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Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 12

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PAGE 12. FLORENCE, S.C., MORNING NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1946 Seen About Town Mario Berini, who appeared in concert in Florence during the spring of 1944, being engaged as leading tenor of the Metropolitan and Francisco Opera companles. Mar. Berini will make his San Francisco debut on October 17 in the difficult tenor role of Florestan in Beethoven's only opera "Fidelio." being announcea yesterday Congressman Richards of South will speak on "Foreign Affairs" at next Thursday's regular Kiwanis club meeting. The Camden-Florence football at game, eight o'clock tonight, the talk scheduled for Hicks Field the It will be the first of of the Jackets in home appearance and for the next two weeks weekey will play out of town.

A Bass, the youth reported, Gaillard bitten by and Oak streets yesterday. James Brockington of, Route 1, theft of a Florence, Al THE TODAY, THEAIAES COLONIAL "Black Beauty" Starring Mona Freeman and Richard Denning COLOR CARTOON NEWS CAROLINA Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton in "Gentleman From Texas" Phantom Rider Chap. 6 Hugh Herbert in WHEN THE WIFE AWAY DRIVE IN THEATRE Fair Grounds Friday and Saturday "MY GAL SAL" Rita Hayworth Victor Mature Admission 25c Children under 12 free -none 9196 Show Hours 2 to 11 P. M. Double Feature Program "Blonde From Brooklyn" with Robert Stannon, Lynn Merricks ALSO "Shadow of Death" Buster Grabbe, Fuzzy Knight Also Chap.

8 HAUNTED HARBOR SPARK PLUGS I CLEANED 50c set 5 Reg. Gas $1.04 5 Ethyl Gas $1.19 2 gal. can Oil $1.39 Batteries Charged In 30 minutes "Pete" Thornell SUPER XAMINED YEARLY PAYS Surely A hard working delicate mechanism like A watch should be "checked" yearly why not have 118 check yours now? 2 to 7 days service crystals fitted while you wait. Newel Shop 40 EVENS ST LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. LEE, 60 Funeral services for Mrs.

Linnie Estelle Lee, 60, who died at her home near Scranton Wednesday, Were held yesterday afternoon at the Lee Tabernacle church with Rev. H. H. Balding in charge. Burial was in Marthacasbin cemetery.

She was a member of the Camp Branch Baptist church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William Miles, Mrs. Simon Matinews and Miss Ina Lee, all of Scranton: three sons, Harley Lee of Timmonsville, Jack Wal. lace Lee, and Wiley Lee, both of Scranton; one sister, Mrs.

Eller Spring of Scranton; three brothers, Tillman Lynch of Coward, Luther Lynch and West Lynch, both of Scranton. Active pallbearers were Victor White, Gary Lee, Harlie J. Powell, Charles Miles, Lloyd Lee and Foster Lee. Honorary pallbearers were Billie Matthews Lonnie Evans, Byrd Matthews, Earlie Matthews, J. N.

Newton, and A. D. Rogers, In charge of the flowers were Miss Patsy Evans, Miss Frances Alice White, Miss Carolyn Feagin, Miss Linnie Matthews, Miss Mary Sue Matthews, Miss Louise Lee, Miss Christine Lee, Mrs. Lonnie Evans and Mrs. Jamie Rogers.

Cusaac's Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. FOR SUCCESSFUL BAKING PLEE-ZING FLOUR FLOUR General Mills Product (PLEE-ZING MASSEY HITE GROCERY CO. Phone 89 prone to Men are much more commit suicide than are women. WOLS RADIO PROGRAMS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1946. 6:30 -Sign On; music 6:45 -Morning Sing and Shine and Gravy 7:30 Rise Shine Ad Column 8:00 Martin Agronsky Devotions Spotlight 8:55 News The Breakfast Club 10:00 True Story and State News of all Churches World in Hollywood Martin News 11:45 Ted Malone 12:00 News; music Matinee 12:30 -News: Melodies 12:45 Anderson News Farm Talking Hour -Hollywood Headliners Daily News John B.

Kennedy Program Groom Be Seated 'n Find Me Barnes Octet State News -All Request Pgm. News Summary Cliff Edwards the Pirates Tracy Lone Ranger 6:00 Melodies at Evening 6:15 -Music News in Review 6:50 Sport News Edition 7:15 Raymond Swing Reveries News of Missing Heirs 8:30 This is your FBI 9:00 -Break the Bank -The Sheriff Roll Call 10:00 Boxing Bouts 10:30 -American Sports Page 11:15 -SIGN OFF. MRS. W. R.

WETMORE LOSES HER FATHER Dr. J. Frank Cranford, 61 father of Mrs. W. Wetmore of Florence, died at Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, C.

He had been ill only short time. It is announced that the funeral services will be held today in Gastonia where Dr. Cranford was. a practicing physician. He is survived by his widow: three daughters, Mrs.

W. R. Wetmore of Florence, Mrs. James F. Roper of Asheville, N.

Miss Dorothy Cranford of Gastonia, and a son, Jimmie, Cranford of Gastonia. Mrs. Wetmore had been called to Charlotte by her fathers illness and Mr. Wetmore left last night to be with: her in her bereavement. Reddick Rites Be Held Today Funeral services for Ben Reddick will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the grave side in the Willow Creek Baptist church cemetery near Evergreen.

The body will remain at the Waters Funeral Home until 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Reddick was known to hundreds of Florentines as "sharpenem-now Reddick" and for years he was a familiar Agure on the streets of Florence pushing a cart cutlery and sharpening stone. decorated with various items of Mr. Reddick died Wednesday morning after a long illness.

He was born in Darlington county, November 14,1870, the son of the late B. M. Reddick and Ida Jetfords Reddick, both also of Darlington county. For the past 21 years he had been a resident of this city. He is survived by his wife.

Mrs. Laney Cornell Reddick of Charleston: three daughters: Mrs. Marie Hicks of Scranton, Mrs. Mrs. Laney Mae Charleston, Mrs.

Lela Mae of Jacksonville, four sons, Manton Reddick of Emingham, Lee Reddick, Willie Reddick, Robert Reddick, all of Charleston: two step-sons; J. L. Frier of Florence county and Joe Frier of Effingham. More than 30.000.000 acres of U. S.

forest land are burned nually. on wholesale veal carcasses, but no changes were made in livestock 1931 Ford sedan bearing license B25-455, Jerry Poston, 11, returning to his home in the Hannah community from The McLeod Infirmwhere he has been a patient since September 30 and reported getting along nicely, Young POSton had both legs fractured when they got caught in a mowing machine on his father's farm. The Florence Life Underwriters association to hold a meeting at Hotel Florence tonight at 6:30 o'- clock. State president Edwin F. Brooks will report on the National convention recently, held at Cleveland, Ohio.

The United thank offering of the Woman's auxiliary of St. John's Episcopal church to be presented at the Communion Service October 13 at 8 a. m. The Lions club to hold its regular weekly meeting at Hotel FIOrence today at which time an interesting program will be presented. A full attendance is urged.

W. Smith, district manager of the Life and Casualty Insurance company, visited yesterday by George R. Williams, vice-president and home office representative and L. H. Moon.

After a delightful luncheon at Hotel Florence, a meeting was held in district office attended by the company's representatives thruout the Pee Dee area. Mr. Smith was congratulated upon being the leading manager with the company in the State of South Carolina. Mrs. D.

E. Hutto a patient at The McLeod Infirmary where she is reported showing improvement. The Col. Wiley Jones Camp, No. 11 to meet tonight at :30 o'clock at which time M.

O. Gardner of Charleston, the state commander, will be a special guest it was announced yesterday by W. H. Worrell, adjutant. Wesley Moore, 28-year-old Negro, sentenced to eight months in jail or $241 fine yesterday in City Recorder's court.

He was found guilty of stealing (seven counts) and a suit of clothes from the White Swan Laundry. Truman Silent continued from page one ate such a program. Another possible source of more meat, but a minor one, was an offer by Argentine Ambassador, Oscar Ivanissevich, of immediate shipment of 4,000,000 pounds of his country's canned meat. He made his offer to Anderson, with whom he had a conference. This would make only a small dent in the shortage, however, and Argentina already is shipping canned meat here- August shipments were 920,772 pounds.

in retail meat ceilings during the The OPA, made some adjustments day to iron out various inequities but said the acton had no connection with the shortage. The changes, effective Monday, increase prices of the top grades of veal an average of seven and eight cents a pound and revise many beef and pork prices one or two cents, some higher and some lower than present ceilings. Ceilings also were raised Just 6 more days before BIG BING CROSBY SHOW I Wed. Oct. 16, 10 10:30 P.

M. WOLS ceilings. NOTICE! Due to labor troubles and scarcity of materials. We Will Not Open Today For the benefit of our patrons, we will take orders over the phone and deliver same Friday and Saturday. OUR OPENING DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

VAUGHAN'SI GROCERY and MARKET Linnie CHICKENS, EGGS and VEGETABLES Country Fresh Saturday at the Home Demonstration Market Next to Courthouse Let Us Charge Your BATTERY Takes Only 30 Minutes, "Pete" Thornell 2P RICE FOR STARVING CHINESE -The USS LSM 470, a veteran of Okinawa, carries rice through Kwei-Fu gorge on the Yangtze River to a JUST TWO HOURS BEFORE DEATH- -Miss Elaine Eldridge, 24, and Lawrence O. Hogan, 23, both of Fort Lauderdale, sit in a night club near Dania, just two hours before their bodies were found on the Dania Beach road with bullet wounds in her temple and in his chest. Officers said "it definitely was a double murder." (AP DIAPER SHORTAGE DUMPED IN LAPS DRY LEGISLATORS Oct. 10-(P)- red Savannah, Blame for the diaper shortage rightfully belongs in the dry laps time of legislators who aren't fathers, reach according to Stanley I. Posner of Washington, D.

C. Posner, general counsel for the same 'National Institute of Diaper serv- and ices, told servicers baby pants today that "too many government a Phone 38 Jeris Antiseptic HAIR TONIC $1.00 size I 79c ELECTRIC TOASTERS $4.40 LIFEBUOY SHAVE CREAM 35e value 27c MILK OF MAGNESIA Superior Tasting, full pint 29c critical famine area in China. Five hundred thousand matches lighted every minute in the United States. George Bernard Shaw worked as a clerk for $4.50 a month at the age of 15. Sugar cane is a gaint grass, sometimes attaining a height of 20 feet.

The average length of a sugar cane stalk is approximtaely 12 feet. TOBACCO GROWERS BIG MEDIUM SMALL all agree They on FM THE WORLD'S BEST TOBACCO CURER Our production will be increased several thousand curers for the 1947 season. It is time to place your order! See your nearest Florence-Mayo Dealer or write direct to: FLORENCE-MAYO NUWAY COMPANY MAURY, N. C. STORES With A Reputation" Reeves, Owner Rubbing SOAP Alcohol "Luxor" Pint 8 Cakes 29c $1,00 officials have forgotten about the of diapering infants." "Mothers can't clothe babies in tape," Posner said.

An average of 13 months is the required for sugar cane to maturity. The sugar beet belongs to the family as the garden beet the mangel-wurzel. Sugtr cane, a perennial, requires warm and moist climate. LEY'S AND DRUG "Drugs J. B.

Mavis Powder Mitts $1.00 size 59c Yardley Toilet Water $1.50 Lotus and Lavender Milk of Magnesia Alkalizing Tooth Paste, regular price 2 for 39c Teel Combination Large Teel Small Teel Total value Both Only -39c Packer Combination Packer's Olive Oil Shampoo Packer's Pine Tar Shampoo 60c Total value $1.20 Both enly Hot Water Nylon Bristle Fitch Dandruff Bottles Tooth Remover Brushes All rubber 39e value Shampoo 69c 23c 59c Automatic and Single Record Players Combinations Automatic and single player Battery Radios Single and double head Schick Electric Shavers Apex Vacuum Cleaners Carpet and Cylinder type. Electric Heaters Standard Brands Records All Kinds BASS ELECTRIC APPLIANCE 137 East Evans Street Phone 982 ELECT Willie C. Poston FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION Your Vote Will Be Deeply Appreciated PLASTIC APRONS Washable and durable. Blue in color. Price $1.00 Phone 123 The Cream Shampoos Select WITH LANOLIN It's new! Enriched with two special ingredients that create hairlights of loveliness you never dreamed possible! What's more this new formula is good for your hair and scalp! Easier to use no waste! Just dip your fingertips into the jar, and massage this rich cream into your hair for scads of luxurious lather.

Try it just once and you'll use it ever after! Be sure to come in for your jar today! Select Shampoo Cream Large, 6 oz. Cosmetics Department Plus Federal Tax Where Applicable.

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