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THE PILOT. Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday, May 17, 1946.
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Society aad Personals of the Sandhills
Piano Students and
Hi-School Glee Club
to be in Recital
An invitation to the public is
extended by Mrs. Claude Hafer
to attend the annual recital of her
piano students to be given Wed-
esday afternoon, May 22, at four
o’clock in the Jefferson Inn. The
Southern Pines High School Glee
Club, under the direction of Miss
Hattie May Barber will also take
part in program and will sing
several musical numbers.
Students who will be presented
by Mrs. Hafer are Janet Hamel,
Mary Dell Matchett, Dorothy
Newton, Julie MacCaskill, Shir
ley Warren, Peggy Wooten, Carol
Sue Humphrey, Mary Allred,
Jeanne Overton, Edna Bailey,
Dorothy Gale, Patricia Caddell,
Carolyn Nelson, Ann Pleasants,
Betty Lane Dunn, *Gaynelle
Gwyn, Grace Eifort, Mary Sue
Cummings and James Farrell.
Thistle Club Party
The Thistle Bridge Club will
feature a white-elephant party,
each guest to bring a wrapped
prize for exchange. The party
will be a dessert bridge at two
o’clock Saturday afternoon. May
18, in the Civic Club building.
Players are asked to make their
reservations with Mrs. L. D. Mc
Donald.
Pre-Nuptial Parties
Honor Louise Martin
Many attractive social affairs
have been given complimenting
Miss Louise Leach Martin of
Aberdeen, whose engagement to
Lee Snipes Buchan was announc
ed recently. Their marriage will
be May 24 in Page Memorial
Church, Aberdeen.
Miss Martin was honored re
cently at luncheon and a sur
prise shower at the Colonial
Pines Hotel, Raleigh/ given by
Miss Idell Buchan and Mrs. Ralph
G. Buchan of Raleigh. Covers
were laid for sixteen guests.
Among Miss Martin’s friends in
Aberdeen who have compliment
ed her during the past week were
Miss Pearl McMillan who enter
tained in her home Monday even
ing with a card party and miscel
laneous shower. Thirty-eight
guests were in attendance.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
P. J. Chester, Mrs. Leroy Harr
ington and Mrs. Ira F. Peak were
hostesses at a tea given in Mrs.
Chester’s home. Seventy-five
guests called during the hours of
four to five-thirty to greet the
bride-elect.
Mrs. H. W. Doub, Mrs. F. A.
Worsley and Mrs. H. E. Bowman
were hostesses Thursday after
noon at a card party in Mrs
Doub’s home. The afternoon of
bridge was followed by a tea and
a surprise shower for Miss Mar.
tin.
a visit of ten days and will ar
rive this week-end.
In the party are Mrs. Fred Wat
kins, Mrs. Walter Cushing
Greene, Mrs. Walter Higbee
Caskey and Miss Theodora Blake,
and driving from Rockport,
Mass., are Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Harkness Davis. Mr. Davis will
visit his sister in Washington, D.
C., ‘and will return for Mrs.
Davis next week.
Teddy Hutchison
Celebrates Birthday
On the afternoon of Tuesday,
May 14, Teddy Hutchison was
host to several of his young fri
ends at a party celebrating his
fifth birthday. He is the son of
Capt. and Mrs. M. L. Hutchison
and the party was given at his
parent’s home on East Vermont
Avenue from three-thirty to five
o’clock. The children played gam
es and were served birthday cake
and ice cream, and each younster
received a favor.
Teddy’s guests were Ann and
Frank Tadlock, Adrienne Mon-
tesanti, Billy Wilson, Jimmy
Fosyth, Brooks Reed, Claude
and George Ream, Billy Wiggs
and Andy Patterson.
Bridge Luncheon
Mrs. John T. Wells, HI enter
tained at luncheon and bridge
Tuesday afternoon in her home
on East Vermont Avenue. Her
guests were Miss Marguerite
Wolf, Mrs. W. E. Tardy,. Mrs. L.
D. McDonald and Mrs. C. L. Wor
sham.
House Party Guests
Miss Florence Campbell will
entertain with a house party for
five of her former friends from
Cleveland, Ohio. AU have known
each other since their early
school days and this is their first
reunion in several years. They
are driving to Southern Pines for
DAR,Meeting to be
in Carthage Saturday
Mrs. F. H. Underwood of Car
thage will be hostess to the Alf
red Moore Chapter of the DAR
in her h))me Saturday afternoon.
May 18, at three-thirty o’clock.
Mrs. Robert Footman of Lilling-
ton, newly elected regent of the
chapter, will preside at the met
ing.
Informal Dance
Of special interest in entertain
ing last week was the informal
dance given by Louise Milliken
and Billy Warner in the attract
ively decorated Civic Club build
ing. Seventy members of the
younger set were guests at the
party which marked the birthday
anniversaries of the host and host
ess.
Dancing was enjoyed between
the hours of eight and one. Re
freshments of punch, from a pun
ch bowl which was surrounded
by an arrangement of red roses
against a white background tasty,
sandwiches and cookies were ser
ved. Chaperones in attendance,
and also enjoying the party were
Mrs. J. Elmer Harrington, Mr.
and Mrs. Lennox Forsyth and
Herrmann Grover.
Evening Bridge Party
Mrs. Currie L. Smith and Mrs.
Jack Weatherly were hostesses at
five tables of bridge last Friday
evening in Mrs. Smith’s home on
West Illinois avenue.
Their guests were Mrs. Fred
Chappell, Mrs. Dante Mbntesanti,
Mrs. J. T. Overton, Miss Kate
McIntyre, Miss Millie Montesanti,
Mrs. J. D. Sitterson, Mrs. Frank
Neely, Mrs. Glenn Gibson, Mrs.
D. A1 Blue, Jr., Mrs. A. H. Ea-
kins, Mrs. C. L. Worsham, Mrs.
George Thompson, Mrs. William
Wilson, Mrs. Walter Harper, Miss
Lee Occhipinti, Mrs. Earl Merrill,
Mrs. Harold B. Smith, Mrs. Don
Scjuire, M]rs. Thomas Atkinson
and Mrs. H. L. Hoffman.
Tally prizes were received by
Mrs. Sitterson, Mrs. Overton,
Mrs. Neely and Mrs. Chappell.
Former Resident
Returns for Visit
Mrs. Inez Bredbeck, a former
esident of Southern Pines
for many years, arrived from
Port Clinton, Ohio, Monday to
be the guest of Mrs. Nettie Ayres
and her mother, Mrs. Jessie Rog
ers, this week.
Of interest to their many
friends in Southern Pines is the
announcement of the January
wedding of Mrs. Bredbeck’s dau
ghter, Donna, to James Sparks,
J!i^., of San Francisco and St.
Louis, in Port Clinton. Mr. and
Mrs. Sparks are living in San
Francisco.
Families Leave
for Overseas
Mrs. Robb S. MacKie and child
ren, Katherine and James, are
making plans to join Col. MacKie
this summer in the Philippines
where he is stationed with the
AFWESPAC. They expect to sail
from San Francisco about the
middle of June with the first
group to go to the Philippines.
Mrs. MacKie and the children
who have been spending the win
ter in Southern Pines in the Ram
sey house while the children at
tended The Ark School, left this
week for a visitin New York state
before going to the west coast.
Mrs. Benjamin M. Bradin and
daughter and son. Miss Jane and
Jimmy, left Wednesday for New
York City. They expect to sail
for Germany within a few days
after their arrival in New York
and will join Capt. Bradin who
is stationed with the 1641st Eng
ineering Utilities Detachment in
the Berlin district.
Nancy Johnson Engaged
to Gerald B. Webb, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K. Trix
of Englewood, N. J.. and South
ern Pines, announce the engage
ment of Mrs. Trix’s daughter.
Miss Nancy B. Johnson, formerly
of the WAVE^, to Gerald Bi.
Webb, Jr., former captain, over
seas 28 months in India and
China, son of Dr. Gerald B.
Webb and the late Mrs. Webb of
Colorado Springs.
Miss Johnson is the daughter
of the late George W. Johnson
of Englewood, and granddaughter
of the late Sen. William M. John
son of Hackensack, N. J. She at
tended Dwight and Ethel Walk
er schools.
Mr. Webb was graduated from
Deerfield Academy and attend
ed the University of Virginia. He
has resumed his position as man
aging editor of
Magnolia Lodge
Among the recent arrivals at
Magnolia Lodge are Mrs. B. Ann
Teed of Palm Beach, Fla., and
New York City, and Mrs. Her
man Ditrich of Millerton, N. Y.,
who will remain for several
weeks.
Guests of Mrs. Alice Adams at
Magnolia Lodge who have stop
ped for short visits during the
week are R. D. Morris of Greens
boro who visited Mrs. Adams on
Mother’s Day. Mrs. Cameron L.
Adams of Pinebluff was here for
the week-end, and Mrs. J. C.
Adams, also of Pinebluff, was a
visitor on Wednesday.
Woman’s Society
The Woman’s Society of the
Church of Wide Fellowship will
meet in the church parlor on
Thursday afternoon. May 23, at
three o’clock. All ladies of the
parish are cordially invited to
attend. _
Personals
Personals
Dessert Bridge
On Tuesday afternoon of this
week Mrs. Louis Scheipers en
tertained in her home with a
dessert bridge party of three ta
bles.
Her guests were Mrs. W. N.
Hutt, Mrs. Paul Pelton, Mrs.
James Milliken, Ikirs. John G.
Harrington, Mrs. W. L. Baker,
Mrs. J. T. Overton, Mrs. Morris
/Johnson, Mrs. George Proctor,
Mrs. George W. Case, Miss Mar
garet Stewart
Pottle.
and Mrs. Frank
June Blue Back
Cutting short his expected vaca
tion, following his release from
the Army Apr. 28, D. A1 Blue, Jr.,
has returned to his former cap
acity of funeral director with J.
I^. Powell, Incorporated. Mr. Blue
was with Powell’s for eight
years preceding his enlistment in
the Army in 1943.
PRESCRIPnONS
a sporting journal published in
Middleburg, Va.
The marriage of Miss Johnson
and Mr. Webb will unite two
families of horse-lovers. Mass
Johnson has long been a devotee
of hunting, having started her
hunting career with the Moore
County Hounds. Mr. Webb, steep
le-chase rider as well as editor of
the sporting “Chronicle,” has
hunted in Virginia since boyhood.
The wedding will be at Lake
Placid in August.
Navy Man Home
Lt. (j.g.) Collester is visiting
his mother, Mrs. C. H. Collester,
after ten months duty in the Pa
cific Area. Lt. (j.g.) Collester was
a Corsair pilot attached to the
Bombing Fighting Squadron 19
on the USS Hornet. He was sep-
l^ated from lactiye service on
May 4 at San Francisco, and has
since visited at Cambridge and
Newton, Mass., and at points en
route from San Francisco here,
Mr. and Mrs. John Hendee
Bradin and son, Jackie, stopped
for an overnight visit Monday
with Mrs. B. M. Bradin and fam
ily, when returning from a va
cation in Florida to their home
in West Hartfoi(H, Conn^ Mr.
Bradin is a cousin of Capt. B. M
Bradin.
Mrs. E.- J. Austin is spending
the week in Raleigh with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
The Chronicle”,^'Brockwell, who have just return-
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telephone 5321 West Broad Street
Surprise Party
When Group Three of the
Church of Wide Fellowship met
at Mrs. A. L. Burney’s home last
Thursday afternoon for their fin
al spring meeting, Mrs. Louis
Scheipers, chairman, was surpris
ed to find that members had
planned a party in honor of her
birthday. Attractive ’ arrange
ments of flowers decorated the
Burney home and favors and re
freshments carried out a birth
day motif. Mrs. Scheipers was the
recipient of many useful gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Sad
ler and Charles, Jr., are vaca
tioning in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
for four weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Inman and
young daughter, Mary Leigh, of
Norfolk, Va., have returned to
their home after a ten day vis
it with Mrs. H. E. Thrower.
Mrs. Malcolm Grover and chil-
dred, Joan and Johnny, are vis
iting Mrs. Grover’s parents in
Newton, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Eakins left
last Saturday for a motor trip to
Suffern and Binghamton, N. Y.,
where they will visit relatives
for several weeks.
ed from a trip to Florida.
Mrs. Francis Alba deCosta left
Monday night for a two weeks’
stay in New York City.
Mrs. W. E. Swan, Jr., of Alex
andria, Va., is visiting her par
ents and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
James Schwartz and Miss Fran
ces, for two weeks.
Maj. J. D. Sitterson, Jr., who
has been a patient in a Fort
Bragg Hospital for several weeks,
recovering from a leg fracture,
is spending his sick leave of a
month at the home of his parents
on Ashe street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Neal
have been spending the week in
Washington, D. C., while Mr.
Neal was there on business.
Albert Bretsch, who entered
Moore County Hospital last week,
underwent a major operation
Wednesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Kelsey and
'Mrs. Wallace Speers have return
ed to Montclair, N. J., following a
recent visit with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Kelsey,
Massachusetts avenue. Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Kelsey will leave short-
lyly for the west coast to make
their home in San Francisco.
Mrs. C. H. Burkhead and dau
ghter, Mrs. Borden Givens, have
returned from a few days’ visit
at the home of Col. and Mrs. J.
T. B. Strode in Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Strode is daughter of Col
and Mrs. Burkhead. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy (irinnell and
Roy Temple and Peter spent last
wteek-end w(ith Mrs. GrinnelTs
mother, Mrs. L. M. Temple, in
Lakeview, S. C.
Mrs. Ann Alvey of Fort Bragg
and Southern Pines left last week
for Washington, D. C., where she
will*be associated in work with
the Medical Museum. She has
served as laboratory technician
in a Fort Bragg hospital for the
past four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thayer of
May street are vacationing in
Hollywood, Fla.
Mrs. John R. Corcoran and
daughter, Patsy, and their house
guests, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Green,
left Simday for their home in
Columbus, Ohio. Lt. Carcoran
who has been stationed at Fort
Bragg for several months, has
been transferred to New York.
Mrs. Richard Maybin will go
to Winston-Salem this Saturday
to visit her husband for the
week-end. Mr. Maybin is serving
his internship at Bowman Gray
Hospital.
Mrs. Jean Edson and Miss Erma
Fisher are vacationing at Myrtle
Beach this week.
Mrs. E. S. Holcomb has return
ed to Broken Bow. Neb., after
several weeks’ visit with Mrs.
Jessie Rogers and Mrs. Nettie
Ayres.
E. C. McBroom of Charlotte
and Greensboro, district mana
ger of Western Union, was a
Southern Pines visitor for - two
days this week.
Mrs. L. M. Shiring and her dau
ghters, Miss Norma and Miss^Ha-
/^el Shiring, left Monday for
their summer home at Moreau
Lake, Gansevoort, N. Y., after
spending the wintey in Southern
Pines.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Trix left
recently for a stay in New York
City before going to Lake Plac
id where they will be during the
summer.
Miss Marietta Vanderveer spent
Thursday and Friday with her
brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. John K. Vanderveer, in
Cherry Point.
Mrs. Shields Cameron is e^c-
pected to return to her home on
Ashe street this week-end from
Moore County Hospital where she
has been a patient for the past
two weeks following an appen
dectomy.
Mrs. Raymond Johnson and
children, Ruth and Raymond, of
Clarksville, Ga., arrived Thurs
day for a three weeks’ visit with
Mrs. Johnsons’ father and aunt,
S. B. Richardson and Miss Mary
Richardson.
Mrs. H. W. Dorn, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dorn and Louise Dorn will
motor to Raleigh Friday for a
three days’ visit with relatives
there and in Willow Springs and
Bailey.
Miss Hazel Hackney came from
Norfolk, Va., last week-end to
spend Mother’s Day with her
parents.
Mrs. W. E. Cox left Tuesday for
a week’s visit in Richmond, Va.
During her absence Mrs. Lillian
Nesbett will stay in Mrs. Cox’s
apartment at Resthaven before
leaving for New York and Hen
dersonville where she will spend
the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Per-,
kam, who have had an apartment
at The Smilax through the win
ter, have gone to Portland, Me.,
for the summer months.
While en route from Daytona
Beach to their home in Bethle
hem, N. H., last week’Ralph K.
Ebling, one-arm golf pro, and
Mrs. Ebling stopped for a short
visit with Mrs. J. Elmer Har
rington at the Southland Hotel.
Col. and Mrs. John Norton of
New York and Lt. and Mrs.
Whitney Eby of Kansas have
leased apartments in the A. H.
Eakins dwelling on May street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barron
left last week to spend the sum
mer in Ridgefield Park, N. J.,
and Saranac Lake, N. Y. '
Miss Alexa McCioil returned
from New York City recently for
a short visit with her mother,
Mrs. Katherine McColl, Massa
chusetts avenue.
Miss Mary and Miss Helen Finn
are leaving for their home at Old
Orchard, Me., after spending the
winter at Resthaven.
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LEGION BENEFIT
All legionnaires and members
of the Legion Auxiliary of Sand
hills Post No. 134 are urged to
attend the Benefit Night to be
held on Wednesday night. May
22nd. from 7:30 P. M. till mid
night at the club Casino in the
Warehouse Building in Pinehurst.
Chester I. Williams, operator
of the Club Casino and Chairman
of the Committee in charge of
the benefit, announces that all
ticket sales and other money paid
in will be turned over to the
Sandhills Post No. 134 to reim
burse the treasury which has
been depleted due to the new
roof that has been put on the Le
gion Hut in Southern Pines.
Tickets can be secured in Pine
hurst at the Carolina Pharmacy
or from Chester I. Williamf, and
in Southern Pines can be had
from Lloyd Woolley, L. V. O’Cal
laghan or Virgil Clark.
LOST IS FOUND
Driving through Southern
Pines on April 12, Mrs. M. L.
Blaney of Cranston, R. I., lost a
camera and exposure meter in
the vicinity of May Street, later
advertising the missing items in
Fruits and Vegetables
FARM FRESH EVERY DAY
FINE GROCERIES
Choice Poultry and Sea Foods
Maine Lobsters Every -Week End
MONARCH FRUIT JUICES
Orange - Grapefruit
Blended Orange & Grapefruit
in Pints and Quarts
The Nodent Market
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the classified column of THE PI
LOT. .
A case containing Mrs. Blan-
ey’s property was found the fol
lowing day by Jimmy Menzel
and Paul Propts of Southern
Pines, and the local youngsters—
upon seeing the ad in our April
19 issud—^put their find promptly
on its way to Rhode Island. So
the lost was found. And each of
the boys (received a crisp five dol
lar bill tfis week from the grate
ful ownc r.