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Friday, October 24, 1941. THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Page Flv* WOMAN’S CLUB AT VASS ENTERTAINS Cameron Orjicanization is Guest at Party; District Pres ident Speaks Honoring the Woman's Club of Cameron, tlu? Viias Woman’s Club in- tertainoii at a lovi'ly puriy at Hold Charmella Wednosday evening with -Mrs. W. K. Nichols of Coats, presi- ilont of the Ninth District North Car olina I'Vdt-ration of Women's Clubs, and lady members of the Vass-Lako- viow school 1 acuity as special guest.«. Decorations of ferns, ivy and fall i lowers made the reception ro(>ni niosl attractive. The group joined in singinu "Amer ica,'’ after which Airs. P. A. Wil.son. president of the local club, wolccnicd the guests an<l presentt\i the district FIRE CONSUMES WELFARE GOODS Maternal Welfare Committee Supplies Lost in Carthage Fire; More Needed ji defense work. Mrs. I'ete I’hillip.s, president of the C'anieron Club g.ive highli.ghts of her organization’s work lor the past year The entertainment committee then led the group in contests of variou.s kinds, the outstanding one being a hot making contest. Names were, drawn, erepe paper of several colors' and pins were distributed, and each person was asked to make a fall hat for the person whose name she had drawn, keeping the person’s identity a secret. When the hats were com pleted, they were presented to the owners and a fashion show was held, complete with numbers of the en trants, and judges. The "creations" were modeled on a platform be.fore a background of greenery and after much eliminating at.d recalling the judges finally declared Mr.s. J. D. McLean’s hat the winner. Mrs. Mc Lean, the model, and Mrs. G. W, Br(>oks, thp designer, were iwarded prizes. Other priz'^-winners during the eve ning were Mrs H. Cone McPherson, Mrs. A. K, Thomp.son and Mrs. Pete Phillips. Refreshments of jellied cheese sal ad, Ritz crackers, sandwiches, cup cakes and tea wore served. During the refreshment period, Mrs. J. A. Phillips of Cameron gave an original poem as a toa.st to the hostess club, to which Mrs. Wilson responded. Guests of the local club wori?, from the Cameron Club. Mrs. J. C Kelly, Mrs. Georgia Matthews, Mrs. Jewell Hemphill, Mrs. C. M. Voyles, Mrs. Belle MfKeithen, Miss Mary McLeod, Mrs. J. A. Phillips, Mrs. A. P. Phillips, Mrs. J. D, McLean. Miss Vera Mc Lean, Mrs. O. B. Pullen, Mi.ss Kath arine McDonalth Mrs. L. B. McKeith- en, Mrs. W. B. Parker, Mrs. J. E. Snow, Mrs. H. D. Tally, Mrs. H. C ?.^cPherson, Mrs J. W. Rogers, Mrs. A. M. Snipes and Mrs. Raymond From the Vass-Lakeview faculty: Miss W'. Worsley, Mrs. Krank Swett, Miss Eva Kirkman, Miss Valeria Wo mack, Miss Mary Emma Thomas, Miss Louise Leslie, Mi.ss Katharine Graham and Mrs. Ruth Lang Gard ner. Other guests were Mrs. W. FJ. Nichols. Mrs. J. B. Harris, Miss Del- cie Terry, Miss Nettie Pearl Tilly and Miss Virginia Senter, all of Coats, and Miss Mattie McDuffie of Vass. Honor roll for the first month of school at Cameron was ariounced this week by R. F. Lowry, principal of Cameron High School. Following is the honor roll: Fourth Grade: Betty Lou Thomas. Rachcl Badgett, Kathenne Wood, Joyce Hardy, Magdalene Johnson, Stewart Arnold. Sixth Grade: Nancy Thomas, An nie Lee Hopkins. Seventh Gradp; C:irolly Cuthrie, Rachel Holder, Joyce Howell, Rebec ca Thomas. Eighth Grade: Clinton Cameron. Dillard Hopkins, Bert Smith, Peggy Comer. Fa.ye Marion, Estelle South ern. Alex Thomas. Ninth Gr.ide: J. W. Camer;-n. H.iyes Harbour, P.illy Womack, Mary F. C’iimcron, Olga B, Cameron. Sibyl Cf oper, Ruth Hardy, Ruby Line jerry, .Marjorie Smith, Rachel ThcVnas, Wanda Tucker, Hazel McDonald, Tenth Grade: Esther Bilyeu, Mabel without biidly needc’d supplies, Contri-1 J'vce l.sgett, Johnsie K.'lly, button.-^ t wards replacing these lost t MeDnnald, Evelyn Ptiitts, (Jpat nrticles will be gratefully received by| Whitaker, the Committee, and should be sent to the treasurer, Mrs. I-’rank McClure, '.Southern f’ines. 2")e will buy 2 rubbi-r sheets. 30c will buy a kimona. i .'SOe will buy a light crib blanket. $1.00 will buy a warmer one. OOe will buy a ba.‘<ket. 72c will buy a dozen diapers. ^)0 will pa.v for a basket com- The Carthage fire of last week was a great loss to many individuals. There was, however, a loss not listed in The Pilot which touched every person in Moore County. The entire supplies of the Moore County Maternal Welfare Committee were burned up. They lomprised 30 ba.ssinets com pletely equippt'd with mnttre.ss, blankets, and layette, many complet ed garments and the material for making more, as well as over ■'>00 .vards of diapi'r eloth. This is a .serious loss. The money to pay for these articles was contrib uted by the people of the county, for the people of the county. The loss president, who spoke on women’s part i.-: theiis. ITnless it can be made up many mothers and babies will di Honor Roll Given For Cameron School iOUDON JOHNSTON Kl’NKH.XL TO BK HKLI> IN IMNKlll IWI Funeral for Gordon Johnston of Washington, D. C., who died Wed- r.esday of a ruptured appendix, will be conducted by the Rev. A. J. Mc- Kelway at the Pinehurst Community Church Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. Johnston was 26 years old. and connected with United Ogar Company. Surviving are his widow, formerly Miss Elizabeth McDonald of Pine-i hurst, whom he married a year and! seven months ago, his mother, Mrs.' Bella Johnston of Chase City, Va., a! sister and two brothers. Burial will be in McDonald cemetery on Linden Road. Week’s Newsin Army Circles COTTON I!KI‘()UT Census nport shows that 370 bales of cotton were ginned in Moore I County from the 1911 crop up to Oc-' tober 1, as compared with 480 bales’ for the crop of iniO, it was reported: this week by William D. Smith of' Vass, special agent. I Mrs. Philip P. DorrZ of Fort Dodge, Iowa, arrived Thursday to vis-! it her sister, Mrs. George B. School-! craft and Capt. Schoolcraft. | Mrs. Andrew Curitan left Tuesday night for Covington, Ky., to attend the dedication of an organ in the F’irst Methodist Church there. The organ has been presented to the Church by Mrs. Curitan’s aunt and uncle in memory of her mother. The Army Officers' Wives met Wednesday at the Southern Pines Country Club for the semi-monthly' lunc hiMin. About ‘10 membi-rs and guests were present and six tables of 1)1 idge were in play after lunch. The next meeting will be held No-i vemlX'r at the Country Club. Pwoser-' vations can be made by calling Jlr.^;. A. E. Murphy at the Chib. Lieut. George B. Schoolcraft ha* been promoted to the lank of Captain. Lieut, and Mrs. Harry CorrniUii rf' Boston, Ma.ss., are at the Colonial lit*- in Southern Pines. They were inur' ried a .short time ago in Bt ston an^* Mrs. Corman has just joined LIriit. Cormiin, who is stationed at the Ai« Port. Mrs. Staunton F'atker ot Soiithrrfc Pines .spent last week-end in Rm'fc Hill, S. C.. with Lieut. Parker v\ho i> on maneuvers in that ar<a. Ml.s. P. J Grady entertained Mr and Mis. W. J. Hawn, of OntaiMi. Canadii, at dinner at The Gray Foa last 1’hursday flight. PUiit Aih'(rtismg Pays. F’h'venth (Irade: Sallie Wicker, Fe licia Craham, Evelyn .\nn Snow. Law- nnce Cameron, J. W N.ill, L B. Mc- Keithen, John V.’, Thomas. Announce F^nffagement of Moore Countv Girl AUERDEEN P; Lt. C'I. and \!rs. Alexander Pal- pletely outfitted with a niattres=:, | Kellv of F'ort Doven.s, Mji.ss., olankets, and layette. I have announced the engagement of In the six years during which th?jthrir dau<rhter, M.nry F:iizabeth, to Moore County Maternal Welfare Com-i i,t. P.obort I.ee Thornton. Miss Flelly mittee has been in existence, thejjs „ pmnddaughter of the late Mur- naternal mortality rate in the coun-|,ir,ek McLeod and Lsabelle Palmer ty has dropped from eight in .'iOO, i Kelly, for many years residents of one of the highest rates in the world, to no deaths in 1939 and two in 1910. .Several factors went into the making of this record: the prenatal clinics, the cooperation of the doctors of the county and the staff of the Moore Moore County. She is a graduate of Goucher College in Baltimore. Mary land. where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. I.,t. Thornton is stationed at West- over Field. Mass. He was graduated County Hospital, the never-failing f,om the University of Akron. Ohio vigilance of the nur.se-midwife, Mrs.'and was a member of Lambda Chi Harris. The giving out of ba.ssinets ind other supplies is incidental to this, the main service of the Maternal, Welfare Committee. It is however, an important phase of the work. F'or it is important, often vitally so, to the health of the baby and. therefore, to the peace of mind which will give a poor over-worked woman a few months of*happy motherhocKi. —K.L.B. Cameron Hi^h Boys Know Their Hogs Cameron High School last week (arned a reputation as a place where *he boys know their hogs. Britton Page and Hubert Lee Phil- bps entered the stock judging con test at the State F'air last week and won over 200 or more entering the contest. Hubert Lee and Britton won second place in the swine judging as a team and Hubert Lee won third flace in swine judging as an indivi dual. Both are members of the Failure Farmers of America. “Our boys made a good showing ind we are proud of them,” comment- '■d O. B. Puller, agriculture teacher at Cameron. Advertise i%. The Pilot for Results. Old-Timey? But- So Is Billiards Established in 1923, we have been called by different names: STRAKA’S BILLIARD ROOM STRAKA & SON BILLIARD ROOM SANDHILL BILLIARD ROOM SOUTHERN PINES BILLIARD ROOM CAROLINA BILLIARD ROOM RECREATION BILLIARD ROOM REX BILLIARD ROOM is now our name because it means the ROYAL GAME OF BILLIARDS. Formerly this game was played only by KINGS AND LORDS OR ROYALTY. NOW THE AVERAGE CROWD OR PERSON PLAYS BILLIARDS COME IN AND HAVE A GAME Visitors Welcome REX BILUARD ROOM George R. Straka SOLDIERS: We’ll MAIL YOUR LETTERS and CARDS Broad Street Southern Pines .\lpha Fraternity. Lt Col. Kelly is now in this State on maneuvers with troops from Fort Devens. The wedding will take place in De cember. PINEHURST Marriage .\nnouneed Mr. and Mrs. Peter Belanger of Berlin. N. H., have announced the marriage of their daughter. Laura, to Henry Nooleboom in the Village Chapel, Pinehurst, on October 22. The wedding took place at 11 a. m., with the Rev. T. A. Cheatham per forming the ceremony. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nooleboom are employed at Holly Inn in Pinehurst. Mrs. V. S. Mulford of Pinehurst en tertained Mrs. J. Garland Buell of Tulsa, Okla.. and Mrs. L. B. Babcock of Pinehurst at dinner at The Gray Fox last Thursday, Mrs. Nathaniel Norris of New York, Mrs. Alfred Norris of Law rence. L. I., Mrs. Henry Howard of New York and Mrs. Warren Thorpe, Jr. of Cedarhurst dined at The Gray F’cx last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee C Fuller iiava closed their summer home in Water- ville, Maine, and are expected to ar rive here this w'eek for the winter. The Pinehurst School Hallowe'en carnival is scheduled for Thursday. October 30 in the school gymnasium. Many new' features are plai r\ed for the carnival, and a dance will follow. There will be a King and Queen con test and a Sadie Hawkins Day race. Mrs. F. L. DuPont will act as fortune teller, dressed up as a gypsy. The af- jfair is sponsored by the junior class of the High School. Mr. and Mrs. J. W'. McNeill. Jr., of Maysville, Ky., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tsham C. Sledge. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lacks, and son, Stanley Lacks and bride, arrived this week from Norfolk Dowtis, Mass. Dr. M. W. Marr, Dr. J. S. Ruggles and Dr. T. A. Cheatham have return ed from fishing trips and report good catches. Mr. and Mrs. John O. Hobson arriv ed Saturday to occupy the Den Daisy log cabin. Mrs. A. S. Cobum entertained at bridge Monday evening. Guests were Miss Mary MacLong, Mrs. James MacNab, Mrs. S. A. Hennessee. Mrs. J. M. Hagood, Mrs. Blanche Wescott, Miss May Chapman, Mrs. Alec Innes, and Mrs. T. A. Cheatham. Mrs. E. F. Partridge. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Partridge and son, Edward, of Belgrade Lakes, Maine, have returned for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hotchkiss of Win- iton-Salem were week-end guests of Mrs. Howard P. Hotchkiss. Mr. and Mrs. Sprigg D. Camxlen of ”arkersburg, W. Va., have returned to their home. Mr. and Ikfrs. Frank White and laughter, Shirley, of Haverhill, Mass., "lave returned. Mrs. Sallie Matthev.s Culton of Greensboro spent the week-<>nd with relatives. Miss Julia McNairy of Greon.sboro, was week-end gu-st of Miss Friinces Plea.sants. Mrs. William Cartc'r, Jr. is .spend ing this we!; in Greensboro. Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Bowman visit ed Mr. and Mrs. FMgar Bowman in Maxton last Sunday. Mrs. Lula Ellis returned to her home in High Point last week after visiting Mr. and Mrs. F:. P. Capps. Mrs. George Blackmore, of Dallas, Texas is visiting her father, H. A. Page, Jr. Mrs. George Martin was hostess to her bridge club and several invited guests at her home on Pine street last Friday. Fligh score prize for the club was won by Mrs. E. T. McKeithen. Guest prize went to Mrs. .S. A. Wor.sley. Mrs. R. S. Gwyn and Miss Janette Leach came in for refreshments. At a meeting of the Community House A.ssociation, at the Commu/- ity House last Thursday, plans W'ere made for installing a heating system. Mayor Forrest Lockey was made President of the A.s.sociation and Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., was elected House Chairman. A get-together meeting for the sol diers at the school auditoriumi last Saturday evening was cpiite a success. Games were played under the direc tion of Mr. Batchelor, and the Rev. FI L. Barber led the group singing. The Ladies of the touTi sponsored an Officers Ball at the Community House last Saturday evening, which W'as one of the most enjoyable af fairs of the season. Around a hun dred guests were present. Mrs. Dan Farrell entertained her bridge club at her home on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Gaither Crutchfield and Mrs. Ralph Reynolds were special guests. Mrs. Crutchfield won the guest prize and Mrs. Robert Farrell held high score for the club. The Home and Garden Club, after cMsbanding for the summer months, held its first Fall meetings at the Community Hou.se la.st Tuesday with Mrs. R. S. Gwyn as hoste.ss. After a fhort business session, the program was given by Mrs. Lean Soymoui and Mrs. W. T. Huntley. Mrs. Sey mour talked on “Gardening," and Mrs. Huntley's subject was "Clean up, rake-up and repair." The next meeting will be with Mrs. Leon Sey mour. a'(‘n ei’ine jnersoii I Interior l)esi^>’ner Wishe.s to Announce that her \voi*ksho])s are o])en for the convenience of hei* clients and that Mrs. Margaret Gage and Mr. C. 0. Thompson are AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION Concert and Lecture Course of Flora Macdonald College Red Springs, N. C. EGON PETRI Noted Dutch Pianist Mon., Oct. 27—8:00 P. M. Tues., Oct. 28—7:30 P. M. Season Tickets $3.00 Individual Admis.<5ion $1.00 Season’s Schedule IL R. Kiiickerhooker, foreign correspondent, Nov. 17th Budapest String Quartet, Dec. 8th Vincent Sheean, Author, Jan. 10, 1942 Lansing Hatfield, Bass-Baritone, April 13th, 1942 All Programs Begin at 8 o’clock in the College Auditorium. smtttttnrtxmttaxtitiamtitttmin ORGAN MUSIC SUNDAYS The Village Chapel in Pinehurst is presenting a series of organ programs ach Sunday afternoon at 3;3( '’clock. Robert Rodwell is organist rhe public is invited. Advertite in Th« Pilot for Perfect Health Pays larger dividends than any other investment. Really restful sleep is one of the requisites of good health. Wake up smiling every day on a Beauty-Rest mattress and box Springs. BUY TODAY AND REST TONIGHT See our fine selection—single and double sizes — a variety of colors Pinehurst Warehouses, Inc. Pinehurst (In Southern Pines, Phone 7283) Phone 3412