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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. 1956
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2
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Lt. Ruggles and Family,
After Visiting Here,
Leave For Oklahoma
First Lt. John S. Ruggles, Jr.,
left last Sunday with his wife and
three-year-old daughter en route
to Fort Sm, Okla.. where he has
been assigned to the Army’s first
Surface to Surface Guided Mis
siles School for a period of nine
months. ^ , t ..
For the past four weeks, Lt.
Ruggles and his family were
guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Ruggles, at their home
here. Their trip to Oklahoma
started with a visit to his mother,
who was a patient at Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill, and to
relatives in Durham, Raleigh, and
Kingsport, Tenn.
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Col. And Mrs. Cupello
Entertain Large Group
At Highland Pines
Col. Albert Cupello, director of |
Military Training (Army), who re
cently received his promotion to
full Colonel, and Mrs. Cupello en
tertained approximately 65 friends ]
at cocktails at the Officers’ Club,
Highland Pines Inn, from 5 to 7 i
p.m. Saturday. The beautifully
decorated table held an attractive
array of hors d’oeuvres and sand
wiches in wide variety. The Col- i
onel received congratulations and
many good wishes from his j
friends.
Mrs. Raymond Evans
Honors Husband At
Birthday Dinner
As a birthday surprise for her
husband, Mrs. Raymond Evans in
vited his brothers and sisters, sev
eral other relatives, and friends to
their home on l^iobelia Road, Vass,
last Sunday, where an outdoor
dinner was enjoyed.
Mr. Evans was presented a
number of gifts. His birthday and
their fifth wedding anniversary
were only two days apart, so the
occasion was one of added mean
ing.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Bailey and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Blue, Mrs. Herman
Thomas and chiidren, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Blue and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Evans and son,
Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Evans,
Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow Evans, Mr.
and Mrs. A. V. Autry, and the Rev.
and Mrs. Thomas Wolfe and chil
dren, all from Vass and nearby
communities; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Evans and Miss Bess McCaskill of
Carthage, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White
of Hamlet, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Roberson and Mr. and Mrs.
Sonny Roberson, of Pageland, S.C.
IT WORKED!
Lt. Colonel Matthew Toia
of the USAF Air-Ground Op
erations School took his son
Tommy out to a nearby pond
Saturday to give him a chance
to try out a new fishing rod
which he had won as a prize.
The two returned, a happy
pair. Tommy had l?taded a 2-
pound large mouth bass meas
uring 15V2 inchesi in length,
and his dad had caught a six
and three-quarter pounder of
the same kind, 23% inches
long.
Just try to buy Tommy’s
fishing rod, if you think you
can!
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Katherine Harriss
Gives Dinner Party
To Celebrate Birthday,
In celebration of her 16th birth
day, Miss Katherine Harriss enter
tained several friends at a buffet
dinner at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Harriss,
Wednesday of last week. A pink
and white color scheme was ef
fectively carried out by the use of
a centerpiece of gladioli in these
colors, candelabra holding pink
and white candles, and a decorat
ed birthday cake.
Katherine’s guests were Misses
Nancy Jo Traylor, Janice Holli
day, Grace Dupree, Dolores Ma-
ready, Glenda Caviness of Aber
deen, Marilyn Mills of Pinebluff,
and Tina Smith and Becky Bal
lard of Pinehurst.
Local Families Attend
Family Gathering To
Honor Grandmother
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Arnold and
Mr. and Mrsi. M. G. McRae and
daughter, Carolyn Jean, attended
a family reunion at Broadway
Sunday in celebration of the 89th
birthday of Mrs. Joanna Rosser,
maternal grandmother of Mrs. Ar
nold and Mrs. McRae. Their
mother, Mrs. T. C. McFarland, was
unable to go. A picnic dinner was
enjoyed at the noon hour.
. MRS. NOEL SOKOLOFF
WEDDING SERVICE SATURDAY IN MAINE
UNITES NANCY BOYD AND MR. SOKOLOFF
Mrs. Julie Devine
Of Hartford Feted
At Wiener Roast
Honoring Mrs. Julie Devine of
Hartford, Conn., who was visiting
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. I. G. Wylie of Pinebluff,
a wiener roast was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Maze
with the following additional
guests attending: Mrs. Mattie Rice,
Bennie and Buddy Thomas, Mrs.
Gussie Gibson and Miss Lidia
Hutchin, all of Pinebluff, and Mr.
and Mrs. David McCallum, David
McCaUum, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard McNeill, of Southern
Pines.
This was Mrs. Devine’s first re
turn to this section in 25 years and
she noted many changes.
Church Women Hear
Program On Use
Of Leisure Time
'The use of leisure time was the
subject discussed by Mrs. J. W.
Causey, chairman of Church Ex
tension, when Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Women of the
Church held their monthly gen
eral meeting Monday night at the
church. Mrs. Causey, who was
leader of the program, also show
ed a film by Dr. Elliott entitled
“Put God First In Our Leisure
Time.”
Mrs. George Heinitsh, president,
presided.
Miss Nancy Boyd and Noel Sok-
oloff were married at 4 p.m. Sat
urday, August 18, in Sorrento,
Maine, summep home of her par
ents, Mrs. James Boyd and the
late'Mr. Boyd.
The wedding service was per
formed by the Rev. Dr. Henry
Pitney Van Dusen, president of
Unioi^ Theological Seminary, and
held in the large log cabin by the
sea built by the bride’s grand
mother, Mrs. Daniel S. Lament,
for chamber music recitafi.
The bride was given in marriage
by her older brother, James Boyd,
Jr. Mr. Sokoloffhad his brother,
Martin Sokoloff, as his best man.
Daniel L. Boyd, who flew from
California for the event, lit the
candles on the high stone mantel
banked with greens, before which
the ceremony was performed.
Decorated with fir and balsam
from the woods, field flowers and
daisies, the large high room was
lit by the late afternoon sun, re
flected again from the sea beyond
the many windows.
The bride, wearing a gown of
soft satin o| simple design and a
short tuUe veil, descended the
long stairs on the arm of her
brother, being preceded by a few
moments by her four closest
friends, Mrs. Walter Paine of Seal
Cove, Maine, Mrs. John Quincey
Adams of Dover, Mass., Mrs. Mi
chael Lanin of New York, and
Mrs. Donald Morris of Washing
ton, D. C., who guided two little
girls, Alison Montgomery, the
bride’s second cousin, and Alexan
dra Sokoloff, the groom’s niece, as
they made an aisle with white rib
bon through the assembled gather
ing.
Dr. Van Dusen, clad in the scar
let vestments conferred on him by
the Divinity School of Edinburgh,
Scotland, read the Episcopal serv
ice.
Present were the bride’s mother.
'Mrs. James Boyd, and the latter’s
sister. Miss Elizabeth K. Lament,
the groom’s mother, Mrs. Lyda
Sokoloff, and the family of the
best man and his other brother,
Boris Sokoloff. Among the guests
were several from Southern Pines,
the Rev. Craighill Brown, and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene C. Stevens.
A trio from the Blue Hill School
of Music played before the cere
mony the music of Bach, Mozart,
and Purcell, before starting the
wedding march composed for the
occasion by the groom.
Following the ceremony, the
young couple walked down the
road to the bride’s home, followed
by the wedding guests. Here the
reception was held.
The bride wore a simple blue
cotton frock as her going-away
dress.
MISS CARLOTTA FRAN
CES MAPLES is the grand
daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. D.
L. Patterson of Carthage, who
annoimce her engagement to
Airman l|c David B. Maples,
U.S. Air Force. The wedding
will take place in the First
Baptist Church in Carthage at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Septem
ber 8. AU friends of the cou
ple are invited.
New Heir-rivals
After a honeymoon which will
include a trip to California to visit
the groom’s father, Mr. Nicolai
Sokoloff, now director of the San
Diego Orchestra, and Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel L. Boyej in San-Francisco,
the couple will return to New
York and their new home, 109
Waverley Place.
Mrs. Sokoloff is a graduate of
Radcliffe and has been teaching
at the Brooklyn Friends School in
New York. Her father, the late
James Boyd, is the 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.
The bridegroom is a composer.
He studied music at Columbia
University and the Mannes Col
lege of Music in New York, and
is now on the faculty of the latter.
His father was the first conductor
of the Cleveland Symphony Or
chestra and head of the Federal
Music Project during the Roose
velt administration.
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MRS. RICHARD McATEE PATCH
WEDDING RITES IN WALSTONBURG UNITE
MISS JANIE F. HINSON AND MR. PATCH
Miss Janie Fields Hinson,
daughter of Mr; and Mrs. Will
iam Clarence Hinson of Walston-
burg, and Richard McAtee Patch,
ROBIN COLE CORLEY
The family of Capt. and Mrs.
John G. Corley II was made a
foursome by the arrival of a
daughter at Moore County'Hospi-
tal on Sunday, July 29. The baby
has been named Robin Cole. The
other member of the family is a
four-and-a-half-year-old son, who
is known as Rebel. The Corleys
reside at 470 East Massachusetts
Avenue.
FRANCIS MATTHEW SHEA
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Shea an
nounce the birth of a son at St.
Joseph Hospital on Thursday,
August 16, weight, seven pounds,
three ounces. They have named
him Francis Matthew. Mrs. Shea
is the former Shirley Newhart of
Pocono Manor, Pa. She and the
new son are now at their home,
360 East Delaware Avenue.
MRS. CARRIE HIGGINS IS HONORED ON
91st BIRTHDAY BY TWO BAPTIST GROUPS
The Adelaide King Bible Class
and the Dorothy Wonderly Circle
of the Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church honored
Mrs. Carrie Higgins Saturday
afternoon on her 91st birthday at
the home of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Lewis, with whom she resides.
They presented the honoree a
two tiered cake, beautifully de
corated and complete with can
dles, and many useful gifts, a-
long with hearty good wishes.
Cake and ice cream were served.
Mrs. Higgins, who attended the
Baptist Church until recently,
has been spending the winters in
years. She lived in Littleton, N.H.
for over 40 years—in the same
house. It has been her custom to
go back in the summers, first to
her own home and later, after
selling it, to visit relatives and
friends, but this year she did not
feel equal to taking the trip, hav
ing had a lot of trouble with her
eyes.
But the friends and kmspeople
back home did not forget her
birthday. She received cards and
gifts from them^ and these, along
with the flowers and other re
membrances showered upon her
by her local friends and rela
tives, made her birthday a most
Misses Pat And Alice
Farrior Entertain At
Dinner And Dance
The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Farrior at 365 South Ridge Street
was the gathering place for a jolly
group Tuesday night when their
daughters, Pat and Alice, enter
tained about 20 of thejr friends at
a back-to-school or farewell vaca
tion dinner party and dance.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The executive board of Brown-
son Memorial Presbyterian Wom
en of the Church will meet in the
church parlor at 8 p.m., Monday.
LEARN MORE CLASS
The Learn More, Bible Class will
meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the
home of Mrs. M. B. Arnold.
Southern Pines for the past 10 happy occasion for her.
Rodney Pleasants
Celebrates Birthday
With Theatre Party
Rodney Pleasants celebrated
his 11th birthday Tuesday by en
tertaining several friends at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Pleasants, followed
by a theatre party.
Guests were Carole Ann Prim,
Clara III Harper, Jeanie Bach
man, Frances Bachman, Phyllis
King, Kathleen Wilson, Bobbie
Ann Hall, Bob Boswell, Danny
Morgan, Bill Morgan, and Law
rence Bachman.
BREAKS ARM
Jeanie Butler, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Butler of Midland
Road, fell while with her mother
in Aberdeen Monday afternoon
and fractured her left arm in two
places near the wrist. In Jeanie’s
case the fact that it is her left arm
does not help, as she is left hand
ed. However, with her arm in a
cast, she is doing fine and expects
to be in her place when school
opens.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Collins
have returned from a vacation
spent in the mountains and at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Duplicate Bridge
Club Winners Named
■Winners at Tuesday night’s
meeting of the Sandhills Duplicate
Bridge Club at the Southern Pines
Country Club, which attracted
four and one-half tables of play
ers, were: 1st, Mrs. J. J. Spring
and Dr. R. M. McMillan; 2nd, Mrs.
William Poole and Miss Louise
Blue, of Raeford; 3rd, Mrs. John
Howarth and Miss Katherine
Wiley.
James Collins
Gives Dinner Party
Honoring House Guests
James Collins entertained 18
friends at an informal dinner par
ty Monday evening at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har
old A. Collins, honoring his house
guests. Miss Wray Davis of Aiken,
S. C., and his cousin Jim McLeod
of Florence, S. C. Other out-of-
town guests were Miss Susan Mc
Intyre and Gilbert Johnson of
Lumberton and Miss Ann Stutz of
Virginia Beach. James went to
Lumberton the following day,
where he will be employed at Col
lins Department Store until time
to go back to school.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sum
ner Patch of Southern Pines, were
married in a 5 o’clock ceremony
on August 18 in the Walstonburg
Methodist Church. The vows were
pledged before the Rev. E. C.
Maness, minister of the church.
A program of wedding music
was presented by Mrs. Emily
Walston, organist, and Mrs. Alton
Shirley, soloist. Mrs. Shirley sang
“At Dawning,” “Through The
Years,” and “The Lord’s Prayer.”
The traditional wedding marches
were used.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father,, wore an original wed
ding gown of imported Chantilly
lace and frothy white tulle over
satin.' Lace fashioned the long-
sleeved pointed bodice and scal
loped picturesque neckline en
hanced with an inset of tulle and
iridescent paillettes. Cascading
tiers of scalloped lace and tulle
fashioned the floor-length skirt.
Her two-tier fingertip veil of pure
silk bridal illusion wgs attached
\to a hall hat appliqued with
pearl and sequin sprinkled medal
lions. She carried a prayer book
with a white orchid showered
with stephanotis.
Miss Helen Hinson of Snow
Hill, sister of the bride, was maid
of honor and only attendant. Her
street length dress of pink lace
over taffeta featured a high neck
line and princess lines. She wore
matching head band and mitts,
and carried a nosegay of pihk
asters, outlined with blue nylon
lace, tied with blue satin.
Charles Sumner Patch, Jr., of
Southern Pines, brother of the
bridegroo.m‘, was best man. The
ushers were Carl Hinson, brother
of the bride, Thomas Mixon of
Greenville, and Gary Mattocks
and Gene Bowen, of Southern
Pines.
For her daughter’s wedding
Mrs. Hinson chose a rose-beige
lace dress with beige accessories
and wore a corsage of green cym-
bidiums. The mother of the bride
groom wore a dress of aqua lace
over taffeta with white acces
sories. Her -corsage was of white
cymbidiums.
Mrs. Andrew Heath of Snow^
Hill, director of the wedding,
wore a dress of light blue starch
ed nylon, matching accessories
and a corsage of white cymbid-
iums.
Following the ceremony, Mr.
and Mrs. Patch received their
guests in the vestibule of the
church.
The bride is a graduate of East
Carolina College and has been
employed in the office of the
superintendent of New Bern City
Schools since Janum-y 1. Mr.
Patch served for four years in
the Navy and is now a student
at East Carolina College.
For travel the bride changed to
a costume dress of brown cotton
tweed with brown and beige ac
cessories and the orchid from her
prayerbook. Upon their return,
the couple will be at hOime in
Greenville, and the bridegroom
will continue his studies at East
Carolina College.
REHEARSAL PARTY
Following the rehearsal on Fri
day night, Mr. and Mrs. Hinson
entertained the wedding party,
[out-of-town guests, and friends at
'their Rome in Walstonburg.
The house was decorated
INS and OUTS
Miss Mary Logan, former pri
mary supervisor in Moore County
Schools who is to be on the Sou
thern Pines faculty as supervisor
and teacher of music and instruc
tion this term, returned Tuesday
from Boone, where she attended
a music workshop last week. Miss
Logan and Miss Mary Currie of
Carthage landed in New York on
August 7 after about two months’
travel abroad during which they
visited France, Switzerland, Ita
ly, Austria, Germany, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, England, Scot
land and Ireland. Miss Logan is
living in the home of Mrs. P. P.
McCain.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. DuPre and
daughter, IJbby Sue, returned last
Thursday from Myrtle Beach,
where they vacationed for about
a week. Mrs. DuPre’s niece. Miss
Arnold Richardson of High Point,
spent the weekend here with the
DuPres.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Stevens
and Jimmy, of Dallas, Tex., left
this morning for Williamsburg,
Va., after visiting Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. Traylor, Sr. From Williams
burg they will go to Virginia
Beach to atten'd an insurance
convention. Visiting the Tray
lors last weekend were their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Buxton Traylor, and Butch
and Linda, of Petersburg, Va.
Linda remained for a longer, stay.
Mrs. Hilda E. Ruggles, wife of
John S. Ruggles and a member of
the Barnum Realty & Insurance
firm, returned Wednesday from
N. C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill where she recently underwent
major surgery. She is recuperat
ing at her home here, and plans to
return to work in the office by the
first of September.
Mr. and Mrs. George McCormac
and daughter, Dianne, and Mrs.
Nellie Mann returned last Thurs
day from a two weeks’ vacation.
They spent some time in More-
head City with Mrs. Mann’s moth
er, Mrs. R. A. Ormond, then went
to Kitty Hawk, from where they
made a side trip to Hatteras on
, X , 1 the Outer Banks. Mrs. Mann left
ed with a cutwork cloth over Baltimore, Md., to vis-
white, with an arrangement of, Mann, and her
bridal flowers. A turkey dinner
throughout with summer flowers.
In the dining room, the table was
overlaid with a white cutwork
cloth over pink. Centering the
table was an arrangement of pink
and white asters with pink cand
les in silver holders.
Mrs. Charles Sumner Patch
Jr., of Southern Pines, sister-in-
law of the bridegroom, served
pink punch. Mrs. Herndon Wells
of Angier, sister of the bride,
served the wedding cake after
the bride and groom cut the first
slice. Nuts and mints were also
served. Mrs. Thomas Mixon and
Mrs. Andrew Heath assisted in the
dining room.
DINNER PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hinson en
tertained the bridal party and
out-of-town guests of their
daughter. Miss Janie Hinson, at a
dinner party on Friday night,
August 17. Places were set in the
dining room and windowed porch
in the home of Mrs. George Bai
ley. The bride’s table was cover
cloth
was served to the 20 guests pre
sent. Mrs. Bailey and Miss Helen
Hinson assisted in serving.
For this occassion. Miss Hinson
chose a pink linen dress with
white accessories.
BRIDE-ELECT HONORED
Mrs. Murphy Edwards and Mrs.
L. A. Heath entertained Miss
Janie Fields Hinson, bride-elect,
at a miscellaneous shower at the
home of Mrs. Edwards Saturday
night, August 4. The bridal motif
was used in the decorations
throughout the home.
The honoree was presented a
white mum corsage and gifts of
crystal and china frorn th^ host
esses.
Bingo and bridal games were
played, after which the guests
brother, Basil B. Wells.
Mrs. Lou Martin Toman of
Aberdeen has joined the staff of
franjean’s, ladies’ apparel shop.
Mary T. Bailey is visiting her
sister, Mrs. John Scott Poole, and
family in Raeford-
where nuts, mints, bridal cakes
and lime ice punch were served.
The table was covered with a
cutwork cloth and centered with
an arrangement of white asters,
gladioli and fern, flanked by
crystal candelabra holding white
itapers. Mrs. W. C. Hinson, mother
of the bride-elect, poured punch
md Miss Helen Hinson served
bridal cakes.
The bride-elect received many
„ .beautiful and useful gifts from
were invited into the dining room the guests present.
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