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THE PILOT. Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday, January 26, 1945.
Society and Personals of tlie Sandhills
Edith Poate Hassell
Phone 7271
Engagement Announced
Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Miss Jean
Fuller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. .Harrison Fuller, formerly of
Pelham Manor, N. Y., and now of
San Francisco, Calif., to Chief Of
ficer Philip Pelton of the United
States Maritime Service. Mr. Pel-
ton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
P. Pelton of Southern Pines.
The wedding will take place in
San Francisco on Monday, Janu
ary twenty-ninth.
Mrs. Dickie Honored
Mrs. George C. Moore entertain
ed about forty guests at a buffet
supper at her home Friday night
honoring Mrs. Jamie Dickie of
Woodland, who is the guest of
Mrs. Henry Dingley at the Car
olina in Pinehurst.
Several other parties have h^en
given to compliment Mrs. Dickie.
Mrs. Heizmann , Mudgett was
hostess at luncheon at^ the Pine
hurst Country Club Thursday of
last week, and Mrs. Dingley en
tertained at dinner at the Dunes
Club Saturday night.
ners were Mrs. Ricnard Sugg, Mrs.
H. A. Gould, Mrs. Earl Sprague,
Mrs. William A. Smith, Miss Edith
Wolf, Mrs. J. G. DeBerry, Mrs.
Virgil J. Lee, Mrs. Maxwell Grey,
Mrs. Francis Alba deCbsta, Mrs.
Lucy Cameron, Mrs. Arthur Ea-
kins, Mrs;( Harry Gage, Mrs. Ern
est Poate, Mrs. George Burns,
Miss Susan Cutts, Mrs. H. Gar
nett, Mrs. J. D. Hobbs, Mrs. John
W. Haywood, and Mrs. H. L. Hoff
man.
Mrs. Philip Weaver and Mrs. E.
Levis Prizer presided over the
tea table and Mrs. A. E. Murphy,
hostess at the Country Club, was
in charge of refreshments.
Prizes were donated by the
Sandhills Drug Company, Dorn’s,
Pender’s, A & P, Franjean’s, Caro
lina Gardens, Broad Street Phar
macy, Welch Gift Shop, Tate
Beauty Shop, Agnes-Dorothy
Beauty Shop, Marenne Beauty
Shop, and others.
thur Unger of Rockville Center,
N. Y..
Arrivals at Mid Pines
Recent arrivals at Mid Pines
Club include Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ichless of New York City; Mr. and
Mrs. Graham Ryle of Rye, N. Y.;
Mr. ah(^ Mrs. W. E. Blackburn
of Summit, N. J.; Miss Mary E.
Marsh of New York City; Mr. and
Mrs. Ira S. Wilson of Kansas City;
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Branch of
Ithica, N, Y.; Charles E. Dwenley
News of Our Sandhills Service Mer
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Thomas G.
Hagerty, New York City; Mrs. J.
O Harris, Minneapolis, Minn.;
J. B. Anderson of Richmond, Va.
Dinner Dance
The Medical Detachment of the
Station Hospital at Camp Mackall
entertained one hundred fifty
guests at a dinner dance at the
Southern Pines Country Club on
Wednesday evening.
House Warming
Mrs. C. F. Primm, who recently
moved into “Greystone” in Piney
Woods, was given a surprise
housewarming Thursday night of
last week by a group of friends.
The party included Mrs. George
Thompson, Mrs. T. A. Jones, Mrs.
J. W .Atkinson, Mrs. Dewey Char-
michael, Mrs. Thompson Davis,
Mrs. J. T. Overton, Mrs. C. L
Smith, Mrs. Jack Weatherly, arid
Mrs. Walter Harper.
Civic Club Gives
Successful Party
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There were nineteen tables in
play at the Country Club Tuesday
afternoon when the Civic Club
gave a benefit party. A prize was
given for each table and the win-
To Entertain D. A. R.
The members of the Alfred
Moore Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will
be the guests of Mrs. P. P. Mc
Cain at the Southern Pines Coim-
try Club on Saturday afternoon,
January twenty-seventh, at two
thirty o’clock. Members of other
chapters who are visiting in this
section as well as all members of
the Alfred Moore Chapter are
urged to attend.
Betty Ann Garner
Sergeant and Mrs. Charles L.
Garner of Charlotte announce the
birth of a daughter, Betty Ann,
on Monday, January twenty-sec
ond. Sergeant Garner is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Garner of SoU'
them Pines.
Special Meeting
of Eastern Star
There will be a special meeting
of the Magnolia Chapter, Order
of Eastern Star, at the Masonic
Hall in Southern Pines on Friday
night, January twenty-sixth, at
eight o’clock. This is a group
meeting with the Sanford and
Raeford Chapters for the official
visit of the Worthy Grand Matron,
Mrs. Blanche Twiford of Eliza
beth City. Visitors are welcome.
At Pine Needles
Solicitor E. H. Gibson of Laur-
inburg arrived at Pine Needles
for the opening of Superior Court.
Other arrivals include the Rev
erend Nicolos Jasseli of Balti
more, Md.; and Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
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Glass China
We invite you to visit our new home
on West Broad Street
Four blocks south of post office
Southern Pines, N. C.
Weddings Birthdays
flowers
Carolina Gardens
Bank Building Telephone 8261
WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS
Anniversaries Funerals
Chrysanthemums - Carnations
Roses
Chandler’s Greenhouses
Telephone 6154
104 S. Bennett St.
Jean Alden Phillips
Lieutenant and Mrs. Edwsird
Patrick Phillips, Jr., are the pa
rents of a daughter born at Moore
County Hospital Tuesday, Janu
ary twenty-fourth. She has been
named Jean Alden. Mrs. Phillips
is the former Kathleen Richard
son of South Paris, Me., and has
spent several winters in Southern
Pines with her aunt, Mrs. Henry
Morton. Lieutenant Phillips is
now serving overseas with the
139th Paratroop Engineers.
At TINKER FIELD
Now stationed at Tinker Field,
Okla., is T|Sgt. J. D. Ar,ey, Jr.,
of Southern Pines. He is assigned
to a group Finance Section' at
this model establishment of the
Air Technical Service Command
for the maintenance and repair
of aircraft and the training of aft:
depot groups.
Sergeant Arey is a graduate of
Southern I?ines High School. Prior
to military induction in July,
1942, he was employed by the
Paul T. Barnum Real Estate and
Insurance Agency.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jasper D. Arey, Southern Pines.
His wife resides in Washington,
D. C.
Sergeant Arey Was formerly sta
tioned at Kelly Field, Texas.
overseas action. He is
walk some with the
crutches.
able
aid
RETURNS TO CAMP
2nd Lt. Robert Currie will leave
today (Friday) to return to a camp
in Louisiana after^ spending an
8-day furlough in Jackson Springs
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Currie.
WOUNDED IN ACTION
Pvt. Kirby P. Patterson, son of
Mrs. Ella M. Patterson of Route 1,
Jackson Springs, and PVt. Glenn
E. Spivey, whose wife, Mrs. Hattie
Opan Spivey, lives at Robbins,
have been reported as wounded in
action in the European area.
Personals
Miss Bernice Reynolds and Miss
Jean Olive spent the weekend at
Meredith College in Raleigh as
the guests of Mi$s Irene Olive.
Miss Stella Morrison spent the
weekend in Sanford with her cou
sin, Mrs. Gilbert Lett..
Mrs. William Dale and Mrs.
Samuel J. Erwin spent-Friday in
Fayetteville.
Louis Scheipers returned Tues
day mdrning from a trip to Law
rence, Mass.
Mrs. James Quello left Sunday
night to spend a week in New
York City.
Kenneth B. Trousdell left Sun
day night for New York City.
Jack Westerfield of Essex Falls,
N. J., who has been Mr. Trous-
dell’s house guest, left Sunday
night with Mr. Trousdell.
Mrs. T. H. Sutliffe has returned
home from Moore County Hospi
tal where she was a patient for
about two weeks.
C. L. Hayes left Friday night for
New York City.
Mrs. Irene V. Donovan left Sun
day night to spend two Weeks’
vacation in New York City.
Miss Beatrice Elfreth of Duke
University arrived yesterday to
spend a week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry El
freth.
John M. Howarth has been con
fined to his home by illness for
several days.
Lieutenant and Mrs. George W.
Cottrill have moved from Mrs.
Clark’s apartment to the Heffner
house on Ashe Street.
Captain and Mrs. Joseph Sch
aeffer and their baby daughter
left Friday to spend a furlough
at their home in Memphis Tenn.
Lieutenant Ben Rittelmeyer
left Thursday of last week for a
week’s leave with Mrs. Rittehriey-
er at their home in Memphis,
Tenn. Mrs. Rittelmeyer returned
to Southern Pines with him yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cherry of
Charlotte were weekend guests of
Mrs. Cherry’s mother, Mrs. M. N.
Sugg. The Cherrys recently pur
chased the Nichols house near the
Country Club and are planning
to make Southern Pines their
home in the near future. They
were residents here a number of
years ago.
The Reverend F. Craighill
Brown is a patient at Moore Coun
ty Hospital. It is reported that he
is improving.
Mrs. Bessie (Clark, Miss Jane
Mann, and Miss Elizabeth John
son of Chandler’s Greenhouses at
tended the Floral Clinic given in
Raleigh Monday by Horace Head,
stylist for the Florist Telegraph
Delivery Association.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron
and daughter, Linda Sue, returned
to'their home in Knoxville, Tenn.,
Tuesday after a week’s visit with
Mr. Cameron’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Bruce Cameron of Manley.
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron had-Linda
Sue christened at the Manly Pres
byterian Church on Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Heins, a member
of the Southern Pines School fac-
BACK FROM PACIFIC
Belton K. Jernigan, aviation
ordnanceman l|c, U. S. N., of
Aberdeen, has returned from a
tour of duty in the Pacific where
he served as a gunner in the
Navy’s Patrol Bombing Squad
ron Eleven (VPB-11).
His squadron, which flew the
famous CATALINA flying boats,
specialized in “black catting”,
which is lovv-level bombing, straf
ing, and torpedoing in the dead
of night. For its outstanding rec
ord the squadron was awarded the
the squadron was awarded the
coveted Presidential Unit Cita
tion. Jernigan, who is 21 years'
old, holds the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross.
HONORABLE DISCHARGE '
Kimes Blake, seaman 2|c, who
has served in the Navy for about
a year, has been granted an hon
orable discharge. He returned to
Jackson Springs last week to join
his wife and their small son,
Kimes Eugene Blake.
WOUNDED
Recent casualty lists include the
names of Cpl. Otis B. McNeill, son
of Mrs. Vivian B. McNeill, Route
3, Carthage, wounded in the Cen
tral Pacific area, and Pvt. Ardell
S. Nickens, husband of Mrs. Rob
erta A. Nickens of Carthage, Pvt.
Herbert E. Cockman, son of
George T. Cockman of Robbins,
and Pvt. Abram A. Van Boskerck,
husband of Mrs. Marjorie M. Van
Bofekerck of Pinebluff, wounded
in the European area.
BACK FROM OVERSEAS
Lt. James B. Muse returned to
his home in Carthage last week
after spending several months in
Charleston, S. C. hospital recov
ering from wounds received in
VISITS PARENTS
James Key, seaman 2|c,
spending a 30-day leave with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Key,
at their home east of Vass, after
Serving overseas for several
months.
REPORTED KILLED
Cpl. Otis B. McNeill, son of
Mrs. Vivian B. McNeill of Route
3, Carthage, has been reported
killed in action in the Central Pa
cific area.
30-DAY LEAVE
Radioman 2|c George Watson,
Jr., is spending a thirty day leave
at his home here. Watson has seen
action at Saipan, Guam, and most
lately in the Philippines.
-COMPLETES COURSE
Pvt. Catherine A. Prizer, Wo
men’s Army Corps, has completed
her training at Ft. Orglethorpe,
Ga., and has been assigned to
Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
TRANSFERRED
Sergeant T. K. Atkinson has
been transferred from Ft. Ben-
ning, Ga., to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
ulty, was called to her home in
Blythewood, S. C., last week when
news was received that her bro
ther had been killed in action in
the European Theatre of war.
Mrs. Richard Pethick returned
Sunday from Orlando, Fla., where
she visited relatives.
Mrs. D. Welch left Sunday for
New York iCty on a buying trip
for Mrs. Hayes’ Shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Alba de
Costa gave a small dinner at the
Highland Pines Inn last Friday
night.
M-Sgt. Walter B. Watson, Jr.,
was one of the honored guests
at the White House Saturday
when President Roosevelt took
the oath of office at his fourth
inauguration. Sgt. Watson has
been stationed at Camp Mackall
in the Headquarters and Supply
Detachment for the past 'two
years. He and Mrs. Watson and
their son make their home on
Ashe Street in Southern Pines.
Miss Katherine Wiley has re
turned from New York City.
Mrs. N. O. Stevens is a patient
at Moore County Hospital.
J. R. McQueen of Fairmont
spent Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. McNeiU. He was'here
to visit his wife who is a patient
at Moore County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Thomas and
son, Gerald, visited relatives in
Raleigh Sunday.
Miss Mildred Hatfield and her
mother, Mrs. F. G. Hatfield, ar
rived last week from Bradford,
Pa., to spend the remainder of the
season at their home here.
Mrs. Wayne C. Rostofer left
Wednesday to make her home in
Dufham. Mrs. Rostofer, the former
Miss Frances Allen, was employ
ed by the Carolina Power and
Light Company before her mar
riage to Sergeant Rostofer. Ser
geant and Mrs. Rostofer made
their home here while he was
stationed at Camp Mackall.
Mrs. Lucy Cameron has return
ed to her home in Norfolk, Va.,
after visiting in Southern Pines
as the guest of Mrs. W. N. Hutt.
Mrs. Garland Pierce left Wed
nesday morning to join Corporal
Pierce in Florida.
C. T. Patch and Mrs. Lillian
Miles returned Wednesday morn
ing from New York City where
they went on a buying trip for
Patch Department Store.
Mr. and Mrs. George Buttry
left Thursday morning for a trip
to Florida. They were accompan
ied by Lieutenant Robert Eude
of the Army Air Corps, and his
wife. Lieutenant Frances Eude,
an army flight nurse, who are
both stationed at Maxton.
Lieutenant Commander and
Mrs. Greer Stutz and their chil
dren arrived Wednesday morn
ing from Murray, Kentucky, to
spend a few days with Mr. Stutz’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Stutz.
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weaters
All Wool in Blue, Green, and Camel
Loafers
Moccasin Style Brown Oxfords
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Broad Street and New Hampshire Avenue
Prescriptions
WHEN ACCURACY MEANS
SO MUCH
Quality Is Essential In All Things-
But Particularly So In Drugs
A lot more goes into the pre
scriptions I fill than fine, fresh
drugs. There goes, also, years of
experience and special training
—a lot of patie^nce and skill—
and most of all, a firm promise,
to Vou, your Doctor and myself
that every prescription will be
compounded with utmost care.
We Are At Your Service All Day
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28tli^
Southern Pines Pharmacy
Clement Byrd, Druggist
Telephone 5321 West Broad Street
The Modem Market
Super Quality Foods
Fruits and Vegetables Fresh
Every Day
BILLY BAKER A PAGE
Billy Baker, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Baker of
Southern Pines, has received his
appointment as a page in the
State Legislature. The appoint
ment was made through Mr. Rich,
Speaker of the House. Billy will
go to Raleigh next Monday to as
sume his duties.
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PHONE 9281 or 8223
We will call for and deliver
on pick-up and delivery
days.
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Aberdeen. N. C.
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TELEPHONE 6062
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P. O. Box 1012
Southern Pines, N. C.