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r / Friday, October 17, 1930. Dr. Dickie Addresses Parent-Teachers Ass’n. Discusses Dread of Tuberculosis at Interesting Meeting at Aberdeen School The October meeting offthe Parent- Teachers Association was held in the uditorium of the Aberdeen gram- nar school on Wednesday afternoon 3:00 o’clock, but on, account of so • iany of its members going to the ou'.ity Fair there was not a large at- ondance. ^ The meeting was called to order by ts president, Mrs. J. |ralbot John- n. The secretary and treasurer was :..led on for reports, and commit- ^^es made their reports. The', Ways ind Means committee brought up the natter of a card party, the proceeds f which will go towards liquidating i'Hebtedness of the P. T. A., which flatter will be decided later. James ->mith, manager of the Dixie Thea- le, offers to go “fifty-fifty” with ^he P. T. A. on another show, which ffer will probably be taken up in he near future. The Grade Mothers are asked to isit the children for whom they are Grade Mothers during the next month, and make reports at the next meeting. The president was authorized to ap point delegates to the convention to oe held in High Point on November nth, 12th and 13th, and hopes that iis many members as possible can go. As this week will be the time for the next meeting for the association, it was decided to‘ put the November tting off another week in order that there will be no conflict. The Novem ber meeting will be announced in The Pilot as to its date. Mrs. H. L. Boggs will be glad to take sul>scriptions to ‘‘Child Life” within the next week, at 'vhich time all subscriptions will be mailed in. Miss Effie Butler, teach er of the Commercial course in High School made a plea for a Grade Mother for that course, which mat ter will he attended to soon. W. G. Smith generously offered a free round on his Miniature Golf Course to the grade having the larg est percentage of mothers present, to be announced later. Rebecca Doub gave a very interest ing report on the meeting of the Jun ior Red Cross held at Chapel Hill last week, which was much enjoyed. Mrs. H. E. Bowman gave an inter esting report on the Federated Wo men’s Club held in Lillington on Oc tober 13th, for which meeting Mrs. . A. Blue was the Book Club’s del egate, and stressed several points ought up at this meeting as work which the association could do prof itably, especially the beautifying of our highways, and the canning of soup mixture for the hot lunch work. The special feature of the after noon was the splendid talk given the association by Dr. J. W. Dickie of the Southern Pines Sanatorium on Fear of Tuberculosis,” which was especially enjoyed. Seldom has the association had such a treat, and we hope we 'can have him talk to us again. A delightful social hour followed the meeting during which the hostesses served refreshments. The hostesses for this meeting were Mesdames J. F. Deaton, Roy Harrington, Jones Macon, W. G. Smith, A. L. Burney, J. K. Melvin and J. Vance Rowe. TOE PILOT, a Paper With Character. Aberdeen, North Carolina Willard Dunlop Speaks to Kiwanis Members FRANK PAGE TO PRESIDE AT EDUCATIONAL MEETING Frank Page, who was recently chos en chairman of the Southeastern Council, an organization formed to promote the economic advancement of the Southeastern States, will preside over a discussion of “Southern In dustry and the College Graduate” at a luncheon meeting of the Southern Conference on Education to be held at the Carolina Inn, Raleigh, at 12:30 o’clock Friday, October 31. The discussion will be lead by Gen eral R. I. Rees of the American Tel ephone and Telegraph Company, an<3 Mi*. Cator Woolford, of Atlanta. Mr. Woodford will discuss the value to Georgia industries of the Georgia Col lege Placement Bureau which he help ed to found. General Rees will sum marize briefly the experience of his own and other large corporations in selecting and assimilating college trained workers. These talks will be followed by general discussion. VISITS IN BALTIMORE Mrs. Esther of Southern Pines went to Baltimore, Md., on Thursday night, to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. Ethel Haight. CANDOR 6, CARTHAGE 0 The Candor High School football team defeated Carthaeg at Carthage Wednesday afternoon, 6-0. ABERDEEN VS. ROCKINGHAM Aberdeen High School plays Rock ingham at Rockingham tomorrow, Monday afternoon, at football. Re^lutions on Death of Kiwan- ian J. F. Morris Passed at Weekly Meetnig Willard Dunlop was the principal speaker at this week^s Kiwanis lunch eon, giving the members his ideas of developing further interest in the weekly meetings and of making the club of further value to the commun ity. Dr. J. W. Dickie also spoke of the value of Kiwanis to the individual. The following resolutions on the death of Joseph F. Morris, late mem ber of the club, were passed: WHEREAS, An all wise Providence has removed from among us our friend and co-builder, J. F. Morris, and WHEREAS, His death marked the end of a life *of usefulness and un selfish, friendly and capable service, and WHEREAS, While mourning his loss we realize that we have been en riched by his having lived and serv ed among us: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE SOLVED, That in the passing of Xi- wanian Morris (or Uncle Joe, as his friends were want to call him) this Kiwanis Club has lost a beloved mem ber, faithful and true, and the com munity and section has lost an hon orable, upright and public spirited citizen. RESOLVED FURTHER, That we, the members of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen, in commemoration of him and as evidence of the deep loss we feel, inscribe a page in our minute book in his memory. RESOLVED FURTHER, That the sincere sympathy of each and every member of this organization is ten dered to his bereaved widow. RESOLVED FURTHEJR, Tfiat a copy of these Resolutions, suitably in scribed, be furnished to Mrs. Morris and a copy likewise to each of the newspapers in this section. DAVID DRAGE, MRS. CONVERSE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT (Continued from page on^) they said, as it turned into the sharp curve at high speed. The machine left the road at the beginning of the turn, they said, and careened violently with two wheels in the ditch on the right- hand side. The woman, they declared, stood up in the car as she wrestled with the steering wheel, but was un able to pull the car out of the ditch. The machine struck the pole, situ ated in front of the Old Falls Church, , with a crash that awok.? residents of the town many blocks away. Woman Dead When Found The man and woman wero thrown 25 feet through the air by the force of the impact, and Mrs. Converse was dead when the onlookers reached the scene. She sustained a broken neck, fractured skull, broken right arm, a fracture of the left leg and a crushed chest and shoulder. Drage died' of a fractured skull af Emergency Hospital, where he was taken in a taxicab, which drove up shortly after the accident. He was 26 years old and a member of a so cially prominent family in Kiansas City. The car struck the pole with such force that the upholstering in the rear seat was torn loose. The pole, set in a heavy concrete base, was driven backward 18 inches. Identified by License Mrs. Converse was identified by a driver’s license found in her handbag, the license having been issued to her mother, Mrs. Emma J. Walter of 10 Kirke street, Chevy, Md. Drage was reported to be an old friend of the Walter family and was staying at the home .as the guest of Beverly Walter, the dead woman’s brother. Another brother of Mrs. Con verse,. Donald M. Walter, was killed in an automobile accidem: on November 28, 1927, near Rockville. Mrs. Converse was the wife of James Vail Converse, banker and sportsman of New York City. Her first husband was F. Addison Brastow of the 2,000 block of N. street, a lo cal advertising man. Mrs. Converse was married to Brastow soon after she made her debut in 1923 and was given custody of their two children when the divorce was granted several years ago. The children are Frank Addison Brastow, 3d, and Jeroni2 Du- rean Brastow. Married Again in 1928 She marrieil’ Mr. Converse Septem ber 18, 1928, in the First Presbyter- | ian Church, New York City. He had | been married twice before. ' Besides her mother and brotli^ she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ar thur Brown and Mrs. Roland A. Wad- dill, both of Washington. Drage was a son of Col. and Mrs., Frank Drage of Kansas City. CoL Drage came to this country from England several years ago. FRANK PAGE CHAIRMAN Frank Page was named chairman of the important budget committee of the Community Chest Drive in Raleigh when leaders in the annual movement for civic donations met on Wednesday and framed plans for the 1930 Chest Week, November 17 to 22. SILENMJTOMATIC THE NOISELESS OIL BURNER. BUSHBY ELECTRIC COMPANY Electrical Contractors Daniels Building Southern Pines, N. C. 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C. 17 I C K S T S K It It S C B Democratic Nominees for Congress SEVENTH DISTRICT WALTER LAMBETH of Davidson “A worthy member of a family which has produced strong and useful men in manufacturing, business, law and the church.'' ^ News and Observer Editorial, Oct. 4, 1930. The death of Congressman W, C. Hammer on September 26, created a vacancy in the Seventh District. The Democratic Congressional Com mittee met October 3, one week la ter and nominated two candidates to succeed Mn-Hammer. Walter Lam beth, of Thomasville, was nominated for the next regular term, which be gins March 4, 1931. Hinton James, of Laurinburg’, was nominated for the unexpired term ending March 4,1931. A Statement From Mrs. Hammer Mrs. W. C. Hammer, widow of the late Congress man Wm. C. Hammer, says: “I am now appealing to the Citizenship of our dis trict to stanl by the nominees, Mr. Hinton James of Laupnburg for the short term, and Mr. Walter Lam beth, of Thomasville, for the long term. Both are ex cellent men and well qualified to serve the largest and best congressional district in the State faithfully and well.” HINTON JAMES of Scotland “A leader in all good things, a Democrat by inheri tance and knowledge, worthy of every honor.” —News and Observer Editorial, Oct. 4, 1930. Vote for Both November 4th, 1930
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