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Friday, December 12, 1941. THE PII.OT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Page Nine THE PASSING YEARS BY CHARLES MACAinLEY Second Week of December 1940 Charles W. Picquef awarded 1940 Kiwanis Builder’s Cup; Governor Clyde R. Hoey Club’s honor guest. “Mose” Shirley loses life as home bums. season next Monday morning at 9 o’clock, and the Fox Hoimds will meet every Monday during the sea son. The first annual election of the Men's Club was held in the club house ! Monday night. J. N. Mills was elect- jed president; D. H. 1‘urner, vice- I president: Charles Macauley, secre tary-treasurer. 1920 1936 Pennsylvania avenue pavement completed from Bennett street to city line in West Southern Pines. V. O. Taylor of Duke University spent the week-end in Southern Hnes. Southern Pines firemen are repair ing toys for the needy preparatory to playing Santa Claus. Postal Receipts Up 80"^^ Over Last Year November Stamp Revenues Show Large Gain; Money Orfders Also in De mand The Chandler power plant on the Carthage road was burned Saturday, night, at midnight. Quick work fromj Southern Pines with chemicals sav ed the dynamo and boiler house. Don't miss your opportunity to get' a free turkey at Chandler's — one ticket for every dollar you spend there. Clear November Of the 30 Days, 24 Were AM Clear and Only Four Days with Rain Reported Wilkerson Funeral Held Last Saturday Funeral services for 0.«icar F. Wil- konson, Jr., of Durham, who lived for a time in Southern Pines and married 1914 1931 Jack’s Grill to open with new fea tures. Mrs. P.P. Pelton, Mrs. E. C. Eddy, Mrs. L. L. Woolley, Mrs. S. V. Hook er, Mrs. Max Backer and Mrs. C. Waldie attended a district meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Mon day at Asheville. Wia The Moore County Hounds will meet for the first Fox Hunt of the Thou Shalt not take thy neigh bor's holly—without permission. So says Miss Thompson of Hedgerow and Cedar Pines Villa. Sandhill Board of Trade will give a banquet at Highland Pines Inn on night of December 18. Clarence Poe and others to speak. 1911 70 »>o«4 CHAKIIS JACQUIN •< Cl«, int. PHILADEIPHIA, PA. .ISt. )II4 The gentleman who was recently mentioned as looking over the fig proposition in this section writes that his people have planted a large area in Louisiana t9 figs and expect la ter to come to Aloore county and make a careful investigation. He says if he becomes convinced that figs can be grown here profitably, he will buy a large tract of land. I‘»0« At a meeting of the Board of Di rectors of the Citizen.s Bank and Trust Company, held December 10th, a div idend of ten dollars per share on the capital stock of the bank was de clared. Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Swett have re ceived a cable announcing the safe aiTival of their son, James, at Manilla where he has a two years term oi service, as a civil engineer, in the employ of the government. One local establishment did over 80 percent more business during this past November than during Novem ber a year ago, almost all of the in crease being attributed to presence of soldiers. The local postoffice reported stamp revenues for November totaling $3,- "67.83, compared to $1,868.52 for the lame month last year, an increase of ’0.2 percent. November sales also ex ceeded those of October of this year '•'V about 9.4 percent, the October stamp revenues being $3,076.31. Although not included in official '■abiilntion of post office revenues, the monev order btisiness of the Federal ■•stablishment also boomed during the month, according to P. Fmnlt Buch-; in, postmaster. During November, i ''*40, 1,484 money orders were writ-1 *^en for $12,712,40; but during the past ■nonth, 2,776 money orders were sent, "Mit of here for $13,473.17. Buchan said most of this increase was in mon- '»y sent home by soldiers. j 'fficiated. The deceased leaves a fam-j ily of two daughters, two sons, a' ■rrandchild, three sisters and five | brothers. Advertise in The Pilot for Results- A few cold mornings, one with a recorded temperature of 23 degrees, brought forth remarks, not about Florida, but about the s\immerlike temperatures prevailing from wher ever you hailed from up north. How ever, as this is written, blooming chry.santhemums and azaleas are still plentiful, and emerald lawns are bright in the brilliant Carolina sun shine which is sending the mercury in exposed thermometers up to 110 degrees. Twenty-four days of the month were all clear, four diiys pailtly cloudy, two days cloudy and four davs with rain, the heaviest shovi’er .32 inches on the 21st. Seventeen day.s recorded maximum temperature.^ ranging from 70 to 78 dcgree.s. Low est temperature 23 degrees on the eleventh. The month’s daily figures reci.stered an increase of 4..0 degrees maximiun, a decrease of 4.2 degrees minimum and an almost normal aver age. The rainfall for the month was only 1.02 inches, l.-ll inches less than nor mal, increa.sing the shortage for the 11 months of the year to 10 inches. This scant amount of precipitation was distributed on four widely scat tered days, a blessing for the men under tents but not so good for the dusty secondary ro.ids or the parch ed fields. Long time Max. aver ,64,5 1910 63.1 1941 68 Min. 41.3 38.2 37.1 Aver. 52.8 50.7 52.5 I the .former Miss Mary Hall, were conducted last Saturday morning in Durham, at Maplewood cemetery. Wilkerson died in Duke Hospital Thursday night from self-inflicted bullet wounds. Members of the fam ily said he had been in a depressed mental state because of ill health, and had seen a doctor shortly before shooting himself with a .32 calibre pistol in front of the Hospital. Mem bers of Mrs. Wilkerson’s family and .several friends from Southern Pines attended the funeral. 1901 Col. J. Van Lindley was in the city a few days since looking over his va ried interests. His peach orchard of 18,000 trees is in a very flourishing condition. A. W. Stuart and wife, father and Imother of our townsman, W. J. Stuart, from Steuben county, N. Y., are here for a visit. WELL-KNOWN NEGRO CITIZEN DROPS DE.\D WHILE AT WORK A well-known and respected citizen of West Southern Pines, Mrs. Mat tie J. Wicker, dropped dead while at her work last week, and funeral ser vices were held last Sunday in the Church of God of Christ of which shr was a member. Elder J. C. Griffin KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING.... VVe carry a complete Line of Quality Coals .. . Also Charcoal I FARRELL COAL CO. I Aberdeen phone 9581 m 1 It Electric Installation and Appliances Simons Electric Co. V, FOR HER O’Callaghan Buildinpr East Connecticut Avenue Yardley’s Coty’s Max Factor Old Spice Early American Evening in Paris Comb and Brush Sets Manicure Sets Stationery FOR HIM Colgate Palmolive Yardley’s Old Spice Military Sets Electric Razors Kodaks Electric Heating Pads Shaeffer Pen and Pencil Sets $1.00 to $15.00 Hollingsworth and Whitman Candies 25c to $7.50 Cory Coffee Makers Book Ends Cigars and Cigarettes Bryan Drug Co. Aberdeen, N. C. * Phone 9041 Let Patch’s take car e of your gift problems for you WE HAVE THE PRACTICAL GIFTS FOR EVERY MEM^R OF THE FAMILY, FROM INFANTS UP. o 11 MORE DAVS A PAIR OF DOWN FILLED BED PILLOWS—A VERY ACCEPTABLE GIFT—$8.50 each. SILK PUFFS Beautiful down-filled silk puffs, solid colors or two tone, $13.50 to $22.50 Cretonne covered down filled quilts, wool filled comforts. CHATHAM OR PURREY BLANKETS Pastel Shades—Silk Binding—Beautiful Quality, $5.95 up EMBROIDERED PILLOW CASES Percale Sheets and Cases—Bates Bed Spreads in Smart Colorings—Linen Towels—Bath Mats—Numdah Rugs in various sizes. BARBIZON Always the RIGHT g-ift Slips—Gowns—Pajamas—Robes Silk Gowns for the larger woman, hand detail, very nice styles, $4.95—$5.95—$7.00 FOR EVENING Bags, Jewelry, Headbands and Feathers, Kerchiefs, Hosiery All Kinds of Parker Games Stuffed Animals—^the Better Kind. See Raggedy Ann and Raggedy ANDY in THE BIG BROTHER AND SISTER SIZE. Also Read the books in our Children’s Library SPECIAL GROUP OF WOMEN’S DRESSES IN REGULAR AND HALF SIZES FOR DAYTIME OR EVENING WEAR. DANIEL GREEN SLIPPERS SATIN, KIU or FELT $Z.5U up SWAN SLIPPERS SATIN—VELVET—KlU—4Uid WOOL LINE $2.U0 up EVENING DRESSES BLOUSES SKIRTS WRAPS GOLD and SILVER SLIPPERS Kate Gi’eenaway The Favorite Dress Regular Sizes from 1 yr. to 16 Chubby from 3x to lOx RATES BIG WITH THE | HICiH SCHOOL rnOWD: Bags: Snake Skin, Alligator, Calf Skin $3.50 to $15.00 Thumbs Up Bags—$2.25 GLOVES Kisla-v and Wear Right Washable Doe Skin, Pigskin, Suede Wool Mittens with Pigskin Palm. HAND KNIT STRING GLOVES LUGGAGE Val-A-Paks—Auto Paks— Airplane Luggage Sets FOOT LOCKERS SUEDE JACKETS and JERGINS SKIRTS, Jackets or Suits Imported Fabrics in solid color. Smart plaids in pastel or darker shades, $3.25 to $35.00 Opening Evenings Dec. 22, 23, 24 C. T. PATCH DEPARTMENT STORE
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