FRIDAY. JUNE 11. 1954
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
PAGE THREE
By LOCKIE PARKER
Some Looks At Books
Cook Books in Brief ,
With the season here for June
brides and the hot weather ready
to addle intellects and appetites,
it is time to review, briefly, a few
cook books.
Seasonable and new is the Sum
mer Cookbook ($3.00) by Marion
Clyde McCarroU, Woman's editor
of King Features Syndicate. This
book will be a boon to the cook
whose family’s appetites have
flagged. It gives menus and
recipes that are devised to inter
est and which are quickly and
easily prepared. This book is di
vided into two sections, menus
with recipes and Summer Special
ties. Her chapter on “Quick and
Easieg” should appeal to any cook.
There are also chapters on picnics,
barbecues, cold dishes, salads and
food for weekend company.
The ABC's of Casseroles, Bar
becue, Cocktails and Canapes
($1.00 each—Cocktails and Can
apes come boxed at $2.00) would
brought up to date with measure
ments and directions. It is a
homey cookbook of simple coun
try cookery.
Of course, no list or review of
cookbooks would' be complete
without the niention of Fanny
Farmer's Cookbook, The Joy of
Cooking, Rombauer and Beck, and
the Encyclopedic Cookbook edit
ed by Ruth Berolzheimer, one or
all are mandatory for the woman
who cooks. Mrs. Beeton’s English
Cookery is much the same idea.
Incidently who says the English
are poor cooks?
The finest book on desserts I
have seen is Margaret and John
Storms A Treasury of Fine Des-
—exotic or native the recipe
is there. —BARBARA P. PECK
THE WIDOWS OF THORNTON,
by Peter Taylor (Harcouxl $3.75).
This is an unusual book. It will
never make the best seller list,
but those who like it will like it
very much and be grateful to the
make a^ go^ shower present for publishers for having given us
something so delicate and distin
guished. In a series of short
stories, the author has dealt with
the relics of a vanishing age, cen
tering his tales around the old
Southern town of Thornton. He
writes of these lingering traces
of the Old South with affection
but without sentimentality or nos
talgia.
His chief concern is for shades
of character in the people left over
from this vanishing era and still
attached to itf “In mourning my
family,” said the downright Miss
Patty, “I mourn that world’s dis
appearance.” In this first story,
her attitude is contrasted with
that of two former schoolmates
who are also of that era but whose
personal reactions to the changing
times have been different and
more devious.
Not all of Mr. ThorntO'n’s char
acters live in Thornton in the
flesh. Some have moved on to
Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, but to
all of them: Thornton is still
“home” and affects their daily be
havior in a thousand ways. One
of the most successful examples
of this is “The Death of a Kins
man.” In straight dialogue with
no comment from the author, we
get a complete domestic picture
of a transplanted Southern house
hold benignly ruled by a maiden
aunt. We share the satisfactions
of this domestic power in her role
but face with her, too, a rude rev
elation of its inadequacy. Chekhov
would have appreciated these
stories.
the bride. The recipes are tasty,
imaginative and easy to follow.
However q word of warning con
cerning the Cocktail ABC:—taste
your cocktails before serving, as
they seem to have the experienc
ed drinker in mind.
Nell Nichols’ Good Home Cook
ing Across the U. Si A. ($4.95) is
a book about food more than rec
ipes. It is fine reading and gives
regional foods and how she came
upon the formulas. The recipes are
more for the accorriplished cook
than the novice. A few of the
foods she lists for North Carolina
are barbecue, Brunswick stew,
artichoke pickles, fruit leather,
persimmon pudding and grape
leaf pickles. Mrs. Nichols says
when she attempted to explore
the best home cooking in the
South she felt “like a child whose
parents ask her to count the star’s
on a clear summer’s night.” This
book is for those with a lively
cimiosity about food.
The Best I Ever Ate. June Platt
and Sophie Kerr ($3.50) is amus
ingly presented with some exceed
ingly fine recipes. It is not a col
lection of elaborate recipes but
recipes for the gourmet. For their
definition of “gourmet,” which to
my mind is the real one, read the
last chapter in the book. It is a
book. It is a book that will take
book that will take the drudgery
out of cooking and make it fun.
The Mennonite Community
Cookbook compiled by Mary Em
ma Sho-walter ($3.50) is a collection
of 1,100 Mennonite recipes. It is
Citizens Study
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GRAVES BLDG. SOUTHERN PINES
Phone 2-2201
A review of the Town’s insur
ance progrcfrn, piade at a public
meeting Wednesday night, wound
up with general agreement that
everything was in good order.
Some suggestions for minor ad
justments were made, which
might result in the sdiving of a
few dollars, but this, it was de
cided, was “a matter of opinion.”
The review was made after
some citizens had expressed their
feeling that the $9,208 budgeted
might be too high. Town Manager
Tom Cunningham and Council
man Voit Gilmore had asked citi-
zeils Fred G. Brindley and Dean
S. Dorman to go over all the
policies, and come up with some
suggestions. Both men are mem
bers of the municipal advisory
commission.
Dorman led Wednesday night’s
meeting, checking over the poli
cies one by one, asking questions,
making suggestions and receiving
others from the small group pres
ent.
The $9,208 figure is a deceptive
one, it was revealed, but had to
be set in the budget to give the
city manager authority to issue
the checks at the proper times.
Actually, during the course of the
year it is reduced by policy divi
dends, and town employees will
pay a part.
Some $2,000 of the total will be
deducted on a weekly basis from
the employees’ pay, for that part
of the hospital insurance they
have voluntarily taken on for
their dependents. (The Town pays
the group insurance coverage on
the employees themselves.)
The sum of $1,600 in the budget
ed figure is for social security, a
matter of law. Also set by law is
the workmen’s compensation, cov
ering all categories of employees.
Other phases of the program
are: $100,000 blanket insurance on
all town-owned buildings, with
valuations set by standard insur
ance formulas to arrive at a
reasonable total (Only the old po
lice station building is not cover
ed in this policy, as it was in pro
cess of sale when the policy was
taken out); automotive insurance,
with special policies for the police
car and fire trucks; and “fidelity
insurance”—the blanket bond cov
ering aU employees except the
treasurer and tax collector, who
are bonded separately.
John S. Ruggles, representative
of the P. T. Barnum Insurance Co.,
with which the Town holds con
siderable of this insurance, was
present to explain how the pro
gram had been set up, and the fig
ures arrived at. Appraisals of
buildings were made by non-local
experts in the field, he said, and
the program is always subject to
review and change, as changes
and improvements are constantly
being made in insurance itself, re
sulting in improved coverage at
lower rates.
E. C. Stevens, with whom the
Town also has insurance, was un
able to be present.
BY DR. KENNETH i. FOREMAN
Scripture: Amos 2:6>12; 4:1>2: 6.
Devotional Readlnf: Romans 13:7-14.
Amos on Alcohol
Lesson for June 13, 1954
'T^HE prophets of Israel are sin-
-*■ gularly up-to-date. They lived
thousands of miles away from
here,, thousands of years ago. Yet
the problems of mankind are 'much
the same then as now. The proph
et’s inspired eyes could see what
was wrong with
the world around
him, and he would
say bluntly what
it was. But few
prophets often
used that blanket
word “sin.” No
body’s in favor of
sin. What the
prophet always
did was to name Dr. Foreman
certain particular sins. These hab
its, these acts, these customs, he
would say—these are what our
country is dying from. These
things are fatal. So It was in
800 B.C., so it is in 1954 A.D.
Liquor Is Not Alone
It is only fanatics who believe
that some one sin is by itself
destroying the country. No sin,
in fact, exists by itself. Also it is
true that when a country is de
stroyed, as Israel was destroyed,
it dies of more than one disease.
The prophet Amos named a num
ber of evils which were eating
into the vitality of his nation and
people. The consumption of liquor
was one of these. But Amos never
said that liquor was the only thing
wrong with his country. He as
sociates It with selfishness, greed,
indifference to real problems,
adultery, dishonesty and other
sins. One of the bad features of
liquor is that it attaches itself to
other evils and makes them worse.
There would be speeding on the
highways even if everyone were
always cold sober; but drinking
drivers make the problem worse
and the accidents more often
fatal. (There really can’t be such
a thing as a drunken driver—a
drunk can’t drive at all. It’s the
drinking drivers who make the
trouble.) There would be murders
if whiskey had never been heard
from. But every day murders are
reported in the papers that would
Two Graduate At
N. C. College
Two Southern Pines students
were among the 330 recipients of
undergraduate and graduate de
grees at North Carolina College’s
[43rd commencement exercises in
[Durham on Tuesday, June 1.
The two students, both of whom
received the Bachelor of Arts de
gree, were Eulah Viola Blue of
1063 W. Illinois Ave., and Helen
Virginia McLean of 154 Gaines St.
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no doubt never have been com
mitted if everyone concerned had
been sober at the time. Rape
and seduction are not unheard of
by any means, in Mohammedan
countries where ' alcoholic drinks
are completely forbidden. But
liquor pushes many young people
over the edge who without it could
retain their self-control and self-
respect, but with it in them, lose
both.
The Best People'
In the time of Amos he took note
of some quite “respectable” peo
ple who were drinkers. Church
goers he mentions first of all, peo
ple who drink wine “in the house
of their god.” (This of course has
nothing whatsoever to do with the
communion service, a sacrament
instituted by Christ.) He condemns
these church-goers more than he
does the riff-raff. It is worse for
some people to drink than it is for
others: and perhaps worst of all
for church people. After all is said
and done, people who know little
and may care less about what is
right and what is wrong, wiU think
that anything a church member
does must be all right. One church
member who is known to drifik,
even if he is very temperate about
it, can do more harm than a dozen
alcoholics. Another respectable
class Amos mentions are the wom
en of wealth and social position.
Amos is not exactly respectful to
these ladies; on the contrary he
calls them cattle, “kine of Ba-
shan”—a specially fat kind of
cattle of these days. Again, the
use of liquor by wives of success
ful men, women who are leaders
in their communities, does more
harm than all the drinking down
in the poolrooms. The harm done
to others by the drinker is often
greater than what he does to him
self.
Amos Saw It Coming
Amos predicted that his country
would soon fall because of its
sins, and fall it did. No doubt the
drinkers of his day thought their
liquor drinking helped them to
escape from their troubles; Amos
could see that it only brought on
more troubles. The truth about
liquor is seldom to be had from
people who are its victims, more
seldom still from those who make
money by it. Ministers, doctors,
welfare workers, see the situation
from the standpoint of those who
have to try to patch up the wrecks.
Do you want a strong America?
Strong countries, like strong peo-
nle, are not made so by strong
drink
;n s»d on outlines oopyrlrhted by the
•>lvisl*>n of Christian Education, Na-
'.onai Co'mcll of the Churches of Christ
.? 'h-' U. S. Released by Community
I i-e.is Service.)
Tar Heels Cast
In ‘Horn’ Show
North Carolinians will dominate
the cast of Kermit Hunter’s color
ful outdoor drama “Horn in the
West” when it bids for its third
successful season on .opening
night, June 25. Performances will
continue nightly at 8:15, except
Sundays, through September 6.
Tar Heels, especially those from
the mountain region, are cast in
almost every important part in the
play. Boone’s own Ned Austin will
return for his third year in the
role of Daniel Boone. Several oth
er Watauga County residents are
assigned to important parts.
The leading role, however, will
go to a Batavia, N. Y., native who
was acclaimed widely in the part
last year. He is Irvine Smith, a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina. Smith has been
with the drama since its opening
in 1952. He plays the part of Geof
frey Stuart, around whom the
story revolves.
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Attend the Church of Your Choice Next Sunday
IT TAKBS PRACTICE
What a dilemma! Johnny should sit here and
practice his piano lesson for the next hour. But
there are so many things he would prefer doing ....
Of course he’d like to be able to play well. Who
wouldn’t?
So many of us are like Johnny. We’d like to be
able to accomplish something, but we aren’t willing
to spend the necessary time and effort.
The same holds true in the practice of our
Christian religion. How can we hope to understand
the will of God without reading His Word or with
out supporting His Church?
In order to live the richest life, we must devote
our time and talent to God’s work. We will learn
to direct our efforts where they will accomplish
most if we will study His Word and worship in His
House.
' WvWAVWlS^ . • .
BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH
(Presbifteiian)
Cheves K. Ligon. Minis^
Sunday school 9145 a. m. Wor
ship service, 11 a. m. Women of
the Church meeting, 8 p. m. Mon
day following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday.
7:15 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New HampsHire Ave.. So. Pinea
Sunday Service, 11 a. m.
Sunday School, 11 a. m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p. m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p. m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP
(Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and N. Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p. m., "rhe Forum.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York avenue at South Ashe
David Hoke Coon. Minister
Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Worship
11 a. m. Training Union 7 p. m.
Evening worship, 8 p. m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30
p. m.; midweek worship, Wednes-:
day '7:30 p. m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p. na.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p. m, Ghurch
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p. m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a. m.
Women of the Chinch meeting,
8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at 8
p.m.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
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EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Charles V. Coveil, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a. m. (ex
cept first Sunday).
Church School, 9:45 a. m., with
Adult Class at 10 a. m. ■
Morning Prayer, 11 a. m. (Holy
Communion, first Sunday).
Wednesdays: Holy (Communion
10 a. m.
ST. ANTHONY'S
(Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a.
m.; Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a.
m.; weekday mass at 8 a. m. Con
fessions heard on Saturday be
tween 5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p. m.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
West Pennsylvania at Hardin
Fr. Donald Fearon, C. SS. R..
Sunday Mass, 10 a. m.; Holy
Day Mass, 9 a. m. Confessions are
heard before Mass.
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