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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Fines. North Carolina
Page FIVE
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH. Editor
TELEPHONE 2-fl5]2
McLean Style Shop
In Aberdeen To Hold
Fashion Show Monday
The McLean Style Shop in
Aberdeen, which carries both
ladies and children’s apparel,
will hold its Fall Fashion Show
at 8 p. m. next Monday, the 17th.
This show will be “something
different’’ in that spectators will
be seated outside and fashions
will be modeled in the shop win
dows. "rhe public is invited to at
tend. A door prize ^ill begiven.
In and Out of Town
Presbyterian
Circles Meet
Mrs. Charles Sexton was hostess
to Circle 4 of Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Women of the
Church Monday night. Eleven
members attended and Mrs. How
ard Butler was a guest. Mrs. Wal
ter Harper led the Bible study.
Two new members, Mrs. L. D.
Coats and Mrs. W. M. Mitchell,
were enrolled Tuesday morning
when Circle 10 met with Mrs. Hal
Adams, bringing the total attend
ance to 13. Miss Lena Cameron
presented an article from the
Survey, and Miss Effie Bailey
taught the Bible study.
Seventeen members and one
visitor, Mrs. Carla Dixon, met at
the home of Mrs. Everett Horrell
last Thursday for the monthly
session of Circle 7. Mrs. Thomas
White conducted the Bible study
and Mrs. Ted KJingenschmidt re
viewed an article from Presbyte
rian Women.
Circle 6 met Monday night at
the home of Mrs. Joe Bennett.
The hostess conducted the Bible
study on “A Home in Bethany.”
INS and OUTS
Allan Shaw III has returned
home from the Fort Bragg Hos
pital, where he underwent an
appendectomy last Friday.
Among the college students re
suming theh* studies are David
Page, at Davidson College,
Charles Bowman, a student at
the University of North Carolina,
and Garland Pierce, at N. C.
State, Raleigh.
Miss Mary Johns Cameron is
returning to Woman’s College in
Greensboro.
Miss S'eiger Herr, who has
been in Maine during the sum
mer, is spending a few days in
town with Mrs. Ruth Swisher
and Miss Dorothy Swisher before
resuming her studies at Duke
University.
Mrs. Shields Cameron, who
was injured in an automobile ac
cident in Raleigh on August 17,
returned to her home here Mon
day. She sustained a fractured
knee cap and a minor back in
jury. She hopes to be able to as
sume her duties as a member of
the Vass-Lakeview School facul
ty the first of October. Mrs. R’
sell Bullock of Vass is substitu
ting for her at present.
Mrs. Lillian Miles Raymond
left Sunday for New York on a
buying trip for Patch’s Depart
ment Store.
W. C. Haines came home from
Moore County Hospital the mid
die of last week, after undergo
ing treatment for several days.
He returned to his work at Col
lins Department Store in Aber
deen Tuesday.
Pvt. Donald Burney, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Burney of Pine
Grove Road, is now stationed at
Ft. Jackson, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Mills, also
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flinchum of
Carthage, visited Mr. Mills’'
brother and sister-in-law, Mt.
and Mrs. E. E. Mills, in Apex
Sunday. Mr. Mills of Apex is
very ill.
Harold Collins, Jr., attended
the Debutante Ball in Raleigh
sponsored by the Terpsichorean
Club last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Ross SWany
gnd son, Gregg, of Albemarle
spent last weekend with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Don
ald G. Case, 545 Morganton
Road.
James Prim is on the list of
local boys studying at N. C. State
College, Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Howard
had as their guests from Sunday
until Wednesday her brother-in-
law and sister. Prof, and Mrs. T.
C. Carson of Johnson City, Tenn.
Prof. Carson is a member of the
faculty of East Tennessee State
College.
. Mrs. Edwin A. Fox of Nor
walk, Conn., is spending two
weeks in the home of her son-
in-law and daughter, Capt. and
Mrs. William J. Ryan, on Ridge
View Road.
Mrs. Jean Richardson and chil
dren, Jaan and Charles, of Balti
more, Md., are expected to arrive
tomorrow night for a two weeks’
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde G. Council.
Johnny Watkins will be a stu
dent at Wake Forest College this
year.
Mrs. Neal G. Grimland left
Southern Pines recently for Cali
fornia, from where she was go
ing to Tokyo, Japan, to join her
husband. Major Grimland. Her
mother, Mrs. T. C. Stone, accom
panied her to California and
came back by plane. She reports
a wonderful trip. She stopped in
Dallas, Tex., to see her son Bob,
who is in school at Dallas Insti-
tute-Gupton Jones College of
Mortuary Science.
Mrs. Arthur Benedict and son,
Arthur Huntington Benedict, left
Tuesday for their home in Kees-
ville, N. Y., after visiting their
aunts. Misses Ann and Ella Hunt
ington. This was Arthur’s first
visit to Southern Pines and he
liked it so much that he wanted
to stay longer. However, it was
back-to-college time for him.
Miss Kay Davis is returning to
Duke University this fall, and
her brother Bill to N. C. State in
Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. William D.
Campbell and daughter, Margot,
of New York are spending a few
days at their home here.
Mrs. David P. Currey of 365
West Illinois Avenue, who was
transferred on Friday, August 31,
by the Air Evac. Squadron of
MATS to Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington, D. C., from-
Moore County Hospital, is re
ported to be getting along weR.
Major Currey drove up on the
following day to be with his
wife. The Currey children, David
and Donna Leigh, after spending
the entire summer vacation in
New York and New Jersey, re
turned to Southern Pines last
Sunday with their father, who
pjlans to go back to Washington
within a few days.
Misses Patsy DuPree and Jac-
que Davenport have entered
Mars Hill College in Western
North Carolina.
Pfc. David Woodruff has ar
rived from Monterey, Calif., to
spend a two weeks’ leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Woodruff.
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Tennis Group Is
Planning Series
Of Open Matehes
“Tennis, anyone?”
Come on over to the town ten
nis courts Sunday afternoon,
racket in -hand—^pick a partner
or opponent—and go to it.
This Sunday, and every Sun
day afternoon as long as the good
weather holds out, the Sandhill
Tennis Association will sponsor
open matches on the town
courts.
“We have lots of people inter
ested in tennis here, and if
everybody will just come on over
to the courts, we will have
plenty of good matches going,”
said Tom Cunningham, STA
president. “It doesn’t matter if
you’ve played on our courts be
fore or hot, or if you know the
other players. One object of the
matches”, he said, is to further
acquaintanceship amiong those in
the vicinity who arp interested
in the game.
Players pf all ages will be
welcomed.
He has appointed Norris Hodg
kins, Jr., to be on hand at the
courts starting at 2 p. m., to help
the players arrange their
matches. Hodgkins or some other
STA member will be there every
Sunday. For the opening match
es balls will be available, as a
courtesy, for those who do not
have any, also there will be re
freshments for the players.
Plans for the informal series
were made at a meeting of STA
directors held Monday night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hodg
kins.
Farmers [seeking refunds for
federal tax on gasoline have un
til October 1 to file claims. In
ternal Revenue Service Form No.
2240 can be obtained from dis
trict offices of the Internal Rev
enue Service.
Bad Check Artist
May Be In Area,
Merchants Warned
A bad check artist, whose
operations are described as noth
ing short of fantastic, is in this
area, local businessmen were ad
vised this morning.
The Chamber of Commerce
was advised that more than 75
worthless checks had been given
to merchants in the Albemarle,
Monroe, and Wadesboro area
over the past three weeks. Bad
checks, also issued by the same
man, were also given in Laurin-
burg, Williamston, Rocky Mount
and Whiteville.
Generally speaking, the Cham
ber of Commerce bulletin said,
the checks are for amounts less
than $50 and are written on the
Bank of Gray, Gray, Ga.
The man was described as
about *six feet two, 25 to 30 years
old, olive complection, straight
black hair and weighing about
160 pounds.
He should be detained for
questioning if seen in this area
and local police should be noti
fied.
Hardin Gunter Of
Aberdeen Passes;
Rites Held Today
Hardin A. Gunter, 70, of Aber
deen, died Wednesday morning
in the Moore County Hospital.
Funeral services were held at
the Page Memorial Church in
Aberdeen, of which he was a
member, today at 2 p. m. with
the Rev. Carl Johnson, officia
ting. Interment followed in old
Bethesda Cemetery with grave
side rites being conducted by the
Roman Eagle Masonic Order of
Aberdeen.
Mr. Gunter was born in Chat
ham County, the son of John A.
and Lanie Harrington Gunter. He
moved to Aberdeen about 1900 to
become telegraph operator with ured pictures
the Seaboard Railroad. He later bought at a
transferred to Jacksonville, Fla.,
where he worked with the Sea
board until he moved back to
Aberdeen to become traveling
auditor for the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad.
He later worked with Page
and Company in Aberdeen, serv
ed as Aberdeen Town Clerk and
Town Commissioner.
For the past 25 years he was a
Representative of the New York
LifOj Insurance Co. in the Aber
deen area. He was a member and
past master of Roman Eagle Ma
sonic Lodge No. 550 and at the
time of his death was serving as
secretary. He was a Shriner and
a charter member of the Eastern
Star.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Ruth Atwater of the
home; one daughter, l^s. Lanie
G. Woodard Of Richmond, Va.;
one son, Hardin A. Gunter, Jr., of
Durham; two grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. J. J. Bryan; three
brothers, J. H. Gunter, Tampa,
Fla., E. F. Gunter, Richmond,
Va., and A. H. Gunter,
Palm Beach, Fla.
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Doub's Chapel To Hold
Fish Fry And Auction
Doub’s Chapel Methodist
church between Eastwood and
Carthage wiU hold a fish fry this
Saturday beginning at 7 p. m.,
followed by an auction sale of
cakes, pies and candies at 8:30
with a professional auctioneer on
hand to conduct the sale. Pro
ceeds of the evening will go to
the church building fund. The
public is invited to attend.
Demonstration
Club News
Stanton Hill Club
The Stanton Hill Club met in
August with Mrs. Frank Loving.
At the meeting we were honored
by having Mrs. Cone McPherson
as Our guest. Mrs. McPherson
spoke of some of the highlights
of her recent trip abroad.
Miss Flora McDonald, home
agent, gave a very interesting
lesson on framing pictures. She
had many samples of frames that
were good. We learned that with
a little skill and scraps from the
carpenters that lovely frames
can be made at home. Mrs. Lov
ing showed a collection of treas-
that she had
very small cost
which she expects to frame this
fall. We are all anxious to see
these when she has finished.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing the hostess served delicious
ice cream and cake. —By Mrs.
Walter McDonald, publicity
chairman, Stanton Hill Club.
Private Instruction in Voice
ALLEN ROGER GIBBS
Graduate Elon College
Former Private Professional Student Lome Grant, Greensboro
Choral Director Southern Pines High School
Morning. Afternoon and Evening Lessons
call 2-9401
for appointment
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Mrs. L. A. Lawhon
Dies At Home Of
Daughter Sunday
Mrs. Elizabeth Lawhon, 79, of
Carthage died Sunday morning
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Snipes, in Sanford,
after an illness, of 11 months.
She was the widow of L. A.
Lawhon.
Surviving are three sons, L. C.
of Aberdeen, J. B. of Crescent
Beach, S. C., and L. A. (June) of
Carthage; two brothers, Jack
Sullivan and Fulton Sullivan,
both of Carthage; two grandchil
dren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services w^re held at
3:30 p. m. Monday from the
Bethlehem Baptist Church by
the Rev. H. R. Chaffin, pastor.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Part of the tobacco crop has
been lost in the field in some of
the eastern counties where burn
ing space was insufficient to take
care of current primings, say of
ficials of the North Carolina Crop
Reporting Service.
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