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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961
LETTER FROM FARM YOUTH DELEGATE *
Jane Owen Finds South of France
Resembles Southern United States
A Moore Counly young
woman who is North Caro
lina's delegate in the Inter
national Farm Youth Ex
change Program has been re
porting in letters her experi
ences in France where she
has lived since June with a
variety of French farm fam
ilies. These letters which
have been made available for
publication through the N. C.
Agricultural Extension Serv
ice have appeared, in part, in
The Pilot. In the letter to
follow, dated September 25,
Miss Owen tells about stay
ing with a family in the
south of France.
One finds a gnsat deal of simi
larity between the South pf
France and the Southern United
States. Not only can we say we
have both had Civil Wars fought
on home ground, but the people
are very similar.
The Southern Frenchman
speaks with an accent. He is" also
known for being, a gentleman and
an agriculturist. He lives a very
comfortable life and enjoys good
food, good wine and good conver
sation. The Southern Frenchmen
are gnsat hunters and I have al
ready sampled some of the game
in this region. They have fairs
much like our county fairs. Peo
ple bring their choice cows,
chickens, rabbits, sheep, pigs and
bulls. They enjoy the pleasures
of eating ice cream cones and
drinking lemonade!
The family is a close knit
group; although this is general
throughout France it is outstand
ingly noticeable here.
As the couple I am living with
are young, they claim me as a
sister. This weekend we went to
Pa-pa Fort’s home to help cut
the grapes as a family project.
Since all will benefit frorh the
wine, it was work for the fam
ily. Even Grandma helped.
Decked in straw hats, shorts
and apron, and carrying large
buckets and scissors we left for
the vineyard. The grape vines are
in long rows, very low and, easy
to cut. Two people take one row,
one on each side. You cut the
grapes by cutting the stem that
connects the large bunch to the
vine. With practice one becomes
very fast and it is only a short
time before your basket is filled.
Then a carrier boy empties your
grapes into a large tub that is
pulled by a horse or tractor. We
had both. When the large tub is
filled it is taken away to a cave.
In the field we sang, talked,
threw grapes at each other and
in general had a good time. The
women carried on the latest news
■and ftiB men were busy keeping
the women at work, they thought.
The rabbit dogs were on the spot
and a gun was always handy in
case a rabbit was found.
Grandma kept reminding
everyone to save the snails.
When we finished that day we
had two baskets full of snails;
one basket with the large snails
for eating and another basket of
small snails for the ducks. That
night Granma forgot the snails
and they crawled out on the
kitchen floor. I had to gather
snails all over again.
When the grapes are carried to
the cave they are mashed by an
electric cutter and are then stor
ed in large vats for three to four
days, depending on the weather.
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Market Square
Pinehurst
Household Accessories
Wastebaskets with Slipcovers
of frilly, washable organdy
Tissue Boxes with matching covers
Gay Doormats
Artifical Flowers
Antiques
Many Gift Items i
MRS. JAMES W. TUFTS
MRS. ROBERT KOHLER
Thg grapes are then mashed or
pressed and the wine is stored
for three months. At the cave I
^aw the grapes boiling or fer
menting. No sugar or water is
added—the wine is natural.
Wine is a basic item in the
Frenchman’s diet and the farmer
knows how to make the best. Of
course each region has different
wine; all will tell you their’s is
best.
The southern part of France is
enchanting and romantic. The
people are kind and interesting.
My experience here has been one
of my best in France and I will
always remember and love these
people.
Nathaniel Wells,
Former Pinebluff
Resident, Dies
Funeral services were held at
a Middleport; N. Y., funeral home
Sunday for Natheniel M. Wells
who died Wednesday pf last
week at Duke Hospital, Durham.
A winter resident of Pinebluff for
many years, Mr. Wells had lived
since early this year in Fayette
ville.
The Rev. Alfred Underhill of
the Middleport Methodist Church
i officiated. Burial was in Hartland
Central Cemetery near Middle-
port.
A native of Hume, N. Y., Mr.
Wells maintained residence in
Middleport, N. Y., where he was
a Ford Motor Company dealer
before coming to Pinebluff more
than 20 years ago, while retaining
an interest in the Middleport com
pany there through the years.
■In Pinebluff he was active in
social and civic events and en
joyed golfing on Sandhills cour
ses.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Mrs. Enola Best who had
been a winter visitor to Southern
Pines for several years before
their marriage in February of this
year; two daughters by his marri
age to Mrs. Delia Wells who died
about four years ago, Mrs. Warren
A. Snell of Middleport and Mrs.
Frank W. Peiffer of Rochester,
N. Y., four ^andchildren and two
great-grand children.'
Mrs. Wells, who has lived at
Fayetteville for the past year,
^ owns the home on Maples Road
, which is occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Lindsley. Her for
mer husband Frank A. Best,
died here about five years ago.
Tennis Matches at
Pinehurst Set for
Sunday Afternoon
Exhibition singles and doubles
tennis matches at the Pinehurst
Country Club courts are scheduled
for Sunday, starting at 1:30 p.
m., Joe Roddey, professional who
is at the club for the season, an
nounced this week. The public is
invited.
Playing a 10-game set singles
match will be Dr. “Bo” Roddey
of Greensboro, a physician who
holds more North Carolina titles
than any other man in the state
in closed tennis history, and Al
len Morris who ranks No. 3 in
the East and has played in the
All-England Wimbledon tourna
ment.
A native of Charlotte, Bo Rod
dey who is a nephew of the Pine
hurst professional—^last month
won the N. C. State doubles
championship, with Jack War-
math of Greensboro.
In the doubles match. Dr.
Roddey and Whitt Cobb will team
against Morris and Joe Roddey.
Cobb, of Durham, and Bo Rod
dey, playing for Davidson College,
won th^ Southern Conference
doubles title in 1950—and are
still playing together. Cobb con
tinued his tennis career as coach
at Duke University, Durham.
Joe Roddey, Pinehurst C C
professional wftio came to the
Sandhills last spring and conduct
ed a series of tournaments and
junior events at Pinehurst, has
had a long and creditable tennis
career, winning many college,
state and Southern sectional titles.
HEROIC HISTORY
Shortly after America’s first
National Seashcfre became a real
ity on the Outer Banks Islands of
North Carolina in the early
1950’s, the director of the Nation
al Park Service remarked that
“Cape Hatteras has perhaps one
of the most interesting and hero
ic sea histories in the entire
United States, if not in the
world.” To a great extent, this is
also true of the entire N. C.
coastal area—first in North
America to be explored by Eng-
' lishmen.
I Smith Attending
I
Realtors’ Meeting
Lt. Col. F. M. Smith of The
Pines Realty Co., president of the
Southern Pines Board of Realtors,
is at Asheville for the annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Association of Realtors and the
14th Regional Convention of the
National Association of Real Es
tate Boards.
The convention, held at the
Grove Park Inn, will run through
Saturday. The regional meeting
includes delegates from the two
Carolines, Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. '
CHRISTY’S
Dairy Mart
U. S. 1-A Soulh
Southern Pines
NOW OPEN
Serving Breakfast
Beginning at 6:30 A.M.
— ALSO —
Salads - - - Sandwiches
Complete Fountain Service
FORMAL OPENING WILL BE
ANNOUNCED LATER
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