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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1962 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Page NINE ^ The Pinehursf Page MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor TELEPHONE OX 2-6512 F. C. Robertson, Former Cottager, Succumbs at 79 Services were held Sunday at the Village Chapel for Francis 'Clapp Robertson, 79, of Larch- mont, N. Y., who died Friday at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The Rt. Rev. Louis C. Melcher officiated. Interment will be- in Green River, Mass. A guest at the Carolina Hotel for the past several seasons, Mr. Robertson and his wife, the late Marta P. Robertson, were Pine- hurst cottagers for many years. A 1906 graduate of Yale Uni versity, Mr. Robertson was pres ident of the Tin Whistles Club in 1938 and was an honorary mem ber of the Wolves Club.i He is survived by a half-sister, Miss Isabel Robertson of New York City. Pinehurst Pack 7 Cub Scouts Recdve Awards /Cub Scouts of Pack 7 met Fri day evening at the Pinehurst Community Church. The meeting opened with a flag ceremony, con ducted by James Cameron and Lexie Smith, III, followed by a prayer read by Bob Dudley and The Lord’s Prayer said in unison. Cubmaster E. K. Dudley, assist ed by Assistant Cubmaster Ray Hensley, presented the following awards: Wolf Badges to Pete Hin son, Steven Cox and Timmy Cole; Bear Badge to Dana McKenzie; Lion Badge to Randy Bosworth; Gold Arrows to Steven Cox, Timmy Cole and Mike Phillips; Silver Arrows to Jimmy Cam eron, Keith Black, Cal Edson, Wade Garner, Billy Best and Bob Dudley. Mrs. Florence Cox was given her Den Mother Pin. A one-year service pin was given Jimmy Cameron and a two-year service pin to Randy Bosworth. Mrs. L. J. Hinson’s Den 4 put on a skit about John Glenn’s trip in outer space and this Den won the attendance cup. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Dan Lewis, Mrs. Joe Phillips, Mrs. Fred Fields, Mrs. L. J. Hin son and Mrs. Edwin B. Black. Kite Derby 15 Pinehurst Cub Scouts enter ed the Cub Scout Kite Derby held by the Moore District at the y Pinehurst MileHRace Track in field on Saturday. Steven Cox won the award for the highest flying kite. Two Foursomes Tie in Country Club Tourney A stroke play event for best ball of all four partners for wom en members of the Pinehurst Country Club was played Friday, after a week’s postponement. Tied for first place, at 65, were two of the eight foursomes par ticipating; Mrs. W. S. Anderson, Mrs. L. P. Rigby, Mrs. G. W. Matheson and Mrs Q. A. Gill- more, 29-36; and Mrs. J. J. Con nor, Mrs. W. H. Schille, Mrs. W. G. Robins and Mrs J. W. Lind say, 31-34. HOLIDAY DANCE Two orchestras will play for square and round dancing at the Spring Holiday Dance, scheduled for Friday, March 30, from, 9 to 1 in the Carolina Hotel Ballroom. Nick Crotty will call the figures for square dancing. Reservations can be made by calling Frank White at the Carolina Pineroom. STUDY CLASSES The Women of the Pinehurst Community Church are holding four study classes on First Cor- inthianb. Classes will meet in the Grey Memorial Room from 8-9:30 p. m. March 23, 26, 30 and April 2. Mrs. W. G. McCaskill will di rect with Mrs. Eugene McDonald and Mrs. Leonard Whitesell as sisting in teaching. The public is invited. GENTLEMEN OF DISTINCTION, and top photographers, shown during a reflective moment by the rail of the Carolina Hotel riding ring, are, left, Fabian Bachrach of West Newton, Mass, and John G. Hemmer of Pinehurst. Mr. and Mrs. Bachrach are enjoying their annual spring sojourn at the Carolina. Though Mr. Bachrach retired last year, the world-famous Bachrach name still appears in credit lines under photographs of famed society and news figures, as Fabian’s sons continue the business in their New York studio. (Hemmer photo) TEEING OFF WITH deNISSOFF Activities Boom Fort Lauderdale’s city fathers are now gritting their collective teeth and feverishly laying on added teen dances aijd other ac tivities to give vacationing col lege youngsters enough outlets for their energy to keep them from raising the riots they were credited with last spring. The Sandhills area, on the con trary, welcomes the annual in flux of collegians and prep schoolers, and resort activities just naturally move into high gear with the simultaneous arriv al of youth—and spring. This is the BIG weekend, when friends will meet' and socialize with friends at tha Stoneybrook Steeplechase Saturday and dur ing the various parties and infor mal get-togethers burgeoning around. this, the .sporting and social highlight of the season. There are several big dance's Tin Whistle Blues Win 1st Team Match Thirteen pairs competed in the first team match of the Tin Whis tles Club last Thursday. Gen. Stuart Cutler, Tin Whis tle Club president, and his Blue team defeated the Red team, cap tained by Vice President John R. Burr, 25 points to 14. A cocktail party followed the match. New Members Elected to active membership in the Tin Whistles Club at the March board of Governors meet ing were: Gen. Eugene McGinley of Washington, D. C.; Caro Yama- oka of Plandome, N. Y.; Robert F. Beard of Gladwyne, Pa. and four Pinehurst residents, Joel C. Hufford, Arthur I. Long, Leon ard Tufts and Frank R. Wells. Saturday's Tourney Gen. A. V. Arnold and John R. Burr teamed to win Saturday’s Tin Whistle Club tournament, a par-bogey contest for better ball of pair. The winners scored points of 44-40-84. Tied for second place, with 80 points, were: Gen. Stuart Cutler and S. A Strickland, 38-42; Dr. D. D. Gadd and William C. Har ris, 44-36; and Walter Allen and A. N. Derouin, 42-38. CONTEST WINNERS—Lions Club President William B. Alexander (left) presents the first prize in the “World Speaking Contest” to Bar bara Cole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Cole and a junior at the Pinehurst High School. Second place winner, third from left, is Tony Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin. The contest, sponsored annually by the Univer sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is open to all juniors in the state. 'The local Lions Club picked the winner at a dinner meeting Wed nesday after hearing the speeches by both local entrants left in the contest following elimina tion of other juniors by school competition. At far right is Miss Carolyn Harriss, of Etontown, N. J., senior class teacher who teaches history to all the high school classes. Contest judges were Lions Everett Horrall and Tom Gameau, and artist Roger Deerjng. . ■ ; . (Hemmer photo) Here and Away Mrs. George Mixter, Jr. and daughter, Martha, arrived Wed nesday from Forest Hills, ,N. Y. for a visit with Mrs. Mixter’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Apple- ton Warren. her. Arriving this weekend to visit Mr. and Mrs. Roland R. MacKen- zie are their daughter, Margo, from the Marjorie Webster School in Washington, D. C. and Mrs. DIRECTORS REELECTED Here for the weekend with Mr. i MacKenzie’s son and daughter- planned for the holiday crowd, the Pinehurst Playhouse will at tract many theatre-goers. On the sports scene, two additional ten nis courts were completed at the Country Club Sunday and are open for play; there will be plen ty of golf with five courses gt the club, where there is also lawn bowling. And the weather re mains excellent for equestrian activities. Famous and Infamous John Hemrher, whose picture appears on the page with Fabrian Bachrach, said the latter had photographed more famous per sons, presidents and such, than, any other photographer in the world while, he, John, during his early career on a New York newspaper, had photographed more infamous ones. His main as signments were photographing criminals, at that time. Pinehurst School ’ Highlights By GENE MAPLES Talk on Services This past week was a very ed ucational orta, to say the least. Representatives from various branches of the Armed Forces visited Pinehurst High School and talked with interested seniors about what the services have to offer. Among the representatives were Chief Jones from Fayette ville, of the Navy; SS67 Hawks from Sanford, of the Army; Lt. Mary Bennett from Raleigh, "of the WAC’s; Sgt. Hunter from Rockingham, of the Air Force; and Sgt. Ellen Barton from Ra leigh, of the WAF’s. These people talked to us about their respective branches of the service and answered our ques tions concerning them. Inira-Mural Basketball The intra-mural basketball tournament got underway Tues day with the sophmores and juniors meeting in the school gym. 'These games aire being held all this week and are always fun to watch because of the uncon ventional way they are played. Sandhill Teen Club The Sandhill Teen Club is now selling membership cards to teen agers throughout the county. We hope that everyone gives us enough support so 'that we can ask Charlie Hicks from WKIX in Raleigh to come down to do a record hop for us, possibly April 21. If we do have this hop, as scheduled, everyone will have to show a special membership card to get in. These will be sold at the door, and will be good for all Teen Club dances until the end of school. Listen to the “Tall Paul Show” qn Station WEEB; watch for post ers in your schools and read this column for plans to be announced soon. Commander Lauds Lt. McKenzie as Officer and Man Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McKenzie of Pinehurst have received from Col. Frank E. Marek, commander of the 824th Combat Support Group, Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, a letter of condolence on the recent death of their son, 1st Lt. James T. McKenzie, in the crash of a B28 supersonic jet bomber. The letter, in part, reads: ‘€)n 5 March 1962, First Lieu tenant James T. McKenzie, United States Air Force, died in the service of his country when the aircraft, on which l;e was the defensive systems operator, crash ed. In this letter I want to express my deep sympathy to you in this moment of great loss. As you know, James wns well liked and admired by his associates of all ranks. I wajft to give you the facts concerning the crash so that you will have the true and full story. ^ “James and his crew were in the act of taking off on a routine four and one half hour night training mission when the aircraft veered to the right and crashed mst past the end of the runway. The reason for the aircraft going out of control and crashing is not known at this time; however, I wish to assure you that every possible study will be made to determine the cause of this acci dent. “Your son was one of the finest nrofessional' officers that I have had the pleasure of being asso ciated with. We in the Air Force are proud to have had the honor of serving with not only an out standing officer, but a great man.” and Mrs. Robert H. Barrett on Fields Road were their daughter, Beatrice and a classmate from East Carolina College, Iris Snell of Columbia, N. C. John Doe and Charles Sneed are here until Monday for the spring vacation from Christ School. Also spending a few days here with Gen. and Mrs. Sneed is their son, Albert, Jr. of the Uni versity of North Carolina. A second son, George Batten, was born March 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grant of Cam bridge, Mass. They have three other children. Mrs. Grant is the daughter of Mrs. Mulford Horr of Pinehurst. Saturday visitors with Mrs. Hulon Cole were her daughter, Mrs. John Biggers of Hertford, and the latter’s daughter and granddaughter, Mrs. William Sehaaf and Anne, of Durham. Richard Cole and Don Black of Greensboro were here Sunday. . Alfred von Schlegell is here from St. James School for the spring holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. von Schle gell. Also here from St. James, with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tufts, are their sons. Bob and Tim. Maj. and Mrs. Robert Macks of Valdosta, Ga., were guests last weekend of Mrs. James Greene at Turn-the-key cottage. Mrs. Greene’s daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. U. B. Baker, and their sons, William and Bruce, arrived Monday from Mar blehead, Mass, for 10 days here. Buzz Burwell arrived Friday from Taber Academy, Marion, Mass, for spring holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bur- well, Jr. Mrs. Joseph Ardleigh and her daughter, Teri, of Green wich, Conn., arrived Monday for a visit with the Burwells. Edgar McGuire, a student at the Asheville School, is here vis iting his grandmother, Mrs. A. J. Lacey and Mr. Lacey. Richard Dana arrived Saturday from the Asheville School and will be here until March 31 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dana. Also here from the same school is John Bertrand, who is with his mother, Mrs. Charles F. Jones and Mr. Jones. Philip Darst of Tabor Academy has arrived to visit Mr. and Mrs. TTiomas C. Darst, Jr. and David, a student at Sewanee, gets here this week. Susan Howe of Salem Academy is here for the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howe. Their daughter, Mary Frances, a stu dent at N. C. State College, was here for the weekend. Deena Delany gets here today from the National Cathedral School in Washington, D. C. and will be here for the holidays with her parents, the D. O. Delanys, at the Carolina Hotel. Miss Nancy Gouger of St. Mary’s Junior College, her room mate, Miss Sally Leach, and John Barbee from UNC, are weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gouger. Miss Lee Hobson, a student at the Colby School, New Hamp shire, is spending the spring holi days with her father, John O. Hobson. Mrs. Lester Hollander of Pitts burg, Pa. is occupying the cottage belonging to her brother and sis ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Parfitt and will remain until April 1. Miss Dorothy Page has arrived from Pittsburgh to visit in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Blue, of Baltimore. The Donald Wolffs of Pitts burgh arrived Saturday for a spring visit at their cottage here. Visiting them are their son Don, a student at Lawrenceville, Nick Beckwith from the Hotchkiss School, and Mr. and Mrs. George Beckwith of Pittsburgh. Arriving tomorrow, Friday, for the week end with the Wolffs are the Law rence Knapps of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley L. Garner were weekend-guests of their son and daughter-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Clyde Garner, at the Myrtle Beach AFB, S. C. Mrs. John J. Farrell of Pitts burgh, Pa. arrived Saturday with her son, Jim, a student at Shady- side Academy, Pittsburgh, who is here for the spring vacation. Mr. Farrell will join his wife at their home here in Mid-April. Thomas C. Ragan, Jr. gets liere tomorrow, Friday, for spring va cation from Culver Military Acad emy with his parents. Admiral and Mrs. Ragan. Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Toerge, their infant son, and her daughter, Sherri Dixon, got here Monday for a visit at their Lin den Road home. Mrs. Udell C. Young has ar rived from Larchmont, N, Y. to occupy her cottage on Midland Road for the spring season. Mr. Young will join her later. Miss Rosa Parry of Hamilton, Ontario, is here for a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. C. T. Sihler. , Mr. and Mrs. Durban McGraw, of Pittsburgh, who are occupying their home here until the end of April, have with them their chil dren here for the spring vacation. Mrs. George Fenollosa arrived Monday from Boston, Mass, to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Sutherland on Midland Road. Her two sons have gone on to the stock car races in Sebring, Fla. Career Diplomat Walter Thurs ton of Orange, Va., former U. S. ambassador to Mexico, is at the Carolina this week for a visit with his former colleague and friend, Douglas S. Cole, former Canadian Ambassador to Mexico, and Mrs. Cole. Mr. Cole, who ser ved 38 years in^he Canadian For eign Service, has been in Moore Memorial Hospital for several weeks because of a cardiac con dition, but is now back at the Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Currier First Dinner Meet Held In Chapel Hall Close to 100 persons attended the annual dinner meeting of the Village Chapel, held this year for the first time in the reoently com pleted Chapel Hall. Guests were seated at long tables holding arrangements of colorful spring flowers. Before dinner, John von Canon, soloist and Mrs. Robert Caron, pianist, entertained. The Rt. Rev. Louis C. Melcher' gave the blessing. John R. Burr opened the infor mal business meeting by thank ing his committee for the dinner arrangements. He then introduc- and five children arrived Sunday from Fairfield, Conn, for a 10- day stay with her mother, Mrs. Henry B.. Spelman. Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Lov ering, Jr. and family are here from Arlington, Va. for the week end with his father and Mrs. Lov ering. Mike Page is also arriving from Chapel Hill for the week end with the Loverings. Mr, and Mrs. William Shillaber and her son, John McKeithen, got here today from Princeton, N. J. for a short visit at their home on Magnolia Road, ed John R. Sibley, chairman of the board of directors, who ex tended a welcome to the mem bers and guests. Mr. Sibley mentioned the fact that this was the first big meet ing in the new Chapel Hall, the building of which was the realiza tion of the members’ hopes and plans, and he felt this memked the beginning of a new era in the life of the Village Chapel. He asked for a standing tribute to two de ceased members of the board. Dr. DeWitt B. Nettleton and James R, Buchanan, who had both been devoted workers for the Chapel. Paul Dana gave the treasurer’s report. Bishop Melcher gave an inspir ing talk on the work of the Chap el and thanked his committees, the music and flower committee and the altar guild. He also ex pressed his appreciation to all tfie Chapel staff. John A. Tuckerman, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the names of 15 direct ors, who were reelected to the board. William C. Harris was elected to replace the late Mr. Buchanan. L. L. Biddle, II, thanked Mr. Sibley for his report and Mr. Dana expressed the gratitude of the members and the board to Warner L. Atkins, chairman of the building Committee. Speedy driver’s note: Better to be a little late down here than a little early up there. PINEHURST PLAYHOUSE 294-7041 NOW PLAYING 294-7051 11 IGGIE" WOLFINGTON COMEDY STAR OF BROADWAY'S "MUSIC MAN" EVENING AT 8:30 MAT. SAT. 2:00 P.M, Don't Miss "IGGIE" in A Comedy by NOW BHamlCmL MOORE Clarendon Gardens Linden Road. Pinehurst, N. C. Satcd> We grow oyer 200,000 plants a year Rhodo’dendrons 100 varieties Camellias 350 varieties Azaleas 225 varieties Hollies 200 varieties Many other evergreens You will find in our “Horticulture Center” many rare and unusual plants. 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