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THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Page THIRTEEN
I News and Personals from Vass
I Bessie Cameron Smilh. Representatire — Telephone Vass 2171
Masons Are Guests
Members of Masonic Lodge 180
from Carthage attended in a
body the Sunday morning service
at the Vass Methodist Church.
This was the Rev. Walter C.
Smith’s final service as pastor of
the church eind a Isirge congrega
tion was present to hear him and
to bid him and Mrs. Smith good
bye. Following his graduation
from Duke Divinity School next
Monday, the Smiths plan to re
turn to the Baltimore Conference.
The new pastor, the Rev. James
Eskridge, also a Duke Divinity
School student, will preach at the
11 a. no. service next Sunday
morning and the public is invited
to hear him and join in welcom
ing him and his wife to the com
munity. ' )
Bixtnaay Meeting
Vass Presbyterian Women of
the Church observed their annual
“Birthday Party” with a program
at the cnurch Sunday night, to
whkn their families were invited.
Mrs. Eugene Hicks presided over
the business session.
Mrs. D. F. Cameron, chairman
of church extension, was in
charge of the program, a feature
of which was a playlet presented
by Mrs. HowarU Gschwind, Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Crockett, Jr., and
Daviu and Ann Crockett. The
program, dealt wtih the birthaay
objectives, Area Laboratory
Schools and Ybor Mission Work,
for which an offering was made.
Refreshments were served fol
lowing the program. There was a
large birthday cake decorated
with a small church and a group
of “children” to carry out the
teaching theme of the program,
made by Mrs. Gschwind, wno is
chairman of Christian education
in the women’s organization. As
sisting her in serving were Miss
Polly Gilmore, chairman of
stewardship, who poured punch,
and Mrs. D. F. Cameron.
Celebrates Birthday
Robbie McGill, son of Air
man l|c and Mrs. W. R. McGill of
the Bristow Trailer Court near
Southern Pines, celebrated his
third birthday Saturday after
noon at a party given by his
mother at the home of her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parker,
in Vass. The children had a good
time playing and watching Rob
bie open his gifts. They were pre
sented party hats and horns as
favors. From a table set up in a
yard decorated birthday cake, ice
cream, lemonade, peanuts and
lollipops were served.
Small guests were Sue Bullock,
Carol and A1 Klingenschmidt, Joe
Parker, Kathy McGill, Dennis
King, Kathy Wolfe, Carol Edmis-
ten, “Rusty” Hudson, Mitch and
Susan Jessup, and Raymond and
Jimmy Caviness.
Others present were Mrs. Bill
Hudson of Bristow’s Court, Mrs.
Donald Jessup, Mrs. Charles Cav
iness, Mrs. Henry Klingen-
' schmidt, Mrs. T. C. Evans, and
Robbie’s grandmother and great
grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Parker
and Mrs. J. J. Parker. His grand
father D. H. McGill brought
gifts to the party, staying only a
short time. The honoree’s' little
cousin, Debbie McGill, had chick-
ien pox, which kept her and hej
grandmother McGill from attend
ing the party.
Honors Seniors
Honoring the seniors of Vass-
Lakeview ,High School, Mrs. Jack
Morgan, former home economics
teacher in the school, gave a re
ception at her home for the
seniors and high school faculty
after the Class Night piay Wed
nesday night. The class colors
were featured in a table arrange-
emnt of pink flowers and green
foliage. Sandwiches, cookies,
nuts, mints and punch were serv
ed, with Mrs. W. E. Gladstone,
senior sponsor, presiding^ at the
punch bowl.
Personals
Mr. avd Mrs. H. C. Callahan
went to Bladenboro Sunday to
see his uncle, Empie Callahan,
who is sick.
Little Beverly and Deborah
Sharp of Swann Station visited
their uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Cameron, from Thurs
day until Sunday night.
Mrs. P. B. Irby and children,
Susan, Chip and John, are spend
ing this week in Raleigh visiting
the children’s grandmother, Mrs.
Mary A. Irby.
Mrs. Jim Reynodls of Raeford
came to attend the graduation of
Carole Jessup and visited rela
tives for several days. Here to at-
ttend Cardie’s graduation, also,
were her sister and niece, Mrs. J.
S. Mock and Kathy, of Wilson.
Mrs. Billy Jessup and children,
Joyce, James and Terry, return
ed last week to their home here
from Flint, Mich., where they had
been with Mr. Jessup for about
two months. Mr. Jessup came
with them for a weekend visit
and returned to his position in
Michigan.
Vick Keith and children and
Linwood Keith and son Joe, all
of Sanford, called on Mrs. W. H.
Keith Sunday afternoon.
Mi^ Alberta Monroe of West
End spent Thursday night with
Mrs. P. A. Wilson and attended
graduation -.exercises at Vass-
Lakeview School, of which she is
a former principal.
Mr. and Mrs. James Key and
Betty, also Mr. and Mrs. Waylon
Thomas and son, Mikg, of San
ford, recently visited Mr. and
Mrs. Avron Upchurch and family
at Fuquay Springs. Mrs.. Up
church, sister of Mrs. Key and
Mr. Thomas, and husband have
a second daughter, Vicki Lynn,
born early this month. Their oth
er child, Dianne, is three years
old. Mrs. Upchurch is the former
Mary Elizabeth Thomas of Vass.
Mrs. S. R. Smith visited Mrs.
J. M. Norton of near Raeford Fri
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klingen
schmidt and children, Carol and
Al, also Mr. and Mrs. John Baker
of Cameron Route 1, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Monroe of Rae
ford Sunday afternoon.
Guests in the home of Mrs. A.
G. Crissman and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Crissman are Mrs. Frank
Miletich (Ruby Crissman) and
children, Beverly and Janice, of
Fairfax, Va., and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Guydes (Moverine Criss
man), of Staten Island. Mrs. Guy-
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Graduates Receive
Diplomas Thursd’y
'Twenty-four seniors received
their high school diplomas last
Thursday night in the final event
of the commencement season of
Vass-Lakeview School, and num
erous awards were presented.
Excellent programs and large
attendance marked each of the
events.
The seniors and their mascots
maiH^ed in procession to their
places on the stage, and the Rev.
Thomas Wolfe spoke the invoca
tion. The high school chorus sang
“One World.”
Instead of having a guest
speakfer the seniors had five of
their own class give short ad
dresses. Theme of the program
was ‘‘We Look to Tomorrow,”
and it was introduced by H. A.
Monroe, class president. Other
speakers and their subjects were:
Algene Hennings, salutatorian,
“Today Ends; Tomorrow Begins”;
Effie Mae Burnette, “Education
and Our Plans”; Eddie Cameron,
“Youth, Democracy, and Peace”;
Emily Priest, “Our Faith in Op
portunity”; Roy Frye, valedictori
an, “Let Us Have Our Dreams.”
Following the singing of “(^o.
Lovely Flower” by a chorus of
12, C. Landon Tyson, chairman of
the school board, presented a di
ploma along with a red rose
given by the Southern Pines
Florist to each of the seniors:
Rachel Van Arsdale, Donald Brid-
gers, Effie Mae Burnette, Eddie
Cameron, Sue Coore, Glenn Fos
ter, Roy F^e, Anna Mae Fer
guson, Doris Garner, Lavonne
(Sraham, Jewell Garner, Nellie
Hart, Algene Hennings, Lena
Rose Jackson, Carole Jessup,
Fairley Johnson, Kay Keith, H.
A. Monroe, Emily Priest, Earl
Simpson, Mary Edith Simpson,
Harold Trogden, Bette Vreden-
burg, and Virginia Webb.
Supt. John McCrummen pre
sented perfect attendance certifi-
des, a Commander in the U. S.
Public Health Service, has just
received her master’s degree in
nursing administration from New
York University, where she has
been studying during the year,
and is being transferred to the
U. S. Public Health Service Hos
pital in Seattle, Wash., to be di
rector of nursing there. She and
Mr. Guydes will leave this week
end for Seattle.
Mrs. W. T. Cox of Sanford call
ed on Mrs. W. C. Leslie Tuesday
night. Mrs. Leslie has not been
well for the past two weeks.
Out of town callers last week
at the home of Mrs. Bertie D.
Matthews were Mrs. W. D. Mat
thews of Southern Pines and Miss
Alberta Monroe of West End.
Miss Monroe called on several
friends during her brief stay.
Mrs. Walter C. Byrd of Albe
marle came Teusday to visit
Keith relatives.
Edward Gschwind of Greens
boro paid a brief visit to Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Gschwind Monday
night, coming from Sanford,
where he had been on business.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rosser
and children of Charlotte spent a
day last week with his mother,
Mrs. R. G. Rosser.
cates and gifts from the senior
home room teacher, Mrs. W. E.
Gladstone, to the following
seniors: Mary Edith Simpson,
Doris Garner, Carole Jessup,
Earl Simpson, Sue Coore, Kay
Keith, Anna Mae Ferguson, La
vonne Graham, and Roy Fi^e.
Mn McCrummen also present-
I ed medals and awards, as fol
lows: special agriculture awards
—farm machinery, Brent Hall;
dairying, Douglas Johnson; elec
tricity, Larry Taylor; scholarship
—^mathematics, Peggy Jean
Briggs; science, D. A. McNeill;
agriculture, Earl Simpson; home
economics, Janice Graham; pom-
mercial, Charles Ferguson;
special awards—school activities,
Algene Hennings; athletics, Doris
Garner; school spirit, Eddie Cam
eron; salutatorian, Algene Hen
nings; valedictorian, Roy Frye,
who as valedictorian also receiv
ed a year’s subscription given by
Readers Digest; the school’s high
est honor, having one’s name en
graved on the honor roll plaque,
Roy Frye.
Mrs. S. R. Smith, vice-president
of the Vass Woman’s Club, pre
sented medals awarded annually
by the club, as follows: English
medals (for greatest improve
ment) — 9th grade, Joanne Mc
Rae; 10th, Mary Ruth Smith;
11th, Joan Baldwin; 12th, H. A.
Monroe; citizenship, Janice Gra
ham.
Roy Frye, president of the Beta
Club, presented five dollar schol
arship awards from the organiza
tion to Myrna,' Ruth McRae and
Henry Matthews of the ninth
grade.
The commencement ended
with the recessional “For the
Honor of Vass-Lakeview.”
“Play Ball,” a Class Night play
presented Wednesday night, was
one of the liveliest and most en
joyable programs of its kind ever
presented in the school. Two
baseball teams, a boys’ team
and a girls’, staged a game in
pantomime complete with ^ hot
argument between the umpire
and the boys’ manager. A sports
announcer, hot dog vendor, cheer
leaders, a lively trio of singers,
beauty queen and attendants and
others added to the general in
terest. Assisting the seniors were
several juniors: Joe Edwards,
Bobby Apple, James Howell,
John Alex Chavis, Barbara Grif
fin, Mary Frances Hall, and Joan
Baldwin.
Previous programs were the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday
night, preached by the Rev. Au
gust McK. Cameron of Englehard,
an alumnus of the school, a piano
recital Friday night by pupils of
Mrs. H. D. Mclnnis, and eighth
grade graduation the morning of
senior graduation day, when 42
pupils of Mrs. P. A. Wilson and
R. E. Beasley were given certifi
cates by Miss Mary Logan, school
supervisor, in a program in
which class members were the
speakers.
Commencement marshals were
Janice Graham, chief; Elise Mc-
Williarns, Johnsye Cameron, Joan
Baldwin, Douglas Johnson and
Jimmy Key. Mrs. H. D. Mclnnis
was accompanist for aU music
and Mrs. W. E. Gladstone was di
rector.
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ON LEVY OF ASSESSMENT TO
INSTALL PERMANENT STREET
IMPROVEMENTS
Pursuant to authority contained
in the North Carolina General
Statutes, notice is hereby given
that a Public Hearing will be held
in the Council Chamber at the
Town Office in the Town of
Southern Pines, Moore County,
North Carolina at 8:00 P. M. on
the 12th day of June, 1956, for the
purpose of hearing any protest or
objection to the levying of an as
sessment at the rate of $1.25 per
front foot against the adjacent
property owners on:
West New Jersey between
Leak and Saylor
in the Town of Southern Pines, to
defray a portion of the costs of in
stalling curbs, gutters, and side
walks on the above mentioned
street or streets; that interested
parties may inspect assessment
roll on file in the Office of the
Town Clerk at any time between
the hours of 9:00 A. M. and 5:00
P. M. on any day from Monday
through Friday and between the
hours of 9:00 A. M. and 12:00
Noon on Saturday.
This 15th day of May, 1956.
LOUIS SCHEIPERS, JR.,
m2431c Town Clerk
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