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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1956
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6512
ENGAGED
Local Clubwomen
Enjoy Open House
At Children’s Home
The Greensboro Junior Woman’s
Club and the Children’s Home So
ciety entertained at an open house
at the Children’s Home on Cypress
Street in Greensboro last Thurs
day from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., and
five members of the local Junior
Woman’s Club attended.
They greatly enjoyed visiting
the babies at the Home, meeting
the respresentatives of the Chil
dren’s Home Society, and young
clubwomen from throughout the
State of North Carolina.
Work for the Children’s Home
is one of the major projects of
Junior Women’s Clubs, and this
opportunity of visiting it added to
the already keen interest of the.
local clubwomen.
Those attending the open house
were Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.,
club president; Mrs. Victor Shep
herd, club chairman of Children’s
Home Society; Mrs. John Tullett,
Mrs. Stanley Austin and Mrs. Nor
man Caudle.
Miss Polly Dix
Speaks To Circle
On Puerto Rico
Miss Polly Dix of Southern
Pines, who formerly did mission
work in Puerto Rico, was guest
speaker when Circle 1 of the
Methodist Woman’s Society of
Christian Service met Tuesday
morning at the home of Mrs.
Lloyd Graves on May Street.
The speaker discussed the geo
graphy, climate, government,
school system and other subjects
pertaining to Puerto Rico which
her hearers found most informa
tive and interesting.
Mrs. Norman Calcutt introduced
Miss Dix and Mrs. John Lowder-
milk. Circle chairman, presided
over the business session.
Mi
Mr. and Mrs. Leo G. Lewis
of Silas, Ala., have announc
ed the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Joyce
Lee, of Fayetteville and Si
las, to First Lt. Frederick
Carl Patton of Fort Bragg,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Finis C.
Patton of Eunice, N. Mex.
The wedding will be solemn
ized in Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church in
Southern Pines on Saturday,
November 10, at 4 p. m.
Friends of the couple are in
vited.
Miss Lewis was formerly
employed bjl the Southern
Pines Pharmacy and has
many friends here.
V
VFW District Meeting
To Be Held Here
'Va
At the regular meeting of the
VFW Auxiliary Wednesday, Oc
tober 3, it was announced that
the next meeting of the 9th Dis
trict for the Veter^s of Foreign
Wars will be held' in Southern
Pines at the John Boyd Post
7318, Sunday, October 14, at 2:30
Officers’ Wives Club
Entertains Guest; Has
‘Overseas’ Program
Six Churches Are
Represented At
Quiet Day Here
MISS VELLE DAVENPORT
GOTHNER-DAVENPORT BETROTHAL TOLD;
WEDDING AT “PICKRIDGE” IN NOVEMBER
The announcement of the
The annual Quiet Day for
Episcopal Woman’s Auxiliaries
of the Richmond District was
held at Emmanuel Church here
on Wednesday of last week, and
in spite of the rainy weather,
members were present from
Hamlet, Laurinburg, Albemarle,
Rockingham and Carthage to
join with the hostess group in
the observance.
Quiet Day started at 10 a. m.
with Holy Communion, at which
the rector, the Rev. Martin Cald
well, celebrant, was assisted by
the Rev. John C. Mott, rector of
Holy Trinity Church in Greens
boro and guest speaker for the
occasion. A short coffee period
followed in the parish hall.
At 11 o’clock all returned to
the church for three talks by the
Rev. Mr. Mott, who had as his
subject “New Life in Christ.” He
divided it into three parts; “The
Way,” “The Truth,” and “The
Life.” Each talk was followed by
quiet meditation or silent read
ing on the subject from books
and pamphlets placed at the rear
of the church.
A box luncheon was served in
the parish hall at 1:30 p. m.
Everyone seemed to feel that the
day had been most satisfying.
Mrs. Matthews Is
Paid Birthday Honor
engagement of Miss Velle
Davenport, daughter of Mrs.
William Kyle Davenport and
the late Mr. Davenport, to
Karl-Folke Gothner of Soder-
hamn, Sweden, and New
York City, is of interest in the
Carolinas and Florida where
Miss Davenport formerly re
sided. She is the granddaugh
ter of the late LyUian Davis
Collins and John D. Collins of
Spartanburg, S. C., founder of
the chain Collins Stores in the
Carolinas, and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Travis Davenport of
Gaffney, S. C.
The wedding will take place
in November at “Pickridge,”
the home of her maternal
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold A. Collins, at Southern
Pines.
Miss Davenport received
her formal education at Flori
da State University and her
dramatic training at the
American Academy of Dra
matic Arts and Yhle Drama
School. She is now a weU
known actress, having starred
in national theatrical compa
nies and in network televis
ion. She is currently the lead
ing lady at the Lake Whalom
Playhouse, the second oldest
summer theatre in the United
States.
Mr. Gothner, the son of
Mrs. Folke Ivan Gothner and
the late Mr. Gothner, is a
graduate of the Stockholm
Technical Institute of Stock
holm, Sweden, and served as
an officer in the Royal Engi
neering Corps of the Swedish
Army. He is associated in
business as an executive tech
nical specialist with Rosen-
blad. Ltd., of Canada and the
Rosenblad Corporation of
New York, both of which are
branches of the parent com
pany in Sweden.
Mrs. Henry Jones and Mrs.
Matthew Toia were hostesess at
Tuesday’s luncheon and business
meeting of the USAFAGOS Offi
cers’ Wives Club, which was held
at the Highland Pines Inn.
A special guest at the meeting
was Mrs. Norman Schwartzkopf,
whose husband, Maj. Gen.
Schwartzkopf, is at the school
Ithis week. She was introduced by
Mrs. James Newkirk, who con-
j ducted the business session and
presented the speakers.
The table centerpiece was a
fall arrangement of chrysanthe
mums. This was later given as a
door prize and Mrs. Schwartz-
Ikopf was the winner.
The program was based on
‘Overseas Assignments,’* and the
guest and a number of members
[spoke and displayed articles
which they had brought home
from various countries.
Mrs. Schwartzkopf, whose topic
was Iran, displayed interesting
pieces of silver jewelry.
I Mrs. Daniel W. Jenkins show
ed a collection of antique silver
from Germany and England.
Mrs. Nelson Monson had Mexi
co as her “assignment,” and she
showed glassware and told some-
1 thing of how it is blown.
Mrs. Tom Nicholson showed
colored slides of Japan and dis
played an assortment of Japan-
lese art, including silks, carvings
land other things. •
Mrs. Charles Brown had ar-
1 tides from England, most-inter
esting of which was what ap
peared to be just a stool, but
the top opened to disclose a tiny
I recessed tub, forerunner of to
day’s baby bathinet.
Mrs. John Daunt displayed a
I bracelet of scarabs from Brazil,
also a collection of butterfUes
and carved quartz.
The program proved to be one
of unusual interest to all present.
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MRS. VERNON RUSSELL WILSON
MISS BILLIE H. CALLICUTT IS BRIDE OF
MR. WILSON IN CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY
MUSIC BY DEAF CHOIR ONE FEATURE OF
EPISCOPAL WOMEN’S DISTRICT MEETING
The fall meeting of Richmond
District of the Woman’s Auxil
iary of the Episcopal Church will
be held in Emmanuel Church,
Southern Pines, next Wednesday,
October 10, beginning at 10 a. m.
There will be a Communion
service with the Rev. Martin
Caldwell of Southern Pines as
celebrant and the Rev. C. E. B.
Robinson of Rockingham assist
ing.
After the service there will be
a business session. Mrs. Walter
Bade of Greensboro will report
on the Provincial meeting in
Miami, Fla. A color film stressing
Girl Scout News
the program of the church for
the coming year will be shown.
At noon the Rev. James For
tune of Greensboro, missionary
to the deaf, will talk on his work.
Mr. Fortune is 1st vice president
of the conference of church
workers among the deaf for the
Episcopal Church in the United
States. He is bringing with him
members of the choir of the
School for the Deaf at Morganton
and they will present some of
the music of the church.
The public is invited to come
at noon for Mr. Fortune’s part of
the program.
When Mrs. W. D. Matthews,
whose birthday was Saturday,
returned from church Sunlay, to
her surprise she found a nice
birthday dinner on the table and
most of her family there to help
/enjoy it. Her daughter-in-laW,
Mrs. J. A. Matthews, had planned
the celebration and she and
Mrs. Harry FuUenwider had pre
pared the dinner. There was a
decoAted cake and the honoree
was presented gifts.
There for the occasion were
Mr and Mrs. J. A. Matthews and
children. Dee, Buddy and
Emily, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
FuUenwider, Janet and Jon, all
of Southern Pines; and Warren
D. Matthews and sons, Duncan
and Mike, of Fayetteville. Mrs.
Warren Matthews and daughters,
and Preston Matthews who is in
Alaska were the only absentees.
Presbyterian
Circles Meet
Circle 8 of Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Women of the
Church met Monday night with
Mrs. Avery Evans with nine mem
bers present. Mrs. Dan S. Ray
conducted the Bible study and
Mrs. Wayland Blue presented the
program article from Presbyterian
Women.
Lorensons Are Back
From Myrtle Beach
Church Of Wide
Fellowship Notes
Church of Wide FeUowship
Circles will hold their monthly
meetings next week.
The Ruth Burr Sanborn group
will meet Monday evening at 8
o’clock at the residence of Mrs.
W. C. Timmons, 260 North Ridge
Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lorenson
returned Monday from Myrtle
Beach, S. C-, where Mr. Lorenson
attended a meeting of the 1957
Convention Committee of the
North Carolina Society of Ac
countants.
The North Carolina Society
will meet in joint session with
the South Carolina Association
next June at the Ocean Forest
Hotel at Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. Davis Salmon and JVErs.
Howard McNeill were hostesses to
Circle 4 Monday night at the home
of Mrs. Salmon. Ten members
were present, and one visitor, Mrs.
George Heinitsh. Mrs. Harvey
Horne led the Bible study and
Mrs. Walter Harper gave the Pres
byterian Women article.
Circle 2 m'et at the home of Mrs.
W. C. Hilderman Tuesday after
noon with 13 members present.
Mrs. Joe C. Thomas led the Bible
study and Miss Ethel Britt spoke
on “Church Extension.”
Circle 1 was entertained at the
home of Mrs. Dan R. McNeill
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. R. P.
Brown conducted the Bible study
and Mrs. Frank Warner presented
the Presbyterian Women maga
zine article. Fourteen members
attended.
Four Circles will meet Thurs
day afternoon, the 11th, as fol
lows;
The Margaret White Circle at
the home of Mrs. P. P. Pelton,
670 N. W. Broad Street, at 3
o’clock.
The Loyalty Circle at the
home of Mrs. W. C. Timmons at
3 o’clock.
Pvt. James C. Hackney and a
friend were here from Fort Jack-
son, S. C., Sunday to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hackney.
The Lena Sweezy Circle will
meet in the church parlor at 2:30
p. m. for a short business session
and at 3 o’clock will be joined by
the Friendship Circle members
for a study period on “The Phil
ippines.” Mrs. W. D. Matthews
will lead the devotional service.
Mrs. Harry L. Brown and Mrs.
Harry H. Pethick will be hostess
es.
The final session of a basic
training course for Girl Scout
lecid.6rs 3nd. tli6ir sssistants will
be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church. Other meetings were
held on Monday and Wednesday
nights of this week. Attendance
at this course is very important to
the work.
The 22nd Regional Conference
wiU be held in Savannah, Ga.,
Oct. 16-19. Savannah is the birth
place of Juliette Lowe, founder of
Girl Scouts of America. Her home
has been restored and will be of
ficially open during the confer
ence.
Attending the conference from
local Troop 48 will be Senior
Scout Carol Staples, an official
delegate, who was also an alter
nate for the Big Round-Up held in
Michigan during the summer, to
which Phyllis Garzik of Southern
Pines was a delegate.
Others attending the Savannah
conference will include Miss
Kathryn Creasman of Sanford, ex
ecutive; Mrs. easy Fowler, senior
leader, of Lillington; Mrs. J. M.
Caddell of Sanford, staff and of
fice chairman; Mrs. Roy Morris,
membership and program com
mittee; Mrs. E. L. Morgan and
Mrs. J. D. Lynch of Sanford, com
munity chairmen J and Mrs. P. R.
Jackson of Pittsboro, 2nd vice
president.
Candace McDonald of Carthap
is another Moore County girl
among the six Scouts selected
from this area to attend.
Troop 48 has as its leaders Miss
Carolyn Chester and Mrs. Mil
dred Merrill. Mrs. Garland Pierce
is committee chairman and serv
ing with her are Mrs. O. H. Raw-
linson and Mrs. Donald Wellman.
Patrol leaders are Phyllis Gar
zik and Sandra Bailey; assistants,
Carol Staples and Johnsie Mc-
Crimmon.
Other troop members are; Con
nie Pierce, Karen McKenzie,
Alice Farrior, Greta Newkirk,
Betsy Scheipers, Nancy Rawlin-
son, Dornia Poole, Becky Traylor,
Linda Wellman, Jan McDonald,
and Pat Farrior.
Troop 48 started selling Girl
Scout calendars today.
Miss Billie Harlene Callicutt,
daughter of Mrs. June L. Callicutt
and the late Mr. Callicutt of Rob
bins, became the bride of Vernon
Russell Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gurney L. Wilson, also of
Robbins, in a candlelight cere
mony at 6 p.m. Saturday, Septem
ber 29, at Acorn Ridge Baptist
Church. The Rev. William F.
Hancock officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Edward Dupre.
The church was decorated with
baskets of white gladioli and
mums against a backgroimd of
greenery, interspersed with can
delabra holding lighted tapers. At
the center of the setting was a
white prie-dieu.
A program of wedding music
was presented by Mrs. Lenton
Kidd of Highfalls, pianist. Miss
Frances Lambert of Robbins, who
sang “O Promise Me” find “WTiith-
er Thou Goest,” and Herbert Lam
bert, also of Robbins, who sang
“Seal Us,. O Holy Spirit” as a
benediction.
The bride’s gown was of white
shpper satin, fashioned with fitted
bodice and full skirt extending
into a sweeping train. Clusters of
seed pearls trimmed the round
neckline. Her veil of silk illusion
was attached to a crown of pearl-
ized orange blossoms, and she car
ried a cascade bouquet of white
rosebuds and stephanotis centered
with a purple-throated white or
chid.
Miss Clara Callicutt of Washing
ton, D. C., was her sister’s maid of
p. m.
James Wallace, district senior
vice commander, wiU be the pre
siding officer for the Post and
Mrs. Carolyn Rassette, district
president, will be the presiding
officer for the Auxiliary. It is
planned for the Auxiliary to
meet in joint session with the
Post, after which separate meet
ings are to be held. All members
of the Post and AuxiUary are
urged to attend.
In addition to plans for the
9th District meeting, a goodwill
trip to McCain Sanatorium was
scheduled for Wednesday, Octo
ber 10. Plans were also made for
a membership party in the near
future.
Bridge Club Lists
Winners For Week
[the bride. They were in pink
crystallette and carried bouquets
of pink and white carnations.
Janice Ellen Callicutt, sister of
the bride, was flower girl and
Lloyd Arnold Callicutt, a brother,
was ring-bearer.
Earl Brady was best man and
ushers were Donald Phillips, Jim
my Ray Wilson and Monroe Wil
son, cousins of the bridegroom,
and Charles Short.
The Sandhills Duplicate Bridge
Club had five tables at play Mon
day night at the regular weekly
meeting held at the ^uthem
Pines Country Club. Winners
were; 1st, Dr. R. M. McMillan and
Mrs. Roy Grinnell; 2nd, Don
Moore and Mrs. Frank de Costa;
3rd, Mrs. James Besley and MrSi
C. b. May. .
A master point game is schedul
ed for next Tuesday. The club
welcomes visitors and extends an
invitation tq winter guests and
army people. Persons wisning to
play should be at the club at 7:45
as the game starts promptly at 8.
Looking Ahead
Mrs. Callicutt, mother of the
bride, wore a rust and brown
dress with black accessories, and
the groom’s mother was dressed
in navy crepe. Each had a white
carnation corsage.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held at the home of
the bride with Mrs. Everette Shef
field and Mrs. Frank Allred as
hostesses.
For their wedding trip to an un
disclosed destination the bride
wore a navy blue suit with winter
white accessories and the orchid
from her bridal bouquet. Upon
their return they will be at home
on Route 1, Robbins.
The bride attended Strayer’s
Business College, Washington,
D. C., and has been employed by
Amerotron Corporation in Aber
deen as secretary. The bride
groom attended High Point Col
lege and is employed in a family
business.
CHURCH CIRCLES
Three Circles of Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian Women of the
Church will hold their meetings
next Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock, as follows:
Circle 3, with Mrs. D. W. Jen
kins. „ XT .
Circle 5, with Mrs. Foy Horton.
Circle 10, with Mrs. John Cline.
BAPTIST MEETINGS
Circle 4 of the First Baptist
Church will meet at 8 p.m. Tues
day with Mrs. Nellie Mann.
The Sunbeams will meet at the
church at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
honor. She wore a ballerina-
length dress of twilight cham
pagne satin and matching head
dress. Her cascade bouquet was
of red rosebuds.
Miss Leona Callicutt, sister of
the bride, and Miss Carol Wilson,
sister of the bridegroom, were
bridesmaids. Their dresses were
of ice blue taffeta and they car
ried bouquets of blue and white
carnations.
Junior bridesmaids were Ruby
and Shirley Callicutt, sisters of
LEARN MORE CLASS
Because of the illness of the
teacher, Mrs. C. C. Kennedy, the
Learn More Class will not meet
next Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Reed of Ply
mouth are expected tomorrow for
a weekend stay with her parents
and sister, Mr.' and Mrs. W. A.
Moore and'Mrs. Mildred Merrill.
St. Anthony’s Guild-
Reports Activities
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil P. Clark
had as weekend guests at their
mountain place, “Wildwood,’^ near
Asheville, Mr. and Mrs. William
J. Stratton.
Success of a recent rummage
sale, the Guild’s first project of
the season, was reported by Mrs.
Mary C. Sharpe, chairman, at the
October meeting of St. Anthony’s
Guild held Tuesday afternoon at
the St. Anthony’s parish hall.
Mrs. Sharpe reported she had
had a number of calls since the
sale asking if donations might
still be made, and it was decided
that gifts of clothing, household
items, etc., would continue to be
received at her home, looking to
ward another sale in the future.
Mrs. Catherine Duyk, presi
dent, led the meeting. Report of
the treasurer, Mrs. John Hunne-
mann, read in absentia, showed
a balance of $219.19 on hand, for
use in approved projects benefit
ing the Catholic parish and
school.
The selection of the major pro
ject for the year was postponed
until the parish meeting of next
Monday night, in case a parish
wide project should be adopted
in which all the church organiza
tions will cooperate rather than
working separately.
Mrs. Duyk appointed Mrs.
Stephen Van Camp to confer
with Father Denges on a regular
■day and hour for the monthly
mass said for the Guild members
and their intentions, the time to
be announced so the Guild may
attend in a body.
Lee Powers
Southern Pines
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INSTALLA'nON
A public installation of officers
of the Order of the Rainbow will
be held in the Masonic Hall at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, October 10. Par
ents are especially invited and
[urged to attend.