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Friday, December 12, IMl. PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Page Five Local Man Presents Alamance T. B. Home “Sinkers and Java”—Free For Departing Soldiers Francis H. Robinson Gift to Ala mance County Tuberculosis Fiffht Announced Announcement was mado this week of the presentation by Francis H. Robinson of Southern Pines of a larf(e clubhouse to Alamance County to be used as a rest home for treat ment of tuberculosis patients. The pift will become a memorial to Mr. Robinson's wife, Mrs. Alettha Stiles Robinson, who resides hero with her husband, it was said by Ralph H. Scott, president, Alamance Tuber culosis Association. Questioned here this week, Mr. Rob inson said the gift was made because of the great Interest in the tubercu losis fight of his son. Dr. Donald E. Robinson of Burlington. The rest home, formerly a clubhouse of an in dustrial corporation, was inspected re cently by Dr. P. P. McCain and other officials of the State Sanatorium and declared »o be ideal for the purpose. It was reported that the place would be remodeled by Mr. Robinson for tuberculosis treatments before ac tual use was made of it. Axis War (Continued from page one) Fisher of the Air Force. Mrs. Willard J. Mason, who for five winters lived in Southern Pines, recently wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cox, her friends. This letter was postmarked November 24, and excerpts from it indicate that part of the population of Hawaii was unsuspecting of the impending attack. 1 do not want you to think that we feel a constant state of alarm or anything like that—quite the opposite,” Mrs. Mason wrote. "I IS Your Hardware Store Offers a pleasing selection of practical and decorative electrical wares suitable for Christmas Gifts In outdoor and indoor TREE SETS, CHRISTMAS BULBS, and UNIVERSAL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES HARDWARE and ELECTRIC CO. R. W. and H. Tate East Broad Street Southern Pine^ As a farewell gesture of hospitality to the soldierj who practised maneuvers in this section, the citizens of Southern Pines joined in making possible this free countei' full of thousands of doughnuts. Shown here are just a few of the soldiers who went to the Masonic Temple Building to drink some of Frank Wilson’s coffee (Frank was out making some more when the picture was taken) and eat the free doughnuts. Shown aoove, helping to serve are Louis E. Scheipers, Mrs. Henry Dorn, Mrs. L. D. Wi liams, president of the American Legion Auxiliary which assisted in serving: and Mrs. Scheipers. Rotarians Hear Boyd | Discuss Interview Jim Davis, better known as "Gun” Rotarians, at tl.eir regular Friday noon meeting last wpek, heard James Boyd, publisher of The Pilot, discuss his recent trip to Canada and his in- Davis, 85-year-old gunsmith who re^ terview with Prime Minister McKen- -i'tpd in the Putnam section, was zie King. In the absence of Mayor burned to death between 4:00 and 5:00 Duncan Matthews, president of Ro- a. m. Saturday in a fire which con- thlnk it will amuse you to know that Garland Pierce, vice-president,, sumed the single story frame house if crf*oriiio1l\r /^ovi/na no fhof fVt^ ... . I. ..«* _< i_. Jim ^Gun^ Davis Loses Life In Burning of Putnam Home Sportswear for w Mrs. Davis and a neighbor are said to have carried a half-gallon bucket ox silvre to the bank in Carthage since the fire. Funeral services for Mr. Davis were - - ... ■ . ■ ittiy. vjuimiiu nciAJt:, viuc-yrcniuciii., ; ounisju —-—i u-.i.i 1. j^radually dawns on us that the precjjded and introduced the speaker, in which he and his elderly w'ife re- ■* y* people on the mainland must be feel ing concerned over the Japs be cause the tourist trade has fallen off to almost nothing. By now we have become so accustomed to the Japs here that the thought of fighting them or feeling that they are not friendly is too unnatural . . . “ ... It is astounding to me," she continued, “that we have become used to all these 'little brown brothers’ so quickly ... I have finished the stand ard and advanced Red Cross course and am now starting on the Motor Corp."! . . . Pat (a daughter who at tended Southern Pines High School— BM,) is going to volunteer for Civil ian defense, and of course. Bud (A son who also attended local schools— Ed.) is supposed to have chores in his Boy Scouts. Private Robert Dorn, member of the sided, club now in service, was in attend-^ Mrs. Davis related that she dream- ance at the meeting. Rotary meets ed that .she heard fire crackling and again this week at 12:15 o’clock, Fri day, at the Southern Pines Country Club. feel they must be prepared,” she continued. “And I think people have to ‘talk themselves into’ taking any' steps at all. We all have a feeling of bought that her husband had got up and started a fire. Getting to the floor, she awoke to the realization that the house was afire. She began screaming and her husband asked what the trouble was. She told him, warning him to get up, then hurried to bnng some water. The fire spread rapidly through safety—what with all the army and i navy and posts and planes and so house. Findmg that hei husband oil—and then I think the general at mosphere of pleasantness helps Jack (Major Mason) has charge of was still inside, Mrs. Davis frantically called to him to escape through an outside door, which was so securely the armament of the island and that I “'L is quite a job The able to open it for him. He evidently attempted to go out through another ~ ; T7 room, and was trapped. Mecklenburg Declaration of Davis, who was a frugal man. “But again, I hasten to repeat that Independence of May 20 1775 drawn quite a sum of money in the there is no alarm and no general feel-! ^ ^ charlotte N C came one fulli*>o“s«- M*"®' officers where ing’ of concern. I have a feeling that, ^ ‘ '' it was kept and they had no trouble thgy do these things becau^ they' jcar before the national declaration locating* the remains in the ruins. Give Your Order NOW For Christmas Printing Personal Stationery Invitations Bridgre Scores Personal Postals Calling Cards Announcements Burned-Out Family Now Has New Home Several weeks ago the J. L. Rich ardson home on route 1 Eagle Springs was completely consumed by fire, and many valuable Braille books and reading matter, as well as musi cal instruments, were lost. This week the Richardsons are liv ing in their new home and expressed their appreciation for the way their friends came to their assistance at the time their home was burned and invited them to call at the new place. Schools Giving Long Christmas Vacation Moore County school children will enjoy a long C!^: ;stmas holiday this year. They will lay aside their books on Friday, December 19, and return to their places Monday, January 5. Phillip Weaver, Southern Pines sup erintendent, saiii the local schools will follow this schedule. M e n and Women Riding Clothes Jodhpur Boots Gift Novelties Cherokee Cottage aij s PinehMr(4 For Christinas Giving Dedication Planned For Home Ec Plant Addition to West Southern Pines Schools Completed; Lang to Speak Here Christmas Cards and Novelty Jobs Printed to Order GIVE THE GIFT THAT LASTS A YEAR PILOT SUBSCRIPTIONS $2.00 Per Year The new home economics building for West Southern Pines School will be dedicated in ceremonies at the school auditorium Sunday at 3 o’clock, with John A. Lan^, State Adminis trator of NYA, which constructed the building, as principal speak<'r. Philip J. Weaver, su''''-’ntendent o schools, said others taking prrt in the CP’-PT'onie.s 'vould In MisT C^.Tth- erine Dennis, State Kome * supervisor, and Mr.«. Lucy r. Neero homo e'oron-i''s supervisor. Dr. Georfre C. fi'err ch'iir.’>inn of tb • Southern Pinos ,‘=!clu)ol Eoard, will of ficially accept the building, which is just being completed. Both white and Nei^ro are invited to attend the ex ercises. The new building is said to be one of the best of its kind in the ^tate. It is the second vocational} building constructed for the West' Southern Pines School by the NYA. Delightful little gifts of distinction trea.sures of the past in China,1 Gla.s.s, Mirrorsj Hooked Rugs, Fur niture, Clocks, Prints. ALLiE McIntosh ANTIQUES West Broad Street Phone 6452 Southern Pines Quality Work Guaranteed Among the drivers’ license revoca tions announced this week by the N. C. Highway Safety Division were the following: Clyde Luther Miller, Southern Pines, recorders court in Rocky Mount, November 24, for drunken I driving; John D. Murchison of Aber deen, recorder's court, Carthage, No-1 vember 17, for drunken and reckless ’ driving; Noah Sheffield, of Steeds,' in recorders court, Troy, Novean- ber 25, for drunken driving. Business and Professional Printing Letterheads Envelopes Pamphlets Billheads Order Blanks Window Cards Payroll Sheets Gummed Labels Tickets THE PILOT, Inc. West Penn. Avc. Phone 7271 LK'EXSE REVOCATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED BY DIVISION I’OTTED PLA^T^: MAKE A LASTINc; CHRISTMAS GIFT They long continue to say “Merry Christmas” POTTED PLANTS Choice Poinsettias, Amelia Begonias, Pansies CHRISTMAS TREES^ WREATHS Cut Flowers, Sw^eet WilMainK, English Daisie.s, Sweet Peas \ Roses- For Flowers Grown by a Woman By Telephone Anywhere CHANDLER’S GREENHOUSES Telephone 6154 Free Delivery South Bennett St. TA5IES H. SHIELDS, 19, DIES AT IIO.ME NE.VK HEMP Funeral services w’ere held last Fri day afternocn at the Hemp Metho dist Church for James H. Shields. 79, well-known Hemp man, who died at j his home early Thursday morning. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ann Burn.s Shields; five daughters, Mrs. H. C. Garner of Hemp, Mrs. E. H.. Mcore and Mrs. F. F. Bray of Greens- boro, Mrs. C. H. Garner of Carthage, j and Mrs. E. C. Dalrymple of Los, Angeles. Cal.; a son, Robert Shields i of the horaepiacA, and several grand-1 children dnd ^eat grandchildren. LITTLE-EVANS VOWS Mr. and Mrs. Charles ^Cvans an nounce the marriage of their daught er, Muriel Victoria, to George Bamp-' ton Little, son of Mrs. J. B. Little] of Pinebluff. The marriage was per formed In Bennettsville, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Little are making their home ! in Pinebluff. mm ‘Z.I5 FULL QUART MOOF tv/> firal «*ai
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