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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1961
Women's Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor TELEPHONE OX 2-6512
60 Enjoy Sandhills
Woman’s Exchange
Party in Chapel Hall
Mrs. John R. Sibley Monday
entertained 60 members and
guests of the Sandhills Woman’s
Exchange at a Christmas party in
Pinehurst’s Chapel Hall.
* Upon arrival, each lady receiv
ed red or a white carnation and
a present number.
The hall was decorated with a
Christmas tree and wreaths at
the windows and guests were
greeted with music appropriate
to the season.
President Mrs. Robert C. Fish
er presided at a short business
meeting after which those present,
exchanged gifts which they had
brought and placed under the
tree. They were then served re
freshments from a table unusual
ly and attractively decorated with
an ornamental centerpiece.
Mrs. Albert S. Tufts poured
punch and Mrs. S. Donald Sher-
rerd presided at the coffee urn.
Mrs. Clarence Von Tacky re
ceived the door prize, a Christmas
tree table decoration.
It was pointed out during the
business session that the Ex
change now has a book corner,
opposite the food counter; a num
ber of books are now on the
shelves and others will be added,
i-xecuiive Board Meets
The Exchange’s executive board
met December 8 at the home of
President Mrs. Robert Fisher,
with 10 present.
Page Shamburger To
Fly Group to Kitty
Hawk for Dedication
Mr. and Mrs. Dooley Adams
and Mike Kerr will accompany
Miss Page Shamburger, flying in
her plane to Kitty Hawk for the
annual dedication service at the
Wright Brothers Memorial Sun
day in recognition of the first
flight of the brothers, Orville and
Wilbur Wright.
They plan to go Saturday for
the banquet that evening of the
“Man Will Never Fly Society.”
Page, Cinny and Dooley Adams
are charter members of the sa
tirical society initiated a year or
so ago by members of the N. C.
Press.
CIVIC CLUB HEARS LOCAL SCHOOL
GLEE CLUB IN CHRISTMANS PROGRAM
The Civic Club Monday enjoy
ed a program of Christmas music
given by the East Southern
Pines Glee Club under the di
rection of William McAdams,
with Cathy Sandstrom, a member
of the Glee Club, as piano ac
companist, as she has been for
the past three yeats.
The program consisted of car
ols and Christmas songs, including
a Russian folksong, “The Sleigh,”
“Winter Wonderland,” Irving Ber
lin’s familiar “White Christmas,”
“Twelve Days of Christmas,” “We
Wish You a Merry Christmas,”
“Dona Nobis Pacem,” “Alleluia,”
and “ ‘Twas the Night before
Christmas."
Mrs. Avery Evans, Civic Club
president, conducted a short busi-
nes meeting before the Glee Club
arrived, then turned the meet
ing over to Mrs. Virgil P. Clark,
program chairman.
Mrs. Carl Wallace introduced
the director, Mr. McAdams, a
member of the local school facul
ty for the past two years.
The room was festive with
Christmas decorations arranged
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by Mrs. Dean Dorman and Mrs.
J. D. Sitterson, including tall red
candles on the tea table, at which
Mrs. Dorman poured.
Hostesses for the meeting were:
Mrs. Marvin Cornell, Mrs. James
Hartshorne, Mrs. Frank Warner,
Mrs. K. C. Weatherspoon, Mrs.
W. L. Baker, Miss Grace Thwing
and Miss Louise Haynes.
Glee Club members are: Mary
Chappell, Nancy Rowe, Julia Mc
Millan, Judy Harris,-Dana Kosak,
Cathy Sandsttom, Linda Smith,
Peggy Worth, Diana Fields, Clara
Harper, Daune Cuff, Jeanne All-
red, Fay Reid, Perry Davis, Fay
Ewing, Sue Perry.
Also, Janet Phillips, Kathy
Dougherty, Lorraine Beith, Janice
Campbell, Patti Larsen, Stephanie
Pollock, Glenda and Sheila Man-
ess, Debbie Hicks, Ellen Bushby,
Barbara and Marie Hurst, Bar
bara Grove, Brigham Morgan,
Bobbie Hiatt, Ralph Hendren
Bob Madigan, Pat Dougherty,
Dick Hoskins, Norman McKenzie,
Robbi Austin, Ellen Donovan,
Barbara Webb and Brenda Mar
shall.
MANY COLLEGE AND PREP SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
MOORE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY SETS
DATE FOR ANNUAL HOEDOWN APRIL 27
MR. AND MRS. EDWARD J. LANCASTER
COUPLE WED IN ABERDEEN WILL
MAKE THEIR HOME IN PINEBLUFF
A good proportion of the col
lege and preparatory students who
will be herd for the holidays with
their parents is represented by
the following list:
From UNC—Pete Butler, Jack
Carter, Jimmy Parker, Bill Sey-
moirr, Claude and George Reams,
John McMillan, John Ormsby,
John and Bob McConnell, John
Beith and Julian Pleasants.
Salem Academy—Barbara Bo-
dine; Mercerburg Academy, Mer-
cersburg. Pa.—Dan Butler; Bryn
Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pr.—
Patricia Gordon-Mann; Darlington
School for Boys, Rome, Ga., and
Ricky Gehweiler.
Christ School—Bill Kemp and
Tim Leonard; Elon College—
Barbara Blackwelder and Charles
Ward; Converse College, Spartan
burg, S. C.—Emmaday Collins.
St. Andrews Presbyterian Col
lege—Frances Harper, Suzanne
Steed, Diana Tolar; Georgetown
University’s School of Foreign
Service, Washington, D. C. —
Ellen Sauser.
Lees-McRae — Becky Traylor;
N. C. State—Jimmy Carter, Al
fred Chiswell, Billy Gay, John
Grover, Jerry Healy, John Mar
cum, Tom Culbreth, Thomas Vann
and David McCallum; University
of South Carolina—Malcolm
Kemp, Jr.
Greensboro College — Sandra
Bridges, Sussm Pollard, Arden
Fobes and William Rounds;
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing,
Charlotte—Adrienne Montesanti;
Meredith—Nancy Rawlinson; St.
Mary’s Junior College—Suzanne
Miller.
Campbell College—Allan But
ler, Lament Brown, Jr., Joe Mar-
ley, Jr.; Purdue, Lafayette, Ind.
—Joe Garzik; McCallie School for
Boys, Chattanooga, Tenn.— Tom
my Reams and Ronnie Brown.
East Carolina—Charles Rose,
Joan Parker, Judy Chandler, Pat
Farrior and Jean Bushby; Virgin
ia Episcopal School, Lynchburg,
Va.—Tom Worth; Mary Baldwin
College, Staunton, Va.—Alice
Farrior; Western Kentucky Uni
versity, Bowling Green, Ky. —
Glen Marcum; Woman’s College
—Louise McDonald.
Employees of Mack’s
Store Have Annual
Christmas Party Sunday
The personnel of Mack’s 5 & 10c
Store of Southern Pines enjoyed
a Christmas party Sunday night.
The group went to the Dutch
Farm Restaurant for a smorgas
bord supper.
Attending were Mrs. Alice Mc
Neill, Mi,ss Lessie McNeill, Mrs.
Lenora Mulholland, Mrs. Bessie
Hearn, Mrs. Amelia Crain, and
former employees. Miss Mary
Mary Scott Newton, Mrs.. Daisy
Conder Kelly, Misses Louise and
Pauline Crain.
Mrs. Hall Hostess
At Dessert-Bridge
Mrs.. Jewel Hall, assisted by
Mrs. Charles Meares entertained
at a dessert bridge party Friday
at the former’s Valley Road home,
which had Christmas decorations
throughout.
High scorer for the bridge was
Mrs. C. D. May; second high—
Mrs. George Little and the prize
for low score was won by Mrs.
C. L. Worsham.
A bingo game followed, and as
each guest called “bingo,” she was
presented a box of Christmas
candy.
Guests, besides those mention
ed above, were Mrs.. William
Bushby, Mrs. Melvin Johnson,
Mrs. J. D. Sitterson, Mrs. Bill
Baker, Mrs. James Douglas, Mrs.
Joe Matthews, Mrs. Hubert Cam
eron, Mrs. George Thomas, Mrs.
Francis Dwight, Mrs. Bob How
ard, Mrs. Bill Blue and Mrs. I.
F. Collier.
An executive board meeting of
Moore Memorial Hospital Auxil
iary was held last Wednesday
morning in the nurses’ home in
Pinehurst, with Mrs. Paul Dana,
president, presiding. Reports
were heard from the various com
mittee chairmen.
A total of 865 1-4 hours of vol
unteer work was reported by Mrs.
Robert M, McMillan, with 765 for
the central'supply room and 100
1-4 hours for the canteen cart.
Mrs. O. Leon Seymour, cart
chairman, said that the cart had
been going out more often dur
ing the past several weeks be
cause of more volunteers for this
particular project.
Hospital Ball Postponed
The annual Hospital Ball, given
each year by the Pinehurst Coun
try Club for the hospital’s bene
fit, will not be held this Spring,
according to Mrs. Fred Pollard,
benefits chairman. Acting on the
advice .of the board of directors
of the hospital, the Auxiliary and
the Country Club decided that
because of the intensive funid
drive the hospital is instituting
shortly, it would be wise to fore
go the ball so that those working
on the drive would in no way be
impeded in their efforts.
The Ball will, however, be giv
en next November and Mrs. Law-
ence Johnson of Aberdeen will
head the committee on arrange
ments. It has long been one of the
highlights of the social season in
the Sandhills, and every effort
will be made to have it usher in
Sanford Home Tour
Scheduled Dec. 20 '
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
of Sanford is sponsoring a tour
01 cnristmas-decorated homes on
Wednesday, December 20, from
2 until 5 p. m.
The tour will ^^t at the church
—appropriately decorated for the
season—where organ music will
be played during the hours of the
event.
Refreshments will be served at
the country home of Mrs. Kelly
Evans.
Included in the tour are the
homes of Mrs. R. D.. Bracken,
Mrs. Robert Pomeranz, Mrs. Ed
Hubbard, Mrs. Jack Sheer Mrs,
Charles Reeves, Mrs. Glenn
Price, Mrs. Wallace Mclver and
Mrs. William Chapell.
Mrs. R. D. Bracken, tour
chairman, announces tickets are
available at the church parish
house.
deCostas Win First
Prize in Sandhill
Duplicate Club Play
The “regulars” turned out Tues
day evening for the weekly meet
ing of the Sandhill Duplicate
Bridge Club.
A husband and wife, Mr and
Mrs. Frank deCosta, teamed to
take top honors. In second place
were Mrs. Jean Edson and Mrs.
Roy Grinnell.
Dr. E. W. Bush and Fred Brind
ley were third place winners and
taking fourth prize were Mrs. B.
W. Dickinson and her daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hogan, of Hamlet.
United Church of
Christ Lists Meetings
The Rev. Carl Wallace will
preach on “The Gift of a Spirit,”
Sunday at the 11 a. m. worship
service at the United Church of
Christ.
The Prayer Group and Youth
Choir rehearsal both will be held
at 7 p. m. Wednesday; the Senior
Choir rehearses at 8 p. m. and the
Church Council also meets at that
hour.
Sunday’s Horse Show
Rained Out; Mid-Winter
Show Set December 29
The Informal Schooling, Horse
Show, scheduled for last Sunday
afternoon at the Dwight Winkel-
mans’ Lakelawn Farms, was can
celed because of rain.
Next in the series of seasonal
horse shows will be the annual
Mid-Winter Show, scheduled for
December 29 in the Carolina Ho
tel Riding Ring at Pinehurst.
Additions to Guest
List at Hollywood
Hotel this Week
Miss Ruth Jones of Smithfield
and Mrs. Lillian Hunt of Lexing
ton have arrived at the Holly
wood Hotel where they plan to
remain as permanent guests.
At the Hollywood for visits are
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert R. Boyd of
Stoneham, Mass, and Mr. and Mrs.
E. Lee Heidenreich, Jr., of New
burgh, N. Y.
William F. Kenna of Brooklyn,
N. Y. is there for the winter as is
Mrs. Rufus Sprague of Somer
ville, N. J., who arrived by plane.
the Fall season next year.
Hoedown Set For Spring
Mrs. Pollard said the date for
the annual Hoedown at the
Southern Pines Armory has been
set for Friday evening, April 27.
Mrs. James W. Tufts of Pinehurst
will have charge of the dance.
To Decorate
Mrs. William Bodine, volun
teer co-ordinater, reported on
Christmas plans for the hospital.
The Southern Pines Garden Club
and the Civic Garden Club of
Southern Pines;, the Home and
Garden Club, Round Robin Gar
den Club and Gardenettes of
Aberdeen will decorate the hos
pital generally. Mrs. Ratliff’s Girl
Scout troop No. 66 and Mrs. Gil
more’s troop No. 78, both of
Southern Pines, have charge of
decorating the Christmas trees
throughout the hospital, and also
the canteen cart.
The Woman’s Club of West
End will decorate the hospital
trays on Christmas Eve, and the
Aberdeen Woman’s Club will
have special favors for, the pa
tients’ trays on Christmas Day.
Christmas Party
Mrs. Alex T. Roberts and Mrs,
Stuart Patterson are making gala
plans for the annual Christmas
morning party for the entire hos
pital personnel and patients.
Party for Personnel
The annual Christmas party
for personnel of the Hospital and
their families will be held
Thursday, December 21, from
7:30-10 p. m., in the lounge of
the nurses’ home. The medical
staff and board of directors are
invited.
Officers, Committee Heads
The Auxiliary, in getting off to
a start this Fall, is headed by
Mrs. Paul Dana of Pinehurst, who
replaced Mrs. J. Hilbert Johnson
of Southern Pines. Mrs. Johnson
was elected to the presidency last
Spring, but moved to Hickory re
cently.
Others holding office are: Mrs.
Mulford Horr, Pinehurst, vice-
president; Mrs. J. Paget Rigby,
Pinehurst, treasurer; Mrs. William
Wadsworth, Southern Pines, sec
retary.
Committee chairmen include:
Mrs. Fred Pollard, benefits; Mrs.
Lawrence Johnson, Aberdeen,
membership; Mrs. Alwin Folley,
bulletin; Mrs. Robert McMillan,
volunteer committee; Mrs. Wil
liam Bodine, volunteer co-ordina
tor; Mrs. Alex T. Roberts,, Pine
hurst, volunteer advisory com
mittee; Mrs. Leon Seymour, cart;
Mrs. John R. Burr, Pinehurst,
special projects; Mrs. Edward
Schneider, birthday club; Mrs.
Harold Peck, desk volunteers; and
Mrs. Paul Butler, publicity.
Others attending the meeting
included Mrs. James Tufts, Pine
hurst, who will assist Mrs. Pol
lard with benefits; Mrs. Stuart
Patterson, Pinehurst, and Mrs.
Duwayne Gadd, Pinehurst, im
mediate past president of the
Auxiliary.
Martha Currie Cruce and Ed
ward J. Lancaster were married
Sunday, December 3, in the Aber
deen Baptist Church. The pastor,
the Rev. R. D. Spear, Jr., offici
ated at the 4 o’clock ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan W. Currie,
of Pinehurst. Her husband is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. M, E. Lan
caster, of Durham.
The church was decorated
with greenery, baskets of white
gladioli and lighted candelabra.
Miss Ann Hovis, of Pinehurst
and Gastonia, presented a pro
gram of wedding rhusic with E. H.
Poole as soloist.
The bride wore a sheath gown
of blue polished satin with an
overskirt of Chantilly lace. She
carried a white orchid on a white
Bible.
Her maid of honor. Miss Faye
Hicks of Raleigh, wore a red vel
veteen suit with matching acces
sories .
Robert Green of Aberdeen was
best man. Ushers were Bill Lomax
and Bobby Vanhoy, of Aberdeen.
The bride’s mother wore an
opal blue dress with matching ac
cessories and a corsage of white
carnations.
The bridegroom’s mother was
attired in navy blue with match
ing accessories and she also wore
white carnations.
After a wedding trip, the cou
ple will live in Pinebluff.
Mrs. Lancaster is employed by
Amertron, Inc. of Aberdeen. He
is with the Montgomery Dairy
Products Company of Southern
Pines.
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St. Anthony’s School
Choir Sings for St.
Joseph’s Hospital Guild
The boys and girls of the Choir
of St. Anthony’s Catholic School
gave a special performance of
carols and Christmas songs for an
audience of members of St. Jo
seph’s Hospital Guild Tuesday at
the hospital,.
Sister Ann St. Joseph directed
the Choir, members of which are
as follows: Michael Buchholz
Dennis Dougherty, Kevin Gaco-
mo, Sandy Craig, Harriet Roberts,
Sandy Smithson, Carole Drexel,
Diane Black, Audrey Owens and
Margaret Dougherty, seventh and
eighth grade students.
Also, fifth and sixth graders
Kathy Tate, Robin and Johanna
Smith, Joyce Jones, Jeffrey Stew
art, Dana Weldon, Louise Ald
ridge, Donald Westbrook, Jo Ella
Fortin, Carrie Cauthen, Jane
Buchholz, Cheryl Thompson.
Michael Dougherty, Michael
Black, John Buchholz, John Ber
ry, Ann Jones, Gloria Boggan,
Becky Cauthen, Charles Buch
holz, Donald Roth, Karen Low
stutter, Pat Smithson, Pam Low
stutter, Mary Alice Robertson,
Archie Gillespie, Kathy MeStrav-
ick, Wesley Gunter, Rebecca Mc
Neill and Billy Suttles.
Miss Hewitt and Mr.
Moser, Wed Saturday
Mrs. Elizabeth Hewitt an
nounces the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Luella Hewitt, to
Fred Moser of Southern Pines.
The ceremony took place Sat
urday evening, December 9, in
the parlor of the First Baptist
Church with the pastor, the Rev.
Maynard Mangum, officiating.
The couple will iive here.
For festive occasions choose a holly punch bowl set.
At Theodota’s and The Pine Shop you’ll find many
lovely gift items at $1.00, $1.25, and up.
-also-
• Cards — Linens — Silver — Crystal
THEODOTA
Southern Pines
James Prims, Former
Residents, Celebrate
25th Anniversary Here
Mr. and Mrs. James Prim of
Richmond, Va., were hosts to a
group of friends for dinner, Sat
urday evening, December 9, at
Dante’s private dining room, in
celebration of their 25th wedding
anniversary, December 12.
Mr. Prim, on a previous visit
to Southern Pines, had made all
of the arrangements for the occa
sion, keeping it a secret from
Mrs. Prim, and making it a de
lightful surprise for her.
Guests attending were Mr. and
Mrs. James Besley, Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Shockley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Strouse and Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Doyle.
The group gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Strouse for a social hour before
dinner.
The dinner table was graced by
two large silver candelabras bear
ing white tapers. Mr. Beasley,
acting as spokesman for the
group, presented the couple with
a gift of silver.
Music for group singing was
provided by Robert Strouse,
Thomas Shockley and Bus Doyle.
Girl Scout Troop
Will Be Sponsored
By Dogwood Grove
Dogwood Grove 253 of the Su
preme Forest Woodmen circle
met Tuesday evening with Miss
Stella Morrison presiding.
Some time ago, the circle was
asked to sponsor a girl scout
troop, so in behalf of this proposi
tion, Mrs. Betty Koshak, troop
leader of an intermediate group
was invited to attend the circle
meeting and present her cause.
Miss Morrison introduced Mrs.
Koshak and two Girl Scouts,
Debra Koshak and Frances
Maples.
During Mrs. Koshak’s explan
ation of requirements for being
i sponsor, she called on the girls
to give the scout promise, slogan,
motto, laws, and the meaning of
he world pin. On display were
everal articles made by Mrs. Ko
shak and her troop.
During the business session,
the members voted to sponsor
this troop for the coming year
ind Mrs. Mildred Merrill and
Miss I Pauline Crain volunteered
to serve as committeewomen to
work with the troop. One require
ment of a sponsor is to furnish
the troop with the U. S. and Girl
Scout flags. Mrs. Amelia Crain
volunteered to donate the U. S.
flag.
Also during the business ses
sion, it was voted to change the
meeting night from the first Tues
day to the second Monday night
in each month.
Mrs. Raywill Pearse immediate
past president, invited all mem
bers to the Christmas party Mon
day evening, December 18, in the
Woodmen hall at 8 p. m. Each
member was asked to bring an in
expensive gift for the gift ex
change; an offering will be taken
to help defray expenses in pre
paring cheer baskets for Christ
mas.
Drawing for a turkey will be
held during the party and the
winner will be notified.
The circle’s past presidents will
be hostesses for the party.
Hollywood Bridge
Club Winners
Hollywood Bridge Club win
ners, following their Tuesday
afternoon session, were: Mrs
Avery Evans, Mrs. G. P. Patteson,
Mrs. P. P. Pelton, Mrs. L. T. Saw
yer and Mrs. Ada Williams.
Winner at bolivia was Mrs.
Warren Edwards.
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• Fresh Shipment of Favorite Candies
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