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THE PILOT—Southern Pines* North Carolina
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1962
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor TELEPHONE OX 2-6512
Miss Mason to Wed
Pvt. White in April
Announcement is made of the
engagement of Miss Alicia In
gram Mason, daughter of Mrs.
Alice Ingram Mason of Southern
Pines and J. K. Mason, Jr., of
Sanford, to Pvt. Harvey Rhodes
White, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
White, Sr. of Pinebluff.
Miss Mason graduated from the
Southern Pines High School and
attended Campbell College and
Southeastern College of Cosme
tology and is now employed at
the Style-o-rama Beauty Salon.
Pvt. White is a graduate of the
Aberdeen High School and at
tended Western Carolina and
Wingate Colleges. He is now sta
tioned at Fort Jackson. S. C .
An April wedding is planned.
MANY ENTERTAINING FRIENDS, HERE FOR
THE GALA STONEYBROOK RACE WEEKEND
Louise Crain Given
Surprise Party at
VFW Auxiliary Meeting
VFW Auxiliary President Miss
Louise Crain presided at a meet
ing on Wednesday, March 14.
The members vqted to partici
pate in the drive to have the flag
displayed in every home in Moore
County on Memorial Day.
It was announced that a Dis
trict meeting for the election of
officers, will be held in Laurin-
burg, April 15, with Elois Kelley,
Department senior vice president,
as guest.
After the meeting, the Auxil
iary had a surprise birthday party
for Louise Crain and presented
her with an orchid corsage and
a gift. Refreshments were in the
green and white traditional for
St. Patrick’s Day.
Winners Named in
Bridge Parties Here
And in Pinehurst
Players taking top honors at
Tuesday evening’s Sandhill Du
plicate Bridge Club party were,
first; Mrs. Roy Grinnell and Mrs.
Jean Edson; second, Mrs. M. W.
Hitson and Mrs. C. D. May; and
third, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mark
ham of West End and Dr. E. W.
Bush and Fred Brindley.
Carolina Parly
Local winners were prominent
in the weekly duplicate party
Friday evening at the Carolina
Hotel in Pinehurst. First place
winners, North-South position,
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank deCosta;
second. Miss Margaret Lavery of
Pinehurst and a Pine Crest Inn
guest. Jack Dillon of Baltimore;
third, Mrs. C. J. Fetner and Mrs.
B. N. Dickinson, both of Ham
let; and fourth, Mrs. Lester Hol
lander of Pittsburgh and Mrs.
William H. Brown, a Carolina
guest from Swarthmore, Pa.
Mrs. J. J. Spring and Mrs. Jean
Edson teamed to take first place,
East-West; second, Mrs. C. H.
Bowman and Mrs. M. W. Hitson;
third, Carolina guests Mrs. W. O.
Smith of Cutchoque, N. Y. and
Miss Doris Markley of Mason
City, La.; and fourth, Mrs. C. J.
Burnett, a Holly Inn visitor from
Plymouth Meeting, Pa. and Caro
lina guest Mrs. Harold D. Schlef-
fer of New York City.
Legion Auxiliary
Selects Girls to
Attend Girls State
The Pinehurst American Legion
Auxiliary met March 14 at the
Legion Hut with Mrs. George
Hunt presiding.
Mrs. Ralph Homer and Mrs.
Paul Monroe were asked to serve
on the nominating committee as
April is election month for offi
cers.
Two girls were selected for
sponsorship by the Auxiliary to
attend Girls State in Jrme.
With a record-breaking crowd
of 10,000 spectators expected at
the 15th annual Stoneybrook
Hunt Race Meeting Saturday, the
order of the day is—come early!
The gates of Stoneybrook Farm
will open at 12 noon. This
thoroughbred training center,
owned by famed horseman Mich
ael Gerard “Mickey” Walsh, will
provide a genuine old-fashioned
sporting atmosphere in which to
relax and enjoy picnic lunches.
Pre-race events—the Children’s
Race, the Mule Race, an exhibi
tion of trotters and pacers from
the Pinehurst Race Track winter
training quarters, and a concert
by the 82nd Airborne Division
band—will precede the seven
races carded.
Proceeds from the Stoneybrook
will, as usual, be divided between
the two Sandhills hospitals, Moore
Memorial and St. Joseph’s.
Those responsible for coordina
ting the arrangements for this,
the South’s opening steeplechase
meet for 1962, give generously of
their time to whip the endless de
tails involved into the smoothly-
executed, brilliant show tradi
tionally expected of the Stoney
brook.
Executive committee chairman
Donald D. Kennedy is aided by
Henry Flory, James W. Tufts,
Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy, Mickey
Walsh, who is general manager,
and the latter’s assistant, James
Hartshorne.
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy heads
up the entertainment committee,
members of which are Mrs. W.
O. Moss, Mrs. John C. Ostrom,
Miss Gay Tgte and Mrs. Donald
Kennedy.
On Mrs. Harold E. Hassenfelt’s
publicity committee are Miss
Page Shamburger, Mrs. Miriam
Rabb and Chris Wood, Jr. Mrs.
A. M. Koster, who left to jioin her
husband. Army Colonel Koster,
also worked on this committee
prior to her departure.
On the trophy committee are
Miss Gay Tate and Mrs. Mary
Doyle and in chgrge of special ar
rangements, assisting Chairman
William H. Gentry, Jr., are W.
O. Moss and D. W. Winkelman.
Party for Members
Besides the innumerable pri
vate, informal parties which just
naturally burgeon from the meet
ing of friends at the race course,
there will be an invitation party
with cocktails and buffet, at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Saturday evening for members
of the Stoneybrook Association,
numbering some 300 persons from
all over the country.
Honor Guests
Honor guests from Fort Bragg
who will attendi the Race Meet
are Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Hamilton
Howze, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. T. J.
Conroy, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Ed
ward J. McGrew, Jr. and Col. and
Mrs. Richard Grondona.
Visitors From Stale
Among the many visitors from
all over the state planning to be
here for the Stoneybrook are the
Starke Dillards, the Bo Carters
and the Bill Borens, all members
of the Sedgefield Hunt.
Dorothy and Bill Burns from
Durham and the Rev. Spot Dil
lard of Smithfield are expected to
be here and will lunch with the
Claude Reamses, who are enter
taining for other out-of-towners
also.
The Stanley Winbornes will be
here from Sanford and Suzanne
and Russell Hall, Jr., will be
among those from Greensboro on
hand.
By the Busload
Several chartered buses will
bring interested spectators to the
grounds to enjoy the festive
event; approximately 15 couples,
including Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Stevenson, III, are coming by
bus from Winston-Salem. The
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special activities director of Fort
Bragg has arranged to send a
busload of soldiers from the Post
and a group from the Baptist Sun
day School in Candor will also
be here.
Entertaining House Guests
Numerous Sandhills residents
are entertaining house guests for
this Race Meet weekend. Among
these are Mrs. Edgar Adlai
Ewing, who will have her daugh
ter and son-in-law, the John D
Richardsons and children, Robin
and Walker, here from Berry
ville, Va.
The Richard Earles Eire coming
down from New Canaan, Conn,
and will have visitors with them
at their home here.
Visiting the Donald Kennedys
are the Hon. and Mrs. Charles P.
Jonas of Lincolnton; Dr. and Mrs.
David M. Davis and Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Selvage of New York
City.
Old friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Reed (she was Ruth
Cameron, a former resident here)
will welcome them back for the
weekend. The Reeds live in War
renton, Va. and will have with
them their daughter, Lucy, a stu
dent at UNC.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph L.
Speight will be here from New
York City to visit his mother,
Mrs. O. A. Speight.
The Henry Florys are expect
ing the Frank Littlefields from
Syracuse, N. Y.
Here with Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Shamburger in Knollwood will
be Mr. and Mrs. Quenton Greg
ory of Weldon and the C. A. Hunt*-
leys, formerly of Aberdeen, who
now live in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Brown
of Katonah, N. Y. arrived Tues
day to be with Mrs. James Boyd
at Weymouth. Also with her is
Mrs. Carl A. Lohmann of New
Haven, Conn., a sister of E. D.
Andrews.
With the Allan T. Preyers on
Bethesda Road are Mr. and Mrs.
William Bryan of New Bern.
Former residents Mr. and Mrs.
J. Graves Vann and Rosemary,
of Sparta, will be with Dr. and
Mrs. W. Harrell Johnson, who are
also entertaining Dr. and Mrs.
W. W. Umphlett of Wilson.
Graves, III is visiting the Cad
Benedicts and son, Chris.
Visiting the George H. Leon
ards and their son, Tim, here for
-spring holidays from Christ
School, Arden, are the latter’s
I'roommate, Allan Trueluck, his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Trueluck,
and her daughter, Sarah Ann, of
Asheville.
Dr. and Mrs. T. N. Lide and
daughter, Nancy, are coming from
Winston-Salem to visit the John
Ponzers.
Charles W. Stitzer, who heads
the racing committee, and his
daughter, Susan, both of Atlantic
City, N. J. and New York, are
visitihg the John C. Ostroms.
In and Out of Town
Mrs. Paul Mengel of Chapel
Hill spent Wednesday here with
her sisten and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Allan T. Preyer. Mrs.
Menge came down for the openmg
day of the Antique Fair.
Misses Katherine Noel and
Margaret Lee Walker, of Four-
Oaks; Mrs. Rex Gardner of
Smithfield; Mrs. J. A. White, and
Mrs. Robert Cameron, of Jones
boro, visited Mrs. Alice Bass at
St. Joseph’s Hospital Sunday. Mrs.
Bass returned to her home on
Niagara Road Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Bowden
and children, Cindy, Steve and
Bruce, have returned to Mont
gomery, Ala. after a two-week
stay with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Besley.
Pfc. Philip Lee Tinsley has left
for Okinavya for a lO-mOnthsT
tour of duty. His wife is presently
residing with her parents, Mr.
MISS GAY CLINCH TATE
A SEPTEMBER WEDDING IS PLANNED
BY MISS TATE AND HASKELL DUNCAN
Mrs. Henry Clinch Tate, of
Blue Hill, Maine and New York,
formerly of i Fairfield, Conn., an
nounces the engagment of her
daughter. Miss Gay Clinch' Tate
of Southern Pines, to Haskell
Arthur Duncan, son of Monroe
Duncan and the late Mrs. Duncan
of Laurinburg.
Miss Tate, the daughter of the
late Henry Clinch Tate, is a grad
uate of Dana Hall School, WeL
lesley. Mass, and attended Briar-
cliff College, Briarcliff Manor, N.
Y. She was introduced to society
at the Bachelor’s Cotillion, Balti
more, Md.
Mr. Duncan is a graduate of
Catawba College, Salisbury, and
did graduate work at Southeastern
Seminary, at Wake Forest.
Plans are being made for
September wedding.
SATURDAY PREVIEW OF HOME & GARDEN
TOUR SLATED FOR N. C. PRESS WOMEN
North Carolina Press Women
from Winston-Salem, Raleigh,
Greensboro, Charlotte and Fayet
teville, will again this season be
guests of the Southern Pines
Garden Club at a preview Satur
day morning of the annual Home
and Garden Tour, set for April
11.
Mrs. Clarence L. von Tacky is
Garden Club chairman.
Mrs. N. L, Hodgkins will en
tertain the Press Women at a
buffet luncheon at her home, 305
North May Street, at noon, after
which the newspaper girls will
adjourn to the Stoneybrook Track
to watch the Steeplechase.
Tour chairman is Mrs. James
S. Milliken, and her comimittee
Fr. Smith to Speak
To United Church’s
Youth Fellowship
On Sunday at' the United
Church of Christ, the Rev. Carl
Wallace will discuss “Brother’s
Keeper, and the Inevitable Mis
sion Concern,” at the 11 a. m
worship service.
The Youth Fellowship will
meet at 6 p. m. Sunday with
Father Francis Smith, pastor of
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church,
as guest speaker.
The Church Membership Train
ing Class will begin at 10:30 a.
m. Saturday, March 24.
The Junior Choir rehearsal and
the Prayer Group meet at 7 p. m.
Wednesday, the Senior Choir at 8.
Mrs. Hodgkins, Mrs. John C.
Ostrom, Mrs. C. Robert Vander-
Voort, Mrs. B. F. Kraffert, Jr.
and Mrs. Robert S. Ewing.
Houses to be seen on the pre
view Saturday, and on the tour
proper, are the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. Voit Gilmore, Mrs. Van
Buren Ilsley, Mr. and Mrs. W
D. Campbell in Southern Pines
Mr. and Mrs. John Read Burr,
Mrs. O. V. Russell and Mrs. C
Louis Meyer in Pinehurst, and
the Homewood Gardens of Mr.
and Mrs. D. K. Bullens in Knoll
wood.
The April 11 tour begins at
Shaw House and tickets are on
sale at each home being shown
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5:30
includes Mrs. Denison K. Bullens, I p.m.
JOURNALIST LEONE KOSTER JOINS ARMY
OFFICER HUSBAND FOR TOUR IN FRANCE
Royal Ambassadors
Visit Town Creek
Indian Mound Sunday
The Royal Ambassadors, a miss
ionary organization for boys in
the First Baptist Church, Sunday
made a trip to the Town Creek
Indian Mount at Mt. Gilead. The
boys are studying American In
dians this month.
RA s making the trip were
Clarlton and Ricky Deaton, Brad
Rush, Raoul Trudell, Bill Darden
Boyd Trent, Tim Surratt, Richard
Boroughs, George ChappeU,
Brian Rogers, Jkni and Randy
Arnold and Stanley Whitley.
Driving them were Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Rogers, Mr. and Mrs.
William C. Deaton, Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Rush and Raoul Trudell.
The group enjoyed a picnic
lunch and after a tour of the
points of interest at the historical
monument, the boys played
softball game.
44 Species Seen on
Bird Club Field
Trip Around Airport
The Southern Pines Bird Club
held its first meeting of the sea
son last Friday with an interest
ing field trip to the Airport to
see the horned larks nesting there
again.
Members afterward circled
around the region, making a list
of 44 species seen during the
morning including some water
fowl—^ring-necked ducks, lesser
scaup and coot.
Anyone interested in joining
the group each Friday at 9:30 a.
m. may call at headquarters, 160
South Bennett Street. If the
weather is bad, meetings are held
indoors.
Leone Hart Koster is taking a
leave of, absence from her “Par
ade and Review” page, which she
has been contributing weekly to
the Fayetteville! Observer, and de
parts today to join her husband.
Col. Alfred M. Koster for a “final
fling” in Europe.
Colonel Koster, who is deputy
commander of the First Logistical
Command stationed at Poitiers,
France, will retire in late sum
mer after 30 years of U. S. Army
service.
After a weekend visit in Gro
ton, Conn, with her son, Navy
Lieutenant A. M. Koster, IV, and
his wife, and with her other son.
Midshipman Edward H. Koster of
the U. S. Naval Academy, Mrs.
Koster leaves Sunday for New
York and will sail Wednesday
aboard the Queen Elizabeth.
She will be met in Southamp
ton by her husband and the cou- I
pie will visit a cousin of his. Dr.
A. H. Koster, whom they have
never met, in London. Then on to
Paris to spend the balance of
Colonel Koster’s short leave be
fore he returns to his station at
Poitiers.
Though admitting that it was
a wrench to leave the retirement
® home, and the garden, at 510 East
Massachusetts Avenue into which
she moved last fall, Mrs. Koster
was thrilled at the prospect of be
ing. with her husband in France,
where she has never been, on his
last tour of duty.
'Tm totin’ my typewriter along
always do,” said Mrs. Koster,
whose book of poems written
the people around here are so
nice and interesting, it’s a pleas
ure to work with them.”
As one of her last assignments
before leaving, Mrs. Koster in'
terviewed Mother General Vin^
centia, head of the Third Order
of St. Francis, who was here last
week from the Mother Home in
Msuyville, Mo. for a visit to St
Joseph’s Hospital. Her feature
article on Mother Vincentia,
whom Mrs. Koster found “dO'
lightful,” appeared in last Thurs
day’s Fayetteville Observer.
and Mrs. George H. Leonard, Jr..
Mrs. Roger Derby arrived Wed
nesday from New York for visits
with Mrs. John E. Elmendorf, Jr.
and Mrs. Van Buren Ilsley.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Ostrom at The Corral for two
months are her daughter, Mrs.
John Owseichik and daughters,
Karen and Lisa, of Lafayette,
Calif. Arriving Monday for a week
with the Ostroms is Walter van
Durand, noted photographer from
Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. E. Winslow Ware of Chest
nut Hill, M21SS. and her two grand
sons, Edward and Hemy of Rich
mond, Va. are guests this week
of Mrs. Ware’s sister, Mrs. E. C.
Stevens on Highland Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Wea-
therspoon have as guests at their
Youngs Road home this week Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Sengle and son.
Matt, of Cresco, Pa.
Guests Registering
This Week at the
Hollywood Hotel
Mrs. George C. Marshall en
tertained guests for dinner Thurs
day at the Hollywood Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Delavan
of Auburn, N. Y. who are spend
ing some time at the Hollywood,
have as their guests Mrs. Arthur
Stewart of Upper Montclair, N. J.,
and Mrs. Helen Davey, also from
Upper Montclair.
Others at the Hollywood in
clude Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gwynne
of Charleston, W. Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. James O. Watts and MisS
Virginia Watts of Narragansett,
R. I.; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. R. An
gus of Montreal, Canada; Mrs.
Pearl H. Thompson and her son
Theodore H. Thompson of Bridge-
hampton, L. I.; George deRis of
Englewood, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs.
T. S. Messinge pf East Provi
dence, R. I.; Mr. and Mrs. James
loon, thltko loIttacM to send i »«<1 family »< West Allenhurst, N.
articles from Europe to the Fay
etteville Observer during her
absence.
She has also promised to as
sist with the publicity for the
Stoneybrook Steeplechase again
next year, to help with the Red
Cross Drive and with varisus oth
er charitable organizations.
‘Wherever we have lived,”
said Mrs. Koster, “my husband
and I have always been active in
community and civic work—and
Mrs. Phillip DeYoe is visiting in
Winston-Salem and will return
next week.
Bridge Winners
Table winners at Tuesday’s reg
ular meeting of the Hollywood
Bridge Club were, at bridge, Mrs.
H. W. Aljen, Mrs. Arthur Daven
port, Mrs. J. I. Neal, Mrs. Ernest
Poate and Mrs. G. R. Cheatham.
Mrs. Warren Edwards and Mrs.
T. C. Ringold won at bolivia.
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