-[he Pilot Covers
H griinswick County
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^Lgpplete Figures Show
I f5i00.000.00 Mark PasIn
Sixth War Loan
Drive
I IlNTV quota was
#7,000 FOR THIS DRIVE
^M}len d i d Cooperation
I i'hroughout County ReHilts
In Good Showing
|| Loan drive came
I I December 16 with
,. :y far exceeding
was established
:;icial of the
II I'laxoo stated
ll fficial figures have
fiom the Fed:k
in Richmond
H will be in ex
0.00. The quota
O'Biien of the
II stated last
cooperation
enabled the
sent he splendid
J I pecially
II e by Postmaster W.
- Shailotte and his
Its'.-.:They have done a
I i i making the
t Ml. O'Brien.
I- . ve helped a great
I isters in the
C;v ithport Building
I t:on, and the
ptcaiuaw Bar.k.
tlaude Gore Hurt
In Gas Explosion
Lllotte Farmer Burned
[And lnj"red in Eyes And
Face When Gas Explodes
At Base Of His Truck
lite dying the wires on the
pe of his truck, in order to
t the machine started, one
ping last week. W. C. Gore
I Shallotte was badly burned
tat his eyes when some gasot
ignited and exploded. The
f.)?:on blew the oil gauge out
he engine and a fragment
sick him in the eye, as well
the blazing gasoline,
t is understood that Mr. Gore
a using a lighted newspaper
dry the wires. Apparently
* gas had seeped out and coltta
on the base of the engine.
Continued on page two
Brief News
Flsiehix:
ItMUIIVW
TTACK FATAL
ewis. prominent Robe
tobacco farmer, sufii
t attack and died sudi<lay
at Long Beach,
was a guest at the
age. The body was sent
nt. Mr. Lewis is surlis
widow.
I) TO 1st LIEUT.
-laik, vgesinn irET ET
-lark, serving in China
tmiy Air Force as* an
:ogaphe, wasr promoted
ieutenant on December
inant Clark's wife and
Arthur, Jr.. live here
Claik's purents, Mr.
I -. C. Cannon.
NTATA
ibined choirs of Trinity
church will present a
The Music of ChristSunday
night at 7:30
is Dallas I'igott is dle
choirs. The public is
invited to attend.
K> CLOSE
itioi; Board office will
6:1 Thursday to allow
to catch up with their
" AT LEYTE
' -M' Dosh Hewett of
"otte <ommunity have
*'! by the War Depart1
th< ir son, George W.
,iLS - -.usly wounded in
bey in November. Denot
yet been received.
IA* MASS
la' Ma x will be observe
':i' 'Hi." morning at
'ait ' 1 'pel, announces
rank Howard.
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flCKCOi
DS QUO!
/AR BON
Familiar Gree
JnUnfa
Method Used By Armed
Forces Is Up-To-Date But
Still Says "Merry Christmas"
V-MAIL XMAS CARDS
RECEIVED AT HOME
Novel Way Of Sending
Christmas Greetings Expresses
Servicemen's
Yuletide Wishes
The modern age in whtcn wc
live is reflected in some of the
Christmas cards being received
this year. Boys overseas are sending
home their traditional Christmas
greetings in unfamiliar dress,
but the wishes that go with them
are the same and the spirit behind
them is unchanged.
Several V-mail cards have been
received by the Pilot and they
illustrate the up-to-date method
being used by the armed forces
to say "Merry cnnstmas" to the
folks back home.
A V-mail card from Ensign Bill
Styron, who is somewhere in the
Pacific, shows a sailor "Santa"
going down a chimney with a
much excited Jap trying to get
I out of the sea bag slung over the
sailor's shoulder. The sailor, with
a wing, says "It's in the Bag!"
The card from Lt. (jg) David
Watson, who is also somewhere
out there, shows a screaming
'eagle clutching a Jap by the seat
' of his pants. "This?and a Merry
Christmas For You." read the
captian.
A more dignified card came
from Captain M. M. Rosenbaum.
It is a picture of a tree lined
I street, taken undoubtedly before
the war, and bears the greeting
"With every good wish for
Christmas and the New Year from
Luxembourg."
Limestone Must
Be Used At Once
Credits For Use Of Limestone
And Phosphates
For Year 1944 Cannot Be
Given If Spread After
December 31st
{ All limestone and phosphate
that has been received through
the Brunswick County AAA Office
should be spread prior to
January 1, 1945. December 31,
1944 is the end of the 1944 Pro
gram Year and all conservation
I materials that have been received
j through this office should be used
j to nee so that credit may be giv:
en under the 1944 Program.
Proper use of this material will
constitute full payment. If material
is not used prior to January
1, 1945, it will be necessary
to transfer the material to the
1945 Program and the farm will
j not be eligible to receive as much
material in 1945 at it would be
if the material was used during
the 1944 Program Year.
WITH 838th REGIMENT
Pfc. John H. White, son of Mrs.
Hattie S. White of Ash, is serving
with the 338th Regiment as
a cannoneer for the mountain
fighting in Italy. This regiment
is part of the 85th "Custer" Division
in Lieut. General Mark W.
Clark's Fifth Army. These boys
have seen some of the fiercest
; fighting, of the European war, acI
cording to press dispatches.
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HOME FROM PACIFIC
Wesley Holden, who has been
serving with the Navy in the Pacific
for more than four years, is
spending a 30 days leave here
with his wife and little daughter.
He was wounded soon after
' the Japanese attacked Pearl Hari
bor. His wounds were si ght, how|
ever, and he quickly returned to
duty.
HOME ON LEAVE
i Will Gay Adams, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Adams of Leland, is
I spending a furlough at home with
his parents. He is a graduate of
; the Naval Air Technical Training
Center at Memphis, Tenn.,
and of the Aviation Free Gunnery
Training Unit, of Norfolk. Va. He
is now stationed at Norfolk as a
j Naval airplane mechanic.
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A Good .
4-PAGES TODAY" St
JNTY r
rA FOR
D DRIVE;
tings Sent
imiliar Manner
: '
Ma!ilon Leonard
War Casualty j
Pvt. Mahlon M. Leonard, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Leonard ofj
the Shallotte community, has j
been wounded in the European
theatre of war, according to word [
received this week by the family
froni the War Department. His
'wife, Mrs. Laura A. Leonard,
i lives on Route 1 from Shallotte.
They Make Some j_
Christmas Money Le
Menhaden Boats Making
Fair Catches This Week
And May Work Right On ^
Through Holidays j sent
, ,1 be <
Menhaden boats made a good e<j .
'catch Friday and were weather- othc
j bound Saturday. On Monday theyj _
[were out again and made a fairj
catch. The crews say that there hum
are plenty of fish out there and ^ cont
that the only thing that stands in Cra,
the wav of eood catches is the _
J weather. j
If the time honored rule holds I
good, the balance of the week m
| should see good catches brought j P1 cs
in every day. There has hardly
been a pre-Christmas period in O.
the history of local menhaden j I
1 fishing when good catches have j
i not been made immediately be-1
fore Christmas. Sometimes this j
fruitful period extended beyond j
! Christmas. | Tw
If the boats find plenty of fish F
' the last of this week there will (
i be little in the way of Christmas | f
holidays for the men. By their! ]
jown desires they fish when fish
are to be found, regardless of j.
I holidays. j imm
The shrimping season seems to st0r;
| be over, at least for the present, use
IA number of boats went out upp<
iMonday without finding a shrimp.'age
! However, the crews of a number roon
of these boats tried wetting a I site
r line for seabass or blackfish. jpost
j They "caught some nice ones and j T(
it is probable that a number of | cons
{the larger shrimp boats may be- j Holr
gin going to the blackfish grounds ed
j immediately. Large blackfish are sout
| said to be worth 15 cents per j Rou<
! 12 cents. j yard
pound and smaller ones go for, whic
12 cents. cate
sirat
Killed Fox In jSk
n___u u I
rouiiry nuuse ot
[ing
Attacked Dog Twice Andjbe 3
Was Killing Chickens antl
When Shot And Killed
By Weston Evans
Weston Evans, prominent Wac- _
'camaw township farmer who lives
in the Freeland community, | j t
brought the body of a fox which
'he t hought to be mad to Southt
port Monday for the purpose of ; iM
'< having its head sent off for ex- i ag
[amination to ascertain if it had
' rabies.
Mr. Evans related that the fo.\| Rf
came to his home Sunday night | j
at 6:30. It attacked a small dog I i
and bit it severely. Chased away, j ,
the animal came back at two o'-l
clock Monday morning and again:
' bit the dog. It was run off but in' 1
five minutes it was back again,
and in the poultry house. There j Fi
,it, killed three full grown chick- jng
ens and is believed to have bit- conn
jten a number of others. It made ings,
!no attempt, to eat the fowls it lot- c
(Continues on page 4) ferei
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Home From Mobile
On A Short Leage i ha
S. Sgt. Harry L. Mintz, former A
Register of Deeds for Brunswick
| County, who is now serving with
; the air forces at Mobile, Ala., is j * '
{spending a 15 days leave with hisj
mother, Mrs. H. L. Mintz, at j (jr
Shallotte. Mrs. Mintz has been in j
very poor health recently. She hasj B}
two other sons in the service, both And
serving overseas. Major Rudolph
I. Mintz is at an Air field in ."F
England and the youngest son,
Elwood Mintz, has been in the M
Pacific with the air forces fori
nearly three years. Ai
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News paper
mthport, N. C., We
A CHRIST
gion Sends Many
rjifts For Wounded
ie Brunswick Post Americar
ion and the Legion Auxiliary
a large box of Christmas pre
s to New River this week t(
distributed among the wound
in the hospital there and ai
r points.
ie box contained nearly ;
Ired packages, some or" then
aining a number of articles
tvford Rourk, Adjutant for the
ion, and Mrs. Eva Wolfe o;
Auxiliary, were very activf
collecting and packing th<
ents.
uss To Build
At Shallotte
0 Story Building For
:urniture Store To Be
-onstructed At Once,
'ost Office To Be Moved
To Adjoining Lot
A. Euss of Shallotte plans
lediate construction of a twe
y building, 30x60 feet, for the
of his furniture business. The
sr floor will be used for storand
downstairs as a salesi.
The building will occupy the
now used by the Shallotte
: Office.
) make room for the new
truction Postmaster W. R
nes will have the office movthis
week or next to the
hern corner of the Camj:
1 church. This is just a few
Is across the driveway or
:h the post office is now loll.
It was not considered de)le
to erect the two story
ling where it would obstruct
view of the church. So, the
master and Mr. Russ swaplots.
her immediate business buildconstruction
in Shallotte will
i large building for a theatre
a store. A deed for the propon
which it will be located
Olglicu ouiuiua^ MUl UTi
Continued on page four
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IV. B. KEZIAH
om Ed Maelow, GM 2-c, servwith
the Navy in England,
:-s V-Mail Christmas Greet,
It illustrates tlvat while a
>f things in England are diflt
from what they are here
Christmas spirit in our boys
lins the same. The greeting
3 follows:
ve learned to call radio "wireless,"
Victcola to me now's a
"gram";
:ad of catching a street?car,
3W, "Blimey," I'm hopping a
"tram."
ive on the left here, in England,
r "lorry," and not in a truck:
when I'm spending my money
'ive shillings" is "limey" for
buck.
auto won't run without
"petrol,"
id "Cheero" I jse for good
P0R1
In A Good Coi
sdnesday, December 20,
MAS WISH
^u/tZU}
C.F.I.
| No County Court
| For Next Monday
Next Session Will Be On
January First, 1945; Docket
Finished In Short Order
At Monday's Session
Twelve cases came up before
Judge John B. Ward and Solicitor
J. W. Ruark in Recorders court
2 j here Monday. All were finished in
f short order and court adjourned
2'at noon. The docket shows the
- following entries:
Douglas Ballard, murder, con,
tinued for superior court.
I William J. Jackson, failing to
[stop at stop sign, judgment susjpended
on payment of costs.
(! William W. Guyer, speeding
and failure to stop at stop sign,
judgment suspended on payment
.: of a iine of $>20.00 and costs.
, j John Junius Reynolds, speeding,
nol pros with leave.
J R. T. Caison, disposing of corn
crop, nol pros.
William Edison Harkcr, possession,
60 days on roads or fine of
' j $15.00 and costs.
' j Mrs. E. B. Morrison, speeding
(Continued on page 2)
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Game Protector
For Brunswick
r
Captain Bowmer Appointed
s To Position Formerly
' Held By Craven Nelson; j
Skipper Continues As
1 Deputy
, i _
j The State Department of Game
' j and Inland Fisheries has appoint.
ed Oapt. H. T. Bowmer of Southi
port as Game Protector for
Brunswick County. He succeeds
Craven Nelson of the Hickory's
Cross Roads section.
1 Capt. Bowner, who has been in
i the Civil Service as a guard at
the Oaswell water pumping staI
tion for the past two years or
: | more, enters upon his duties the
| (wOntinucd on page two)
i
WING
Reporter
bye;
A "clippie's" a street-car conductor,
I say "bloke" instead of guy.
j And. though my speech has been
altered,
And changed since I've been
away;
;I still have no trouble in wishing
"Merry Xmas!". the American
Way.
A good many Brunswick
sportsmen have probably made
| their bag limits on quail this
j year. Reports on such have been
rather scarce. However E. R.
! Weeks, city clerk for Southport,
jgot his bag limit the first day.
! Coroner W. E. Bell has reported
I full days limit on two trips.
With the advent of the real
; laying season for hens not far
! off, County Agent J. E. Dodson
Continued on page four
i
? 7m'
r pii
minunity
"1944
Assistant Sup<
Resign;
Private Bozeman
Seriously Wounded
Pfc. Henry E. Bozeman of
Shallotte, was wounded in the
European theater of war last
month. Tne extent of his injuries
have not been reported. He is
about 28 years of age and is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bozeman.
His wife, Mrs. Virginia L.
Bozeman and one small child also
live near Shallotte.
Grain And Hogs
His Best Crops
One - Man Farming This
Year Resulted In Average
Of $72.00 Per Acre
On George Danford's 33
Acres
George Danford, who lives on
the road connecting the Bell
SwEimp highway with Bolivia, has
been doing some experimental
and demonstrative farming this
year. He has a tobacco allotment
but says he would rather do grain
and livestoc farming, with sweet
potato and some other ti-uck crops
on the side.
He had a bad season for his
corn this year and the storm in
August did further damage.
Nevertheless, he produced 525
it;a flurhot nntato croD
j UUOLIC10! mu WflVV. ? ? 4 .
net led him 400 bushels.
, There are only 33 acres in
cultivation in the Danford farm.
In order to keep the land busy
he did considerable rotating and
had a crop growing practically
all the time. Seven acres in barley
in the fall furnished grazing for
80 head of hogs. After the barley
these hogs were turned- in on soy
beans and they are now being
sold at an average of better than
210 pounds each. Very little corn
or other feed was necessary to
complete the fattening. The grazing/
lands provided between 500
. W tWP psundr . 2 porl: per acre.
In all, from his 33 acres Mr.
(Continued on IJage 4)
Quotas Remain
Same Next Year
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Chairman Of County AAA
Committee Announces Regulations
Governing Allotments
Marketing quotas on flue-cured
and Burley tobacco for the 1945'46
marketing year has been anno
.inced by the War Food Administrataion
and individual farm
acreage allotments for the 1945
crops will be the same as in 1944,
according to C. O. Bennett, Chairman
Brunswick County AAA Com
mittee.
"In addition to these acreage
allotments," Mr. Bennett stated,
"An amount equal to two percent
of the total acreage allotted
to all farms in 1940 will* be made
available for increasing individual!
farm acreage found by local AAA I
committees to be inequitable. Five i
percent of the national quota will:
be available for establishing al- ]
lotments for farms on which noj
flue-cured or Burley tobacco has)
been grown during the past five j
years. To be eligible for such an
allotment either the farm operator
o the person growing the tobacco
shall have had expeience
w.thin the past five years in
growing tobacco and shall be liv-j
ing on the fa-m and largely de-i
pendent on the farm for his livelihood."
Mr. Bennett pointed out that
applications for sucn allotments
in Brunswick County should be
filed with the Brunswick County
AAA Committee prior to February
1, 1945. He further pointed
out that it is currently estimated
that 1,062,480,000 pounds of flue(Continued
on Page 2)
Yotmg People Will
Present Pageant
The Young people of Southport
Baptist church will presertt a
Christmas pageant, "There is no
Room," on Christmas night at
8:00 o'clock in the church.
In addition to the pageant the
following exercises will be presented:
"Greeting" ,? Eight Primaries,
"Wreath Around the World" ?
Eight Juniors, and "Silvery Notes"?Nine
Juniors.
A special offering will be taken
for the Baptist Orphanage. The j
program is under the direction of i
Miss Marjorie Potter, Mrs; Geo.
What Icy, and Miss Susie Sellers.!
The public is -cordially invited to,
attend. j
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$1.50 PER YEA* 1*UBL1S*
>rvisor
s In Whiteville
Hazel Taylor Litchfield Extends
Thanks To Brunswick
People As She Re-1
signs Post
WAS ASST. SUPERVISOR
FARM SECURITY ADM.
Served Brunswick County
Citizens Since 1943 In
Whiteville Office
By Hazel Taylor Litchfield
"Since I assumed the duties of i
Associate FSA Supervisor in |
Brunswick County on November I
1, 1943, it has been my pleasure
to work with 86 farm families of
| the county, and I wish to extend
my thanks to each of you fam|
ilies for your fine cooperation, and
J at the same time say I believe
| that the Farm Security Administration
has helped many of you
families to be what you wanted
to be?Keep Climbing.
"To date we have assisted five
families in buying farms. Of this
(number one has finishing paying
I for his farm, namely, Mr. Paul
Brown. Others have made payments
to be proud of, as well as
FSA being proud of you. 1 am
leaving the organization, but as
I go, I sincerely hope that each
of you will pay for your farm
I much earlier than you first planned
due to good prices. Reduce i
your wants to meet your needs j
and pay for your home first.
"We regret very much that we
haven't been able to find farms
within our limit for all of our RR
families who have proven themselves
worthy of purchasing a
farm, however, don't you give up.
Some day land will be within our
Hrviif o?oin and Hii?n u/P rail hrln
you who \vant to become home
owners. Save your money and
plan ahead for the future.
"Many of you families are now
producing your home food supply.
This year try harder than
ever to produce all of your pork,
lard, poultry, and beef. Be sure
to grow a good year-round garjden
and set your table by producing
your own food supply and
help win the war. ' T I
"I am very proud of you fam-j
ilies who are improving your
standards of living by keeping all
home environment, attending j
home encironment, attending1
church, encouraging your children!
to join 4-H Clubs and taking par t1
in other community activities. TJhe
best way to learn is by doing, so
keep on taking and active part
in community activities.
"I'm wishing each of you a
Merry Christmas and a. Happy
New Year."
Short Holiday
For Co. Schools
One Week Given For Observance
Of Christmas
Six days for grammar grade31
and high school holidays is understood
to be the general rule in!
North Carolina this year. Natural-,
ly the students would like a!
longer freedom from books but
the sober thinking adults see j
things the other way in these '
times. Six days for Christmas is '
ample, they think.
It must be taken into con-']
sideration that all schools started i
this year's session two weeks late,!
owing to the infantile paralysis j I
eDedemic. It is necessary that!.
they close as early in the new i
year as possible. War time conditions
are responsible for this
with labor as scarce as it will be,
many a high school boy v^ill be
doing a man's work just as soon
as the session closes. We hardly
think that the normal boy or girl
will shirk the need of helping
their parents. The help of the j
school children on the farms last
(Cont'nued on Page Four)
Loans Available
Sweet Potatoes
Growers May Obtain Qood
Loans On Large Lots Of
Cured Sweet Potatoes In
Storage Through AAA
Office
Farmers of Brunswick County
now may obtain loans on their
1944 crop of sweet potatoes to
reflect the price support guaranteed
by the War Food Administration.
Loans are available on ail
lots of sweet potatoes containing
at least 1,000 bushels which have
been in storage houses for a
period of at least three weeks
and which have been cured.
For obvious administrative rea-t
sons, leans can be made only on]
(Continued on Page 3) '
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Most of The News
All The Time
1ED EV?RY~WEDNEJjDA*
Commissioners
Draw Jury List
For Spring Term
Session Will Convene On
January 22 With Judge
Frizzelle Presiding; Four
Murder Cases On Docket
HOLIDAYS THROUGH
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Commissioners Employ Assistant
To County Home
Keeper, Various Matters
Heard At Mondays
Meeting Of
Board
With little Charles Trott tak- ;
ing the slips front the box, a jury
list for the .spring term of court, !
which convenes on January 22,
was drawn by the beard of county
commissioners, Monday.
Judge J. Paul Frizelle, of Snow
Hill, Green County, will preside '
at the term, which is a trifle unusual
for Brunswick county in
that four murder cases are slated
to be heard. For the first time in
several years the criminal docket
will pobably take up the entire
week. Following are the
jurors who were selected Monday:
B. A. Woodard, B. G. Simmons,
W. G. Cause, K. II. Evans, Quincy
Little and B. H. Bennett, of Freeland.
Lacy Smith, Jim Carlisle, W. L. '
Carlisle, F. Odell Smith, Hurley
Smith, F. M. Smith, W. C. Me- i
Keithan, W. S. Canady and M. L.
Simmons, of Ash.
Dr. K. C. Daniel, James Arnold,
W. A. Johnston, H. T. St. George,
Thompson McRackan, H. B
Smith, Edwin Dozier, and J. M.
Barnhill, Southport.
E. E. Furguson and O. H. Clem
mona, Bolivia.
S. A. Potter, G. VV. Swain, James
Bogie, Lone VVilletts, P Hickman,
VVinnabow.
Charlie Robbins, Woodrow Harrell,
G. B. Fisher, E. M. Hickman;
Leland.
Carvin G. Roach, J. M. Roach.
J. H. Holden, J. B. Sermons, Herbert
Brown, J. J. Roach and Cres%
Evans, .Su-r .y . ...
The commiRioiJ.is s!.acf ether t
matters to attend to Monday. Beside
drawing the jury list and
making tax adjustments following
matters were handled, as
shown by the minutes:
The report of Mrs. Lou H.
Smith, county health nurse, was
received and approved.
Saturday noon through December
26th was designated as a
holiday fof county employees and
officials, this being in line with
the procedure followed throughout
the State. All county offices .
will be closed for Saturday noon
(Continued on Page Four)
Shallotte Man
Wounded In Action ;
Mrs. Jack D. Harbolt, tha
former Miss Cassie Andrews of
the Shallotte Village Point section,
has been advised that her
husband, Sgt. Jack D. Harbolt,
has been wounded in action for
the second time. His first wounds
were sustained in September of
this year.
Sgt. Harbolt is a native ioI
Oklahoma and two years ago <
while stationed at New River
with the Marines he met and
married Miss Andrews. Mrs. Harbolt
received no infortnation fiom
the War Depatment as to the extent
of he husband's second injury.
He Vvas serving with the
Marines in France.
| Ration Pointers [
PROCESSED FOODS
Blue A-8 through B-2
(Book 4) now valid at 10
points each. Good indefinitely.
.MEATS AND FATS
Red A-8 through S-5 (Book
4) now valid at 10 points
each for use with tokens.
Good indefinitely.
SUGAR
Sugar stamps No. 30, 31, 32, .
33 and 34 good indefinitely
for five pounds each.
CANNING SUGAR
Stamp No. 40 good for five
pounds canning sugar until
February 28, 1945.
SHOES
Airplane stamps No. 1, 2, ' ']
and 3 valid indefinitely.
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and 5 coupons
from last year and Period 1,
2, and 3 coupons for this season
now valid at 10 gallons
each.
GASOLINE
A-13 coupons valid through
December 21. On December
22 A-14 coupons become vail#
through March 21.
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