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• SEASON’S GREETINGS AND
SINCERE BEST WISHES TO
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Well welcome the chance to visit
with an old friend, and talk of the
many good Christmas Seasons of
the past, and extend our hearty
wish that the Christmas Season of
this year be a happy one for you.
Brown Auto Supply
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961
a
Christmas Shopping Choo-Choo
tracks, a whiff of fuel oil in your
nostrils.
There on the station platform,
waiting for the express, were the
piles of mailbags and a great
stack of long boxes of holiday
Radio Joe’s Radio & TV Service
Southern Pines
To Jbe held up by a freight
train, these days, is to watch the
Christmas shopping of a whole
city—of several whole cities—go
trundling past.
Three Diesel two-job units were
hauling the early morning heavy
load last week. Groaning and
straining, moaning its mournful
warning call, the long freight
train came creeping up the hill
from Aber,deen to crest, with ani
audible sigh of relief, the rise that
makes Southern Pines the highest
point on the entire Seaboard Air
line’s right-of-way.
There were 198 cejrs on that one
train and that was, to judge by
the tooting throughout the day,
only one of many making the long
haul north. The cars came from
all over the nation, as is the ex
traordinary way with freight
trains. Casey Jones himself
wouldn’t be able to explain how
on earth the railroads get them
straightened out and back where
they belong. If they ever do.
Hit or Miss
These cars were in the usual ■
hit-or-miss, scrambled-up succes
sion . There were the cars of lum
ber, rough or dressed, and un
doubtedly some of the many
closely buttoned up boxcars,
sashaying along in high class
snobbism held Christmas treasures
of fine furniture from High Point
and other Southern marketplaces
There was other wood, too, that
looked like plain ordinary light-
wood meant for Christmas
hearths. (Only for goodness’ sake
look out for Santa coming down!)
There were lines of the little
black coal cars, hitched, like
circus elephants nose-to-tail, scut
tling along, bumpety-bumpety-
bumpety. Obviously SOME fur
naces are not converted to oil. But
the shiny oil cars were right be
hind them, their little towers
looking disdainfully over the tops'
of their small black rivals.
“Okay,” said the coalcars, “Okay.
Competition is the breath of
trade, boys. Just so we warm up
the folks, it’s Okay with us!”
Ignoring the chat, along came a
long string of orange cars, filled
to bursting with oranges for
Christmas stockings. With maybe
some crates of early grapefruit
land jars of guava jelly tucked
away in the corners.
'For All The Family'
Sakes alive! Take a look at
this! Here came the “Present For
All The Family.” Or would it be
For Him or For Her? Six cars
six, no less—of brand new, shiny
automobiles, snazzy, slicked up to
the nines with chrome an^ the
latest gadgets'. Each flatcar had a
scaffolding that made two levels
and on each level were five cars.
I They rolled majestically by: 60
new models going up the line
And Christmas morning will see
' a series of those photos the ads
carry, only this one will be real
true, of a smiling Dad at the
wheel and a smiling Mom, in her
boxy topcoat and short-short
skirt, and three—always three—
smiling kiddies, all grouped about
the smiling car, and Mom will be
saying; “Just look, darlings, what
that good Santa brought us for
Christmas!”
And never a single Charles
Addams monster child to squeak;
“How did he get it down the
chimney”?
On rolled the train, cars of
every railroad flashing past as it
gathered speed again. Great
Northern’s white mountain goat
peered down from his cliff in the
Rockies, the Santa Fe’s Indian
sign, with its image of deserts
and cactus and pueblos, Northerq
Pacific and Union Pacific, bring
ing to mind Columbia gorges and
salmon fishing and all the trea
sure-trove of orchards and the
roses, the copper and the gold of
those fabulous regions of the far
Northwest. Here came the busi
ness-like Pennsy, the B&O, C&O,
the Phoebe Snow road, and others
too numerous to mention, and
finally a last group of the Sea
board’s own, offering its “court
eous service”, bringing up the
rear as. if taking care of the whole
'operation.
Past -Al Last
Like a gay lady switching her
skirt as she hurries across the
street, the little red caboose
swung past. The rails sang, the
signals stopped their fuss and you
came to and bumped across the
greens folks are sending to their
friends in the north. Lightered
wood is packed in burlap for
somebody’s fire, and red berries
and a few needles, scattered
about, decorated the platform.
The rails up the curving tracks
shone in the sun and, above the
vanishing shape of the little red
caboose, a plume of white vapor
puffed high into the early morn
ing air. —KLB
CARTHAGE NEWS
P--W .Martha and Isabells, and Mrs.
tUCnual ChrUtmas parly of Guy Pittman of Olivia; M.sa Bla
eimsrmns
gKceT/ngs
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the Carthage Music Club was held
in the home of Mrs. H. G. Poole w
Pinehurst Road with Mrs. L. R.
Sugg as co-hostess.
The 22 members assembled at
six o’clock and were serv^ a
buffet supper from a beautifully
appointed table.
Assisting the hostesses in the
dining room were music club of
ficers, Mrs. Thad Frye, Mrs. J. K.
Roberts and Mrs. H. Lee Thomas.
Everyone enjoyed singing
Christmas carols following the
^'^^s B. E. Dotson read Phillips’
translation of the Christmas Story.
Mrs. John Cline was welcomed
back after a long absence.
As is customary there -was no
business session at the Christmas
meeting. •
Upon arrival of Santa, in the
person of Mrs. J. K. Roberts iner-
riment prevailed. She presided at
the Christmas tree and gave out
the gifts that were exchanged by
the members.
Students Home
\jcuy x-w--..—,
Ruth MacLeod and Archie Mac
Leod of St. Andrews College,
LaLurinburg.
Mrs. Carey Pitty Cooper and
her husband, of 'Winston-Salem,
spent part of last week with Mrs.
W. G. Brown and Mrs. Charles %
Grier.
Mrs. Margaret Pierce is home
for Christmas and was accom
panied by her daughter Mrs.
James Wallace and daughtep
Margo and Penny of Toledo, Ohio
whom Mrs. Pierce has visited this
fall.
CAMPBELL CONCERT
The 83-voice full choir of
Campbell College presented its
annual Christmas concert in Turn
er Auditorium on the college
campus Tuesday night. Singing
with the choir was Geraldine
Baldwin, alto, of the Eastwood
community near Pinehurst.
all good wishes
for your happiness
[ay the spirit of the Christmas
Season bring jov to vou and yours
Edwards Feed Mill
Vass, N. C.
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TATE’S
Hardware & Electric
Southern Pines
A GIFT FOR THE HOME
IS ENJOYED BY ALL
Carthage Furniture Co. is the place to choose
that suite, sofa, chair, lamp, table, or picture
to make your room complete. Good selections
at worthwhile savings.
College students home for the
Christmas holidays with their
parents include; Miss Molly Dot
son, Agnes Scott College; Miss
Ruth Anna McDonald and Miss
Frances McCaskill of Womans
College; Miss Sara Jo Allen, John
L. Currie, Mr. and Mrs. Mosley
G. Boyette, Jr., Bob Kelly, Yates
Williamson, Teddy Frye and
others, UNC; Miss Ella Ruth Mac
Leod, Archie McLeod, Butch Eld-
ridge, Miss Lydia McCaskill and
Gretchen Whitman of St. An
drews College.
Miss Brenda Kirby of Gardener
Webb College. Tommy Currie,
Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.
C. Miss Kay Patterson of Peace
College; Archie Kelly, Fredricks
College in Portsmouth.
Personals
Miss Katie Lee McLeod has re
turned from a visit to relatives
and friends in Richmond, Va
Mr. and Mrs. David McCulloch
and little daughter, of Arden, are
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Currie.
Pfe Watson Dalrymple is home
from his Army base in Texas for
a visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Dalrymple. He was
accompanied by a friend.
' Mrs. Charles Cox left on
Thursday for a visit with her son-
in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Dudley Pendleton and fami
ly in Richmond.
Mrs. M. G. Dalrymple left Friday
for New York City to visit her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Temple Dalrymple.
Miss Kinsey Sabiston arrived
3me on Friday from Salem
Academy, Winston - Salem to
spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William
D. Sabiston, III, of Duke Univers
ity, will arrive during the week
and the Sabistons will have as
their guests Lloyd H. Waters of
Wilmington, N. C. and Mrs. James
Malone, Jr. of Louisburg, N.
Electric Toasters, Percolators, Skillets, Mix
ers, Blankets, Vacuums, Heaters and other
practical appliances.
RCA, General Electric, Zenith radios, tele
vision, Hi Fi, Stereo.
WITH Best wishes
r V V V • y' T ~ T T T ▼ N
FOR YOUR Happiness
our
as we extend
thanks, we hasten to add our best
wishes to you for the Holidoy Season.
May it be one of manifold blessings
Keith Hardware
Vass, N. C.
CARTHAGE FURNITURE CO.
Carthage, N. C. WH7-2253
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SOUTHERN PINES
C. M. Patterson is home from
Laurinburg.
Among the out-of-town people
attending the funeral of W. Curtis
MacLeod Sunday afternoon at
Carthage Presbyterian Church
were: Mr. and Mrs. N. E. McKay
and J. M. Pleasants of Southern
Pines; Doyle Miller, Statesville;
Mackie Caldwell and Jere Mc-
Keithen, of Aberdeen; Mrs. Car-
llos McLeod and daughters, Miss
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IFor love and Peace, for ibff Qoodness in
the world.
J.T.S. BROWN’S
SON COMPAtiT
7or life and family, for truth and for
freedom,
7or friends, one of the most valuable gifts
of all. 7o each one we extend a special
wish for a Christmas of Peace, and for
future years of happiness.
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