0^ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1957
THE PILOT—Soulhern Pines, North Carolina
Page FIVE
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Womens
Activities
and Sandhills $
Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor
TELEPHONE 2^ 15532
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Presbyterian
Circles Meet
Mrs. R. M. McMillan was host
ess to Circle 10 of Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian Women of
the Church at her home Tuesday
morning. Fourteen members
were present, and Mrs. McMillan’s
mother, Mrs. Brumfield, was wel
comed as a' visitor. Miss Effie
Bailey conducted the Bible study
and Miss Lessie Bailey presented
an article on “World Missions.”
Mrs. Bruce Warlick, chairman
of Circle 3 which has Mrs. James
Douglas as co-chairman, presided
Tuesday when she was hostess to
her group at her home. Mrs. H.
C. Bleckschmidt of St. Louis, Mo.,
spokel to the 12 members present
on the subject of “World Mis
sions.”
Circle 5 met Tuesday morning
at the home of Mrs. Ralph Chand
ler, Jr., with 10 members present
and one visitor, Mrs. Howard But
ler, president of the Women of
the Church. Mrs. A. L. Burney
and Mrs. C. K. Ligon presented
the Bible study and Mrs. Claude
Reams gave »the “Let’s Talk
About” article from Presbyterian
Women on “Taiwan, the Island
Beautiful.”
An attendance of 15, including
two visitors, Mrs. Howard Butler
and Mrs. Jack Ramsey, was re
corded when Circle 7 met last
Thursday with Mrs. Hubert Cam
eron. Miss Grace Donaldson pre
sented the Bible study and Mrs.
Cameron gave the program article
from Presbyterian Women.
Circle 6 met on Thursday
with Mrs. Joe Bennett on Crest-
view Road. Twelve members at
tended and Mrs. John Reagan was
a visitor. Mrs. L. L. Woolley and
Mrs. George Thompson conducted
the Bible study and Mrs. J. W.
Causey presented an cirticle from
Presbyterian Women. .
JOHN TALBOT JOHNSON ....
A son whom they have named
John Talbot was bom to Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of Aber
deen at Moore County Hospital
on Tuesday, February 12, weigh
ing nine pounds, five ounces. The
baby is named for his grand
fathers. The grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. John Camp of Franklin,
Va., and Mr. and Mrs. J. Talbot
Johnson of Aberdeen. The John
sons have two small daughters,
Robin Camp and Caroline Webb.
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MR. AND MRS. HUGH AUSTIN McFARLAND—The former
Patricia Joyce Mitchell recently became the bride of Hugh Austik
McFarland, son t)f Mr. and Mrs. Mutra McFarland of Washing
ton, D. C., in the Albright Memorial Church in Washington, with
a reception in the church parlor following. The bride, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Burl K. Mitchell of Washington, is employed by
the Navy Department in the nation’s capital and attends Ameri
can University. The groom, a former resident of Sanford, is serv
ing in the United States Army, stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga. He
is the grandson of Mrs. T. C. McFarland of Southern Pines.
MRS. BOYETTE OF CARTHAGE IS HOSTESS
TO DAR CHAPTER AT FEBRUARY MEETING
PAMELA SUE WHITESELL
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Whitesell
of Indiana Avenue are the pa
rents of a third daughter, Pamela
Sue, bom Sunday, Febmary 10,
at Moore Cotmty Hospital weigh
ing six pounds, one ounce. Their
tother children are Sheila and
Vicki.
GENERAL MEETING
Brownson Memorial Presbyte
rian Women of the Church will
hold their monthly meeting at 8
p.m. Monday in the church sanc
tuary. Mrs. Ward Hill, chairman
of world missions, is in charge of
the progran\ and speakers will be
the Rev. and Mrs. John Reagan,
who will be leaving soon to begin
their mission work in Japan. Mrs.
Reagan is the former Jane Todd
McCain, daughter of Mrs- P. P.
McCain.
ST. MARY’S GUILD
St. Mary’s Guild of Emmanuel
Church will meet next Monday at
3 p.m. in the parish hall. The
speaker wiR be the rector, the
Rev. Martin Caldwell, who will
give a talk in preparation for
Lent. All who are interested are
cordially invited to attend.
BENEFIT PARTY
A dessert bridge party for the
benefit of the Civic Club will be
held February 21 at 1:30 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Longcope,
Charted Farm.
OPEN HOUSE, FOOD SALE
Open house and a food sale will
be held at the Civic Club on Fri
day, Febmary 22, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Cards will be played.
LEARN MORE CLASS
The Learn More Bible Class
will meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the
home of Mrs. Nellie Mann.
WMS MEETING
The Women’s Missionary Socie
ty of the First Baptist Church will
meet at 8 p.m. 'Tuesday at the
church.
Miss Elizabeth Josselyn of Buf
falo, N. Y., was the weekend guest
of her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Montz, and 1 the President General’s message.
The Alfred Moore Chapter,
Daughters of the American Rev
olution, held its Febmary meet
ing last Saturday in Carthage at
the home of Mrs. M. G. Boyette,
with Mrs. M. J. McPhail and
Mrs. J. L. McGraw as co-hostess-
es.
The meeting opened with a
short memorial service for Mrs.
J. R. Ingrami of Sanford, who
passed away on January 16, and
who had been a devoted member
of the chapter for many years.
The chaplain, Mrs. Frank M.
Thompson, conducted the serv
ice, and presented resolutions of
respect which were unanimously
adopted by the Chapter.
Miss Meade Seawell, chairman
of the Good Citizen committee,
reported that the Chapter’s Good
Citizen selected from the Carth
age senior girts had been chosen
for this year.
Mrs. M. G. Boyette, chairman
of Junior American Citizens
Clubs, reported that two new
clubs had been formed in Janu
ary, making a total of 10 clubs
with a membership of 372.
Mrs. L. A. Des Pland, corres
ponding secretary, stated that
she had written letters to the
congressmen and senators of
Chapter members in the various
districts, urging that legislation
be passed in accordance with the
resolutions endorsed at the last
Continental Congress.
It was announced that the Na
tional Society had created a new
standing committee to be desig
nated as “Friends of the Muse-
una.” Regular membership is $1
per year, sponsors $50, and life
membership, $100. The money
will be used to help put the DAR
National Museum on a more se
cure financial basis, thus en
abling the museum to secure
more accessions which will be of
great educational value to people
of aU ages.
Mrs. Ralph Jordan spoke of
the needs of Crossnore School.
It was moved and carried that
letters of commendation be writ
ten to Senator Ervin and Com
missioner Scheidt on their stand
against the Civil Rights bill en
forcement.
February has been designated
as American History month by
the’ National Society, Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Therefore the program was his
torical in theme.
Mrs. M. J. McPhail presented
Ihe First Ladies Hall at (the Smith
sonian Institution by Mrs. Tyson.
Colored slides depicting the First
Ladies’ inaugural gowns from
Martha Washington to Mamie
Dowd Eisenhower were shown,
against the proper background
for each group, which also show
ed the changes made in interior
decoration of the White House
through the years.
A tea followed the program.
The regent, Mrs. Lucien P. Ty
son, presided over the coffee
service. The dining table featur
ed an arrangement of pink cam
ellias, and refreshments, which
reflected the Valentine theme,
consisted of open faced sand
wiches, ham biscuit, cheese wa
fers, small cakes, mints and nuijs.
Visitors for the afternoon were
two prospective members, Mrs.
Joe Allen of Carthage, and Mrs.
Jack Phillips of Cameron.
Mrs. Harold Collins, one of the
hostesses for the March meeting,
announced that the place of the
meeting had been tentatively set
at the Shaw House.
Members attending from- the
county were: Mrs P. P. Pelton,
Mrs. Wade Stevick, Mrs. L. A.
Des Pland, Mrs. Harold CoUins,
Mrs. R. S. DuRant, Southern
Pines; Miss Marie A. Williams,
Niagara; Mrs. F. M. Thompson,
of Pinehurst, Mrs. J. Talbot
Johnson and Mrs. H. W. Doub,
Aberdeen; and Mrs. Boyette,
Mrs. McPhail, Mrs. Tyson, Mrs.
W. G. Brown, Mrs. Charles T.
Grier, and Miss Meade Seawell,
Carthage.
Mrs. Ralph R. Jordan and Mrs.
J. A. Overton of Sanford also at
tended.
Successful District
Leadership School •
Will End Tonight
A Leadership Training School
for Districts 6 and 7 of Fayette
ville Pdesbytery began at Brown
son Memorial Presbyterian
Church last Sunday night and
will end with tonight’s session.
Classes are held for two hours
each evening, with a strong facul
ty offering a variety of courses.
Large attendance from various
towns in the two districts has in
dicated much interest.
The Rev. Sheldon Koesy, of
Presbyterian Junior College at
Maxton, is conducting classes on
“The Life and Teachings of Je
sus”; “Teaching Children” is a
course taught by Miss Jean Mol
ing, area director of Christian Ed
ucation for Fayetteville arid Gran
ville Presbyteries; Mrs. Frank
McNeill of Aberdeen is teaching
“A Full Youth Program”; Mrs. H.
B. Bleckschmidt of St. Louis
Mo., member of the Board of
World Missions, assisted by Miss
Doris Moore, missionary to the
Belgian Congo, and the Rev. and
Mrs. John Reagan, soon to leave
for mission work in Japan, is con
ducting a course on “Missionary
Education in the Local Church.”
In addition local church officers
are repeating their recent classes
on “Officers’ Training’” for the
benefit of men from other
churches.
X
Harpers Entertain
Dinner Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harper en
tertained Mrs. H. C. Bleckschmidt,
the Rev. and Mrs. John Reagan,
and Jane Todd and Jean Reagan
at dinner Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Hall Is
Circle Hostess
Mrs. L. T. Hall was hostess to
the Morning Circle Tuesday with
nine members attending. Two
new members, Mrs. Harry Smyth
and Mrs. Ed Grever were enroll
ed. Mrs. Fred Chappell conduct
ed the devotions and led the pro
gram on Home Missions.
AT LIONS BANQUET—Don Traylor, presi
dent of the Southern Pines Lions Club; Miss
Alma Chalker, Southern Pines, honorary mem
ber of the club; District Governor Coy Dawkins,
Rockingham; Zone Chairman Bill Spence,
Southern Pines, and Deputy District Governor
Bill Graham, Aberdeen. Miss Chalker is a case
worker with the blind, with the State Depart
ment of Public Welfare, covering three Sand
hills counties. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
IMPROVING
E. L. Finch, of Vass, Route 2,
who was badly injured in an au
tomobile accident on February 2,
is steadily improving at Moore
County Hospital.
Mrs. Lucius Maltby of Walling
ford, Conn., arrived Monday to
visit her mother, Mrs. Harry
Pethick, who is ill at Duke Hospi
tal in Durham. Another daughter,
Mrs. Roger Robinson of New
York City, is coming tomorrow.
J. D. Arey, Sr., entered Moore
County Hospital Wednesday
morning foa treatment. Wednes
day night’s report was that he
seemed better.
In and Out of Town
Dr. and Mrs. William Wonderly
and children left Wednesday on
their return trip to Mexico City,
after spending two months here
in the home of her aunt. Miss
Mary Richardson, and visiting her
father, S. B. Richardson, and Mrs.
Richardson. Dr. Wonderly is a
translator for the American Bible
Society. He recently returned
from two weeks in Cuba.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schaefer
of Asheboro were weekend guests
of her sister. Miss Katherine
Wiley.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Stevens
are returning this week from a
three weeks’ stay in Naples, Fla.
Sgt. l|c Bob Griffith of Savan
nah, Ga., now stationed at Fort
Bragg, was a weekend guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kobleur.
Mrs. Myron Hill is returning ‘to
her home in the Eakins Apart
ments tomorrow (Friday) after a
month’s stay at St. Joseph-in-the-
Pines Hospital. Her niece, Mrs.
Brownson Memorial Church, and
Miss Elsie Johnson of Jersey
City, N. J., are guests at Pine
Cone Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Blue,
Jr., and son, David, of Wilming
ton visited Mr. and Mrs. W.’ E.
Blue and Mr. and Mrs. John Fer
guson, David’s grandparents, last
weekend.
Capt. Paul Ward and son
Charles returned last Sunday
from Grafton, W. Va., where
they attended the funeral of
Mrs. Ward’s father, William G.
Robey, who died February 3
after a long illness. Mrs. Ward is
still in Grafton with her mother,
who will accompany her back to
iSouthem Pines. Mr. and Mrs.
Robey have spent several win
ters here at the Mayfair Apart
ments.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lee
and children returned recently
George MacLellan of New Ro- I from a two weeks’ motor trip to
Duplicate Club Holds
Master Point Night
Seyen and a half tables were
at play Tuesday night when the
Sandhills Duplicate Bridge Club
held its master point game.
North-South winners were V.
Pavlov and W. Van Lenten of
Fort Bragg, first; Dr. E. W. Bush
and Fred Brindley, second; and
tied for third were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank deCosta, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Bender of Fayetteville.
East-West winners of the first
four places were: Mrs. Roy Grin-
nell and Mrs. Jean Edson; Mr.
and Mrs. I. B. Hall of Fayette
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mark
ham of West End; and Mrs.
Mr. Montz, on Morganton Road.
Agnes Johnson and
which was followed by a talk on McDuffie of Raeford.
chelle, N. Y., is visiting Mrs. Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Nolan of Buf
falo, N. Y., were guests of Mrs.
Lillian Miles Raymond Monday
night at the Southland Hotel.
They were on their way to Flori
da.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan T. Preyer of
Bethesda Road are leaving tomor
row (Friday) for 10 days at Bay
Biscayne, Fla.
Mrs. Franklin E. Safford is a
visitor in New York City this
week.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
W. Winkelman for the coming
weekend will be Mr. and Mrs.
James Wiley of Middleburg, Va.,
and Col. and Mrs. C. C. Jedwin
of Warrenton, Va. They will be
here for judging at the Moore
County Hunter Trials.
Eddie Hoggn will come from
Hamilton, Mass., to spend the
weekend in Southern Pines for
the Hunter Trials.
Miss Joan Walsh, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Walsh, ar
rived Wednesday morning to
visit her parents and to attend
the Hunter Trials this weekend.
She has been traveling for Ken
tucky Club Tobacco Company on
a publicity tour for naming a
Florida, where they spent the
time sightseeing and visiting
friends. Following their return
to North Csu-olina they spent sev
eral days in Durham visiting the
parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Lee.
Mrs. William Sanders of Leak
Street is a patient in Moore
County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Mills of
Pinedene had as their guest last
weekend her sister, Mrs. G. W.
Farrar of Apex.
Mrs. George Richardson, co
owner of the Country Bookshop,
spent Monday in Raleigh.
Miss Majdeline ' O’Connor of
Greensboro visited her uncle, W.
S. Harrington, of South Bennett
Street, Sunday.
Mrs. Edouard Dind of Valley
Stream, Long Island, N. Y., left
last week for her home after
spending two weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs. J. H. Caulfield. This
was her first visit to Southern
Pines and she found it so delight
ful here that she stayed longer
than she had planned. Other re
cent guests in the Caulfield home
were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Oland of
WestbUry, Long Island, who stop
ped overnight on their way to
Florida and again as they were
Fun, Fellowship Mark Annual Lions
Banquet And Ladies Night Progra m
Southern Pines Lions and their serving as director of religious
Lionesses had themselves a time education at the First Baptist
last Friday night, with an eve- ^ church. Mrs. Marvin Self played
ning of fun, fellowship and frolic' accompaniment for Miss Saun-
—^plus good food—at the South- ders.
ern Pines Country club. j Miss Saunders then presented.
The occasion was the annual, as the evening’s guest entertain-
Ipanquet and l^ies^ night, with er, a former coUege mate at Fur
man University where both had
been members of the Furman
Singers, a famous choral group.
Sam Brant, talented 22-year-
old native of Charleston, S. C.,
majored in speech and dramatics
at Furman, then became a stu
dent at Southeastern Baptist
Seminary at Wake Forest. He
will graduate next year in the
field of religious activities and
drama.
With wonderfully expressive
voice and warm sense of humor,
young Brant gave some samples
of old-fashioned . “country
preaching,” including one entire
church service in which he spoke
and sang five or six parts. Other
items of his jnformal program
were the “Little David” scene
from “Green Pastures”; one or
two comic monologs, and a duet
sung with Miss Saunders.
The “preaching” scene, irr
southern Gullah dialect, had
been prepared by Brant for pos
sible use on the Perry Como
show, on which he expects to be
a guest some time this spring.
Date of his appearance on the
network television show has not
been set, depending on his col
lege duties.
President Don F. Traylor presi
ding. Lion Bill Baker was chair
man of the banquet committee.
The tables were decorated with
colorful flowers, with paper hats,
noisemakers and balloons at
each plate to be employed in fes
tive antics as the evening ad
vanced. Orchids from the Caro
lina Orchids, Inc., greenhouses
were provided for each lady.
Following the beefsteak din
ner, President Lion Traylor gave
a warm greeting to the ladies,
and response was made -with
equal warmth by Lioness
Brownie Chappell. Tail Twister
Joe Carter and visiting Tail
Twister Eb Hinson, of the West
End club, then took over, with
an assortment of tricks during
which a number of Lions found
themselves paying fines. Tail
Twister Hinson conducted a
“quiz show” in which Lioness Jo
Traylor acquitted herself excel
lently, though she missed the
last question and consequently
failed to win the $10,000 prize.
Special guests, presented for
brief talks, were District Gover
nor Coy Dawkins of Rock
ingham, and Deputy Gov
ernor BiU Graham of Aberdeen.
Also accorded special recogni
tion were Zone Chairman Bill
Spence of Southern Pines, and
Miss Alma Chalker, the club’s
honorary njember and beloved
“adopted daughter.” Miss Chalk
er, a state welfare worker among
the blind, is making her home
in Southern Pines while attend
ing to her duties in a three-
county area.
Entertainment included sever
al songs by Miss Jean Saun
ders, a beautiful young lady with
HERE FROM MISSOURI
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gschwind of
Kansas City arrived in the Sand
hills by plane this week, coming
primarily to visit Mr. Gschwind’s
sister, Mrs. Frank Jeffreys of
Vass, who has been very ill in a
High Point hospital but is now
improving. They will spend sev
eral days with relatives in Vass.
Mr. Gschwind has recently retired
after 30-odd years of government
service as a post office employee
charming soprano voice, who is ' in Kansas City.
three-year-old horse to be giveni en route home,
away by the company ^ at the r ^ Hamel of Hamel’s restau-
Kentucky Derby in April. She rant returned home Monday after
has been to Louisville, Ky.,
NashviUe and Chattanooga,
Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga., and
after a week’s stay here will go
to Florida to continue the pub
licity work. She will appear on
TV and radio shows in various
Florida towns, and wiU complete
her tour in April with New York
City as the final stop.
Mrs. H. C. Bleckschmidt of St.
Louis, Mo., and Miss Jean Mo
ling, area director of Christian
Education of Fayetteville and
_ Granville Presbyteries, who are
Murdoch here in connection with a district
leadership training school at
a week’s “vacation” at Moore
County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance A. Derby
returned Monday from a 10-day
vacation spent in New York City.
Gene Linton came from Win
ston-Salem Friday to visit his
cousin, Frank Ligon, and they at
tended the Blue and Gold Cub
Scout banquet at Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian Church that
night. On Saturday Frank’s fath
er, the Rev. C. K. Ligon, carried
the boys to 'McColl, S. C., where
they spent the weekend with their
grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. J. F.
Ligon. Gene celebrated his ninth
birthday Stmday.
An attractive collection of
cottons and linens
Also blouses - skirts - shorts
Pringle Cashmeres
Pastel colors
Lony
MRS. EDGAR EWING
Pinehurst, North Carolina