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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
LION ON THE HEARTH by
John Ehle (Harper $4.95). This is
a more substantial book than the
author’s “Kingstree Island,”
which, delightful as it was in its
evocation of the life of the Outer
Banks, had a tinge of the pictur-
esqu.s anid melodramatic rather
than deep involvement with the
characters.
Here John Ehle is writing of
his own people; for he traces his
ancestry back to. the early settlers
of the North Carolina mountains
and he was born and grew up in
Asheville. He has a deep respect
for the mountain people, their
dignity, their independence and
something more subtle that he
calls “a sense of self-appointed
nobility.” The center of the story
is the King family, recently come
to Asheville from the mountain
country and still with strong ties
to it.
Much of the family drama we
see through the eyes of Kin, a
boy growing up, but there are
four other sons, each with a
strong will and personality of his
own. Then there is Beth, the gen
tie cousin, brought up with the
boys and complicating the rival
ries between them. The good
father. Cal King, had come to
Asheville some years before the
story begins, had bought land on
the outskirts, ploughed a street
through it with a market place
for the mountain farmers on one
side and his store on the other.
It was the kind of store that pro
vided everything from farm tools
to cotton cloth and candy, the
kmd where men sat around the
stove and talked. It prospered. It
also became an ipstitution.
John Ehle delights in repro
ducing the kind of talk that went
on around the stove, but the
book is chiefly notable for the
drawing of the major characters
and the slowly mounting tension
of the family drama. When Col
lins, the wandering son, comes
home, he at first relaxes the ten
sion with his laughing, easy
ways; but in the end it is just the
lovable, irresponsible Collins
who brings the situation to a
head and makes the boy. Kin, and
others face realities and make
fundamental decisions, decisions
as to values and ways of living.
LEE’S MAVERICK GENERAL:
Daniel . Harvey . Hill . by . Hal
Bridges (McGraw-HUl $4.95). Hal
Bridges, professor of History at
tile University of Colorado, ques-
tionsa number of accepted opin
ions on the Civil War, and re
interprets a number of important
campaigns and ba,ttles in this
study of the Civil War career of
General Daniel Harvey Hill of
North Carolina.
After examining unpublished
Hill papers and thousands of let
ters held by Hills’ descendants.
Bridges reevaluates Hill as a gen
eral of greater stature than Doug
las Southall Freeman has allow
ed.
‘Hill, who was truly a maver
ick general,” writes Professor
Bridges, “was at odds sometimes
with Lee, whom he criticized
openly and sharply in official re
ports and whose strategy he often
disapproved of; also at times
with Longstreet, Jeb Stuart, Gen
eral Braxton Bragg and Jeffer
son Davis. Historians have not
heretofore examined his career
fully, have not utilized his un
published papers, and thus have
seldom seen the controversial
events from the D. H. Hill point
of view. While trying to be as ob
jective as possible, I have tried
to look at all sides, including
HilTs, and this has resulted in a
great deal of adverse criticism of
the men with whom Hill differed
—criticism that I feel is justified
by the evidence, presented in my
book, that has been heretofore
glossed over or overlooked.”
Professor Bridges is concerned
to state that answers on many
of these controversial questions
are often tentative and still open
to argument, but he definitely
asserts that Hill’s story does offer
fresh and challenging evidence.
Certainly we must listen with re
spect to the opinions of an officer
recognized as one of the ablest
of Lee’s lieutenants and a grand
fighter. Lee himself remarked of
Hill, “This man had the heart of
a lion and the torfgue of an adder,
but I would not trade him for a
brigade.”
not made from his columns but
contains much the same kind of
gay, irreverent comment on the
foibles of the great and those
around them.
George'Dfxon also tells how
he got to be a columnist and how
he holds his job, though he sur
mises that his prescription will
hardly be acclaimed by schools
of journalism. Serious national
issues of the period are conspicu-
lously absent, though at times he
throws interesting sidelights on
the course of events. For ev
ample, an acquaintance made at
the race track, an obscure Sena
tor from Wisconsin, once asked
Dixon how a Senator might go
about getting publicity beyond
the borders of his state. Dixon
made a casual suggestion which
McCarthy promptly followed, and
then events followed fast.
Page THREE
PINEHURST
By MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF
LEANING ON A COLUMN by
George Dixon (Lippincott $3.95).
This is a chatty, amusing book
about life in Washington, D. C.,
as seen by the columnist for King
Features Syndicate—a post Dixon
has held since 1944. The book is
MIA-PIA by Brita of Geijer-
stam (Bobbs-Merrill $2.95). This
appealing story from Sweden is
just right for little girls. They
will like Mia-Pia and her family
—two big twin brothers of
eleven, a younger brother of four
and a baby sister. Then there are,
of course. Mother and Father,
who play with the children and
can make up songs for their
games. Mia-Pia can make verses,
too, if she is quiet and thinks
hard.
Each chapter has a typical
event of child life—a birthday
party. Grandmother’s visit, a pic
nic and special happenings at
home and at school. The book is
not overburdened with Swedish
background—it^ could happen
here.
The light pencil drawings by
Hon Wikland are charming
studies of real children in action.
A section at the end of the book
gives the melodies of the songs
made up by Mia-Pia and her fam
ily.
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Prints of Goya,
Manet at Museum
On display until November 19
at the North Carolina Museum
of Art in Raleigh is a duel ex
hibition of the graphic works of
Francisco Goya and Edward
Manet.
Shown on the fourth floor of
the Museum, the collections are
on loan from the Allen R. Hite
Art Institute of the University of
Louisville.
The Goya prints, 80 in all,
make up one of the four sets of
such works made by Goya dur
ing his lifetime. Called “Los Cap-
riccios,” the prints depict the art
ist’s preoccupation with what he
chose to call “the caprices” of
life.
The Manet prints, '‘Thirty Orig
inal Etchings,” are the complete
graphic works of this great
French impressionist. More com
fortable to look upon than the
Goya etchings, the Manet collec
tion is adorned with Manet’s
pretty ladies, picturesque Span
iards, and appealing children.
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SIGN LOSSES
Annually the various State sign
departments estimate they re
place about a quarter of a million
highway signs, 20 per cent of
which have been damaged beyond
repair by rocks, bullets or bot
tles or by bending, stealing,
breaking or painting.
Outright theft of signs has also
been a problem over the years
ever since some high school or
college student thought a high
way sign would look better on the
wall of his room than out on the
road.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Arthur G.
Dezendorf expect to get here to
morrow from Washington, D. C.
for a short stay at their cottage.
Little Cabin.
Arriving Monday . from Hot
Springs, Va. where they are
weekending are Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Stevens, who spent the
summer in Europe. They will’oc
cupy their cottage on Magnolia
Road for the winter season.
House guests of his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Nelson, are Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Nelson, who arrived Mon
day from Atlantic, Mass.
Mrs. Jane R. Moody of Chica
go, HI, who has leased the Oaks
apartment through Biddle Co.,
is now in residence there for the
winter season.
Here with Mr. and Mrs. Donald
D. Wolff, who arrived Saturday
for the balance of the month at
their cottage, is Mrs. Lucille
Pickering, who came down with
them from Pittsburgh, Pa.
Warner L. Atkins arrived to
day at his winter home here,
after summering in Cincinnati,
Ohio. Mrs. Atkins will join her
husband later in the month.
After two years in Neffsville,
Pa., Miss Callie Battley has re
turned and is occupying her
apartment on Everett Road.
After a long weekend with his
brother. True P. Cheney and his
wife, Henry S. Cheney returned.
Monday to his home in Vero
Beach, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Creath plan
to leave Saturday for a two-
weeks’ vacation in New York
State, a visit to Niagara Falls,
and a stay in New York City
where they expect to see several
Broadway plays, including
“Camelot.”
Mrs. J. C. T. Sihler and her
sister. Miss Rosa Parry, of Sim-
coe, Ontario expect to arrive
Wednesday for a stay at the for
mer’s home.
The Homer Johnsons have ar
rived from Larchmont, N. Y. and
are occupying their Midland
Road cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Ken
nedy got back last Wednesday
after the summer at Hyannis
Port, Mass .
Back at their Midland Road
home for the season are Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur J. Lacey, who got
here last weekend after a short
visit in Buffalo, N. Y. upon their
return from a four months’ stay
in Europe- where they toured
Germany and the Scandanavian
Countries. •
Carl N. Calkins has arrived
from New York City for the fall
season at the Carolina Hotel.
Herbert W. Sugden returns this
weekend to his Everett Road cot
tage after a visit -with his cousin
in Washington, D.C.
Donald Parson is a patient at
Moore Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Charles Freedom Eaton of
South Duxbury, Mass, is due to
arrive next week at her Mystic
Apartment.
Here for the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley L. Garner were
their daughter and son-Sn-law,
Dr. and Mrs. Russell Walton and
son, of Raleigh; and tbeir son,
Edward Garner, his wife and
their sons, William and Donald,
of Sanford. The children came
especially to be with Mr. Garner
who celebrated his birthday Sat
urday.
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SuTutsy School tenonf
CARD OF THANKS
‘The family of Jimmie D. Cad-
dell wishes to thank friends for
their many kindnesses and for
their sympathy expressed follow
ing his death.
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SAVINGS 4
av DR.5KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Bible Material; Matthew 5:17-20. 38-18:
John 16:12-15.
Btve^lon&i Beading:; Psalm 111.
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Know God Better
Lesson for October 15. 1961
'T'HERE may be many things I
should like to know, but the
only two things I must know are
not things at all but persons:
God and myseU. So thought John
Calvin, and most people would
agree with him if they take time
to think it over.
But there is a se
rious hitch here.
God and myself
are not only the
most important
objects of knowl
edge, they are
the most difficult,
though for differ
ent reasons. We
Dr. Foreman shall not now in
vestigate the knowledge of our
selves. Let us think a little about
how we can—if we can—know
God better.
One i>oint we have to be clear
about, at the start. God cannot
be known as we know cats or
butterflies, by collecting sam
ples. You cannot, wUl, pro
duce a laboratory spedraien of
God to be put into a test-tube.
The Holy Spirit
“No one comprehends the
thoughts of God except the Spirit
of God.” (I Cor. 2:11.) In other
words, only God knows the inmost
truth about God. We cannot walk
right in to God's mind as if we
were ' a team of investigatbrs
authorized to ask questions even
of the Almighiy. We have to
wait humbly until God sees fit
to reveal himself. Yet on the oth
er hand we need not be Idle while
we are waiting. Besides, we
should not expect the knowledge
of God to flash on us all at once
like a stroke of lightning. It is
not possible to know all the truth
about God, now orr any time, be
cause God is infinite. What can
be known of God, only God can
show us. by his Spi'rit; and this
will be gradual, not all at once.
One thing is clear—namely, that
whatever we do know of dod, we
know through the Holy Spirit
There are two points about the
way the Holy Spirit teaches men
about God: The Spirit speaks
only to those who want to know,
and the Spirit speaks through
sometimes common, sometimes
wonderful once-in-a-litetime ex
periences.
God’s Word
’There is no substitute for God’s
Word. There is no question of
either-or,—that is, it is not a ques
tion of learning about God from
the Holy Spirit or from the Scrip
•hires. It is rather a question of
learning through the Scriptures
by the illumination of the Spirit.
Many of us make a mistake at
this point. We read the Bible
through once, or we read the
Sermon on the Mount, or some
other part of Scripture, and be
cause we have read it once we
'suppose nothing further can be
learned. On the contrary. Just
as Jesus in the synagogue, and
with his two friends on the road
to Emmaus, “opened” the Scrip
tures which had been familiar
yet never rightly understood, so
to this day. Much of Jesus’ teach
ing (as in the Sermon on the
Mount) consisted in casting fresh
light on the Scripture. So we cam
say that one way to learn about
God is to study the Bible again
and again, in the confident hope
that the same Spirit who inspired
it will illuminate us.
God’s Will ard Work
Another -in which our
knowledge f>f God can grow is
this: to shire his will anS to
share his Wgrk. This is the wa.y to
know any hi man person; it is tils
way to know tie divine Persot.
To know God’s will is to get mio
his mind. But how can we cx>
this? Best way is to get into t je
mind of Christ. We do kmer
what was his outloc* on li'k.
We know enough (« we t-an ie;,gn
enough) about what Christ wan-f
ed, what he taught and desired
and commanded, to decide wheth
er we dare (as he dared us) to
share his mind, that is to say,
to make his will our own. (And
this also can be done only by help
of his Spirit.) Combined with this
approach, not to be separated
from it, is learning to know C5od
by sharing his work. There need
be no impenetrable dark mystery
about what God’s work In this
world is. God is at work making
this world better; are you? God
is at work making better people:
are you? God is working for
peace not for war; how about
you? God is working for mercy
and kindness and justice; are
you sharing or are you hinder
ing, his work?
(Based on ovtlines coprrifhied by
the Division of Christian Education,
National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the 17. S. A. Released by
Community Press Service.)
Attend The Church of Your Choice
Next Sunday
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave, at South Ashe St.
Maynard Mansuni, Minister
Bible School, 9:46 a.m. Worship 11 am.
Training Union. 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor
ship. 7 :30 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:80 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30 p.m.; 8 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:80 e.m.; Daily
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses, 7 A I
a.m.; Confessions, Saturday,' 6:00 to 6:80
p.m.; 7:30 to 8 p.m.
AJen’s Cluh Meetings: 1st A 3rd Fridays
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:30 p!mi;
choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and third Tues
days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Club meetings: Ist Monday
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
second Thursday, 7 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday,
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday Sc.hool, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Serv-
we 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Women of the
Church meeting, 8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide Fellowship)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Carl E. Wallace, Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim FellowsbU
(Young People).
Sundayl 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
EMMANUEL CHURCH vEpiseopal)
East Massachusetts Ave.
Martin Caldwell, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First Sundays
and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.)
Family Service, 9:30 a.m.
Church School. 10 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples’ Service League, 6 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays and Holy
Days, le a.m. and IViday, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship serv
ice,' 11 a.m. Women of the Church meet
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sun^y.
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o'elo^
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:15 p.m.
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
, Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr., Minister
Church School 9:45 A, M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:16 P. M.
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:00
P. M.
Methodist Men meet each .fourth Sunday
at 7:45 a.m.
Choir Rehearsal each Wednesday
7:30 P. M.
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