! ( Page FOUR THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1961 Women's Activities and Sandhills Social Events MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor TELEPHONE OX 2-6512 Brownson Memorial Circles to Meet Circles of Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church will meet next week as follows: Circle 1—Monday at 8 p.m. with Miss Ruth Smith; Circle 2—Mon day at 8 p.m. with Mrs. William Bodine; Circle 3—Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Church Parlor. Circle 4 meets Tuesday at 3 with Miss Ethel Blue Britt; Cir cle 5 meets with Mrs. Robert Lockhart Thursday at 8 p.m.; Circle 6—Thursday at 8. p.m. in the Church Parlor with Mrs. Wil liam Booker and Mrs. Raymond Griffin, co-hostesses; Circle 7— Thursday at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Charles Cole. MRS COLLINS, DAUGHTER, HOSTESSES AT BRIDAL SHOWER AND RECEPTION An old Virginia custom^—Christ mastime marriages — has 'been usurped this' season by local girls, with a galaxy of weddings and pre-nUptial parties adding lustre to the already festive holiday sea son in Southern Pines and Pine- hurst. Entertaining at a kitchen show er for Miss Karen Johnson, who will marry Lt. Robert B. Mc Intosh on February 3, were Mrs. Harold A. Collins an4 her daught er, Miss Emniaday. The reception and tea Saturday at their homy on Pee Dee Road also honored three other brides-elect. Misses Mary Anne Carter, Patricia Hobbs and Kay Underwood, and a recent bride, Mrs. Wilbur Ray Creed. Looking Ahead ST. MARY’S GUILD St. Mary’s Guild of Emmanuel Church will meet in the church’s parish hall on Monday, January 1, at 2:30, when experiences at summer conferences will be re ported. Tea. will be served after the meeting. The honorees, in the receiving line with their hostesses, received white corsages upon arrival and found special gifts for them from the Collinses under the Christ mas tree. The home was decorated for Christmas with the dining room decorations carrying out the bri dal motif. The table, covered with a linen and lace fillet cloth, held white tree candelabra twined with white carnations. Mrs. R. M. Cushman, Mrs. Harry K. Smyth, Mrs. Hugh W. Carter and Mrs. Frankie Creed, assisted in serving tea, egg nog, cake, nuts and mints. About 60 guests attended. United Church of Christ Lists Meetings The Rev. Carl Wallace will have “Inventory” as his sermon topic for Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service at the United Chufch of Christ. The Prayer Group will meet Wednesday, January 3, at 7 p.m.; the Board of Deacons at 8 p.m. The Board of Christian Educa tion and teachers will meet at the Church at 8 p.m. Thursday, January 4. Miss Underwood to Marry Mr. Woodruff The engagement of Miss Car men Kay Underwood to Robert E. Woodruff is aimounced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Under wood of 650 South May Street. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Woodruff of 765 South Ashe Street. No date has been set for the wedding. The bride-elect and her fiance are both 1960 graduates of the Southern Pines High School. Miss Underwood is attending Sanford Business College and Mr. Wood ruff is a sophomore at the Uni versity of North Carolina. We sincei^^lY bope that everything you wish^ for comek fayqh iti thp year 1962. - . Melvin’s Men’s Store "Your Brand Name Store" 101 N. Poplar St. Aberdeen. N. C. Hollywood Hotel Guests Enjoy Christmas Cheer On Saturday evening, guests at the Hollywood Hotel enjoyed a cocktail party in the dogwood Room. On Christmas Eve, after a drive through the surrounding area, the guests returned to the hotel for sherry sferved in the lobby in front of the fire. Those in the Hotel exchanged gifts from under the tree on Chri.stmas morning and egg nog was served at noon. Here for Holidays At the Hollywood for the holi day season are Miss Margaret Duncan of Durham; Miss Mabel Bird of Bellport, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Harford Famum of Prince ton, N. J.; Mrs. Robert W.*Gor- rell of Winston-Salem; lllrs. E. D. Gagnon and son, R. C. Bowen, of Montreal, Canada; and Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Gentry, Jr. of Hamden, Conn, who are visiting his mother here. Mrs. F. B, Hqwland of Hi^'h- land Road was a gue^t for C^ist- mas; Bruce Moss of Ml Kiscoe, N. Y. has joined his family for the holidays; Miss Dorothy Renn of Durham is visiting her sister, Mrs. Paul Taylor for the holiday period. Others include Mrs. Jeanne Liv ingston Rowan of Washington, D. C.; B/lr. and Mrs. Walter D. Stewart of Newton Centre, Mass.; Miss Diane Tate of New York City and Dr. and Mrs. H. H. ' Thompson of Raleigh. Miss Karen Johnson To Wed Lt. McIntosh Here on February 3 Miss Karen Johnson and Lt Robert B. McIntosh will be mar ried at Brownson Memorial Pres, byterian Church February 3. Miss Johnson is the daughter of former residents Mr. and Mrs. J. Hilbert Johnson who now live in Hickory. | The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Smyth of Southern Pines, Lt. McIntosh is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. Music and Dancing On Agenda at Jr. Woman’s Club Party Members of the Junior Wom an’s Club, and their husbands, enjoyed an evening of music and dancing following a Christmas buffet supper last Thursday eve ning at the Southland Hotel. The group, numbering about 60, were entertained, danced and sang to music provided by Irving W. Barry at the electric organ and Vincent Bragale, violinist. During the evening, the young carol singers touring the town came by the hotel and were in vited in to sing for the club mem bers and guests. New Heir-Rivals REMEDIAL STUDY PROGRAM With Emphasis On READING ENRICHMENT Lessons designed to meet the needs of Students in all age groups Review and Advanced Study Limited Number Eight Weeks Course Take advantage of this opportunity to Improve study habits as well as LEARN HOW TO STUDY Learning CAN be FUN For further information call GRACE HUNTER SOUTHLAND HOTEL Southern Pines tf W. G. MORDECAI, III Mr. and Mrs. William Grimes Mordecai, Jr., of Raleigh, an nounce the birth of a son, William Grimes Mordecai, III on Christ mas Eve. Mrs. Mordecai is the former Peggy Jean Cameron, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Shields Cameron of Southern Pines. IN AND OUTS Mr. and Mrs. Livingston L Biddle, II, of Pinehurst, left Tues day from New York City for a two-weeks’ vacation in St. Moritz, Switzerland. They expect to re turn to their home January 15. Joining Mrs. Virgil Page Clark at her country home, “Wendover” for the Christmas holidays were her daughter. Miss Nancy V. Wrenn and her guest. Miss Ruth White, of Camp Awaniko in Bun- comb County, who arrived Fri day. The group was joined for the weekend by Mrs. Clark’s son, Clement V. Wrenn, his wife, and their teenage daughters. Misses Sue Anne and Katherine Wrenn, of Greensboro. Mrs. C. B. Gale has returned from Fort Walton, Beach, Fla. after spending the Christmas holi days with her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart. Gen. and Mrs. A. V. Arnold have as their guests over the holidays their daughter, Mrs. Joan Arnold Hill and her children, Peter and Joan, of Washington, D. C. Dr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Foster 'have returned to their home. Pro spect Hill, on East Indiana Ave nue after spending Christmas with Mrs. Foster’s family. Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Hull, in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. James Collins and daughters, Kim and Beth, have returned following the Christmas holiday with Mrs. Collins’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lal- lande in Silver Springs, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ewing and six daughters got home Tues day from Wilmington, Del. where they visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ewing over Christ mas. MISS JOAN ANN COOKE, whose engagement to James Smith is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooke, of Everett, Mass., is the granddaughter of Mrs. Archie McDonald and the late Mr. McDonald, of Pinehurst. A graduate of Everett High School, Miss Cooke attended Gordon Business College, Bos ton, and is now employed at the Carolina Bank in Pine hurst. Airman Smith is a Pinehurst High School grad uate and is with the Armed Forces stationed at Fort Bragg. The wedding will take place January 19 in MacDonald’s Chapel. * Miss Patricia Hobbs, Being Married Today, Honored at Parties Several parties have been given here durihg the past two weeks or Miss Patricia Hobbs, whose vedding to Brown Hill Boswell akes place at 4 this afternoon in he United Church of Christ. Entertaining for the bride-elect at luncheons were Mrs. Charles Cole, at her home, and Miss Nancy Jo Traylor, at the Howard John son’s Golden Door-Restaurant. The bridesmaids luncheon was held today at the Pine Needles Coun try Club. Mrs. Joseph P. Marley enter tained at a coke party at hei home honoring, in addition to Miss Hobbs, the hostess’s daugh ter-in-law, Mrs. William Marley of Atlanta, Ga. Maj. and Mrs. E. L. Kitchens were hosts following the Wednes day afternoon rehearsal, at a cock- ail party and buffet supper at the Hollywood Hotel for the bri dal party and out-of-town guests. Wedding of Miss Tysor, PFC Bolick, Set February 10 Mrs. Robert E. Duke, of 247 West Vermont Avenue, an nounces the engagement of her daughter. Miss Carolyn Ann Ty sor, to PFC Jimmy Bolick. The wedding has been set for Febru ary 10. The couple will live here until PFC Bolick finishes his tour of duty in the Army in September, 1962. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bolick of Birmingham, Ala. is presently stationed with the 82d Airborne- Division at Fort Bragg. Remedial Study Program to Be Conducted Here A remedial study program with emphasis on reading enrichment will be conducted in Southern Pines, for students or adults, by Miss Grace Hunter who has moved here from Atlanta, Ga., and ex pects to make,Southern Pines her permanent home. Now living at the Southland Hotel, Miss Hunter expects to be gin her classes soon. For the pres ent, classes will be conducted at the hotel. The aim of Miss Hunter’s in struction is to improve study habits as well as to teach how to study. She is equally concerned, she says, about the child who has study problems and the gifted child who may need special at tention. “Learning can be fun,” is the slogan she has used success fully through a long teaching ca reer. “My method,” she said, “is to develop in the child a healthy at titude toward school work in gen eral. Emphasis is placed upon helping each child to develop to the best of his or her abilities.” A native of South Carolina and a Baptist, from a family long prominent in religious, civic and educational work. Miss Hunter was introduced to the Sandhills through her work with a similar course at Blowing Rock, where she met and , taught resi dents of this area. She also was familiar with this area through a relative from South Carolina who lived at Pinehurst. Remedial training. Miss Hunter says, is what the name implies— a remedy for the child who lacks confidence in himself, who is slow to develop or who in some other way has developed a prob lem in school work. A graduate of Coker College, Hartville, S. C., Miss Hunter has studied at Winthrop College in South Carolina, the University of Virginia, East Carolina College at Greenville, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins. She holds seven life professional teachers’ certificates. Her teach ing background includes public school teaching and work as a special teacher ■ of remedial edu cation in Washington, D. C. She has also been employed by the Library of Congress and the De partment of Justice in Washing ton. Beasleys Attend His Niece’s Wedding in Roxboro on Tuesday Miss Mary Beasley and her brother, R. P. Beasley Tuesday attended the wedding of a niece. Miss Miriam Tucker Beasley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Beasley of Roxboro, to Claude Harris. The wedding was held in the Roxboro Baptist Church with a reception following in the church parlor. About 500 guests attended. Also attending from Southern Pines were Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Beasley. Missionary to Speak Friday to Local Rotarians The Rev. David McLean of Eagle Springs, Presbyterian mis sionary to the Congo, will be the speaker at t^e regular luncheon meeting of the Southern Pines ’’otary Club in the Country Club Friday. He is a brother of Dr. C. C. McLean of Southern Pines. At la^t Friday’s meeting of the club, the Rev. Carl Wallace, pas tor of the United Church of Christ, spoke on the origin of Christmas customs and other theological aspects of Christmas, followed by a question and an swer period. The club will have on sale soon ^'ckets for a performance of the Charlotte Boys Choir which will he sponsored by the club in Weaver Auditorium, at 8 p. m., Friday, January 12. Tickets may be obtained from club members. CIVIC CLUB TREE The Civic Garden Club decorat ed the Christmas tree on the terrace of the Civic Club building. Club members are grateful to Town Policemen who helped keep the lights burning and also turned them off late at night. BOOKS BOOKS Personalized Stationery Magazine Subscriptions BOOKS Studio Bookshop 105 E. PENNSYLVANIA AVE. SOUTHERN PINES To you, f. sends and patrons, lue extend our best wishes for your happiness in the year ahead, and our warmest thanks for your loyal patronage and Cccd will. Have a very Happy New Year! Bryan Main St. Aberdeen enchanting CASTLETON ■ 1 The banding is blue, circled with plati- . num ... the rare, glinting blue of sun on sea water. On it precious enamels are laid in pastel corsage groupings that are matchless for sheer, surprising beauty and skill. The body is famous warm-white Castleton . . . lovely china notable for its elegance and endurance. x’/ttce Setting: dinner, dessert and hitter plate, tea cup and saucer, $23.95 J t : w L I -1 : K HAPPY NEW YEAR The Past Year Has Been Hard On Many People But Has Been Wonderful to Us and Many Others. 1962 Will Be Even Better Than This Past Year I|i|^nough of Us Keep Our Eye on A Distant Star Aikd Our Shoulder To The Nearby Wheel. Eugene Stevens Blanche Sherman Sam Richardson