Friday, January 16, 1M2. THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Page ThN* THE PASSING YEARS BY CHARLES MACAITLEY Third Week of January 1911 C. T. Patch celehratcs 44th yoar of business in Southern Pines. W, M. Milam dies. Wherein a former neighbor of yours Rets 16 years in the hoosegow, E. R. Williams, who occupied home in Wey. mouth Heights in 1938, went a little too far when he stole Mis.s Swan's frigidairc. Mr, and Mrs, R. L. Chandler play Inosts to 34 employees of th»> Southern Pijies office of tho Carolina Power ^nd Light Company. 11)37 Mr. and Mrs, E, J, Woodward on. tertained at a dinner and bridge at their home Thursday evening. Miss Margaret Gifford entertained the Spinsters club Monday night at the Beverly, 1932 Airport here not properly marked, lost fliers state, W. H. McNeill of Lakevlew buys Little River Store Company at South- ■'m Pines. Mrs. George Elliott entertains at two tables of bridge Monday after noon. 1927 Brush fire sweeps several hundred acres between Arbutus road, Bethes- da road, Massachusetts and Connecti. cut avenues. The "Sycamore” on Pexmsylvania ■»venue, one of the town’s oldest relics •und once the home of John T, Patrick, m being razed. 1923 Mixe<i weather. Sunday ice, Monday fair and warm. Sunday all the greenery clad In icy armor beautiful but destructive. 1915 John Phillip Sousa, the famous bandmaster and march king, spent iast Sunday in Southern Pines and was a guest at the Highland Pines Inn. The great musician is spending tJie winter in one of the suburbs of Southern Pines. J. R. McConnell goes to France. Popular Carthage man wants to get %s near the scrap as possible and sails for France next week. Pinehurst Paragraphs l*ratt.rhiUiDH Engagement Mrs. Marian Phillips announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Mary Evelyn Phillips, to Lieut. James Martin Pratt of Fort Jay, N. V. Miss Phillips attended the Cottage School, Pinehurst; the Ark, Southern Pinos, and Pinehurst High School, and rraduated with the 1940 class at No tre Dame Academy, Southern Pines. Lieut. Pratt is the son of Mrs. A. G. Pratt and the late James Martin Pratt of New York. He attended Cul ver Military Academy and West Point. Miss Phillips has returned from New York, where she was the giiest of Mrs, A, G, Pratt at the Vander. bilt Hotel, members of the Friday Bridge Club and a few additional guests. Parent.Teacher Meeting Tuesday afternoon the regular monthly meeting of the Parent.Teach. er Association was held at the school, with Mrs, Gordon M, Cameron as program chairman. Miss Nancy Usrey gave a devotional, the subject of which was Courage. The home, school and community in relation to the Na. tional Defense Program was ably dis cussed by Mrs. Carlton C. Kennedy, W. J. Harbison and Colonel George P. Hawes. Mr. Wilson reported First Aid Sup plies had been purchased with part of the money or bonus from the sell ing of Christmas seals. Mr. Harbison reported that paper is being collected by the pupils, the money from its sale to be uaed to buy Defense Bonds, these eventually to be used to purchase a projector for the school. Miss Mary Louise Riddick for the ninth grade girls, and Miss Kuth Lilly for the seventh grade, accepted the attendance prizes. Church Supper The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Community Church served a delicious baked bean supper at the church Thursday evening. 1912 Friday and Saturday last three in- Frcdoriek Hales Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. Krcderick F. Hale of Watertown, Mass.. are guests of Mr, and Mrs. Bert Nicolls. Mrs. True P. Cheney entertained in honor of Mrs. Hale Monday afternoon with two tables of bridge. Mrs. A. P Thompson is entertaining Friday at bridge for Mrs. Hale. Guests will be Go Bowling TONIGHT It’s Inexpensive It’s Fun Bowl a line or two tonig:ht. REdl’LATION ALLEYS PINEHURST CASINO Pinehurst ches of snow fell which could not melt in the low temperature of 6 degrees above zero. All records for the past out the old sleigh, hitched the white out the old sleigh, hitcher the white horse to it and took the girls to ride. Conversation heard on Broad street and quoted in part, “Then instead of being cold, he got hot. That was some improvement, and when he told me that they had better weather in Maine than this right now, I told him if I believed that, I’d pull my freight for Maine this P. M. But as he stayed here instead of going to a good clL mate it looked as if he was giving it to me crooked.” 1907 A joint committee was appointed by the Southern Pines Board of Com. missioners to report as to some agreement of taxation on wagon ped dlers in town. Committee—Kapitzke, Smith, Powell, Richards and East man. “See our souvenir spoons with State Seals, pine cone handles and local views, all in sterling silver, at the News Depot.” Adv Miss Mary John Watson, manager of tho Western Union office, has re. turned from a two weeks' vacation spent in New York and Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Dunlop are visiting Mrs. Dunlop's brother and sis. ter.in.law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Terry in Madison, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson have returned to their home in Cleveland. Ohio. They plan to return to their | cottage here for the spring season. Sgt. Charles Davidson has return-1 td to Camp Jackson, S. C., after; spending several days here as the' guest of Miss Ruth Lilly. Recent guests of Mrs. J. .V McGould- rick at Maple Cottage were her brother, Richard Morrow and Mrs. Morrow, and Miss Betty Frank of Stow, N. Y. Pete DuPont, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. DuPont, has Joined the Navy and went to Raleigh Wednesday to be assigned to duty. Ann and Jimmie Ferree are out after being quarantined for whooping cough. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sloan and children. Ann and John, of Mt. Ulla were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cameron Tuesday. A. F. Dees, Jr.. has gone to Nash ville. Tenn., where he is taking spec, ial defen.se training. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bost had as week.ond guest. Mr. and Mrs. Leon, ard Terry of High Point, and Mrs. Bosts' mother. Mrs. H. A. Pritchard of Biscoe. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bevan and dan. ghtor. Miss Georgiana E. Bevan of I'hiladelphia are at their home on the Midland Road. Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Cheatham spent the week at Myrtle Beach as guests of S. B. Chapin. Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Ehrhart have returned to New York after spending several weeks at their cottage, Col umn Lodge. Mrs. A. J. McKelwav. Mrs. Colin McKenzie, Mrs. Kate Gibbon and Mrs. Isham C. Sledge spent Monday in Charlotte visiting Miss Lillian Moore, a patient in Presbyterian Hospital and Mrs. W. M. Herndon at Memorial Hospital. ’■^Kular monthly meeting of ^e Woman’s Exchange was held at the home of Mrs. E. C. Keating last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Chester I. Williams have returned from Palm Beach, Fla., where they visited Mr. Williams' par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Milton Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Appleton W'ar- ren were hosts to a group of intimate friends at dinner Monday evening in celebration of their twen. ty.seventh wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. William H, Watt cel. ebrated their fifty-sixth wedding anni versary on last Wednesday. They were honor guests at dinner at the Berkshire Thursday evening, Mrs, E, J, Hartsell and son. Larry, are out after being confined with mumps. Miss Edna Gentry entertained the Wedne.sday Bridge Club at the Hazel wood this week. J. Ellis Fields and Rev. A. J. Mc- Kelway attended Presbytery in Sou thern Pines Tue.sday. Mr. and Mrs. James How are spend, ing .several weeks in Buffalo, N. Y. The World Almanac for 1942 out to day. Get it at Hayes.' We Sell and Service Every Form of Insurance Including Fire, Life, Accident, Auto and Inland Marine. A Survey by this Aprency without obliga tion will be of lasting value. Mrs. J. L. McGraw, Mgr. UNITED INSURANCE AGENCY Sea well Building, C’arlhape, N. C. Telephone 117 Residence Phone 95 Telephone 6161 J. N. Powell, Inc, Funeral Home 24 hour Ambulance Service D. Al. Blue, Jr. Manager Southern Pines DINE AND DANCE AT SCOTIIE’S A GOOD PLACE TO BUY GOOD COAL FARRELL COAL CO. Phone 9581 Aberdeen Return Eng-agement ' of PALL BELL and His Orchestra 10 to 2 Saturday Night, January 17 Fried Chicken and Western Steaks Our Specialties Scottle’s Tavern One-Half Mile South of Southern Pines Phone 6793 1902 I The town W'as much excited Wed- ! nosday night about 9, when fire was i discovered under the residence of Miss Helen Barnard, on Pennsylvania ave. nue. Someone had crawled under the building with a bottle of oil and sue. ceeded in starting a blaze. Extin. guished before any damage was done. Wesly Stone. Neg^ro, was caught near the building and locked up until 6 D’clock the next morning when he set fire to the guard house. Mayor "'rout sent him on to Carthage for trial. %t Pint llffdles Knollw'ood, Southern Pines, N. C. MORE LIKE A CLUB THAN A HOTEL Our own Championship Golf Course entirely surrounds the hotel and club house. i Superb pitting course, tennis courts, bridle trails, hunting preserve. Attractive Rates. John F. Sanderson, Mgr. liiiiiiiiiiiminminmnmrTitnfTminiTttrtTtTmmminnniTmmnnritmitmmTrTmr Everett, Zane & Muse Certified Public Accountants Ar»rrs — taxes — stbtbhs BoUdbig Saa«Br«. K. C. 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