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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page NINB
The Pinehursf Page
MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor
TELEPHONE OX 2-6512
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51 Play in Country
Club Event for
Women Members
Twelve foursomes and a three
some participated in a par-bogey
tournament for women members
of the Pinehurst Country Club
Friday.
Leading the field, with 92
points, were Mrs. Daniel O. Del-
any, Mrs. John W. Rettew, Mrs.
L. Paget Rigby and Miss Marga
ret A. Lavery.
Four points off tbs lead, with
88, was the team comprising Mrs.
Alfred N. Derouin, Mrs. J. E
Fleming, Mrs. George W. Math-
eson and Mrs. William H
Schille.
Bracketed at third, with 86,
were Mrs. William S. Anderson,
Mrs. John W. Lindsay, Mrs. David
R. Riach and Mrs. Elbridge S.
Sidway.
Winning Teams in
Carolina Duplicate
Party Friday
A Southern Pines team, Mrs.
Jean Edson and Mrs. Roy Grin-
nell, took first place honors in
Friday’s duplicate bridge party
at the Carolina Hotel. In second
place were Mrs. W. O. Smith, a
Carolina guest from Cutchoque,
N. Y. and Miss Margaret A. Lav
ery of Pinehurst.
A pair of Carolina guests. Am
bassador Douglas Cole of Ottawa,
Ont. and Judge James O. Watts
of Narragansett, R. I.., took the 3rd
prize; tied for fourth were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank JeCosta and Mrs.
C. D. May and Mrs. C. H. Bow
man, all of Southern Pines.
Pianist-Humorist Opens Entertainment
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Series of Pinehurst Forum on Dec. 14
Winners Score 61 in
Tin Whistles Tourney
Saturday’s Tin Whistles Club
tournament, a stroke play contest
f.or the best ball of all four part
ners, drew an entry of 54 players.
The four partners turning in
the low ball of 61 comprised Wil
liam S. Anderson, William J.
Burke, Alvie J. Claxton and Den
nis C. Crotty.
In second place, with 62, were
Daniel O. Delany, William B.
Foreman, Joseph F. Remington
and Harold J. Seyfhour.
Shearen Elebash, pianist- hum
orist and often called, “the eighth
wonder of show business,’’ will be
presented by the Pinehurst Forum
on Thursday evening December
14, at the Pinehurst Country Club.
The performance, open to Forum
members and their dinner guests,
will start at 8:30, following a buf
fet dinner at the Club.
According to Lawrence McN.
Johnson, chairman of the Forum
Program Committee, Shearen Ele
bash will present a complete one-
man' revue, his program includ
ing everything from spirituals tJr
clever French songs to Broadway
show tunes.
In addition, Mr. Elebash will
entertain with a group of what
he calls his “spectaculars”. He
will perform “A Night at the Met”
in which he spoofs everyone in
cluding the tenor, the basso, the
soprano, the mezzo. Hp will take
his audience around the world by
speaking in eight languages and
will do a scene from “Romeo and
Juliet” in southern dialect which
has been acclaimed by connois
seurs of comedy from coast to
coast.
Shearen Elebash was born in
Selma, Ala., and at an early age
attended the Choate School in
Wallingford, Conn. From Choate
he went to Yale University
where he became an ardent stu
dent of International Relations
and also got his first smell of
grease paint. He was cast as Jack
Point in Gilbert and Sullivan’s
■■‘Yeoman of the Guard.” A few
years later at Yale, after partici
pating in a series of theatrical per-
formancfes, he gave up acting and
turned to music. As soloist with
SHEAREN ELEBASH
the University’s Glee Club, he
toured the 'United States and
South America.
During World War II, Mr. Ele
bash served in Europe, India,
Burma, China and on Okinawa as
an Air Force flying officer. He
was awarded the Air Medal and
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Capt. George F. Shearwood,
president of the Pinehurst Forum,
has asked that membership ap
plications be completed and con
tributions to the 1961-62 season
of programs be sent to the Forum
office, P. O. Box 31, Pinehurst, as
promptly as possible in order that
membership cards may be mailed
prior to the opening performance
on December 14.
Appeal Made by
United Christian
Service Group
Th.3 United Christian Service
Fund organization is making its
annual Christmastime appeal for
donations of money, toys and
clothing.
A committee, representing con
gregations of both the Village
Chapel and the Community
Church, each year purchases and
packs Christmas boxes tq deliver
to needy families; 150 boxes were
delivered last Christmas.
Mrs. James W, Tufts is chair
man of the organization; vice-
chairman^ is Gordon Cameron.
Mrs. Arthur Lacey and Mrs. John
Dixon are committee members.^
Secretary is Mrs. Duwayne Gadd;
treasurer—Frank R. Wells; chair
man of Christmas Box committee
is Mrs. John R. Burr and commit
tee advisors are the Rt. Rev. Louis
C. Melcher, the Rev. R. L. Prince
and Mrs. Stuart Patterson.
Donations of clothing may be
sent to the Village Chapel be
tween 10 and 12 on weekday
mornings.
Toys, which are repainted and
repaired by the volunteer fire
men may be left at the Fire Sta
tion or will be picked up by the
firemen on request. -
Money, which helps the organi
zation to meet emergencies dur
ing the year as well as to supply
help at Christmastime, should be
sent to the treasurer, FYank Wells.
TOP SKEET SHOOTER
Outshooting 17 others in the
Pinehurst Gun Club’s weekly
skeet shooting contest Sunday
was Eugene MacDonald of Pine
hurst. He brought down 47 clay
pigeons which, with his handicap
of six, gave him a high score of
53.
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AWARDS PRESENTATION. A former na
tional doubles tennis champion and Wightman
Cup Team member, Mrs. Q. A. Shaw McKean
and her son, Robbie, won the weekend round
robin tennis tourney at the Pinehurst Country
Club.
Following Sunday’s . play, Albert S. Tufts
awarded prizes to the McKeans, and to other
winners of the fall tennis tournament series.
Mr. Tufts is shown in the foreground, giving
a prize to another star player in the McKean
family. Tommy, who was runner up in another
event. Shown left to right in the background
are Mrs. Joe Roddey, who accepted the prize
for Mrs. Albert N. Sneed, unable to be present;
Pinehurst Pro Joe Roddey, Mrs. McKean, Rob
bie, :^enny Beddingfield, Keith Gernold, Bob
Pearse and Gary Cameron.
Other winners, unable to be there for the
presentation, were Mrs. J. H. Devins and David
Drexel, of Southern Pines.
(Hemmer photo)
Silver Foils Club
Winners in Better
Ball of Pair Event
Mrs. E. S. Sidway and Mrs.
Frank K. Stevens posted 66 for
the first prize in Tuesday’s Silver
Foils Club tournament. A stroke
behind at 67 to take the runner-
up prize were Mrs. Louis R. Por-
teous and Mrs. Edward Stevens.
Forty-four played in- the medal
play contest for the better ball of
oair.
TEEING 0?^F WITH deNISSOFF
Choirs of Community
Church Entertained
Members of the adult and chil
drens choirs of the Community
Church and their families, enjoy
ed a “Present from Santa-Claus”
dinner Tuesday evening in the
church’s fellowship^hall. About
140 attended.
The group sang Christmas
songs and carols following dinner.
Cub Scout Leaders
Receive Citations
On Saturday, 20 Cub Scouts of
Pack 7 went to the Carolina-Vir-
gmia football game at Chapel Hill
The boys were accompanied by
G. Bevins Cameron, Mrs. Lanie
Garner, Mrs. Clarence Edson,
Cubmaster and Mrs. E. K. Dudley
and Assistant Cubmaster Ray
Hensley, who drove Ed Black’s
car. After eating box lunches in
the parking lot, the boys went to
Kenan Stadium to watch North
Carolina defeat Virginia.
Thirty-two parents of Pack 7
Club Scouts attended the Scout
Recognition Dinner at the Arm
ory in Southern Pines Friday
.night. Citations were presented
' at the dinner to Cubmaster E. K,
Dudley and Neighborhood Com
missioner G. Paul Monree.
The Ultimate Gift
“Mink—for the girl who has
everything” is now a fading fash
ion fad. Madison Avenue’s latest
gimmick, “for the man who has
everything,” is a gold replica of
the New ,Ypyk Stock Exchange,
Building, which can be fitted to
the top of his home or office door-
key.
Cidendar For December
In her book “Family on
■Wheels,” basis of the Broadway
musical “The Sound of Music,”
the Baroness Maria Augusta von
Trapp writes nostalgically of
trailing through the woods around
Southern Pines with her Trapp
Family Singers following a con
cert appearance there, looking for
greens to make the traditional
Advent Wreath for their bus
“home on wheels.”
With the Advent Season upon
us, it seems the time to list briefly
the major events of this period
leading up .Christmas, and those
which follow.
December 8—Carolina Amateur
Field Trials at Hoffman.
December 14—Opening program
of Pinehurst Forum (See story).
December 14-16 —Theatre-in-
the-Pines’ “The Late Christopher
Bean at Pinehurst Playhouse.
December 17—Candlelight Ser
vice—70 voices in four choirs pre
sented by Men and Women of
Community Church; supper fol
lowing.
December 19—Christmas pro
gram at Pinehurst School Audi
torium, with High School Glee
Club and Elementary School stu-
dentSk -
December 22—Annual Hole-in-
One Turkey Shoot at Country
Club.
December 23—Village Christ,
mas Party for Children—Carolina
Hotel Ballroom.
December 24—Christmas Pag
eant given by children at Village
Chapel followed by • Sunday'
School party.
December 27—14th Annual Don
ald J. Ross Memorial Junior Golf
Championship—Country Club.
December 28 — 4th Annual
Donald J. Ross Son & Father Golf
Championship at the Country
Club.
December 28—Pinehurst Forum
Presents John Jay at Country
Club.
December 28—Holiday Dance,
Square and Round—Carolina Ball
room.
December 28-30—Parent-Child
Tennis Tournament — Country
Club Courts.
December 29—25th Annual In
formal Mid-Winter Horse Show—
Carolina Hotel Riding Ring.
December 30—“Between Holi
days Ball” at the Country Club.
Pinehurst School
Highlights
By Gene Maples and John Barry
It’s finally over—the school an
nual met its deadline Friday and
now the staff can relax.
Bcisketball Games
Result of the boys’ basketball
game at Wagram 'Tuesday night'
—Pinehurst 47, Wagram 39.
Outstanding scorers for Pine
hurst were Marshall Lewis, .with
22 points, and Bobby Norton, with
10 points. Wagram’s high scorer
was Currie, with 17 points.
The Pinehurst girls won against
Wagram 44-40. Pinehurst’s Judy
Cameron was high scorer with 31
points; Wagram’s top scorer was
Shaw with 25 points.
Both boys’ and girls’ teams
were dubious about victory be
fore their game with Robbins Fri
day night, but our boys proved
better by defeating Robbing 42-
41, thus giving Pinehurst boys a
total of seven wins so far this
season.
Marshall Lewis and Butch
Hardy were high scorers for Pine
hurst with 20 and 13 points; Free
man put in ill points for Robbins.
The Pinehurst girls defeated
Robbins 41-39 with Judy Camer
on again top scorer with 29 points.
Our girls are'still undefeated"glso
this season.
Seniors Take Tests
The sock hop alter the Robbins
games was not too well attended
by seniors as many were going to
take the scholastic aptitude tests
on Saturday. Some seniors were
up as early as 5:30 that morning
to drive to Chapel Hill or Rock
ingham for the tests.
Attend Football Game
Seven boys, members of the
Pinehurst School’s Safety Patrol,
Saturday went to the Duke-Notre
Dame football game at Durham.
The boys—Kemper Fitch, HI,
Jerry Clapp, Sam Dixon, Ronnie
Currie, Ricky Frye, Marshal
Lewis and Shelby Stevens—were
accompanied by High School
Principal J. H. Hankins, Jr. and
a teacher. Miss Kate Helms.
Funeral Held For Dana Cameron, 43,
Noted Harness Horse Trainer, Driver
Dana H. Cameron, 43,
the leading trainers and
one of driver; Paige West, whose great
drivers horse “Adios Butler” Dana Cam-
of the harness-racing world, died
Tuesday afternoon at Moore
Memorial Hospital, where he was
taken Friday after suffering a
heart attack.
Mr. Cameron, who operated a
public stable at the Pinehurst
track, was, characteristically,
helping his equally famed train
er-driver brother Del Cameron at
the track when he was stricken.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the Pinehurst Com
munity Church, conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. R, L. Prince, with
burial following in Mt. Hope Cem
etery, Southern Pines.
Pallbearers were two Pinehurst
friends. Gene McKenzie and
George B. Mahony, a trainer for
Del Cameron; also Joe O’Brien of
Shafter, Califs; another leading
won drove to a world record
years ago; James Harrison, vice-
president of the Hanover Shoe
Farms, largest standard-breeding
farm in the world, at Hanover,
Pa., and William Chiedler of
Hightstown, N. J., well-known
owner for whom Dana was train
ing a horse this winter.
Dana and his younger brother,
Del, grew up with harness horses
m their home town of Harvard,
Mass where their father had a
stable.
He first raced at Sturbridge,
Mass., at the age of 18. Later he
attended veterinary college for
three years at Waltham, Mass,
and before obtaining his degree
became associated with a veter
inary Hospital at Nashua, N. H.,
with the care of fine horses as his
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Here and Away
Duke Professor
To Preaeh at
Village Chapel
The Village Chapel will have
as guest preacher at the 11
o’clock service this Sunday, the
Rev. Dr. Hugh Anderson, pro
fessor of Bible Theology in the
Divinity School of Duke Univer
sity.
Dr. Anderson is a widely-
known Presbyterian minister who
is in great demand as a preacher
and, speaker. A native of Scotland,
he was educated at Glasgow Uni
versity and was ordained in the
ministry of the Church of Scot
land. He served as lecturer in He
brew and Old Testament at Glas
gow University and as pastor of
Trinity Church, Glasgow, before
coming to this country. He is a
dynamic personality and has
been especially effective as a
speaker on college campuses
throughout the country.
The public is cordially invited
to be present at the service.
Bishop Louis C. Melcher left
Wednesday for Nashville, Tenn.
and goes from there to Houston,
Texas where he will be preaching
at Christ Church Cathedral
through December 15.
Mrs. Robert S. Harlow returned
home this week after attending
the National Golf Tournament for
Lefthanders at the DeSoto Lakes
Golf and Country Club in Braden
ton, Fla. last week.
The Rev. and Mrs. Marshall B.
Wyatt got home Tuesday follow
ing a week’s visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Edward Feamey
and her family in Gainesville, Fla.
Mrs. Harry Hogg returned Sat
urday to Barberry Cottage after
a stay in Englewood, N. J. Her
son-in-law, James Aldridge, who
has been visiting in Great Brit
ain for the past six weeks, gets
back to New York on the Queen
Elizabeth December 14, and -will
be returning to be with his family
here that weekend.
Here for the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley L. Gamer were
their son and daughter-in-la-w,
Capt. and Mrs. Clyde Garner and
their two small daughters. Visiting
the family Sunday was the Gar
ners’ daughter, Mrs. Russell Wal
ton with her husband. Dr. Walton,
and their young son, of Raleigh.
Miss Beatrice Barrett, a sopho
more at East Carolina College,
was the weekend guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Barrett on Fields Road.
Mrs. Edward C. Conlin returns
today from Raleigh where she
has been visiting friends for the
past couple of days.
Frank White, Jr., and Joe
Wiseman, of Pinehurst; M. M.
Poole of Jackson Springs and
John Henry McCaskill of West
End are spending this week at
Mattamuskeet.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle T. Alverson
left last weekend for New York
City after a visit at their cottage
here, where they plan to return
in the spring.
Cadet Carter Burwell of The
Citadel in Charleston, S. C., was
the weekend guest of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Burwell, Jr.
William J. Burke left Sunday
for a short business trip to Pitts
burgh.
Mrs. Charles A. Dailey, who has
been here with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert,
Barrett, have left for Erie, Pa.
where she will spend the next
two months.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hotchkiss
of Winston-Salem were weekend
guests of his mother, Mrs. H. P,
Hotchkiss and sisters, the Misses
Carole and Anne.
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