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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963
Best wishes for 4 fine’
/'old-fashioned Christmas!
season full of good cheer,'
RADIO JOE’S
Southern Pines
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May yw
enloy Christmas
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A. tnleyed the opportunity to serve you. ■
Our hearty thonksi ^ “
Sandhill Drug Co.
Southern Pines
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Sanford, N. C.
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Christmas. May its joys, its
divine message be with us, always,
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BRYAN DRUd CO
Aberdeen, N. C.
Fireman's Annual Dinner
The annual Christmas dinner
meeting of the Aberdeen Volun
teer Firemen and the Firemen’s
Auxiliary was held Tuesday eve
ning, December 17, at the Ameri
can Legion Hut. A turkey dinner
with all the trimmings was serv
ed to,the 30 persons present. John
McCrummen gave the invoca
tion. Fire Chief M. J. Muse wel
comed the group.
Special guests included Mayor
E. O. Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. John
McCrummen, Mr and Mrs Curtis
Lawhon, and Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
McLean.
During the evening Christmas
gifts were exchanged.
ABERDEEN NEWS
By ANN J. McNEILL
December
Garden Club Dinner
The Christmas meeting of the
Aberdeen Home and Garden Club
was held in the home of Mrs.
Henry Page, Jr., on .Tu^ay
evening, December 17. Associ
ate hostesses included Mrs. Char
lis Pleasants, Mrs. Leo Arey, Mrs.
Frank Mizell, Mrs. J. T. Johnson,
and Mrs. Make Pleasants.
Dinner was served buffet style
from the beautifully appointed
tables, with the Christmas motif
being carried out in decorations
throughout the entertainment
area.
CARTHAGE
NEWS
Mrs. R. W. Pleasants of Pine-
hurst Nursing Home and J. M.
Pleasants of Southern Pines visit
ed Mrs. Frank S. Blue on Thurs
day
Mrs. C. F. Barringer will visit
her niece, Mrs. Charles Bolz in
Washington, D. C., this week but
will be home for Christmas to
welcome her children, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Thacker and children
who arrived early this week
from Pfeiffer College.
Mrs. Curtis Muse is spending a
few days in Burlington with
friends and relatives and will
spend Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. Doyle Miller and family in
Statesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirkman of
Winston-Salem and Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Risher of Atlanta arrived
Saturday and will spend Christ
mas with their father, D. A. Mc
Donald.
Mrs. J. K. Roberts is spending
Christmas with John K. Roberts,
in, in Danville, Va. Mr. Roberts
visited his grandmother briefly
Friday en route home from UNC,
Chapel Hill, where he is doing
graduate study and she accom
panied him home.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burt and
daughter are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Don Jackson in Washington, D.
C., at Ciuristmas.
Many out-of-town people at
tended the funeral of Harry Ward
on Thursday.
Friends are glad to hear that
Dr. J. W. Willcox is somewhat
better in Moore Memorial Hos
pital.
A. D. Way is reported imiM:ov-
ing in Moore Memorial Hospital.
Following a brief business
meeting, Mrs. Mizell read the
Christmas story. Christmas
hymns and carols were sung by
the group.
Attractively wrapped gifts
brought by the members were
: udged for their unique and love
ly appearance. Mrs. James Bish
op won first prize with second
prize being won by Mrs. Sam
Swearingen. Members then ex,
changed gifts
Walter Hines Page Club
Mrs. Talbot Johnson and Mrs
Sam Worsley were co-hostesses to
the December meeting of the
Walter Hines Page Book Club in
the Johnson home. Mrs. R. S.
Gwyn presided over the meet
Mrs. Don McCluskey presented
the Christmas story. Mrs. W. C.
Neill accompanied several mem
bers of the high school chorus in
several Christmas songs. The
group included: Gail Gschwind
Gloria Grant, Herman Russell
Gene Troutman, Sandra Dezalia,
and Sara Odom.
Upon adjournment of the meet
ing, the hostesses invited their
guests into the dining room where
Mrs. Gwyn poured punch and
salad course was served.
Gardenettes
The Aberdeen Gardenettes and
their husbands and invited guests
enjoyed a dinner party at Holiday
Inn on Wednesday evening. E. R
Graham led the invocation. Mrs
James Reaves welcomed the
group. Following a delieious tur
key dinner, the group sang sever
al Christmas carols.
Christmas corsages, made by
the members, were judged and
Mrs. Walter DeLong’s won first
prize and Mrs. Harry Watson won
second place.
Bingo was played during the
evening.
Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. David Bailey and
children, Davey and Allison, ar
rived Friday evening for the hol
idays with Mr. and Mrs. H. Clif
ton Blue and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Poole of
Raleigh were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Poole. Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Whittington of Kan
napolis will be holiday guests of
the Pooles.
Sandhill Furniture
Employees Get Bonus
Garden Book Given In
Memory Of Mrs. McColl
Harry J. Ward,
Carthage, Dies
Harry J. Ward, longtime Car
thage resident, died early last
Wednesday morning at St. Jo
seph’s Hospital following sever
al weeks of illness. He was 82
years old.
For a number of years Mr.
Ward was in the clothing busi
ness and an interior decorator be
fore returning to Carthage to live,
before World War II.
Funeral services were conduct
ed last 'Thursday afternoon from
Carthage Presbyterian Church by
the pastor, the Rev. B. E. Dotson
assisted by the Rev. W. S. Golden.
Burial was in Cross Hill Ceme
tery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Katherine Jackson Shaw,
and several nieces and nephews.
htaCcrveenJi De
J. B. Von Canon, Jr., president
of Sandhill Furniture Corporation
at West End, has issued to all
employees 6f that corporation let
ters of appreciation for their
work during the year and an
nounced to them that a Christmas
bonus of one per cent of their
gross earnings from January 1
through November 30 would be
presented to those now employ
ed.
This is the first time that
Christmas bonuses have been giv
en to Sandhill Furniture em
ployees, based on earnings, it was
stated. There are approximately
400 employees of this furniture
manufacturing organization which
was organized and incorporated
in 1927.
“America’s Garden Book,” by
James and Louise Bush-Brown,
has been given tp the memorial
collection at Southern Pines Li
brary by Mrs. C. A. Smith of
Pinehurst in memory of Mrs.
Katherine McColl ,of Southern
Pines and Bennettsville, S. C.,
who died recently.
Announcement of several other
books given in memory , of Mrs.
McColl was made last week by
Mrs. Stanley Lamboume, librari
an, as noted in last week’s Pilot.
The oratorio, a musical compo
sition using soloists, chorus and
orchestra, is named after the Or
atory ,or mission hall, in Rome,
where sacred musical perform-
iances were held in the 1500’s.
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Southern Pines
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Arthur P. Allen
Dies In Hospital;
Was Smoke Victim
Arthur Phillip Allen, 78, who
with his wife was rescued from a
fire in his downtown apartment
last Monday night, died Sunday
at St. Joseph’s hospital of acute
pneumonia which, the attending
physician said, was caused by
the inhaling of smoke. He also
had had a heart condition.
The elderly couple were uncon-
cious in their smoke filled apart
ment, where a bed was on fire,
when they were found and res
cued by a local policeman, A. F.
Smtih. Mrs. Allen is still a pa
tient in the hospital.
Funeral services were to be
held 'Tuesday morning at the Mc-
Keithan Funeral Chapel, conduc
ted by the Rev. Maynard Man-
gum, pastor of the First Baptist
Church. Burial was in Summer
ville Presbyterian Church ceme
tery in Harnett county.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Maggie Wilson of Harnett
county; five daughters, Mrs. Ver
non Holland, Mrs. Godwin 'Thom
as and Mrs. Pearlie Thomas, all
ot Sanford, and Mrs. Edward
Kelly and Mrs. Elvyn Jones, both
of Winston-Salem; three sons,
Harvey and Arthur Allen, both of
Sanford, and Bill Allen, of the
home; 27 grandchildren and 26
great-grandchildren.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to express our
appreciation and thanks' to our
many friends for their kind ex
pressions of sympathy during the
illness and death of our mother,
the Family of
Mrs. Bettie Cameron
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ME'HRY CHRISTMAS and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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