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AGNES - DOROTHY BEAUTY SHOP
Helen Johnson
Sylvia McLeod “Red” Parshley
many friends
i^wuhtioj.
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HALLUM FURNITURE CO.
ABERDEEN ROCKINGHAM
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At this time of the
year, we can give ex
pression to the grati
tude we feel for hav
ing you as our friends,
and to assure you, in
turn, of our friendship.
In this spirit, we want
to v/ish you a Happyi
Christmas.
COUNTY'S 13th. 14th HIGHWAY FATALITIES
Two Killed, Six Badly Injured As Car Crashes
Into Trailer-Truck In Dense Fog Near Robbins
G. Steed, of Robbins, said the
truck driver was blEimeless. Offi
cers said that Howard Davis was
walking out of the Lassiter store
as the accident occurred and quot-
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ed him as saying he could hear
what sounded like the clashing of
gears as if Smith were trying to
stop his car with the gears.
(Continued on Pqge 16)
WILLIAMS - BELK of Sanford
SANFORD. N. C.
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May the spirit that mokes Christmas the
greatest doy of all days be yours throughout
the coming year.
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SHAW PAINT & WALLPAPER CO
SOUTHERN PINES. N. a
Moore County’s thirteenth and
fourteenth deaths from highway
accidents were recorded Sunday
shortly after 4 p.m. when a car
containing 10 people was driven
into a busy infersection and crash
ed into a tractor-trailer near Rob
bins.
'The dead were identified as
John Henry Smith, 58, a Negro
farmer of West End, and his four-
year-old granddaughter, Margaret
Smith, of Route 1, Eagle Springs.
Injured were six others who
were in the car: Mrs. Annie BeU
Smith, 56, wife of John Henry
Smith; Mrs. Manda Smith, 19;
Richard Smith, 13; Violet Smith,
four; Marjorie Smith, four; and
Linda Smith, one. Two other pas
sengers, Cecil and Ulysses Smith,
were said to be unhurt.
'The driver of the truck, William
Carson Hildreth, 28, of Pageland,
S. C., was treated at the scene for
minor injuries.
The accident was the worst re
corded in Moore County in almost
a year. Last January four people
met their deaths in an automobile
crash on US Highway 1 south of
Vass.
Highway Patrolman Frank
Swaim, who patrols the area near
Robbins, said it was one of the
worst highway mishaps he had
ever seen.
He said the collision occurred at
4:05 p.m. at Robbins Crossroads,
where Highways 27 and 705 inter
sect about two miles south of Rob
bins. The intersection is one of
the busiest in the county and is
the principal entrance to Robbins
for traffic moving from the South.
Swaim said the car, driven by
John Henry Smith, entered the in
tersection without stopping and
crashed into the right side of the
tractor-trailer, loaded with frozen
turkeys. The impact caused the
driver of the tractor to lose con
trol, Swaim said, and the tractor-
trailer almost struck his patrol car
as it veered to the left and ran off
the road.
The truck plowed into the yard
of a combination store-filling sta
tion owned by WiU Lassiter and
overturned, smashing two empty
cars owned by Lassiter. The cars,
together with the one Smith was
driving, were completely demol
ished.
Swaim said John Smith was
crushed to death in a roadside
ditch and that Margaret Smith
was badly mangled when she
struck the pavement. Mrs. Annie
Smith narrowly escaped death
when she was thrown into a ditch
and almost buried.
Swaim said that fog, rain and
growing darkness had been a ma
jor problem in traffic that day.
He said it was extremely difficult
to keep other vehicles from run
ning over the victims or crashing
into the wreckage before they
could be removed.
For several hours four highway
patrolmen and three other officers
were at the scene directing traffic.
In addition to Patrolman Swaim,
Sgt. Victor Aldridge, Cpl. Jim
McColman, Patrolman H. A.
Hight, deputy sheriff D. B. Cran
ford, and WUliam Thrower, Rob
bins police chief, were at the
scene. j
After an inquest Coroner Ralph
Opkvejiao Best UiisKeS
■for
C^iristmas
MRS. HAYES SHOP
TOTS’ TOGGERY
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News and Personals from Vass
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Hudson, and several other offi
cers. •
Mrs. H. C. McPherson of Cam
eron showed slides of the Holy
Land which she visited last year
and commented on them.
A social hour with refresh
ments followed. Mrs. G, A. Munn
of West End was an additional
visitor.
Brief Mlention
Mr. and Mrs. George Fulton
and children of Bel Air, Md., ar
rived Friday night to spend sev
eral days with her mother, Mrs.
T. J. Smith. They left the middle
of this week for Alabama to visit
Mr. Fulton’s sister.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gladstone
drove to High Point Wednesday
afternoon to pay his mother, Mrs.
R. M. Gladstone, Sr., a visit of
a few hours. They will leave Sat
urday for Forsyth, Ga., to spend
the holidays , with Mrs. Glad
stone’s relatives, returning in
time for the reopening of school
on January 2.
Misses Laura, Mary and Lillie
White of Rockingham visited
their aunt, Mrs. J. J. Parker,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker
of Vass and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Matthews of Ceun-
eron, will leave Saturday morn
ing for Miami, Fla., to visit Mr.
Patker’s father, a brother and a
sister. 'They expect to be away
about a week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McMillan
visited his sister' and brother-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Ray, at
Buie Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Keith, Miss Bessie
Cameron, Mrs. H. A. Borst, Mrs.
C. L. Tyson and Mrs. S. R. Smith
were Fayetteville visitors Satur
day.
Mrs. H. E. Womble of Sanford
spent last week with her mother,
Mrs. George Stutts. Mr. and Mrs.
Bernice Womble and family of
Colon came for the day Sunday
and Mrs. Womble went back to
Sanford with them.
Mrs. D. C. Beal and Mrs. Ted
Rosser were Sanford visitors
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. CaUahan
and family visited Mr. and Mrs.
June McCaskill on Carthage
Route 3 Simday afternoon. ,
Mr and Mrs. Albert Crissman
of Vass and Mr. and Mrs, A. B.
Atkins, Jr., of Cameron visited
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Atkins in
Pittsboro Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Crowson of
Jacksonville were overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Frye last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs.
Asuon McKnight and Mrs. W. B.
Dowdy of Sanford called Thurs
day evening. On Friday, the
Crowsons, Mrs. Frye and Mrs.
McKnight visited their aunt, Mrs.
Cora Loy, at Pinehaven Rest
Home in Burlington. Mrs. Loy
has not fuUy recovered from a
recent serious Ulness.
Mrs. A. M. Hemphill of Ham
let visited her mother and sister,
Mrs. W. D. McCraney and Mrs.
D. H. McGill, Thursday.
Little Ronnie McNair accom
panied his grandmother, Mrs. T.
L. McNEiir, home from Charlotte
on Wednesday of last week and
remained until Sunday, when his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
McNair, came to take ^im home.
T. L. McNair has been sick for
the past several days and Ron
nie’s visit was cut short because
of that.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Frye were
Ssinford visitors Monday.
Vick and Linwood Keith of
Sanford visited their mother.
Mrs. W. H. Keith, Simday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Muse were
In Fayetteville Saturday after
noon.
Edison Callahan came home
from Moore County Hospital Sat
urday after undergoing treat
ment for several days.
Miss Agnes Boggs and Mrs.
Coyt Hinsley were Fayetteville
visitors Monday.
Church News
Last Sunday at the Presbyteri
an church H. D. Jackson was
elected an elder, and C. G.
Crockett was re-elected superin
tendent of the Sunday School.
The previous Sunday, John
Wayne Hipp, David and Roy
Jackson were received into
church njembership.
May we say “Thanks’ for
your good will during the
past year, and Season’s
Best Wishes ...
BOWDEN SERVICE STATION
LOUIS McNEILL
M. L. BOWDEN
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