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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1955 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina By LOCKIE PARKER Some Looks At Books PASSIONATE PILGRIM, the Life of Vincent Van Gogh by Lawrence and ElizlahethPousinan (Random $5.00). This is an earn est attempt to write a balanced biography on a very controver sial subject. The authors in an appendix tell how tjieir own feel ings about Van Gogh had varied over a period of thirty years. Ad miring his paintings immensely, they began with “an idolatrous regard for a misunderstood saint.” Later as they learned more about his behavior to his family and his attitude to wom en, they swung to the opposite extreme. In the present volume with the new and more complete edition of the Van Gogh letters at their disposal they have tried to give a complete picture that would do justice to all concern ed. Yet however you tell it, it is the tragic and mysterious story of a genius. Born into a Dutch family of considerable distinction, Vincent was the son of a poor Protestant pastor, the least pros perous member of that family. An unprepossessing child, the Housmans see him as always struggling for love nad turning furious in his frustrations. As a young man he was offered oppor tunities in business by his uncles who were art dealers. He tried to conform' and did fairly well for a time. But he was sure that he was called to some nobler task in the service of humanity. Great ly attracted to the poor and op pressed he determined to serve them as a minister. A taste of the academic training required brought on another rebellion. Eventually he was allowed to go as a lay minister to the coal miners in the Borinage, but that did not work out well either. When he was twenty-seven, he at last did what his brother, Theo, had been urging for years, he ing as they trace the progress at the artist and moving in their de piction of his personal problems. Much was accomplished in those years, but his neurosis gain ed on him. He becam'e violent at times and had to be confined. Yet even in the cell qf an asylum he thought and felt like a painter. In his periods of lucidity he was allowed out in the grounds and nearby country and did some of his best work. Yet people still found his paintings strange, the same paintings that are today al most fantastically popular. He was thirty-seven before one was sold and not long after, he died. ) What was the connection be tween his work and the neurosis that tormetned him and shorten ed his life? That we do nqt really know, but this honest and thoughtful presentation of new information on the man and ar tist will interest many of his ad mirers. The book is illustrated with photographs of most of the pictures mentioned in the text. THE SOUND OF WHITE WATER by Hugh Fosburgh (Scribner $3.00). This is a joyous story of a canoe trip made by three men down a ariver in the^ big woods of northern New York. self with friendly stretches where “the water came riffling over the amber-colored stones into dark pockets” or again turning into rapids like the Dandy Pat where “a brutal wall of water went surging down through the narrow straightaway Gorge.” That the travellers had some difficulties in a canoe trip on such a river goes witout saying, but these are tak en as rather a matter of course and no great fuss made about them'. THE STORY OF MOSSES, FERNS AND MUSHROOMS by Dorothy Stirling (Doubleday $2.75). This book is a find for^the young naturalist. It is more than a guide book, though there is plenty of information for the amateur collector on different species, when and where they are to be found, and excellent photographs of many. More unique is the author’s dra- piatic account of the evolution of plant life on earth and the place of these types in that evolution. How the algae, liverwort and mosses developed when the earth was mostly rocks and water is here a vivid story of the thrust and power of life. And how re markable that along with the mil lions of more complex plants, we still have so many of the early types, so that we can know these plant ancestors not -only by im prints in coal or rock but from living specimens. “Of all the dif- BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN Background Scripture: Luke 10:25-37. Devotional Reading: I John 2:1-11. My Neighbor Lesson for December II, 1955 took up painting. Once started, easiness as to whether the third, he worked hard at it. The chap- nearly unknown member of the ters dealing with his development party, would fit in, the banter be- during the next ten years, the tween the men, the making and great faith his brother had in breaking of camps, the taste of him, his discovery of the Impres- food, the wild life they saw, the sionists and his friendship with sounds and feel of the woods. Gauguin are excellent, convinc- ' Dominating all is the river it- The place is designated as “the largest area in the state where' there aren’t any towns or roads.” The auttior says the river is nameless on the map until it reaches civilization, but people up there call it Big River and there are dozens of local names for its parts. Big Bad Luck Rapids, Deep Eddy, Hellhole, Cobb’s Rapids, Cobb’s Bathtub— also some fine tales about that old lumberman, Cobb. Mr.. Fosburgh has done his. best, and a good best it is, to share a rich and meaningful ex perience with the reader—the happiness of preparation, the un day, nearly half are living fos sils.” TAILBONE PATROL by James W. English (Holiday $2.75). Here is a book for Boy Scouts that rings true to life. Even be fore I looked up the author, I was sure that he must have had firsthand experience. He has giv en us some of the funniest epi sodes from his ten years of hik ing and camping with youngsters all accredited to the “Tailbone Patrol,” an outfit christened the Eagles that became such a dis grace to their Troop that the Scoutmaster challenged them to * f mclined doi lines and to think,—Outside something.” How they did get' ^ neighbors. 'T^WO cart-drivers in China were trying to get up a muddy hill. Each driver’s cart was stuck In the mud, almost side by side. Each man was beating his own scrawny horse, but the wheels were stuck fast. Along came an American. “Why don’t you un hitch one horse,” he said “and hitch him to the other cart? Then the two horses might get the cart out of the mud.” The carters were astonished. They had never thought of that. But they did as the stran ger said, and sure enough they both got to the top of the hill. That true Forenten story, told by a missionary, shows two things at once. One is that in countries where Christianity has had a chance to get around, Some simple Christian ideas get taken for granted, such as help ing your neighbor when he is in trouble. The other is that where Christianity is unknown, even so simple a thing as getting together to pull out of the mud, comes as a strange new idea. Who Is My Neighbor? Now if those two Chinese car ters had been father and son, or brother and brother, they might have thought of helping each oth er, for in China nothing is too good for members of your family. But we have no great right to make fun of the Chinese. All of are inclined to draw pretty Bennett & Penna. Ave. Telephone 2-3211 off their tailbones and How they did into action, how they met a burro called Gabriel, served the Pa rents’ Dinner and undertook to earn merits in beekeeping make a book that is good scouting and lots of fun. Peter Wells’ lively cartoon-type illustrations add to the fun. Get the right hearing aid th4‘fit^t time FIRsf. SOUTHERN PINES PHARMACY REPRESENTATIVES Organized in 1892 to fight TB, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis is now one of 3,000 associations affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association. EASTMAN, DILLON & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange 105 East Pennsylvania Avenue Southern Pines, N. C. Telephone: Southern Pines 2-3731 and 2-3781 Complete Investment and Brokerage Facilities Direct Wire to our Main Office in New York A. E. RHINEHART Resident Manager Consultations by appointment on Saturdays OPEN FOR THE SEASON I'lid Pines Glub Southern Pines Where Golf and Hospitality are Traditional MANAGED BY The Cosgroves Julius Boros, Professional Shop Sprott Bros. FURNITURE Co. Sanford, N. C. For Quality Furniture and Carpet • Heritage-Henredon • Drexel e Continental • Mengel • Serta and Simmons Bedding O Craftique • Sprague & Carlton • Victorian • Kroehler • Lees Carpet (and all famous brands) 9 Chromcratt Dinettes SPROTT BROS. Sanford, N. C. 1485 Moore St. Tel. 3-6261 Get Better Sleep ON A BETTER MATTRESS « Let us make your old mattress over like new! Any size, any iiype made to order. 1 DAY SERVICE MRS. D. C. THOMAS Southern Pines Lee Bedding and Manufacturing Co. LAUREL HILL. N. C. Makers of '•LAUREL QUEEN” BEDDING Inside the lines, yes, we under stand pretty well what neighbor- Imess is. “Love thy neighbor as thyself” is a commandment not too hard to understand, for we know what it is to love ourselves, that comes all too naturally. We like to get ahead, to cushion our selves from danger and if possi ble from discomfort, we consult our own interests. Loving one’s neighbor as oneself just means looking out for him in the same careful ways, thinking ahead for him, promoting him. We under stand what neighborliness is, yes. We do not confuse it with being •rheddlesome. If you want to know as much about your neigh bor as you do about yourself, you aren’t being a neighbor but a nuisance. If you do for your neighbor what he can very well do, ought to do and maybe wants to do for himself, then you are not treating him like a neighbor Neighbors Out of Sight > Jesus’ famous parable of the Good Samaritan, shows that hav ing neighbors is easy, in fact you can’t help it;- but that the impor tant thing is being a neighbor. It means more than living in “peaceful co-existence” and not bothering each other. It means active co-operation and help, of those who need help. Wherever there is a person in trouble whom we can help, there is a neighbor. In our time the world has grown closer together than it was in Jesus’ time. If there had been a famine in India, the good Samar itan would never hav^ known it, or if he had, he could have done nothing about it. Now if there is a famine in India we hear about it as soon as the Indians can; and we can do something about it too. When farmers in a church in Iowa, for instance, send a heifer to a farmer in some out- of-the-way or devastated part of the world across a wide ocean, that is being a neighbpr, modern- style for a modern world. What We Haven’t Figured Out There are many problems we haven’t worked out yet, in this business for acting as good neigh bors. For example: What is the wisest way to be neighbor to people of different race from our own? How can a mill-worker be a neighbor to the stock-holders, or how can the stock-holders be neighborly to the workers? When a corporation, in the process of expansion, throws 500 persons out of work at one time, is there any way in which those who are em ployed by the corporation can be neighbors to those who have lost their positions? How can we be aeighbors to people who resent IS? How far can we go in help- ng people without turn-ing them nto “moochers” and beggars? icv/ can Christians in one de- :oniination be neignbors to those n anotiier? And one more ques- ion; Is it possible for non-Chris- -ians to be as good neighbors, in Jesus’ sense of the word, as Christians can be? .Based on ontllnes copyrighted hy the iiivislon of Ch.iitian Education, Na- tiorai Council of the Churches of Christ ill the U. S. A. Released by Community . res.s Service.) Bookmobile Schedule Schedule of the Moore County follows: Monday—^Union church and K. W. around 4:30. Tuesday—D( beginning at Henning Lloyd hood stop), 4; Frank Cox home, 4:30; Eastwood, 4:45. Wednesday—Highfalls School, 10:30 a. m.; Colonial Heights, 4 to 4:45 p. m. Thursday — Pinckney School, 10:30 a. m.; Carthage Library, 11:30 to 12:30; Eureka route, 1:30 to 4:30. Friday—Wesley Thomas home, 2; Lamms Grove neighborhood. 2:15; White Hill Community, 2:30 to 3:15; Mrs. M. D. Mclver’s, 3:30; Niagara, 4 to 4:20. PILOT ADVERTISING PAYS SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT MOORE COUNTY'S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY. <S( SALES — RENTALS -v- BUILDING GEORGE H. LEONARD, Jr ..President Hart Building Southern Pines Phone 2-2152 GEORGE W. TYNER PAINTING & WALLPAPERING SOUTHERN PINES. N. a 205 Midland Road Phone 2-5804 Attend The Church of Your Choice Next Sunday TBE SANDS OF TIME Remember that^ld song which says, “the sands of time are sinking fast”? Whether we like the idea or not, it is most certainly true, and there is nothing we can do^about it. Nothing? That depends on what we mean. Assuredly we can do nothing to stop the sands of time front)! running through the hour glass of life, but we can do much to make those hours worth while, and the Church stands ever ready to help us. The Church is made up of people like us, working together to spread the mes sage of the gospel. The Church brings comfort to those ,who sorrow, gives strength to those who are weak. The Church needs us to help carry on its work. When we are busy in the Church helping others, we do not worry over the ceaseless flow of the sands of time: Are you doing your part in the Church? Do you need its help? Its doors are open, its welcome unchanging. “The sands of time are sinking fast”—■ how are you spending the days and hours? CHURCH FOR ALL . Th^ CHURCH reasons why every attend services rem.f f should port the Church^ The ^ Day Su“nday p°f Verses T“«f<Jay.. .Matthe Wednesd'y Matthlw T 15-29 BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH (Presbyterian) Cheves K. Ligon, Minister Sunday School 9:45 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. Midiweek service, Wednesday. 7:15 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE tHURCH New Hampshire Ave. 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 New Hampshire Wofford C. Timmons, Minister Sunday School, 9:45 aun. Worship Service, 11 a.m. Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel lowship (Young people). Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum. 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 Church meeting, 8 p.m., second Tuesday. * Mid-week service ’Thursday at 8 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH New York Ave. al 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.; mid-week worship, Wednes- '^•30 p.m.; choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m. Missionary meeting, first and third^ Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Church EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal) Supply Pastor Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (except first Sunday). Sunday School, 9:45 a m Morning Service, 11 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. Confes sions heard on Saturday between 5-6 and 7:30-8:30 pjn. at SOUTHERN PINES METHODIST CHURCH Robert L. Same, Minister (Services held temporarily Civic Club, Ashe Street) Church School, 9:45 a.m. , ^ — Worship Service, 11 a. m.; anci family suppers, second Thurs- .W. S. C. S. meets each first Tues- days. 7 P.m. day at 8 p. m. —This Space Donated in the Interest of the Churches by- GRAVES MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. CITIZENS BANK 8t TRUST CO. CLARK & BRADSHAW SANDHILL DRUG CO. SHAW PAINT k WALLPAPER CO. CHARLES W. PICQUET MODERN MARKET W. E. Blue HOLLIDAY'S RESTAURANT k COFFEE SHOP CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. UNITED TELEPHONE CO. JACKSON MOTORS. Inc. Your FORD Dealer McNEILL'S SERVICE STATION Gulf Service PERKINSON'S, Inc. Jeweler SOUTHERN PINES MOTOR CO. A & P TEA CO. JACK'S GRILL & RESTAURANT
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