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TT W 1 Friday, January 12, 1945. fHE PILOT, Southern Pines, North CaroUna First aviator to loop the loop in a seaplane was Lt. Col. Francis T. Evans of the U. S. Marines. He accomplished the feat in 1917. U. S. Marines were first to use the airplane to spray large areas of ground for the elimination of mosquitoes and larvae. BUY WAR BONDS NOT THE CHEAPEST, THE BEST! | j MONTESANTI ^ Cleaners Dyers s Penn. Ave. Telephone 5541 Southern Pines § CARTHAGE Maxwell F. Gardner. Jr. Lt. and Mrs. Maxwell F. Gard ner announce the birth of a son. Maxwell, Jr., Friday, January 5, 1945 at the Lee County Hospital. Mrs. Gardner is the former Miss Mary Worthy Spence of Carthage. Lt. Gardner is stationed in Den ver, Col. Hostess to Music 'Club Et erett, Zane & Muse Certified Public Accountants Sanford, N. O. AUDITS — TAXES — SYSTEMS Masonic Tranple BuUding Phone 40i ~ *7——' Penn Mrs. Harley A. Chester enter tained the Cartha;ge Music Club at the parsonage Saturday after noon. The living^ room was dec orated with potted plants. Mrs. Colin G.Spencer presided and Mrs. H. Lee Thomas read the minutes. Nineteen club mem bers responded to roll call with musical current events. The program was on Caesar Franck and was presented by Mrs. W. L. Warfford, Mrs. M. G. Dalrymple, Mrs. H. G. Poole, Mrs. Reid W. Pleasants and Mrs. H. J Hall. I Miss Virginia Lee, a guest, as sisted the hostess in serving a congealed salad course with as sorted sandwiches. Russian tea followed with a sweet course. Pint *1 “ Fifth Honored sd Dinner On Friday evening Mrs. M. J. McPhail entertained at her home honoring Mrs. Mabel McRae of New York City. The table was spread with a Venetian cut-work cloth centered with a low crystal bowl of mixed floWers. A three-course dinner was serv ed to Mrs. McRae, Mrs. Jewel Hemphill of Cameron, Misses May and Bess Stuart and Mrs. Walter Williamson. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Flinchum. Dixon Adams is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. F. E. Dixon of Dover. Harry Schler of Augusta, Ga., spent the weekend with Mrs. R. S. Shields. Mrs. Schler and chil-1 dren, Patty and Bobby, will ac company Mr. Schler home on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Bridgers of ' Gerogetown, S. C., returned home after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Stutts. Mrs. Jewell Hemphill of Cam eron and Mrs. Mabel McRae of New York City spent Thursday and Friday with Mrs. M. J. Mc Phail. Mrs. Charles F. Barringer and Mrs. Frank Bloniak returned home Friday from Cleveland, Ohio, after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blon iak. Mr. Barringer of Raleigh joined them for the weekend. Sergeant Murdock Prevost and a friend of his from Camp Mack- all spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Prevost. Mrs. M. J. McPhail spent the weekend in Jonesboro visiting Misses Mary and Ruth McPhail. She spent Tuesday with Mrs. D. C. Lawrence of Sanford. ABERDEEN Methodist Women Meet Blendai* WhUkay. «6 preef. 65% gMia nautrat spirits '/Si joOODERHAM & WORTS LfMITEO PtORlA. ILIINOIB L * -J Personals Miss Freda Baker of Duke Mem orial Hospital returned Saturday after spending several days with her mother, Mrs. John Baker. Miss Blennie Williamson and Mrs. P. K. Kennedy spent Thurs day in Raleigh. Mrs. Charles T. Grier and Mrs. George Heinitish spent Saturday in Fayetteville. Mrs. Emma Cole was called Sunday to Newport News, Va., where her granddaughter is very ill with infected ears. Miss Dora Leigh Flinchum of Elon College spent the weekend The Woman’s Society of Christ ian Service held the first regular meeting of the New Year in the ladies class room of Page Mem orial Church on Monday after noon with Mrs. R. S. Gwyn, the new president, presiding. The Rev. J. O. Long spoke briefly on the “World Crusade” and asked the help and coopera tion of the mMnhers. During the business hour new committees were appointed, one of which was a committee for improving and beautifying the church grounds. Other matters of interest were discussed. The program on “Open Doors” was presented by Mrs. Long with the assistance of Mrs. R. C. Fields and Mrs. Penning ton. A LL AMERiCA was thrilled when XX General Douglas MacArthur first set foot on Philippine soil. We now know from the long and des perate enemy resistance on Leyte and Mindoro that victory is still far away. It is a long, hard road that leads to Tokyo. That is why re-conver sion plans have been put back on the shelf and war production sched ules speeded up. supplies must go quickly to Mac- Arthur’s men. All of this material calls for double packaging to pro tect it during the long ocean voyage and under tropical jungle condi tions. Military demands for pulp- wood are higher than ever before. Bridge Hostess Mrs. Kenneth Keith was host ess to her bridge club and sev eral extra guests at her home on Tuesday afternoon. Two tables were arranged for play and after several progressions, high score prize for the club was presented to Mrs. J. B. Edwards. Mrs. Eli Wishart received guest prize. Guests other than club members included Mrs. Wishart and Mrs. David Hobbs. Honors Daughter Mrs. W. E. Freeman entertain ed a number of friends on Thurs day evening honoring her daugh ter, Mrs. Eli Wishart, on her birthday. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of the evening. BACK MacARTHUR PULPWOOD SHORTAGE ACUTE One of the most needed materials right now is puipwood. Vast con voys loaded with all kinds of While MacArthur and his men are fighting their way foot by foot through the Philippines, you can help them by cutting every cord of puipwood you possibly can. Don’t let their task be harder because they lack ammunition, food or medical supplies. Personals The Rev. J. O. Long, Miss Mary Page, Mrs. R. S. Gwyn, Mrs. F. A. Cummings and Miss Bertie Goodwyn were among those at tending the Crusade meeting at Rockingham on Monday evening. Dr. and Mrs. Grady E. Kirk- man and Miss Julia McNairy of Greensboro were weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pleasants. Corporal Ralph Leach returned to Camp Lee, Va., Sunday night after spending the weekend with his family here. Mrs. Mabel Bethune is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Alex Town send, in Augusta, Ga. Ray Burns arrived last week from Emory University, Atlanta, and is spending a short leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Burns, before entering the United States Navy. Mrs. Charles H. Little and Charles Little, III, returned to their home in Chapel Hill last Sunday after a month’s visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pleasants. J. I. Harrington, who spent the Christmas holidays with rela tives in Charlotte, returned to his home here last Friday. WORDS ARE WEAPONS USE THEM WISELY! -VICTORY pULPWOOp COMMITTEE asssmi W. E. BLUE C. B. GALE BUSTER DOYLE J. W. ATKINSON \ PULPWOOU AMPAIGN Ff SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. i 4 ' WE WILL PAY CASH For Your USED CARS Pinehuml Garage Wt»HHnH»»m«mHHmWHH»HHHf SMITH & CRAIG Jewelers Waich Repairing Tel. 8531 Aberdeen. N. C. Plumbing and Heating Services L. V. O’Callaghan 'elephone 5341 Southern Pinee iQue gran vida, amigos!.'..Have a Coke (WHAT A LIFE, PALS!) or being ambassadors of good will in Panama From Panama to Providence, Have a Coke is your American sailor’s invitation to share fun or a song and refreshment. It’s his way of say ing, Relax, let’s take it easy. And that’s what it means when you offer ice-cold Coca.Cola in your own home. Yes, Coca-Cola and the pause that rrfreshes stand for friendliness with a good old American accent. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY GOCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.. ABERDEEN. N. C. a O Cokes Coca-Cola It*B natural for popular namet to acquire friendly abbrevia- . tiona. That's why you hear ' Coca-Cola called Coke. J i', ’’-V, i“' ^ ^ million peo|>le saw their homes blacked - %bl$. dibws the hurricane's path tes it tore up the Atlantic Coast. On the job in Connecticut. Line crews came to the rescue from as fai away as Detroit. I y The big blow twined the steeple off this Massachusetts church and toppled it into the street across the electric wires. Another headache for hard-working linemen I Last fall, a raging hurricane roared up the eastern seaboard and left $400,000,000 trail of wreckage from North Carolina to Maine. fact, some trucks were already rolling before the storm struck. Falling trees crushed houses, cars and power lines. Poles were snapped off by the fury of the storm. Hundreds of towns, millions of people had no electric servic e. In most cases, service was quickly restored. Hospitals got first priority, then war plants. It was a staggering job, swiftly done—and helped immea surably by the patience and under standing of customers. The electric light and power com panies moved fast. Line crews worked around the clock. 18-hour stretches were comipon. Clerks, meter readers— everybody—pitched in to replace work ers now at war. Short-wave radio helped direct the job. Men and equipment came to New England from other electric companies as far west as Ohio and Miphigan. In This hurricane — like fires, floods, tornadoes across the country—drama, tized anew the fact that only a major disaster can interrupt electric service. It proved again that business-man aged electric companies are organized and able to meet any emergency sis completely as they met America’s great est emergency —imr. • Hoar NELSON EDDY in "THE ELECTRIC HOUR," with Robtrt Armbruttor's Orehatfra. NOW .vtiy Sunday aftw "^•UAl^fLtWT^W tinlwort. Carolina Power & Light Company
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