat them all over the last brush jump, a half length ahead of his nearest com petitor. In this race occurred the after noon’s only mishap of any note, when Stoneybrook stables’ Honor Maid threw her rider, Carlyle Cameron, circled the track once ahead of the field as though deter mined to win alone, then broke off through the grounds near the gate. She was found later near the Country club, some three miles from home. Cameron was unhurt. Lucky Weather Luck and the almanac blessed the occasion, as after a day and night of solid rainfall, February reached into her bag of tricks and pulled out a perfect Sunday. Sun shine streamed down, moisture disapneared, and the temperature soared to 80 degrees. Many in the crowd shed their coats, and some said the Sandhills is the only place in the United States where so much rain could fall, and track CContinued on Page 5) FASHION SHOW The Civic Club building will turn to Peacock Alley Tuesday afternoon, for an in teresting spring event—a public showing of the new season's fashions by local stores. The fashion show, sponsored by the Civic club, will begin at 3 o'clock. Local models will parade frocks, suits, coats, rain wear and play wear, spring time-fresh, from the nation's leading designers. Participa ting will be Patch's Depart ment store, Mrs. Hayes' shop, franjean's and Tots Toggery, the latter presenting the newest styles for the pigtail set. Mrs. L. D. McDonald, Civic Club president, will play a musical accompaniment for the parade of models. The program will include songs by Mrs. Page Choate. There will be no admission charge. A free will offering will be taken up, to be shared by the Civic club and the fund for the school band uni forms. Airmen Bail Out Near Robbins In Soupy Weather Four Fliers Unhurt; Plane Is Wrecked The heavens, dripping a dismal grey rain all day Saturday, open ed up and spilled out something else that afternoon on the Zion Grove community, near Robbins —four parachuting fliers and their T-11 Beachcraft, which they had to abandon when they got lost in the murk. Running low on gas after fail ing to make connection at the Charlotte airport, the three Army Air Force officers and one Na tional Guard officer bailed out at 4:30 p. m. and landed unhurt in the churchyard at Zion Grove, a Negro community. Residents of the community, whose names were not ascertain ed, took them by car to Robbins, where they “checked in” with Chief John J. Lanier and the AAF men telephoned their base, Gunter field, near Mont gomery, Ala. Maj. Jean Doar, of Charlotte, operations officer with the N. C. National Guard, based at Morris field, telephoned his wife, and Chief Lanier put him on the next bus headed for Char lotte. A car was sent from Pope field at Fort Bragg for the army airmen. Lieutenants Herring, Robert V. Colley and James L. Motley. The fliers’ telephone messages ended the suspense which had cloaked airfield^ in both Caro- linas after a radio message had gone out from the Beechcraft telling of their predicament, and intent to bail out. Lieutenant Motley jvas pilot ing the ship, which took off from Gunter field at 12:02 p. m. on a routine flight to roll up hours. (Continued on Page 5) Cage Tournament Starts Wednesday The annual Moore county high school basketball tournament, sponsored by the Educo club, will be held in the gymnasium of the new Vass-Lakeview school for five days beginning Wednesday. The tournament will bring all teams of the 'County together in progressive eliminations for the county trophy, which wiU be awarded next week. The girls’ finals will be played at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, the boys’ finals at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, with the “conso lation” games of semi-finals run ners-up at 7:30 on those evenings. Games on the opening day will be as follows: 5 p.m,, Cameron vs. Vass boys; 7 p.m.. Southern Pines vs. Westmoore boys; 8 p.m.. Sou thern Pines vs. Robbins girls; 9 p.m.. West End vs. Highfalls boys. Thursday games will be: 3 p.m., Aberdeen vs. winner Vass-West- moore game (girls); 4 p.m., Car thage vs. Farm Life boys; 5 p.m.. Farm Life vs. Cameron girls; 7 p.m., Aberdeen vs. winner West End-Highfalls game (boys); 8 p. m., Pinehurst vs. Carthage girls; 9 p.m., Pinehurst vs. winner Cam- eron-Vass game (boys). Other games will be held Mon day and Tuesday. Fine Timberland Left In Black Ruin As Crews Battle Wind-Driven Flames After a faU and early winter of comparative freedom from forest fires, January and February have been bad months for spot fires, originating mostly in the burning of brush, this week said County Forest Warden E. W. Davis. Three bad forest fires occurred within five days of each other, from February 11 to February 15, a period of extreme dryness and much wind. On Friday, February 11, a spark from a train set fire to a wood land of young pines at Wendover, the Virgil Clark home near Niag ara. Wind set the flames ripping through the pines, which had been set out by Mr. Clark on a 25-acre tract between his house and the railroad over a period of several years. Neighbors Walter Staples and Harold Bachman not only sent out an alarm but rallied to the battle, and when the county fire fighting crew arrived, had stopped the blaze near the house. No one was home, and Warden Davis gave Staples and Bachman full credit for saving the home, though the woodland was almost totally destroyed. Mr. Clark, summoned from the Rotary meet ing in Southern Pines, expressed deep gratitude for their unselfish labors. Season's Largest Three days later the county crew was called out on what proved to be the season’s largest fire, which a five-hour battle could not prevent from burning over approximately 155 acres of young timberland, on the Laurin- burg highway south of Aberdeen. The fire originated on the David Hobbs place and leaped to that pf S. R. Ransdell, on which most of the damage occurred. The next day, arrest was imade by N. T. Faulkner, state fire law enforcement officer, of A. B. Bly- ther, Negro, on charges of burn- (Continued on Page 5)
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