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JBELEV'EN NO. 46
%Meeting To f
tsider Plan For ;
amerce Body
Will Be Held MonjH(
Night At 7-30
^Kclock In The Brunskick
Kmntv Courthouse And .
^K- ic Is Invited
^BaMZATION TO
PROMOTE COUNTY
^^Mpo?ed Set-Up Is Coun- ^
^Hlfide In Scope And It "
Hoped That Repretentative
Citizens ^
Will Attend I
? - all Bruns;y
citizens interested in 0
^ iSiblishinent of a Chamber |)
jM the purpose St
the interests of this f>
mil N' held Monday night "
o'clock in the Brunswick '
j^^Hr courthouse.
Membership committee has fa
nH:: work for the past few f
t ic::: .: members of this I
but Monday night's I
I I to everyone and I
I,3 vr? - - ?
je gathering of progressive- _
; citizens is urged by the _
: committee, which has |
J the meeting.
;dea for this county-wide
jation was born in the
of a small group of men
ithered here on several difxcasions
recently to dis- Ii
avs and means for bringing
undeveloped resources of
rick county to the attenIhe
public at large. Some
first workers included R.
2. Churchill Bragaw. Char- jt
i'diews. H H. Thomas. Wal- jy
analan.i. Neil Thomas. W. p,
eah. J. J. Loughlin, J.
Ed S Bun Frink. vj
I! Taylor was appointed w
m of a steering committee ec
r.et at his office in South- et
it r.ight to discuss plans h(
leeting here Monday night. sl
t time an effort will be 0j
o acquaint everyone pres- w
ii the aims of the proposed ! q
stior.. then there will be
x< for . ni'fstionfuj ^
discussion. Following this.j
ie proposed plan to give 'n
ens present an opportun- th
join the group, and when a(
s been done, to allow the er
rubers to vote upon a govboard
of seven directors. | jn
iteering committee wishes jj,
it emphasized that this 1 w
oca! undertaking, that it ja
y-wide in scope and that
tative citizens from every OI
)f the county are urged to jy
be meeting Monday night. ei,
lers Asked
r? ry l r? l'
lo Uuard rire ^
Breme Dry Spell Has
Blade This A Time C
Hiir Hunters To Guard
Wainst Possible Forest
IFires
BaIEIGH, Dec. 11?With the
season now in full sway, j
Bjire conditions bad in the hi
B*'-; hunters can help greatly ia
prevent forest fires if they pi
exercise care and caution : cj
^Pe in the woods, it was pointed j >1
Btoday by Assistant State For- fr
IV. C. McCormick, in charge ,
Barest fire control for the De- M
^P~ent of Conservation and tc
K ient. Ji
B%?oximately 30 per cent of
tr* forest fires last year were b;
B^i by hunters, fishermen and
McCormick pointed out. iv
M loss from forest fires in
B?t Carolina last year was ap- _
Bunately SfTn.oOO. Thirty per
P Of $470,000 is S141.000, or %
i lount of damage done to
B? by the carelessness of those j
nse and enjoy them most,
^fjo'hing will help us keep i
the number of forest fires i
B^tth Carolina as much as the ; (
' the hunters and!
B~t"'en". McCormick said.; ^
B*v 's not a hunter in North
P' d who would deliberately
a forest fire or who does
B ,:r")w the damage fires do I
H Jatne as well as to trees. But
fail to realize that careI
Continued from page 3
Return
Howe From Trip
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Bj^Se and Mrs. E. H. Cranmer
B"^. Morris, have returned
following a visit with their
Mrs. E. H. Arrington,
l '?t?ma and with Mrs. E. H.j tl
Jr., at Shreveport, La. |
Bjn they left here several,
ago it was their inten T
to make this a round-thecruise,
but declaration of |
'n Europe changed their p
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\-T. A. Meeting
For Waccaraaw
nnnrtant Rn.ir.?o.
?Maa% UUO1UVO0 L/IOVU O O ? I
ed By P.-T. A. Members (
At Regular November
Meeting
The Waccamaw P.-T. A. held|
s regular monthly meeting on;
ionday evening. Nov. 27. The!
ogram was in charge of Mrs. 1
cKeithan. Mr. Parrish, Mr. Pur-1
s and Miss Sink. The program
as opened with a song, follow- f
I by scripture reading and pray\
Miss Huff gave an account of
:r trip to the West Coast last1
immer. She touched on places
' interest in Mexico, along the
est coast of U. S. and British
olumbia.
Following the program, Mrs. J.
, uodson presidtu "Vcr* tlie bus- s
ess meeting. The secretary read I
le minutes and called the roll, c
: the conclusion of which sev- 1
al names were added. The mem- i
;rship committee is still striv- J
g to reach those parents who J
ive not yet become affiliated i
ith the P.-T. A. and whose help <
needed. '
The treasurer gave a very fav- t
able report, showing that much c
is been spent to standardize the j ?
ementary school and library. ,
Continued on page 3) 11
Missionary Study ];
Group At Bolivia <
ounty-Witje Meeting Of
Methodist Women Heard ]
Interesting Lesson Given t
Rv Mrs. George Clenden- i
J - ? w _
nin 1
I
A Mission Study Class was 1
;ld at Bolivia Methodist church i (
st Tuesday with representatives ; (
resent from Zion Methodist !i
lurch. Town Creek. Trinity j<
[ethodist church, Southport and 1
om Bolivia. 11
The lesson was conducted by j
trs. George Clendennin, Wilmirig* 1
m who was assisted by Mrs. 1
jhn Gill of Southport. <
Lunch was served at the church 1
y Bolivia ladies. c
Those in attendance from Bol'ia
were Mrs. George Cannon. (
(Continued on page 3)
Spaniards Rep(
Been Here As
It may interest students of i
listory in the Brunswick county j
schools to know that Giovanni
i Verrazzano, a Florentine navgator
in the services of the
King of France, made the earlest
known exploration of the 1
"ape Fear Coast. In fact this |
vas the earliest known explora- I
[ion of any part of North Car- i
slina by Europeans, and it took
place in the early part of the I
(rear 152-1, a full report being
transmitted to the King on July
3th of the same year.
While history records the
above exploration, and some authorities
credit it with being the
Tirst known such adventure,
lere is a possibility that the
claims to it being the first j
may be slightly wrong.
The Spaniards claim the ere- j
dit of being here before da I
Verrazzano. One of their ex- h
lorers, Lusac Vasquez de Ayl- j
Ion, is alleged to have headed j
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i Hope Luck Hoi
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\ SHRIMPERS AND
HAVE HOPES^
H The report came in the mid|!
die of last week that "the men[
haden are here", and great joy
I was felt in scores of homes in
i Southport. The fall run of fish
3 is usually depended upon to
, take the fishermen out of the
* hole for the season, so good
i, catches Thursday, Friday and
!i Saturday were welcomed.
| The season's record shrimp
J catch for a single boat was
"made Thursday, and other boats
Ruins Of St I
Recall 1
skDid
Town Of Brunswick'
Gradually Lost Its Importance
And New Town
(Wilmington) Began To
Grow Rapidly
-1ISTORICAL SKETCH
CONTINUES TO MARCH j 1
loute Down River To \
Southport From Orton Is I '
Filled With History I
All The Way
AS EARLY AS 1733?Bruns- ,
vick felt the growing importance i |
if New Town (Wilmington). The
oadstead had proved unsafe in
itormy weather and exposed to I
hrates, and although royal Governors
lived here during the win- ]
,er months, everyone fled in sum- f
ner to escape the swarms of '
nosquietoes. In 1733 Gov. Gabriel
Johnston bought land at Wil- 1
nington and moved courts, coun- '
:il and port offices thither. Wilnington
flourished while Bruns- 1
vick dwindled, and after the Rev- 1
duntionary War it was finally 1
ibandoned.
ST. PHILLIP'S CHURCH?
[ 1740-65) is Brunswick's most
loted ruin. Cedar trees grow |
vithin the 33-in-thick brick walls |
vhich survived the Federal bomjardment
of Fort Anderson. The
ihancel windows, slender and
irched, are flanked by doorways,
:he side walls have four windows, g
;ach 15 feet high and 7 feet wide.
\t first utilizing a mere shed,
3runswick churchmen improved
heir place of worship until finilly
in 1765 this once-handsome
ittle edifice was sufficently competed
for services. Built of Eng- ^
ish brick combined with some lolally
made, it was His Majesty's n
Chapel in the colony, and the J
oyal Governor's Dobbs and Tryin,
had their pews raised above n
:he others. Behind the church lie u
nany of Bninswick's citizens. F
Vmong them are Arthur Bodds, E
loyal Governor 1754-65 and Al- ei
'red Moore, Justice (1799-1805) ci
if the Supreme Court. (Justice b
vloore was also Attorney General a
if North Carolina). B
SITE OF FORT ANDERSON? w
Inly grass clad ruins now mark
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ir
>rtedToHave *
Early As 1523 j
an expendition here in 1520 and
again in 1526. He entered what I
he called the Rio Jordan. The I
evidence points to this being the
Cape Fear. In fact, de Ayllon
and his men, one of their ships
having been wrecked, are credited
with having built a new ship g
and launching it on the banks
of the Cape Fear river, two
miles above Southport.
While de Varrazzano merely
traveled along the coast, penetrating
the Cape Fear and some g
other streams, de Ayllon is j
credited with having spent sev- h
eral months along the Cape ^
Fear during each of his visits. j;
Neither of the two planted any d
permanent settlements and it b
was left to the English, led by e
Sir Walter Raleigh, to attempt
the first settlement in America, v
This was on Roanoke Island on n
March 25th. 1584, 50 years after
the Spanish and French explor- n
ed the Cape Fear.
Shopping D
m
1 News paper 1
Southport, N. CM W
ds Out
V O 7 "
" _ . :
FISHERMEN
FOR CHRISTMAS
did well during the ballance of
the week. Stormy weather over
Sunday upset things but fishermen
and their families hope
that the good luck will last
and that good pre-Christmas
catches will be similar to those
of year before last.
On the left is shown a boat
loaded to the deck with menhaden.
Above is the shrimp fleet
anxiously waiting for good
weather.
>hillips
Early Colony
Record Catch Of
Shrimp Is Made
David Adams using his own
boat and selling through the J.
A Arnold house, made a record
catch of shrimp for this season
last Friday. He brought in
72-bushels despite the fact that
bis boat was a very small one.
Previous to Friday the record
catch for this season is understood
to have been sixty-four
bushels.
The 72 bushel catch netted
young Adams considerably over
i hundred dollars for the day.
The all-time record catch
made at Southport is held by
Ihe Wells Brothers. Some eight
or nine years ago the Summer
GirJ, later rechristined the
Captain Wells, brought in 111
bushels and fifteen pounds. At
that time the Wells Brothers
were selling through t'rowell
Crockett at the old Dosher
dock. They had not then begun
the business of shrimp buying
in which they are now engaged.
Episcopalians In
? - mm m
Business Meeting
ession Was Held Sunday
Morning At Conclusion
Of Church Services; Vestrymen
For Year Elected
The congregation of St. Phillips
Ipiscopal church held its annual
usiness meeting following the
lorning service here Sunday. Rev.
. Leon Malone, rector, presided.
The treasurers report was
lade by W. G. Butler, after
'hich Captain John Eriksen,
red Smith, Horace Glover C. A.
lasley and Mr. Butler were electtl
members of the vestry for the
oming year. Members of this
ody will meet Thursday evening
t 7 o'clock at the home of Mr.
lutler to organize for its 1940
'ork.
L. D. Latta of St. Pauls church,
Wilmington, will make an address
l St. Phillips next Sunday mornlg
at the 11 o'clock hour in the
bsence of the rector.
Plans now are being formulatd
for a Christmas program and
ree to be held in St. Phillips Satrday
evening, December 23.
Bolivia Teams
Beat Shallotte
lolivia Girls And Boys
Score Double Victory
Over Shallotte In Games
Played Monday Night
Meeting for a pre-schedule
ame with Shallotte at Shallotte
londay night, the strong Bolivia
igh school boys' and girls' basetball
teams showed good materil
for championship contenders,
espite the fact that the Shallotte
oys and girls all gave good acount
of themselves.
The boys game showed Bolivia
rith 33 points while Shallotte
lade 16. .
The Bolivia girls were even
lore convincing in piling up the
(Continued on page 6)
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P0R1
In A Good Cor
ednesday, December 1
Postmaster Asks*
Co-operation Of
Office Patrons
Everything Possible To
Make Christmas Mailing
Convenient For Local Citizens
Is Being Done By
Officials
CALLS ATTENTION
TO CERTAIN RULES
Package Slip Is More Than
A Notice; Save It If You
Want To Receive
Speedy Service
First evidence of the Christmas
mail rush was noted last Sunday
when a solid bus load of
1 packages arrived here for distribution.
Knowing that conditions will
grow more and more congested
as Christmas aproaches Postmaster
L. T. Yaskell wants to urge
all patrons of the Southport office
to do their best to cooperate
with postal employees in handling
the holiday mail.
One thing to which he calls
particular attention is the imiportance
of keeping the package
slip that is in the mail box denoting
the arrival of a piece of
parcel post. This is more than a
notice: It bears a key number
that tells the postoffice clerk ex
lactly where the pacxage is iocailed,
and he can quickly locate a
I piece of mail with its aid.
For the convenience of South!
port people the local postoffice
! will remain open from 8 a. m. to
6 p. m. Monday through Friday
of next week. On Saturday, December
23, the office will open at
8 a. m. and will remain open until
7:30 p. m. On all these days
the money order window will close
at 4:30 o'clock.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
Busy Docket Tried Monday
in Recorders Court Before
Judge Walter M.
Stanaland
A total of 10 cases were disposed
of here in Recorder's court
Monday before Judge Walter M.
Stanaland.
S. S. Daughtry, white, was
found guilty of assault and was
given 8 months on the roads.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of $150.00 damages to
Miss Mary Helen Murray in addition
to paying the costs of the
i case. The defendant was placed
on 2 years of good behavior.
Mrs. Jack Wilkins, white, was
found guilty of reckless operation.
Judgment was suspended upon
I payment of costs and upon the
I further condition that restitution
I he made the aericved parties.
The case or Charlie Wells,
white, charged with failure to
stop before entering the highway
and with driving without drivers
license, was remanded to magistrate's
court.
W. L. Volter, white, was charged
with reckless operation. This
case was nol prosscd at no cost
to the county.
The case charging Daniel Wilson,
colored, with false pretense
was nol prosscd at no cost to the
county.
Miss Ruth Robinson, white,
pleaded guilty to charges of having
no driver's license and was
taxed with costs.
Blake Carlisle, white, pleaded
(Continued on Page ?)
Heart Attack
I Fatal To Man
John B. Koonce, Of Sanford,
Died Suddenly Sunday
Morning At Supply
While He Was On Hunting
And Fishing Trip
John B, Koonce, 43, of Sanford,
employe of the State Highjway
and Public Works commission,
died of a heart attack near
J Supply Sunday morning while he
was on a fishing and hunting trip.
A Mr. Whitfield, also an emjploye
of the highway commission,
-was with Koonce on the trip. He
told Coroner John G. Caison
Koonce left and went into the
: trailer, saying he had a pain and
wanted a dose of bicarbonate of
soda.
| Whitfield said he entered the
trailer a few minutes later and
found Koonce lying on the bed
with his head slumped to one
side. He was rushed to a hospital
! but was dead upon arrival.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, and one brother.
The body was taken to Sanford
for funeral services and burial.
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nmunity
3, 1939 pubu:
Nautical Schoc
Meets Fr
Col. J. W. Harrelson Is
Chairman Of Group That
Includes S. Bun Frink
And R. 0. Johnson, Of
Southport
SENATOR FRINK
INTRODUCED BILL
Aim Is To Have School
Made A Part Of Greater
University With Idea
Of Giving Naval
Training
The commission appointed b>
! Governor Hoey to study the Nautical
School bill introduced during
the last session of the General
Assembly by Senator S. Bur
Frink wili hold its first meeting
in Raleigh Friday morning at 10
o'clock.
The meeting will be presided
over by Col. J. W. Harrelson,
dean of N. C. State College.
Other members include Senator
Frink, who introduced the bill,
R. O. Johnson, instigator of the
bill, Representative Roy Davis of
Dare county, Representative Fred
Seeley of Carteret county and
Professor Fisher of State College,
a graduate of the naval academy
at Anapolis.
Senator Frink said Tuesday
that he was very enthusiastic
about the prospects of his proposed
nautical school. He indicated
Listing Of P
1940 Taxes L
Bragaw Appears In
Famous Cartoon
? Another Brunswick county
curiosity received syndicated
circulation last week when
Churchill Bragaw was depicted
by John Hlx in his "Strange
As It Seems" column manfully
tussling with an alligator on a
fishing line.
A tear sheet sent Bragaw by
a friend in Philadelphia showed
the cartoon in color. In fact,
it was on one of the funny
pages, and the current Dick
Tracy thriller shown on the
same sheet was nothing to compare
with the alligator-catclij
ing young man from Orton.
Needless to say the story
was sent .Mr. Hix by W. B.
Keziah, and the story-which
| really is the truth-first apI
peared in The Pilot.
Funeral Rites
| For Mrs. Collins
Requiem Mass Said By
Father Frank J. Howard
Thursday Morning At
Southport Community
Center
Requiem mass was said Thursday
morning by Father Frank J.
Howard for Mrs. Leonora E. Collins
who died Tuesday in Dosher
Memorial Hospital. Funeral rites
were held in the community
building at Southport and interment
was in Northwood cemetery.
Mrs. Collins was a native of
Georgetown, S. C., but had spent
a number of years in this sec(Continued
on page 6)
Commercial G
Is New Busi
It may be something of a
shock to residents of this community,
from which during the
course of a year some of the
finest seafood obtainable along
the Atlantic coast is shipped,
but there arc seasons when a
catfish brings the top price for,
the local market.
That is why during the fall
months Hollis Holden, former
chief of police at Southport
and now a successful farmer
near Bolivia, and his two boys,
Carlton and Milton, have been
engaged in the catfishing business.
But take it from the eldest
of the Holden boys, "It's
no easy way to make a living."
In the first place, you can't
do a thing with saltwater cats,
they have to be caught from
freshwater streams. Another
hitch is that there is no sale for
catfish unless they are dressed,
and cleaning one of these outcasts
of the finny tribe is a jobfor
a specialist. Almost everyone
knows that a catfish has a
pair of horns that can inflict
,0T I
SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
>1 Cammission
iday In Raleigh
* ?i
K. O. JOHNSON
that an effort will be made to
have the school made a branch of
j the Greater University of North
Carolina, with a training ship
maintained at some point along
the coast.
The great need for trained of|
ficers for the merchant marine
will be a great factor in favor
| of the bill, according to Senator
Frink. t
Federal aid will be sought in
I PQfablishintr thn training' shin.
roperty For
)uring January
I List Takers Appointed By
Members Of Board Of
| County Commissioners
And Machinery Set Up
For Job
W. P. JORGENSEN
TAX SUPERVISOR
List Takers In Each TownI
ship Will Post Copy Of
Schedule They Will
Follow In Making
Their Rounds
Tax listers have been appointed
jand the machinery has been set
up to have property listed for
Brunswick county taxes during
the month of January.
List takers recently appointed
[are as follows: Northwest township,
M. B. Chennis; Town Creek
;township, L. J. McKeithan; Smithjville
township, Mrs. Eula CanDavis;
Lock woods Folly township,
Lucian Fulford; Shallotte township,
Cecil Hcwett; Waccamaw
township, R. S. Milliken.
i1 W. P. Jorgensen has been reappointed
tax supervisor.
Listing in January is a departure
from the usual custom of
: compiling the tax list during the
month of April each year. In
many ways this will be more
convenient for Brunswick citizens,
especially for the farmers, who
will not be so busy at this season
of the year.
Tax listers will post notice at
various places throughout their
respective townships showing
their schedule, which will be plotted
so as to make it convenient
(for each property owner to list
ihis possessions.
atfishing
iness In County
| painful injury to the careless
fisherman, so the first lesson
| is to learn how to avoid this
danger. It also is a wellknown
fact that instead of scaling a
catfish like other fish are cleaned
they must be skinned in !
much the same manner as their
' namesakes of the animal family.
This takes the time and
skill of an expert.
Then there's the matter of
catching the fish to begin with.
Long trips often are necessary
to reach freshwater streams in
which cats may be found in any
abundance. There specially designed
fishtraps arc baited with
shrimp heads and lowered to
the river bottom, and tlv) fisherman
go on to other locations,
leaving the trap and hoping
for a good take tomorrow.
The traps are really wire
cages about six feet long and
four feet in diameter. Sometimes
when they are pulled to
the surface there may be forty
or fifty catfish caged and ready
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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Southport Has 1
Put On Holiday
Regalia Early
Street Lights More Numerous
Than Ever Before
And Are Already Giving
City Festive Appearance
MAKE PLANS FOR
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Boys And Girls Asked To
Bring Gifts For Less Fortunate
To Christmas
Tree Next Thursday
Night
Southport has been draped In
its holiday regalia which features
this year the greatest number of
street lights ever used here. Not
only is the downtown district a
blaze of colors, but several of the <i
stores have added attractive window
displays or have gone in for
elaborate interior decorating.
Each of the drug stores, Wat- V
sons and Leggetts, features a
gaily lighted icicle scene that is
a chill of realism and a thrill of
beauty. The outline lights in front
of the Waccamaw Bank and IB
Trust Co. is compellingly attractive
while the window prepared in
the B. J. Holden store is an artisI
tic masteroiece.
Meanwhile, plans have gone forward
by the Southport Woman's
' Club members to encourage another
lighting contest. Prizes will
be awarded winners in each of
the three following groups: Outdoor
tree, porch, or cut, trees, and
house decorations. Judges will
will make their rounds on Christmas
night. flj
A committee from the Woman's
Club decided to make this a White
Christmas for the community
Christmas tree, and children are
asked to bring old toys, food, H
! fruit and candy to the tree, which
will be lighted with appropriate
ceremony next Thursday night,
and give them to Santa Claus in
order that he may distribute them
to less fortunate families. !
Wiley Sholar 1
To Rose Bowlx |
Popular Greensboro Man Is
Frequent Visitor Here i
During Course Of Fishing
Season And Will
Work Big Game
Southport friends of Wiley - fl
Sholar of Greensboro are very
much interested and pleased over
announcement in Tuesday's press
dispatches stating that he had
I been selected as umpire at the
Hose Bowl game in Pasadena,
California, New Year's Day. This
game is always regarded as the
| classic of the year in football in
I the United States. The partici- nil
I pants for the encounter this year
are Southern California and Tenj
nessee.
The attendance in the Rose
Bowl this year win top ail time.
105,000 tickets have already been
sold. Last New Years Day Duke
University furnished the opposition
to Southern California in this i
game. VM
Sholar's selection as umpire for
the game is a big tribute to the J
North Carolina man. He is president
of the Southern Football
Conference and has been called on J
heavily to serve as referee and 1
umpire during the season just H
over.
In the summer Wiley was al(Continued
on page 6)
Tide Table fl
Following Is the tide table
for Soutbport during the next |
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were fur- j
nished The State Fort Pilot !
through the courtesy of tho '
Cnpe Fear Pilot's Association ' j
High Tide Lour TMT
TIDE TAB1J3
Thursday, December 14
9:43 a. m. 3:40 a. in.
10:07 p. m. 4:11 p. m.
Friday, December 15
10:26 a. m. 4:20 a. m.
10:53 p. in. 4:51 p. m.
Saturday, December 10
11:09 a. m. 5:01 a. m.
11:40 p. m. 5:31 p. m.
Sunday, December 17 j
11:50 a. m. 5:49 a. ni. i
6:17 p. m.
Monday, December 18
0:28 a. m. 6:40 a. m.
12:43 p. m. 7:08 p. m. j
Tuesday, December 19 I
1:17 a. m. 7:50 a. m. j
1:34 p. ni. 8:05 p. m.
Wednesday, December 20 . ^
2:10 a. m. 8:51 a. m. j
2:30 p. m. 8:58 p. m. '
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