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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THE PILOT
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Message From A Soldier
Comments by Major General Ira T.
Wyche, of. Pinehurst, published in last
week’s Pilot, have apparently struck close
to‘home with many of our readers.
In giving his thoughts on the present
war situation this eminent retired militarj-j
man, toughened by war experiences, train
ed to look facts in the face and sort out
unsparingly the assets from the liabilities,,
the essentials from the non-essentials,
comes down to the on^ thing vitally nec
essary for victory: Fmth.
Faith in God, faith in each other, faith
in ourselves and in the goodness of our
cause—battles cannot be won without these
things.
General Wyche points out to us the rig
orous course of self-sacrifice which lies
ahead—a course which we must tread in
unity. It is as a soldier that he tells us
faith alone can bring us through.
A Matter of Special Pride
When visitors come to the Sandhills area,
we are never at a loss for interesting
sights to show them. We take them on the
“grand tour” which includes golf courses,
riding stables, beautiful resort home and
country clubs, longleaf pine forests and
peach orchards—sights not seen every
where.
Yet the chances are we are passing up
a sight that is especially unique, one of
national as well as local and sectional pride.
Perhaps it is because many of us dO' not
even know about it, or if we do, do not
realize that it is open to the public.
A story in the current Esso Road News,
which points out unusual sights to in
duce more—and more interesting— motor
travel, tells us albout the combat museum
of the 82nd Airborne division, which is
right at our back door. Weapons, uniforms,
pictorial histories of the famed division in
two world wars are displayed here; also
stirring mementoes of the division’s par
ticipation in battles from Belleau Wood to
the Bulge. ^
The magazine calls attention also to the
“live” drama being continuously enacted at
the division’s training grounds, as rookies
are changed into experienced paratroopers
as much at home in the air as on the land.
This, too, may be seen by visitors.
The 82nd Airborne, past, present and
future, is a matter for pride to all of us.
Many of its members are our fellow towns-
' men and friends. Yet comparatively few of
us have visited Fort Bragg and Pope field
to see the things of which the 82nd is
so justifiably proud.
A Time For Precaution
With only three cases of polio reported
so far in 1950 (and one of these actually
developed in 1949, but was not reported at
once), Moore county can give itself cau
tious congratulations—and keep right on
being careful.
According to the county health depart
ment, this is actually less than normal in
cidence and there is no cause for alarm on
the part of anyone. This is correct also for
the state as a w'hole—^98 cases so far in
1950, 44 in July.
Yet in a state and county so hard hit
by the 1948 epidemic, there is no need for
us to say that each case must be taken ser
iously, and all possible precautions serious
ly observed. The health authorities are, we
are assured, keeping a rigorous eye out, and
the rest of lis will cooperate in any way
we are told.
We have the greatest of sympathy with
the families of those whose children have
been stricken, are concerned along with
those whose childTen have heen e>.'posed
to the disease, and sorrow along with our
neighbor state Virginia in an apparently
localized epidemic now taking place in
Wayne county there. Every year polio
strikes somewhere, with viciousness and
virulence. Moore county knows. Moore
county will be careful.
Doctors Should Make Return
A grave error seems to have been made
in not placing physicians trained at gov
ernment expense, for wartime service, in
a special reserve, so that their training
could be called on instantly to fulfill its
original purpose when the need should
arise.
Knowing human nature and the involve
ments civilian life can place on a man,
some arrangement should have been made
for collecting the benefits of this training.
Now our armed services are placed in the
silly position of having to say to the doc
tors, “Please come back, do!” while our
soldiers are fighting, bleeding and dying
in Korea—and there’s no telling how many
other battlefields are being set up for
them.
We learn that 12,500 young men train
ed as doctors under the ASTP program of
World War 2 received appointments as
reserve officers in the Army Medical Corps,
while others were trained by the Navy.
Some 4,500 more received all or part of
their medical training at government ex
pense without ever having to enter ser
vice, as the war ended before they finish
ed.
We are glad of every bit of medical
training given to these young men, most
of whom could not. have had it otherwise.
This is one group the peacetime economy
has been able to absorb without waste,
with benefit to the whole nation.
But we think each should examine his
conscience to see just how far he has re
paid to the service what was done for
him as a wartime measure, and how far
it would affect the medical set-up in his
own community if he^ should refund to
the urgent call which is now being issued.
If he should find that it is his own career
which would be most affected, he should
consider whether or not the time has not
now come to make return for what was
freely' given him, for the sake of the
men aoid boys now suffering and dying for
us all. /
Eight-thirty o’clock in the
morning is no fit hour to be sit
ting down to breakfast. You may
have the word of Rep. Robert L.
Doughton, of the Ninth district,
for tl^at. At the age of 86 he ar
rives at his office at Washington,
D. C., at 6 a. m.
When John McConnell, adihin-
istrative assistant of Sen. Frank P.
Graham, called to invite him to
the breakfast being given this
week by Senator Graham for
Governor Scott, the Sparta veter
an grumbled. “I can’t come to any-
breakfast at such an hour. I get
up at 4 in the morning and I’m not
going to wait around till any 8:30
for my breakfast.”
“Call it lunch,” suggested John.
“Farmer Bob” agreed, in view of
the fact the Governor was to be
guest of honor, so, while the rest
of the delegation breakfasted with
Scott, Doughton lunthed with
him.
Just Pay Him No Mind
We have never found the military man
an overly communicative animal, especially
in time of war when he knows his life and
the .lives of his buddies may depend on a
buttoned lip.
However, even among the military may
be founds it seems, the windbags and blow-
hards which are one bf the great pains of
civilian life at such times. The know-itall
doesn’t necessarily change whep he puts on
a uniform, and his leaders would just as
soon you paid no attention to his noise or
knowing looks.
At least, that’s what we gather from an
Army release which showed up on our desk
this week, giving us a good laugh, also a
good warning, which we’ll pass on to you:
Whenever military events take a neiv or
sudden turn some civilians begin to view
the soldier as a veritable fountain of reli
able information. Overnight the man in
uniform becomes a walking encyclopedia.
It isn’t so bad that people want to look on
men of the Army as such learned crea
tures. The trouble is that occasionally a
soldier will accept the proffered cloak of
wisdom and begin to enlighten his less in
formed fellowman. The result? Total con
fusion.
These self-styled 'experts on inilitary af
fairs may be divided into three groups, the
volunteer Information Center, the “dont
quote me, but—” type, and the silent “no
comment” character who smilqs and nods
knowingly in reply to every question.
The first of these, the Information Cen
ter, may be found wherever there is an au
dience. Usually, the most naive can meas
ure the temperature of his hot air in a mat
ter of seconds.
The guy who lets gems of information
slip through his lips in hushed tones is far
more deadly simply because of bis manner.
But the trained observer can spot him by
the way he glances furtively over his
shoulder to see if anyone else is listening
and then begins with “now, don’t quote
me, but—!”
The third type is the most dangerous.
Ironically, he is forced into his role of sage
and counselor. In order to impress his ques
tioner, and at the same time not reveal his
own ignorance, he brushes every, inquiry
aside with a brisk “no comment.” But oc
casionally someone asks, “About the plan
to move the Hawaiian Islands to the South
Pole—^but I suppose you’re not allowed to
discuss it, are you?” and modestly the
“no comment” character brightens and an
swers, “Yep, that’s right.”
Wheftever a soldier is asked about mili
tary affairs and he repeats what he has
read in the newspaper, then he can be con
sidered a well informed man. If he sa,ys
any more he’s a fool. Trying to obtain in
side information from a soldier is a waste
of time. The man in the Army knows ex
actly What the civilian knows. If he knows
any more—he won’t let on.
Republics abound in young civilians, who
believe that the laws make the city, that
grave modifications of the policy and
modes of living, and employments of the
population, that commerce, edqcation, and
religion may be voted in o]^ out; arid that
any measure, though it were absurd, may
be imposed on a people, if only you get
sufficient voices to make it a law.
But the wise know that foolish legisla
tion is a rope of sand, that perishes in the
twisting.—Emerson, “On Politics.”
We know a very nice young
lady, a good driver, who likes to
take rides about town and around
the countryside in the early eve
ning after her work, and would
like to take someone along with
her. • She suggested that maybe
sortie elderly person, or someone
who can’t get out often, would
make a. nice companion. She
hasn’t lived here long, doesn’t
know anyone to ask and in fact
would like someone who knows
the country better than she does
and can think up interesting
sights to see.
Now isn’t that a splendid idea?
We were regretting not long ago
that the pleasant custom of invit
ing friends to “go for a ride” had
just about gone out of style, and
now comes along this happy con
tradiction. She would like any
one who would enjoy sharing her
rides to drop a card to Grains of
Sand, The Pilot, giving name and
address, also telephone number if
they have one.
Now it so happens that my
friend really is an optimist, but
he is 'also an Optometrist, first and
foremost. It’s pronounced op-
tom-e-trist, you know. Sometimes
his patients are confused about
various titles, and I can’t say that
I blame them.
• There is a professional practi
tioner who calls himself an Oph
thalmologist, and he happens to
be a physician who by additional
years of technical training has
made himself a specialist in the
diseases of the eye. If your eye
is diseased or sick, you might
want to see an Ophthalmologist.
He also examines eyes for visual
correction.
Then there is the physician who
by some additional training has
become an eye; ear, nose and
throat specialist. He will treat
diseases of the eye as well as those
of the ear, nose and throat, and
he, too, will examine eyes for vis
ual correction. He is often called
an Oculist.
could, and since Bill is about the
best-looking CO we know, if he
was there he probably got the big
gest kiss.
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Box 1278 SOUTHERN PINES Tel. 7353
Col. C. H. Burkhead can report
at first hand that the civilian life
in Japan is calm, and that the
American personnel there aren’t
worrying.
He makes connection with To
kyo every now and then by means
of his “ham” radio, and through
another “ham” there. Major Lance
(who uped to be at Ft. Bragg) can
speak with his daughter, Jean.
She is Mrs. J. W. B. Strode, wife
of an Army colonel in charge of
the big American hospital at To
kyo, and has been overseas with
her husband and three youngsters
for about a year.
Conversing last week. Colonel
Burkhead did his best to lure Jean
home. “We have a good home here
for you, daughter,” he said entic
ingly. “We have a good home
here, too,” laughed Jean. “And
good schools,” said the Colonel
hopefully. “There are mighty good
schools here,” said Jean. “Thanks,
daddy, but we’re all okay and ex
pect to remain so.”
She intimated that the only rea
son she would pick up her chil
dren and come home would be
the supply situation, if maty new
troops come overseas and the Sup
ply lines become so heavily taxed
that unnecessary civilians are a
nuisance. Everything must be
shipped to them at Tokyo, you
know, and that could understand
ably become a difficulty.
Apd we suspect Colonel Burk
head isn’t worried either — just
wants to see his daughter and
those grandchildren again.
Letter to Mayor Page: Dear
Mayor, How about fetching over
that polio spray machine again?
As we remember from last year it
did a magnificent job with the
gnats and flies. The gnats are
just about to get us. If we stop
on the street to talk to friends,
watch a baseball game at the town
field or just sit on our front porch
minding our own business, here
come the gnats. We’re about
worn out fighting them. Please,
dear Mayor?
And then there is the Optician,
who is not a medical man at all.
His speclaltiy is the grinding of
lensbs and the fabrication of spec
tacles in accord with prescriptions
that he may receive from other
specialists. He stands in relation
to the eye specialists just as the
pharmacist stands in relation to
the physician.
Then, of course, there is rtiy
friend the Optometrist. His status
is unique, for he is a licensed spe
cialist who concerns himself with
visual correction only—either by
the prescription of lenses or by a
technic known as visual training.
He has a doctor’s degree, for he
must have one before he is al
lowed to take the State Board ex
amination, but he does not at
tempt to cure or treat disease. He
is trained to recognize eye dis
eases or pathological conditions,
but' if you should discover that
your eyes were sick, he would
send you to an Ophthalmologist
or an Oculist for treatment. His
real concern is the correction of
your vision, bearing in mind the
effects that correction will have
on your, nervous system, and your
habits.
Get it? Ophthalmologist, Ocu
list, Optician, and Optometrist.
And the chances are that every
one of them can be an Optimist.
Wonder if that was Col. Bill
Fisher who was being so roundly
bussed by Barbara Stanwyck and
other assorted movie stars, in a
movie short at the Carolina the
first part of this week? The news
shot of stars at a movie premiere
(“The Furies”) was made at Da-
vis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Ariz.,
of which Colonel Fisher, who was
raised in Southern Pines, is com
manding officer. Beautiful Bar
bara was shown christening a
bomber, in the presence of assort
ed high brass which she then
promptly hugged and kissed. The
officers’ backs were turned to^ the
camera during most of the shot so
we couldn’t see,v but Barbara
The Public
Speaking
The other day we asked our
friend Arch F. Coleman, public
relations counselor for the N. C.
State Optometric Society, Inc.,
what the dickens was the differ
ence between Op-this and Op-
that. All the different eye men.
We knew Arch would know this,
or should if he didn’t, and we
spoke from the depths of an abys
mal ignorance we believe is shar
ed by a good many other people.
Arch came through with a line
written thesis on the Ops, includ
ing Optimist, and we gladly share
our new knowledge with you this
week: -
WHAT'S THE GOOD WORD?
By Arch F. Coleman
A fellow came into the office of
a friend of mine the other day and
said, “Are you the Optimist?” Just
like the old days on Broadway
when Eddie Cantor opened his
famous act by bouncing on stage
asking, “Are you the Ostermoor?”
I always felt that if Cantor didn’t
know the difference between an
Ostermoor and an osteopath, he
was in for trouble, and before his
act was finished he always dem
onstrated just that.
To The Pilot:
Have you a boy or girl in the
draft age? Have you a loved one
serving in our Army or Navy? Do
you love America? If you do, then
now is the time to raise your voice
in an urge to our members of
Congress and the President of our
nation, urging that we go all out
for war. Write to your Congress
man and Senator today. Urge
that we go all out for war and that
the President be given the power
to a/gain place this nation on the
rationing system.
Of all people on this earth, I,
for one, detest this method of life,
yet I cannot stand by and hear the
horrible news that comes to us by
newspaper and radio and learn
that our boys in Korea have in
structions to stand by and die
rather than retreat. Those are
horrible orders as we who have
served in the armies of our gov
ernment well know. We here in
America do not seem to realize
the fact that American soldiers,
marines and sailors are out there
in Korea dying and we here at
home stand complacently around,
getting everything that we are
able to buy, enjoying all of the
many blessings that we Amtericans
have and very few of us even
thinking of offering a prayer for
those boys that are now giving
their life’s blood that we here in
America may continu4 to enjoy
those privileges.
Will you meet once a week in
your own community and pray
for those men fighting for our
way of life? I urge that you think
and do sbmething today. It may
be your boy, your daughter, your
loved one tomorrow. Without
God’s help we can and will lose
this, what our President calls a
skirmish.
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