THE PILOT—Southern Pines. Novth CareUnn
Friday. January 9.1953
Hall Gives Rotary
News of Strides
In Optical Industry
Noted Author of ‘‘Unto These Hills”
To Address Forum On Outdoor Drama
New developments in the opti
cal industry and various types of
corrective lenses were the subject
of a “shop talk” by Rotarian
Johnnie A. Hall, optician, before
the local club, meeting for lunch
eon at the Village Inn last Fri
day.
His discussion of bifodals, also
of the new trifocals, elicited much
interest from his hearers, also his
explanation of why glasses are so
expensive in view of the relative
ly low cost of their materials.
In the making of the most
ordinary type of metal frame
more than 200 different opera
tions are required, said Mr. Hall,
who is in charge of the Southern
Pines office of H. M. Smith, Opti
cian. He referred also to the high
cost erf the precision' machinery
used in the grinding process
which converts a piece of com
mon glass into a special lens.
Among special eye problems he
discussed were the rare “telescop
ic lens,” found in one among 3,000
persons, also cataracts, corrected
by a glass which replaces the lens
of the eye.
Visiting Rotarians were Fred B.
Howland of Titusville, Pa., and
E. b. Ham, Cambridge Springs,
Pa. President Russell borenson
presided, and E. J. Austin offer
ed the invocation and led the
singing.
Kermit ’ Hunter, noted play-^
wright and composer, will discuss
the “Outdoor Drama in America”
when he addresses the Pinehurst
Forum at the Pinehurst Country
club, Thursday at 8:30 p. m.
Mr. Hunter, who is an instructor
at University of North Carolina’,
had three' of his own outdoor
dramas on display last summer,
and all of them drew audiences
totalling many thousands of peo
ple. Two were played in North
Carolina and the other in Illinois.
“Unto These Hills,” a drama of
the Cherokee Indians, was in its
third triumphal season at the
Mountainside theatre in Chero
kee, while ‘'‘Horn in the West,” a
story of the Southern Appalachian
highlands, made its debut at the
Daniel Boone theatre in Boone,
where it ran through the summer.
The third play, “Forever This
band,” a drama of Abraham Lin
coln’s youth in ..pioneer Illinois,
Sandhill Veterans
Plan Their Annual
Scholarship Drive
PLAYWRIGHT
Railway Express
Agency Transfers
Beasley To Dunn
M. F. Beasley, Railway Express
agent for almost four years, was
transferred this week to Dunn,
taking up his duties there Monday
morning.
The family expects to get mov
ed in two or three weeks. In the
meantime he will return for
‘^'we^xods. Mr. and Mrs. Beasley
have two daughters, Patsy seven,
and Alice, almost three.
They have been active in church
and civic affairs and among of
fices Mr. Beasley will have to re^
sign are those of ^nday School
superintendent and choir director
at the First Baptist church, also
$ecretary-trea3urer of the South
Pines Lions club. The Beas
leys live at 230 South Bennett.
In returning to Dunn they will
be going back to their original
home town, where their families
have been longtime residents. Mr,.
Beasley will ^o be returning to
a former station, as he was agent
there before being moved tc
Southern Pines in March 1949.
He is being temporarily replac
ed in the local Railway Express
Agency by P. I. Howe, of the
Agency at Hamlet, who was here
for eight months before being re
placed by Mr. Beasley in 1949.
played its second straight season
at New Salem State Park in that
state.
A native of West Virginia, who
has studied at Emory and Henry
college, Ohio State uniyersity, the
University of California and the
Juillietrd School of Music as well
as at Carolina, Mr. Hunter is a
close friend of Paul Green whose
“Lost Colony” has been played for
11 summers on Roanoke Island.
The Hunter plays follow the same
general pattern. Both believe that
the outdoor, or symphonic, drama
can play an important part in re-
creatihg from American history
the traditional strength and,beau
ty cf the democratic concept of
life, and that the oudoor drama
can go far to fill the gap between
the average American audience
and the Broadway theatre-goer.
Speaking of the outdoor drama.
Mr. Hunter says that people are
tempted to call any outdoor pro
duction a “pageant,” but that he
feels historical dramas of the type
he writes are' more than that. He
takes a straight play, injects
music and dances,' akmg with
large crowds and brqad move'
ments on the stage. ”<'fhile theba-
sic structure is still that of the in
door stage, by placing the play
under the stars a greater sweep is
imparted and it becomes part of
the whole background, and of the
land itself.
He points out that drama under
the open sky is the oldest kind
there is, that the Greeks were do
ing it 500 years before (Jhrist 'and
that whole cities turned out for
the spectacles.
Before the talk, the Country
club will serve its regular Thurs
day night buffet supper, com
mencing at 7 o’clock. Advance res
ervations are required for tables
KERMIT HUNTER
WITH THE
Armed Forces
Airman 2|C Tommy Bowen, who
embarked early in December from
Camp Stoneman, Cal., has arrived
in Japan and is stationed at a base
near Yokohama, according to
word received by his wife, the for
mer Winifred Nicholson. Mrs,
Bowen is staying with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bowen,
at their home on East Illinois ave
nue.
Tommy’s address: A|2C Thomas
A. Bowen AF 14408030, Provision
al Sq. No. 15, APO 959, % Post
master, San Francisco, Cal.
The Sandhills Veterans associa
tion’s annual drive for funds to
month, according to E. J. Austin
of Southern Pines, who has been
appointed by SVA Chairman Voit
Gilmore to head the drive for
1953.
All funds collected during the
campaign are used to finance
nurse training scholarships for de
finance Moore County Nurses’ serving Moore County girls, who
scholarships will begin early next agree to practice nursing within
the county upon completion of
their course.
Miss Betty Cleaver of Pine
hurst, winner of the 1949 SVA
scholarship, completed her train
ing at Rex hospital, Raleigh, last
August. She joined the staff at
Mcore County hospital in Septem
ber, and is now serving as a nurse
in the operating room.
In 1950 the Association was able
to award scholarships to two
nurses. Miss "Ida Martin McDon
ald of Carthage will complete her
training at Presbtyerian hospital
in Charlotte next August, and
Miss Peggy Cole of Pinehurst at
Cabarrus County hospital in Con
cord at the same time.
New Oldsmobiles
Unveiled Today
At Pearse Motors
Charlie M. Frye, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Frye, West End, Rt,
1, was recently promoted to ser
geant while serving in Germany
with the 43d Infantry division.
His division, now stationed in
southern Germany, is undergoing
constant field training as part of
the NA’TO army. This is the di
vision "whiBi, in World War 2,
joined in the 1945 assault landing
at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, of the
Philippine Islands, and drove on
to engage the enemy in the Zam-
balos Mountains. In May of that
year they captured Ipo Dam.
Sergeant Frye, a tank mechanic
in Service Company, 102d Regi
ment, arrived in Europe in Octo
ber 1951 after entering the Armji
in January of that year. He is a
former student of West End High
school.
PINEBLUFF
Oldsmobile’s 1953 models with
new- styling inside and out, and
many mechanical improvements,
wLU go on display at Pearse Mo
tors, Inc., on South Broad street
teday (Friday), it was announced
by Robert M. Pearse, president.
A more powerful “Rocket” en
gine with a higher compression
ratio provides power for the 1953
Oldsmobile. A new higher voltage
ignition system also makes even
greater performance at the com-
-rr.and of the Oldsmobile owner.
Frigidaire car conditioning,
which provides the comfort of re-
fiigerated air to ccol the interior,
is being offered on the 1953 Olds-
V obile for the first time as op
tional equipment. GM power
steering is again available as an
effort - saving accessory at extra
cost, as will be the Autronic Eye,
By MRS EHRMAN PICKLEp
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Buch
anan and daughter of Waverly
Ohio, were guests last week of Mr.
Buchanari’s sister, Mrs. C. F. Lea
vitt, and Mr. Leavitt.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Pickier and
children returned home last week
from St. Petersburg, Fla., where
they spent the holidays with Mrs.
Pickler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. O. Godsey.
Mrs. James V. Tarlton and
daughter. Miss Sue Tarlton, ac
companied Mr. and Mrs. 'T. J
Tarlton, Mrs. Ehrman Pickier and
W. K. Carpenter, Sr., home last
week from Portland, Ind., where
they were called because of the
death of their brother James V.
Tarlton.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Morgan
and family spent Sunday with Mr.
Morgan’s mc-ther, Mrs. George
Morgan, in Vass.
Dorce Thomas has gone to Win
chester, Ky., for a visit to rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Warren Gold-
ston and son Forrest of Raleigh
visited Mrs. Goldston’s parents
Sihe automobile headlight dimmer
introduced in 1952.
,i Oldsmobiles again this year are
produced in three attractive lines
—the Classic •’‘98,” the Super “88”
and the Deluxe “88”. Hydra-Matic
Su|ier Drive is optional equip
ment on all three 1953 series.
MCPHERSON MOVES
Garland McPherson, certified
public accountant, has moved his
offices to the Graves Building,
where he is occupying the three-
room second-floor suite formerly
the headquarters of E. A. ’Tucker,
Distributor. Mr. Tucker has mov
ed his headquarters to his new
. w prehouse at Pinebluff.
Mr. McPherson was formerly
in the Hart Building. The move
took place during Christmas.
PACK MEETING
Cub .Scout Pack 73 will hold its
first meeting of the year next
Friday at 8 p. m. at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian church.
Achievement awards will be pre
sented. All pairents are asked to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Leavitt, Sun-
Pfc. George A. Cagle, son of Ar
thur Cagle, West End, Rt. 1, re
cently completed his eighth month
in Korea with the 7th Infantry
division.
This division has fought contin
uously in Korea since its landing
at Inchon in the fall of 1950. Dur
ing its two years of combat in the
mountainous terrain the division
has battled in every sector of the
peninsula. Elements of the 7th
were the only U. S. forces to reach
the Yalu river.
Pfc. Cagle, a driver in Battery
B of the 31st Field Artillepr Bat
talion, entered the Army in Sep
tember 1951.
day.
Miss Camelle Centers, John
Ashley and Tom Imel of Portland,
Ind., arrived in Pinebluff Tuesday
for an overnight visit with Mr
and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter, Sr.
They left on Wednesday for Port
land accompanied by Mrs. James
V. Tarlton and daughter Miss Sue
Tarlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Drewry Troutman
and so-n Gene are leaving Thurs
day for Charlotte where Gene
will undergo an operation at the
Charlotte Ear, Eye, Nose and
Throat hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Veazey
had as their guests Christmas day
Mr. and Mrs. Myers Zett and chil
dren of High Point and Mr. and
Mrs. Ladette Boyd and daughter
Eleanor of Greensboro.
Three Southern Pines young
men stationed in Germany got to
gether during Christmas, accord
ing to information which* has
come to The Pilot aU the way
across the ccean.
Lieut. Fogle Clark, Lieut. Jor
dan Frassineti and Cpl. Scotty
Burns found they weren’t far
from each other, and arranged a
meeting. We don’t know the exact
date, but it was that day the ears
of so many local folks were burn
ing! We know Southern Pines and
its residents loomed large in their
talk.
It is not likely they will have
more such meetings. Corporal
Burns, who has been in the Air
Force at Frankfurt for more than
a year, will be flown to his next
assignment next week—at Casa
blanca, in northern Africa. He
writes his folks that he hopes to
be home by Christmas 1953.
I' !
CARD OF THANKS
Gratefully acknowledging and
thanking our friends and neigh
bors for their kind expressions of
sympathy during our hours of sor
row.
Mrs. Estelle C. Griffin and sons.
Airman i|c Eugene R. Brown,
who drove home for Christmas
from Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Ill.,
returned to his base by train last
Friday leaving his newly purchas
ed car as a Christmas gift to his
mother. He is the son of Mrs.
Henry E. Bradford of South Ben
nett street.
Cpl. Elmer Renegax, Jr., has ask
ed his relatives not to send him
any more m^il—he is leaving Ko
rea this week on rotation and will
be home soon.
Elmer has been in the Army 23
months, of which he has served 16
months in Korea.
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