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THURSDAY. MAY 24. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
B&PW Club Installs
Officers And Has
Musical Program
Forty members were present
when the Sandhill Business and
Professional Women’s Club met
at the Legion Hut in Aberdeen
Tuesday night for a delicious tur
key dinner, followed by the in
stallation of officers. The instal
lation ceremony was conducted
by Nancye McClellan.
Officers, reelected for a second
term at a previous meeting and
installed Tuesday were: Eve
lyn Pleasants, president; Bess
Gunter, 1st vice-president; Ethel
Pleasants, 2nd vice-president;
Flo Baird, recording secretary;
Margaret Boyette, corresponding
secretary; Blanche Sturdivant,
treasurer.
Delegates were 'elected to at
tend the State Convention in
Winston-Salem.
The Music Committee was in
charge of a program which drew
loud applause. Edna Maurer and
Ethel Pleasants sang, accompan
ied at the piano by Mrs. Storey*
and Mrs Margaret McKeithen,
violinist, played.
The meeting closed with the
club collect.
Officers’ Wives Club
Meets Wednesday For
Dessert And Bridge
Mrs. Robert Price and Mrs.
Clyde Trent were hostesses when
the USAFAGOS Officers’ Wives
Club met Wednesday at the
Highland Pines Inn for dessert
and bridge. A large bouquet of
pink and white snapdragons and
yellow chrysanthemums used as
a centerpiece was won as a door
prize by Mrs. George Porter. Mrs.
Bryan J. Watkins of Houston,
Tex., was a guest.
Frist prize in bridge was won
by Mrs. James McNulty and sec
ond by Mrs. George Elvey. Mrs.
W. A. Toyne was prize winner in
canasta.
»Patrick Rites To
Be Held Friday At
Pmebluff Church
Son of Founder of
Sandhills Towns
Succumi)s At 69
Charles Merrill of
US Navy, Leaves After
Visit To Relatives
Charles E. Merrill, HM-3, a
member of the staff of Oaknoll
Naval Hospital, in Oakland, Calif.,
left Monday night for New York
City to visit his aunt, Mrs. John
E. Daniel, before the expiration of
a 30-day ieave, most of which was
spent here with his mother, Mrs.
Mildred Merrill, and grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moore.
He went to Chapel Hill last
Thursday and brought his sister,
Mrs. E. L. Fearrington, home for
a long weekend visit. Mr. Fear
rington joined the family group
Saturday, and he and his wife re
turned to Chapel Hill Sunday.
Mrs. Fearrington, who was seri
ously ill about three weeks ago, is
now much improved.
This was Charles’ first visit
honae in two years and it came as
a surprise to his family when he
arrived April 28. He accompanied
the remains of a Navy man from
California to Altoona, Pa., and
came home from there.
INS AND OUTS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Maltman
former local residents now living
in Clearwater, Fla., will be guests
of Dr. and Mrs. Wofford C. Tim
mons from today until Sunday
afternoon.
xommy (Shag) Mattocks, a
Pilot employee who entered the
Veterans Hospital at Fayetteville
last week, is reported to be im
proving.
Mrs. Frank Winterholler of
Bluefield, W. Va., is arriving Sat
urday to be the guest of Capt.
and Mrs. William J. Ryan for sev
eral days. On Sunday, Lt. and
Mrs. R. G. Dingman and their
two small children of MacDill
AFB in Florida, are expected to
come for a visit to the Ryans.
Capt. and Mrs. David Callaway
will spend this weekend in
Princeton, W. Va., with relatives.
After a week’s visit to her son
and daughter-in-law, Lt. Col. and
Mrs. G«orge W. Porter, Mrs.
Laura Porter left Tuesday for
Dmrham, where she is visiting
another son before returning to
her home in Kansas City.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ross Al
len Thursday and Friday were
his" parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Allen of Vero Beach, Fla., who
were en route to their summer
home at Searsport, Maine.
Jsimes C. Patrick, 69, of Pine-
bluff' died Tuesday night at Vet
erans Hospital, Fayetteville, after
a long period of declinihg health..
He was a veteran of many
years • of service with the U. S.
Army Engineers, and was a son
of the late John T. P,atrick who
founded the towns of Southern
Pines and Pinebluff, laying out
their streets according to the plan
which is followed today, and at'
tracting the first settlers from the
North.
Funeral services will be held
at Ives Memorial Baptist Church,
Pinebluff, Friday at 2:30 p. m.
Thp Rev. James Hamilton, pastor
of Pinebluff Methodist Church
will officiate in the. absence of
the pastor, the Rev. Ray Gosnell,
who is away at a church meeting.
Burial will be at Pinebluff Cem
etery. Full military honors wiU
be accorded the deceased.
Mr. Patrick was born at Pine
bluff January 22, 1886, son of
John T. and Harriet Patterson
Patrick. He attended Mrs. Ives’
School at Pinebluff and Mount
Herman Preparatory School in
Massachusetts, and was gradua
ted from State College in 1907.
He joined the Army Engineer
Corps immediately after gradu
ation, was stationed in the hPil-
ippines for five years, and then
served at bases in this country.
After World War 1 he resigned
his commission as captain, then
re-entered the service in 1923, re
signing in 1940. He was recalled
to active duty for a few months
in 1942 and then retired from ac
tive duty.
Surviving are his wife, the for
Robbins Man Dies
Monday F rom Auto
Accident Injuries
Sherman Sanders, 29, of Route
2, Robbins, died Monday after
noon in a Winston-Salem hospital
of injuries reecived in an automo
bile accident near Csirthage Sat
urday.
He was the county’s 10th high
way fatuity of the year. Hospital
attendants told Cpl. M. S. Parvin
of the State Highway Patrol that
Sanders, a textile worker, had
probably been drinking prior to
the accident.
Civic Club Study
Group MeetsToday
A committee appointed to study
how the Civic Club can be used
more effectively, especially as a
gathering place for men, is meet
ing today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m.
for its first session.
The group was named this
week, following a luncheon meet
ing of a group of men invited to
the club last week. Members of
the new committee were chosen
by Mrs. J. B. Boyle, Civic Club
president, and C. W. Areson, who
led a discussion at last week’s
meeting.
Members of the committee are:
of the home, and Miss Aleta
Thompson of Kinston; three sons,
Stacy C. Thompson of River For
est, Ill, Clary Thompson of Wash
ington, D. C.; the Rev. A. L.
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Thompson of Wilmington; one
sister, Mrs. W. D. McCraney of
Vass; one brother, Herbert
Thompson of Rich Square; and
18 grandchildren.
Cpl. Parvin said the accident oc- Mrs. George Coleman, Mrs. Dante
~ . _ - ikw J. J.; /nir
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Nevens,
Jr , went to Wilmington Saturday mer Sarah Bilyeu of Moore Coun-
to see her father, Y. C. Rich, who ty; one daughter, Mrs. Lewis E
is ill. Mr. Nevens returned, but
Mrs. Nevens is remaining for a
longer stay with her father.
Gen. and Mrs. R. B. Hill are
spending the week at Crescent
Beach as guests of Dr. and Mrs.-
John McSween.
Brown, Pinebluff; three sons, aU
■master sergeants in the U. S. Air
Force, James H., Bolling AFB,
Washington, Walter M.. stationed
in Japan, and John T. Patrick Jr.,
stationed in Germany; seven
grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. Carl Lawson of Salisbury.
CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY
The Administrative Office of the Town of Southern
Pines will not be open on Memorial Day, Wednes
day, May, 30th. m24c
TOWN OFFICE MOVING
Effective, May 31st, Thursday, the Administrative
Office and Police Station will be located at 113 North
East Broad Street. These offices were formerly oc
cupied by radio station WEEB.
Telephone numbers will remain the same. m24c
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INS and OUTS
Mrs. James Boyd left Friday
for Millbrook, N. Y., to visit her
sister. Miss Elizabeth Lament.
Miss Polly Dix has retimned
from a week’s visit to Richmond
and Christchurch, Va., and Wil
son. She spent two days with the
Rev. and Mrs. Charles V. Coveil,
former Southern Pines residents,
at Christchurch.
Dr. and Mrs. James S. Milliken
spent last weekend at New Bern.
Mrs. Gladys Barrows of Win-
throp. Me., is visiting her sister-
in-law, Mrs. Howard McNeill,
and Mr. McNeill. This is her first
trip to Southern Pines.
The Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Hodg
kins, who are here from Ketchi
kan, Alaska, on a visit to l;iis pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Hodg
kins, spent last week in Wash
ington, D. C., where Mr. Hodg
kins attended a conference at the i
College of Preachers and his wife I
visited friends. On the way home
they stopped in Raleigh for the
weekend, the Rev. Mr. Hodgkins
preaching at the Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd.
Next Sunday he will preach at
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in
Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McLean
and guest, Mrs. J. D. McLean of
Cheshire, Conn., and Miss Mary
Scott Newton were dinner guests
of Mrs. S. R. Smith in Vass
Thursday evening.
Leaving bright and early last
Sunday morning for a day’s out
ing at Cherry Grove Beach, were
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Matthew Toia
and sons. Matt and Tommy, Miss
Billie Harrington of Abesdeen,
and dapt. and Mrs. Herbert A.
Smith and their children. Mrs.
Toia’s twin sister, Mrs. Anthony
Cipriana of Forest Hills, N. Y.,
arrived yesterday for a six
weeks’ visit with the Toia family
at their home on Country Club
Drive.
Mrs. P. P. McCain, Flora Mac
donald College dean, was at her
home here from Wednesday
morning until today, when She
returned to Red Springs. She will
come home on June 4 following
the close of school.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Whisnant of
Fort Myers, Fla., arrived Wednes
day night for a week’s stay with
their son-in-law and daughter,
Maj. and Mrs. George C. Elvey.
They will be accompanied home
by their granddaughter Joy El-
vev.
ivLr. and Mrs. Roy Grinnell
spent last weekend in Clarksville,
Va.
LEARN MORE CLASS
The Learn More Bible Class will
meet with Mrs. George Little at
8 ivm. Monday.
curred about 9:15 Saturday morn
ing on the Bethlehem Church
road about three-tenths of a mile
from NC 27. Sanders, it was re
ported, was traveling south at the
time on the dirt road, about six
miles west of Carthage.
Apparently he lost control of
the car. Cpl. Parvin said, from
an examination made a few min
utes after the accident, the car
turned over in the middle of the
road and landed in a corn field.
It appeared that Sanders was
speeding at the time, according to
the official report.
A Carthage ambulance service
moved him to a hospital in Troy
where an examination was made.
Shortly after, he was moved to
the Winston-Salem hospital.
Cpl. Parvin said that Sanders
had been seen on the side of a
road near Carthage Friday night
and, though he was not driving at
the time, was warned not to drive.
The death was the county’s 10th
of the year on the highways. Last
year there were 14.
Sanders is survived by his
mother, Mrs. lola Sanders of
Route 2, Robbins; two sisters,
Mrs. Ellis Williamson of Route 1,
Carthage, and Mrs. A. V. Moore of
Route 1, Eagle Springs; one broth
er, Norman Sanders of Robbins.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Brown’s Chapel
Christian Church. Burial was in
the chxfrch cemetery.
Scouts Plan Court
Of Honor Monday
Night At Pinebluff
A Moore District Boy Scout
Court of Honor wiU be held at the
Pinebluff Methodist Church Mon
day at 8 p.m., it was announced
today by Frank McNeill, advance
ment chairman of the district.
Awards will be presented to
members of Troops 223, 224, and
873, all of Southern Pines, and
other units in the county.
Fay Neville of Pinehurst is
chairman of the court and will be
assisted by McNeill. Included on
the program will he a talk by
Clinton Areson of Southern Pines,
who was formerly in charge of
New York State’s largest training
school for delinquent boys.
Troop 206, sponsored by the
Pinebluff Lions C^ub, will be the
host unjt and will conduct both
the opening and closing ceremon
ies. An added part of the pro
gram will be a display of merit
badges and camping equipment
by the troop.
All cub scouts, h)oy scouts, ex
plorers, and their parents and
friends have been invited to at-
end.
Montesanti (Mrs. John Buchholz,
alternate, in the absence of Mrs.
Montesanti who is out of town),
Mrs. L. W. Fitch, C. W. Picquet,
Edward Schneider, Harry Fullen-
wider and Dr. W. C. Timmons.
Mrs. Boyle and Mr. Areson are ex-
officio members.
Findings of the committee will
be reported within 30 days, it is
expected, to another meeting of
the persons who were invited to
the club’s luncheon last week.
E. B. Thompson,
Passes; Funeral
Services At VasS
Edward Braxton Thompson, 89,
of Cameron, Route 1, died last
Thursday at the Pinehurst Conva
lescent Home. #
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 3 p. m. at the Vass
Methodist Church. The Rev. Wal
ter C. Smith officiated. Burial
was in the Johnson Grove ceme
tery.
The service included one of Mr,
Thompson’s favorite songs, “Lean,
ing On the Everlasting Arms.”
Six grandsons served as pallbear
ers: Jack, David and Duncan
Blevins, of Cameron Route 1, Ev
erett and Leo Thompson of WiL
mington, the latter a student at
Duke University, and Billy Brown
of Dallas, Texas.
Mr. Thompson, a lifelong resi
dent of the Cranes Creek section
between Cameron and Vass, was a
member of the Vass Methodist
Church. He farmed, was a skilled
carpenter, and was quite active
until recent years.
He was married to the former
Miss Newell McDuffie, who died
several years ago.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. W. R. Brown of Dallas, Tex.,
Mrs. Roy Soza’ of Tucson, Ariz.,
Mrs. Joseph Koda of Turtle
Creek, Pa.; Mrs. Jasper Blevins
Seven Years Old
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CAP Names Col.
Cornett As New
Squadron Leader
Lt. Col. Buster Cornett, retired
Army officer and operator of a
service station near Southern
Pines, has been elected com
manding officer of the Pinehurst-
Southern Pines Civil Air Patrol
Squadron, succeeding Lt. E. B.
McDonald who resigned earlier
this month.
Col. Cornett, who moved to
Southern Pines after completing
25 years of continuous Army
service, has seen service in Ger
many, Korea, Okinawa and at
various stations in this country.
Simultaneously with his elec
tion, an advisory board was ap
pointed to aid him in effecting a
complete reorganization of the
squadron. The board is composed
of First Lt. R. P. Ferguson, com
mandant of cadets, Lt. E. B. Mc
Donald, and Second Lt. C. F.
Baker, executive officer. Squad
ron adjutant A. E. Rice of Pine
hurst will also serve on the hoard
as adjutant, hut not as an active
board member.
Judge Rowe To Attend
Kiwanis Convention
Judge J. Vance Rowe has been
selected as a delegate from the
local Kiwani| Club to attend the
National Kiwanis Convention in
San Francisco June 17-21.
The selection was made at
Wednesday’s meeting of the Ki
wanis Club at the Country Club.
While, in California Judge
Rowe plans to visit his daughter
and son-in-law and their three-
year-old son, whom he hasn’t
seen yet, in Ix)S Angeles.
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SOUND THE TRUMPETS! FRIDAY and SATURDAY
ARE TWO BIG DAYS. THIS IS THE
End-Of-The-Month VALUE DAYS!
BECAUSE OF SO MANY BROKEN SIZES AND BROKEN LOTS AND
DISCONTINUED PATTERNS IN SHOES, DRESSES. LINGERIE. WE
ARE HAVING THIS SALE FOR TWO DAYS.
Also included you will find the balance of our LAMPS at 1-3 OFF
JUNIOR BOYS' PANTS—% PRICE
BALANCE OF SUMMER MILLINERY—Vz PRICE
ONE GROUP OF SHORTIE COTTON PAJAMAS REDUCED TO $3.79
Canister Sets and Outdoor Dishes at greatly reduced prices for close-out.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' APPAREL TO 18 MONTHS REDUCED
TO CLOSE-OUT ^RICES FOR THIS SALE
DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE VALUES YOU CA|4NOT AFFORD TO MISS
IN THE YARD GOODS DEPARTMENT, ALL REDUCED TO REMNANT
PRICES. This is an opportunity to stock up fine qualify materials for
your summer sewing.
THE READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT HAS A GROUP OF DRESSES.
SUITS. FEW COATS THAT WILL BE CUT TO THE BONE FOR THESE
TWO DAYS
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SINCE 1897
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Open Year 'Round Since 1897