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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY. JUNE 21. 1956
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6512
Tune Brides »§«
Miss Nancy Boyd
Is Engaged To Wed
Noel N. Sokoloff
Mrs. James Boyd has announc
ed the engagement of her daugh
ter, Nancy, to Noel N. Sokoloff of
New York.
Mr. Sokoloff is the son of the
noted director Dr. Nikolai Sok
oloff of La Jolla, California,
founder of the Cleveland Sym
phony Orchestra and head of the
Federal Music Project during the
Roosevelt administration. His
mother is Mrs. Lyda Sokoloff of
New York.
Miss Boyd, a gradaute of Rad-
cliffe College, is a graduate stu
dent at Columbia University and
teaches at the Brooklyn Friends
School. Her father is the late
James Boyd, author of Drums,
Marching On, Long Hunt, and
other novels. Her maternal
grandfather was Daniel S. La
ment, Secretary of War under
President Grover Cleveland.
Mr. Sokoloff, a composer, stud
ied music at Columbia University
and the Mannes College of Music
in New York, where he is now a
member of the Theory and Com
position Faculty.
The wedding will take place in
the late summer.
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MRS. HARVEY B. JOHNSON
MISS AUDREY WEST BROWN SPEAKS VOWS
WITH MR. JOHNSON IN CHURCH RITES
Mrs. Mills, Baptist
Church Organist, Is
Honored At Dinner
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MRS. D. PIERRE G. CAMERON, Jr.
Last Thursday was the time for MISS MACKIE, LOCAL TEACHER, IS WED
the regular Church Night supper CAMERON IN NEW YORK SATURDAY
Miss Audrey West Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lee Brown of Southern Pines,
became the bride of Harvey B.
Johnson of Burlington, son of
Mrs. Vera V. Johnson of Eliza-
bethton, Tenn., in a double-ring
ceremony at the Church of Wide
Fellowship in Southern Pines at
3 p. m. Saturday, June 16. The
pastor. Dr. Wofford C. Timmons,
officiated.
Mrs. L. D. McDonald, organist,
and Roger Gibbs, both of South
ern Pines, presented a program
of nuptial music, Mr. Gibbs sing
ing “O Perfect Love,” “Entreat
Me Not to Leave Thee,” and ‘ The
Lord’s Prayer.”
Decorations were baskets of
white gladioli and gypsophila
and baskets of woodwardia, mag
nolia, and springerii fern, inter
spersed with candelabra holding
white tapers.
Given in marriage by her fath
er, the bride wore a floor-length
gown of white hand-clipped rose-
point lace and tulle. The lace bod
ice was fashioned with round
neck and long sleeves. Her fin
gertip veil of illusion was attach
ed to a rosepoint lace bonnet out
lined with seed pearls, and she
carried a cascade bouQuet ^ of
white rosebuds and beaded maid
enhair centered with a pure
white orchid.
Mrs. Harry Lee Brown, Jr., of
Mount Pleasant, Mich., sister-in-
law of the bride, was matron of
honor. She wore a ballerina
length gown of embroidered
white nylon over pink taffeta,
made with fitted bodice and full
skirt and trimmed with pink
satin. Her long mitts were pink^
and her horsehair bandeau was
of matching color. Her cascade
bouquet was of frenched carna
tions.
Miss Josephine Shelton of Ran-
dleman, bridesmaid, was wear
ing a ballerina length blue nylon
chiffon dress with very full skirt
and tight fitting cummerbund ef
fect at the waist. Straps formed a
deep V in the back of the bodice,
ending with a bow. She wore
matching mitts and blue horse
hair bandeau. Her cascade bou
quet was of pink frenched carna
tions.
The bridegroom had Gilmer
Reynolds of Burlington as best
man. Ushers were Dr. Harry Lee
Brown, Jr., of Mount Pleasant,
Mich., brother of the bride, and
Rqlph Cody Of Burlington.
Mrs. Brown, mother of the
bride, wore a street length dress
of tissue linen and lace with
matching hat trimmed with
pearls and sequins. Her corsage
was a . lavender orchid. The bride
groom’s mother wore pink linen
and a purple orchid corsage.
A reception in the church par
lor followed the ceremony. The
table held a centerpiece of white
carnations, pompons, snapdrag
ons and gypsophila, and baskets
of greenery were used elsewhere.
Serving were Miss Mamie Mc
Daniel and Mrs. Ralph Magri,
aunt and cousin of the bride, both
from Lynchburg, Va.
For travel the bride wore an
aqua colored summer suit with
white accessories and the orchid
from her bridal bouquet.
The couple will reside at 702
Orchard Drive in Graham.
Mrs. Johnson graduated from
Southern Pines High School, at
tended Queens College in Char
lotte, and received a B. S. degree
in. business administration from
the University of North Carolina,
where she was a member of Al
pha Gamma Delta social sorority.
For some time she has been office
manager of the Sandhill Office
Supply Co. in Southern Pines.
Mr. Johnson served in the U.
S. Army about three years, was
graduated from East Tennessee
State, Johnson City, Tenn., with
a B. S. degree in industrial arts,
and is an engineer with Western
Electric Co., Inc., in Burlington,
where he has been working j.or
the past five years.
Allens And Garvins
Called To Wilston By
Death of W. F. Garvin
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Allen and
children were called to Wilston,
S. C., by the sudden death of
Mrs. Allen’s father, W. F. Garvin,
on June 10. They attended the
funeral, which was held on the
nth at Mt. Beulah Baptist
Church, and rentlained with rela
tives for a few days. Attending,
also, were Mr. and Mrs. L. f.
Garvin and son, Lee, of 1 Manly,
Mr. Garvin being a son of the de
ceased.
USAFAGOS Group
Enjoys Beach Outing
Maj. and Mrs. Allan W. Shaw,
Jr., accompanied by their chil
dren, Alan III and Amy, escorted
the USAFAGOS bus, carrying a
group of Air Ground Operations
School students and their wives,
to Myrtle Beach, S. C., Saturday
on a day’s outing. There were 25
in the party. They took a picnic
lunch and enjoyed a day at the
beach.
Mrs. Halsey And
Mrs. Dickert Are
Club Hostesses
The USAFAGOS Officers’-
Wives Club held a dessert bridge
and canasta party at the Highland
Pines Inn Wednesday, with Mrs.
F. P. Halsey and Mrs. Robert
Dickert as hostesses. The table
centerpiece, a lavender chrysan
themum potted plant, was won as
a door prize by Mrs. Ogden Fox.
Mrs. Jess Gifford won first prize
in bridge, Mrs. George Elvey plac
ed second, and the canasta prize
went to Mrs. Dickert.
at the First Baptist Church, but
the event was turned into some
thing very special—a testimonial
dinner honoring Mrs. C. R. Mills,
who has been church organist
since 1942 and active in many
phases of the church’s program.
The dining room was attrac
tively decorated with a variety
of white flowers and candles.
Mrs. Mills was presented an or
chid corsage.
“Covered dishes” were brought
by the church members and the
dinner was served buffet style.
L. T. Hall, chairman of the
board of deacons, presided over
the after-dinner program, which
consisted mainly of tributes to
Mrs. Mills’ loyal service as organ
ist and her work in the Sunday
School and Women’s Missionary
Union. Tributes were paid by Mr.
Hall; by Sam Richardson, a long
time and one of the best loved
members; by Mrs. Jack Daven
port, president of the WMU; by
W. E. Kivette, a past superintend
ent of the Sunday School who
has been associated with Mrs.
Mills in church work for a long
period; and by the pastor, the
Rev. David Hoke Coon who, in
behalf of the church, presented
Mrs. Mills a silver coffee service.
Mrs. Mills responded in a gra
cious speech of appreciation.
The group lingered for a few
moments of fellowship during
which Mr. and Mrs. Mills were
greeted by many friends.
Invitations had been issued to
members of Mrs. Mills’ family,
and a number of them were pres
ent for the happy occasion. Her
son Russell of Southern Pines
with his wife and her mother,
Mrs. G. L. Neubauer of Salina,
Kan., were there, also two daugh
ters with members of their fam
ilies, Mr. and Mrs. Myrton Stew
art and Bobby and Mr. and Mrs.
Reid Flinchum and daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Long, all of Carthage.
The other sons and daughter, Eu-
tice Mills of Pinebluff, Mrs. L. C.
Spillman of Winston-Salem, and
Ray Mills of Charleston, W. Va.,
were unable to be here.
A special surprise for Mrs.
Mills was the presence of her sis
ters, Mrs. H. O. Kelly, Mrs. G.
W. Farrar and Mrs. R. G. Beck
with, all of Apex, also a friend,
Mrs. Kit Sears, and son Gene
Sears, of Apex.
Circle 1 of the WMU served
as hostesses at the dinner, and
they, assisted by Mr. Coon arid
Mrs. David Gamble, were in
charge of preliminary arrange
ments.
The marriage of Miss Kather
ine Ida MacKie to D. Pierre G.
Cameron, Jr., took place Satur
day afternoon in the Chapel of
St. Cornelius the Centurian at
Governors Island, New York, N.
Y. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Roswell O. Moore of
Syracuse, N. Y., cousin of the
bridegroom.
The bride is the daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Robb Steere Mac
Kie of Alderbrook Acres, West
Eaton, N. Y. The bridegroom’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs. D.
Pierre G. Cameron of Coconut
Grove, Fla.
The bride, escorted by her fath
er, wore a gown of Swiss em
broidered organdy and an heir
loom illusion veil.
Miss Cornelia Wickham Taylor
of WiUiamstown, Mass., cousin
of the bride, was maid of honor.
The other attendants were Mrs.
William Nichols Scott of Short
Hills, N. J., Miss Sarah Naylor of
New York, and Miss Marianne
McManus of Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Cameron graduated from
Emma Willard School in Troy,
N. Y., and Vassar College, class
of 1955. She has been teaching in
Southern Pines.
The bridegroom ■ graduated
from Guimery School, Washing
ton, Conn., and Yale University,
class of 1955. He is now attending
the School of Law at Duke Uni
versity. He is a member of the
Yale Club, New York City, and
of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.
After a trip to Nantucket the
couple will make their home in
Durham.
MRS HARMON AND MR. MOREY CONDUCT
THEIR OWN BAHAT WEDDING CEREMONY
Attend Conference
Of NCEA Leaders
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Farrior and
Miss Martha Pat Archbell attend
ed the North Carolina Education
Association Leaders Conference
at Blue Ridge Assembly, Black
Mountain, Jun 17th to 20th. This
was a statewide annual meeting
devoted to planning.
Mr. Farrior represented the
Moore County Unit at the meet
ing and Mrs. Farrior and Miss
Archbell were official delega^
from the Southern Pines City
Unit. Mrs. Farrior teaches a unit
of the fifth grade and NBss Arch
bell the seventh.
The Ashland College Chapel, in
Ashland, Ohio, was the scene of
a lovely Baha’i wedding on June
17 when Bertha Fowler Harmon
of Ashland became the bride of
Frederick L. Morey of Mansfield.
The bride is the daughter of Har
old M. Fowler and the late Mrs.
Fowler of Southern Pines. Mr.
Morey is the son of the late Dr.
John Morey and Mrs. Jean White
Morey of 220 S. Mulberry Street,
Mansfield.
As a prelude to the wedding,
the bride and groom presented a
group of their favorite musical
selections. Mr. Morey played sev
eral Jerome Kern numbers and
accompanied Mrs. Harmon, who
sang “Because” and “Bless This
House.”
Since the Baha‘i Faith has no
clergy, the bride and groom con
duct their own wedding in the
presence of witnesses, among
whom must be the chairman and
secretary of a Local Spiritual As
sembly. Mr. Morey and Mrs. Har
man chose for their ceremony
readings from four great faiths,
the Jewish, the Christian, the
Muslim, and the Baha’i World
Faith. Reading from the Old
Testament, the New Testament,
the Koran, and the Baha’i
Writings were Mrs. Ray Getz of
Chicago, sister of the groom;
Roger Parris, of Hayesville, Mrs.
Harman, and Mr. Morey.
Between the readings. Miss
Barbara Evarts of Bucyrus, or
ganist, played “The Baha’i Love
Song,” “Shrines of Carmel,” and
the “Baha’i Benediction,” and
Mrs. Bernice Montgomery of
Cleveland sang “From the Sweet
Scented Streams,” a Baha’i pray
er which has been set to music
by Charles Wolcott.
Mrs. Emily Chavous, chairman
of the Local Spiritual Assembly
of Columbus, heard the pledges
of the bride and groom and wit
nessed their signatures to the
statement, “We all verily will
abide by the will of God.” Mrs.
Florence McRoberts, secretary of
the Columbus Assembly, read the
marriage statement, and the cer
emony was closed with a Baha’i
prayer by Mrs. Ann Wohlstein,
also of Columbus. Mendelssohn’s
traditional wedding march
played as a recessional.
A reception was held down
stairs in the chapel immediately
following the wedding.
Ushers lor the wedding were
Ray Getz, brother-in-law of the
groom; Larry Price, Lewis Them,
and Charles Seeberger of the
Mansfield Baha’i Assembly.
In charge of the reception were
Miss Alice Grabler and Mrs. Mar
tha Trelease of Mansfield, assist
ed by Mrs. Them and Mrs. Price.
Alter a brief honeymoon the
couple will be at home at 250
East 8th Street, Ashland, Ohio.
Gilford Community Church in
Gilford, N. H., was the scene at
4 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
June 16, of the wedding of Miss
Jane Cushman and Thomas
Drake Nickerson. The Rev. Wil
liam Theodore Knapp of Hart
ford, Conn., officiated. A recep
tion at “Cushholm,” Governor’s
Island, Gilford, followed.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miner Cush
man of Gilford and 190 North
Valley Road, Southern Pines.
The bridegroom’s parents are
Prof, and Mrs. Clarence Bentiey
Nickerson of Belmont, Mass.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her lather. She wore a
gown of white silk fashioned
with a low, scoop neckline, and
three-quarter length sleeves. Mo
tifs of lace embellished with tiny
pearls trimmed the fitted bodice
and the bouffant skirt which ter
minated in a circular train. Her
fingertip veil of tulle was caught
to a circlet of flowers and tiny
pearlized orange blossom buds.
She carried a bouquet of Eucha-
ris lilies and stephanotis.
Attending the bride as maid of
honor was Miss Martha Colvin
Knapp of Hartford, Conn., who
was attired in a ballet length
gown of white eyelet, fashioned
along princess lines and worn
over lavender taffeta. Brides
maids were Miss Sally Cushman
sister of the bride; Miss Cynthia
Clarridge of Nashua, N. H., Miss
Josie Jamison of Greensburg, Pa.,
and Miss Maureen Lindsay of ,
Grand Island, Neb. Their dresses
were like that of the honor at
tendant.
Mr. Nickerson was attended by
Robert M. Cushman, Jr., of
Southern Pines, brother of the
bride, as best man. Peter J. Weil-
ler of New Canaan, Conn., was
head usher and serving with him
were Crayton W. Bedford of Mid-
dlebury, Vt., W. Norton Reusswig
of Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J., and R.
Markham Ball of Wilmington,
Del.
Mrs. Cushman chose for her
daughter’s wedding a light green
linen dres and matching acces
sories. Mrs. Nick'erson, the bride
groom’s mother, wore dusty pink
linen with matching accessories.
After the reception the couple
left for a wedding trip to Bermu
da, the bride wearing a navy blue
silk shantung sheath ensemble
with white accessories. Upon
their return they will be at home
in Belmont, Mass.
Mrs. Nickerson attended Wal
nut Hill School in Natick, Mass.,
Wheaton College in Norton, and
Katharine Gibbs School in Bos
ton, Mass. The bridegroom at
tended Belmont Hill School, Am
herst College in Amherst, Mass.,
and is now a student in Howard
Business School., He is a member
of Psi Upsilon fraternity.
MRS JEWELL WEBB BECOMES BRIDE OF
RICHARD JOHNSON IN AFTERNOON RITES
Women Of Church
Hold Monthly Meeting .
Brownson Memorial Presbyte
rian Women of the Church held
the June general meeting Mon
day night at the church, with
Mrs. Harvey Horne, vice-presi
dent, presiding in the absence of
Mrs. Heinitsh. Mrs. Joe C.
Thomas led the devotions.
Mrs. Harold McNeill gave a
short talk on General Fund
Agencies, then presented a dis
cussion on “Family Devotionals”
with Mrs. Tom White, Mrs. Joe
Garzik, Mrs. Dill Bacon, Mrs. El-
wood Blake, and Mrs. John Scott
Newton taking part.
The Bodines Return
After Trip Abroad
Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Bodine
have just returned to their home
at 330 Country Club Road alter
two months abroad. They spent
six weeks in Rome with their
son, Maj. William B. Bodine, and
his family.
Major Bodine is with the Army
section of the Military Assistance
Advisory Group.
A double-ring ceremony at 5
p.m. Friday, June 15, united in
marriage Mrs. Jewell Webb of
Southern Pines, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Evander Blake
of Jackson Springs, and Richard
W. Johnson, son of Oscar Johnson
and the late Mrs. Johnson of Au-
Mrs. Jenkins’
Mother Passes
Mrs. Daniel W. Jenkins was
called home to Columbia, S. C.,
Sunday by the death of her moth
er, Mrs. M. G. Murphy. Her hus
band, Brig. Gen. Jenkins, flew
down Tuesday to attend the
was funeral.
relia, Iowa.
The vows were exchanged at
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church before the pastor. Dr.
Cheves K- Ligon. Mrs. Wilbur
Currie, church organist, played
nuptial music. The church was
decorated with baskets of white
flowers.
The couple entered together,
unattended, the bride wearing a
light blue silk dress, white hat and
shoes and a white purple-throated
orchid corsage.
The ceremony was followed by
a reception at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin O. Johnson, brother
and sister-in-law of the bride
groom, given by the Johnsons and
two sisters, Miss Ethel Johnson
and Mrs. R. W. Howard.
Floral arrangements of gladioli,
chrysanthemums and carnations
in living room and dining room
carried out the bridal colors of
green and white.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Johnson
and the bride and groom received
the guests, alter which they were
directed to the dining room for re
freshments. The table was cov
ered with a cutwork cloth and
held a centerpiece of white chry
santhemums and snapdragons
flanked by white candles in silver
candelabra. The wedding cake
was a work of art, done by R. W.
Howard, brother-in-law of the
groom. It was three tiered, frost-
MRS. THOMAS DRAKE NICKERSON
TRIP TO BERMUDA FOLLOWS WEDDING OF
MISS JANE CUSHMAN AND MR. NICKERSON
ed in white, decorated with roses
of a delicate pink and topped with
a miniature bride and groom. Al
ter the newlyweds had cut the
first slice. Miss Ethel Johnson
served the cake and Mrs. C. D.
May presided at the punch bowl.
Fancy sandwiches, mints and nuts
were served, also. Assisting the
hostesses in entertaining were
Mrs. George Thompson and Mrs.
Hubert Cameron. Around 45 at
tended the reception.
After a wedding trip to the
mountains, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
are now at home at 500 South
Valley Road. Mr. Johnson is em
ployed here by his brother, Mel
vin O. Johnson, a building con
tractor.
Tuesday Will Be
Open House Day For
Men At Civic Club
Beginning next Tuesday, June
26, open house will be held at
the Civic Club from 10 a. m. to
5 p. m. for men of the newly or
ganized men’s branch of the Civic
Club each Tuesday thrquhgout
the year. Men members are in
vited to bring their friends and
enjoy the facilities of the club on
their special day eath week.
Henson-Davidson
Engagement Told
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Davidson of
Carthage have announced the en
gagement of their daughter, Anna
Belle, to James Lawrence Hen
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Henson, also of Carthage. The
wedding is planned for early fall.