THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1962
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page THREE
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
O DREAMS, O DESTINA
TIONS. An Autobiography by
Phyllis Bentley (Macmillan $4.50).
This autobiQgraphy is notable for
good writing, lor the coolly criti
cal look at self of a disciplined
mind and lor a sort of extension
of self to the region of the au
thor’s distinguished novels. This
region is Yorkshire’s West Riding,
a center for the manufacture
of fine woolen goods since the
fourteenth century. From the be
ginning the life of this serious lit
tle girl in spectacles was deeply
affected by the economic pps and
downs of the wool industry, what
with family moves and emotion
al strains on parents and broth
ers.
I Born in 1894, Phyllis Bently
had a passion for books and learn
ing but found that higher educa
tion for women was the excep
tion rather than the rule, especial
ly in conservative Yorkshire.
Even when she did get to Chel
tenham, the life of a college girl
in those days will amaze the girl
of today—the rule of silence,
their rigorous training as ladies.
But Phyllis Bentley found it good.
She is a strong advocate of more
discipline and less reliance on
stimulation in the learning pro
cess. She was not brought up to
the pursuit of happiness but to
aim at leading an honorable and
useful life. Asking herself today
whether she achieved as much
as her capacities permitted, she
concludes cautiously that she
struggled pretty hard,” but was
not able to overcome all her faults
as, for example, “the day dream
er’s shrinking of reality.”
In addition to her personal his
tory, Miss Bentley gives striking
portraits of her parents and sev
eral teachers and friends. Seldom
has anyone been more generous
in crediting others with a share
in her achievements, either ibe-
cause of natural inheritance or in-
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fluence and practical help at crit
ical junctures. Finally there is the
dramatic background of her be
loved West Riding, as it went
through wars and repressions
with the fortunes of her own fam
ily and the whole community
deeply—and in some instances
disastrously—affected by world
events beyond their control, or
risig again for reasons equally
unconnected with their own ef
forts.
One turns from this book with
a satisfied feeling that one has
had genuine communication with
an honest, thoughtful person who
has lived through the storms and
amazing changes of the twentieth
century and seriously reflected
on them in the evening of life.
THE BIG LAUGH by John
O'Hara (Random House $4.95).
This is not John O’Hara’s best
book. It starts out gaily as the
picaresque tale of one Hubert
Ward, a youth with no morals
and few feelings. He gets thrown
out of three private schools for
good reasons, cashes bad checks,
is finally disowned by his fam
ily and, when down to his last
dollar, brassily demands that the
manager of a summer stock com
pany give him a job, making
nasty threats of trouble if he does
not.
But Hubert really takes to the
theater, does odd jobs and bit
parts that summer, goes on to
a Broadway career, then a me
teoric rise to fame in Hollywood.
The build-up for this change is
not too convincing. True, he
wants to marry a conventional
woman of some social standing
but that hardly seems adequate
cause for such a radical change,
nor does her tiring of him after
a time seem quite adequate for
the completeness of his rever
sion. After all, even from a selfish
standpoint, his success was part
ly bound up with the respectable
“image” of him fostered by the
press agents.
However, Hubert Ward’s career
gives John O’Hara a chance to
air his views on Hollywood. He
does not like it. He presents with
his usual skill some scathing por
traits of stars, producers, writers
and the money men who control
the studios. Most of them he pic
tures not only as lacking in prin
ciples but in the comndon affec
tions and loyalties of human re
lations, They take sex as casually
as cocktails and are cynical about
family ties. It makes a rather
dreary story.
THE TWO WORLDS OF
DAVY BLOUNT by Thelma Har
rington Bell (Viking $3.00). North
Carolina is the scene and really
the subject of this story. Ten-
year-old Davy Blount had grown
up on the Outer Banks, gathering
shells along the beaches, hunting
for pirate gold and helping his
grandfather around the fishing
boat. Grandy was a Banker born
and bred and loved the sea, but
Grandmother had come from the
mountains and loved the moun
tains best. The two often argued
PINEBLUFF
By Mrs. Ehrman Pickier
Circle Meets
Circle 2 of Ives Memorial
Baptist Church met Tuesday
night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs.
John R. Morgan. Mrs. Luther Ty
ner presented thq program and
Mrs. Morgan, chairman, presided.
Plans were made for the Bible
School picnic and it was decided
to discontinue circle meetings for
the summer months. At the close
of the meeting, the hostess served
pound cake, punch, nuts and par
ty thins to the members present.
Announce Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Anderson
Of Charlotte announce the birth of
a daughter on Sunday at Char
lotte Memorial Hospital. The baby
weighed in at seven pounds and
three ounces. She is the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Lampley. The Andersons have a
son, Ronald James, who is three
years old.
Bingo Party Planned
The Pinebluff Improvement
Association is planning a bingo
party for Friday night. May 18, at
the Town Hall at 8 o’clock. Pro
ceeds will go to the swimming
program for children of Pinebluff.
Announce Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Morgan
announce the engagement of
their daughter Carolyn Morgan
Byrd to Bobby Zeil, son of Mrs.
Gus Zeil and the late Mr. Zeil of
Flint, Mich. August 18 is the
wedding date.
Briefs
Ale and Mrs. Rudolph Averitt
of Bedford AFB, Bedford, Va.,
were dinner guests Saturday of
his sister, Mrs. Joseph Adams, and
Mr. Adams. Lynn Clippard of
Southern Pines was also present.
On Sunday they attended the
Averitt reunion held at the Pine
bluff Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Padgett
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Padgett
and son Bobby of Charlotte were
guests Sunday of their aunt, Mrs.
J. W. Pickier and Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Adcox Mrs. Pickier returned
to Charlotte for a visit.
Mrs. J. K. Rouse of Kannapolis
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Sadie
Patrick and brother and sister-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter P.
Bilyeu.
Mrs. Tom Brooks of Albemarle
spent last Tuesday with her par
ents, Mr and Mrs. C. F. Leavitt.
Mr. and Mrs. John R Morgan
and son, Bobby, visited her
mother, Mrs. M. L. Stevenson in
Vass Sunday night.
Mrs. Earl Lampley and daugh
ter Miss Earlene Lampley have
gone to Charlotte to visit Mrs.
Lampley’s daughter, Mrs. Royoe
Anderson and Mr. Anderson and
to see her new granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tally
and son, John, of Sanford, visited
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter,
Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Pickier
Sunday.
Bookmobile
Schedule
May 14-16
Monday, May 14, Jackson
Springs Route: Harold Markham,
9:40-9:50; Terrell Graham, 9:55-
10; W. E. Graham, 10:05-10:10;
Jackson Springs Post Office,
10:15-10:20; James Hicks, 10:25-
10:30; Mrs. Betty Stubbs, 10:35-
10:45; Mrs. Geneva McLeod,
10:50-10:55; Walter MeInnis, 11-
11:10; Carl Tucker, 11:15-11:30;
Mrs. Margaret Smith, 11:35-11:45;
Mrs. Veda Paschal, 11:50-11:55;
Mrs. Edith Stutts, 12-12:10; Miss
Adele McDonald, 12:20-12:25;
Philip Burroughs, 1-1:20; J. W.
Blake, 1:25-1:45.
Tuesday, May 15, Westmoore
Route: Mrs. W. G. Inman, 9:30-
9:45; Mrs. Ardena Burns, 10:05-
10:15; James Allen, 10:20-10:25;
Mrs. Audrey Moore, 10:30-10:35;
Miss Beatrice Sheffield, 10:40-
10:45; Talc Mine, 10:50-10:55; W.
J. Brewer, 11:15-11:20; Baldwin
Store, 11:25-11:30; Jugtonw,
11:40-11:50.
Wednesday, May 16, Little Riv
er Route: Watson Blue, 9:30-9:40;
James McKay, 9:45-9:50; J. R.
Blue 9:55-10:05; John Baker,
10:10-10:15; George Cameron,
10:20-10:30; Brooks Store, 10:40-
10:45; Kenneth Womack, 10:50-
11; Malcolm Blue, 11:05-11:25;
Mrs. J. W. Smith, 11:30-11:35; D.
L. McPherson, 12:30-12:40; James i
Riggsbee, 12:45-12:50; Will Hart,
12:55-1:10; W. F. Smith, 1:30-1:40; |
Mrs. Nellie Garner, 1:45-1:50.
The Moore County Library will I
be closed ’Thursday, May 17, and
the Bookmobile will not run on|
this day.
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about which was the best, partly
as a joke but partly serious, too.
Then one summer Grandmoth
er said that Davy should go to
the mountains, visit her kinfolk
and then come back with the an
swer, an answer that proved sat
isfactory to all concerned.
Any youngster reading this
book will pick up a good bit of
information about the history and
geography of North Carolina
while he is enjoying Davy’s ad
ventures.
MISHMASH by Molly Cone
(Houghton Mifflin $2.7S|). This is
a comic story about a boy and a
dog. Pete was ten when they
moved to a new town and he had
to face starting into a new school
with a lot of strange kids. To
cheer him up, his father said he
could have a puppy and told him
where to get it.
But it was not a puppy Pete
came home with but a large,
black dog, a too, too friendly dog
called Mishmash. Mishmash did
not hold with being tied to a
clothesline or with sleeping in the
basement. He wanted to be with
people, visit neighbors, greet
every visitor at the door with wet
kisses and he insisted on sleeping
in Pete’s bed. When he also
wanted to sit at the table the day
Pete’s mother had a tea party, it
was too much. Something had to
be done. How the problem was
solved and how it made things
better for Pete at school makes a
funny story with some anxious
moments but a good ending.
There are some droll pictures, too,
by Leonard Shortall.
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Sunday School Leuons
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Bible Material: Acts 12:1-5; Peter
4:1 through 3:14.
Devotional Reading: I Peter 3:8-17.
Take Your Stand
Lesson for May 13,1962
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GOLF IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD by Richard Armour
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CIMON PETER had been in jail
^ himself, so he knew what he
was talking about when he wrote
to people who were going to jail.
He was no well-sheltered man
urging others to be brave. If he
had been, we may
be sure no one
would have treas
ured his letter
and saved it.
At the time 1
Peter was writ
ten, something
new and frighten
ing was beginning
_ „ to disturb the
Dr. Foreman Christians of Asia
Minor. Outbreaks of persecution
had already occurred and more
was to come. The new feature of
this was that Christians were be
ing jailed, their property confls
cated and themselves sometimes
executed as criminals, because of
their religion alone.
Is suffering inevitablef
Something like a panic was
starting. Was God going to let his
people suffer? Would God’s cause
be lost in the end? Should perse
cuted Christians strike back?
Those Christians were as confused
and alarmed as we would be if
suddenly our government started
raiding , our churches and arrest
ing us on no charges except that
of being Christians.
So Simon Peter writes this let
ter, the main theme of which is
the suffering of Christians. He
does not indulge in the platitude
of saying that suffering is inevi-
tab'e. It isn’t and it wasn’t and
he knew it, and so did they. They
could save themselves a world of
distress, even torture and death,
simply by giving up being Chris
tians any more. But Simon Peter
does not suggest that way out. We
know (from sources outside the
Bible) that some early Chri.stian-
did actually renounce their fai^n.
but mighty few.
Criminal or Christian?
The upshot of what Peter W'ritc
is that it is inevitable that therr
should be some suffering, but or
the other hand some ought to be
avoided. Suffering is not a good
thing in itself, it is not bad in it
self. There is suffering of which
one may be ashamed, and suffer
ing for which one must thank God.
Christians, of all people, who
have to be punished for any kind
of wrong-doing, ought to be heart
ily ashamed,—not ashamed of
getting caught, nor suffering the
penalty; they should be ashamed
of the wrong-doing. But those who
su.ff'er because they are Christians
have no cause for embarrass
ment, much less shame.
On the other hand it is not right
to covet being a martyr. In the
early church there was a good
deal of trouble with over-enthusi
astic, we might say fanatic, peo
ple, who did everything they could
to get themselves arrested and
even executed. The church had to
hold a steady hand on these eager-
beaver martyrs. And yet when it
came to the pinch, the very bish
ops who had discouraged rash
martyrdoms, went bravely to
their deaths rather than renounce
their faith.
All sounds vary modorn
First Peter is one of the most
up-to-date books in the whole Bi
ble. We are living in a time when,
in more than one part of the
world, it is literally as much as
your life is worth, to be known
Christian. When the communists
took over North Korea, where the
Christian church was strong, one
of the first things the government
did was to organize the ministers
into a sort of pro-government
propaganda association. Some
ministers yielded; but some re
sisted and were “liquidated” by
firing squads. Some of these min
isters had sons, who in turn were
in danger of their lives, merely
because they were sons of minis
ters. What should these boys do?
If they had been like those ancient
Christians who went out of their
way to get killed, they would have
just given themselves up and been
shot. What they did was to escape,
at great risk, and eventually come
to America, where now they are
preparing to go back and help
what is left of Korea. But even in
America they have had to take a
stand, as Peter put it. They have
been ridiculed for “sticking their
necks out” again; their faith has
been attacked (in medical school
and otherwise) by skeptics; the
paganism of America, subtle and
glittering, tempts them on every
side. They could be rich and com
fortable here; but they are going
back, to serve the needy, in
Christ’s name.
(Based on outlines oopF^chted bj
the Division of Christian Education.
National Council of the Churches of
Christ la the U. S. A. Released by
Community Press Service.)
Next Sunday
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Avo. at South Ashe St*
Maynard Manffuit* Minister
Bible School, 9:46 a.m. Worship 11 a.]B.
Training Union. 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor
ship. 7:80 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:80 p.in.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:80 pjn.;
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:80 pjn* •
choir practice Wednesday 8:16 p.ni.
Missionary maeting, first and third Tues
days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 pjn.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Sunday Masses: 8 and 19:30 a.m.: Daily
Mhss 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses, 7 A 9
a.m.; Confessions, Saturday, 5:00 to S:lf
p.m.; 7 :30 to 8 p.m.
M^n's Cluh Meetings: 1st A 8rd Fridays
8 p.m.
Yvumen’s Club meetings: let Monday.
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. IIH. Monday. 9
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service. 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship sorvice
11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. PYP 6 p.m.
Women of the Church meeting 8 p.m.
second Tuesday. Mid-week service Thurs
day 7:30 p.m.; choir rehearsal 8:30 p.m.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide FeUowsHIp)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Carl E. Wallace, Minister
Sunday School. 9:46 a.m.
Worship Service. 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim FeUowebtp
(Young Peop.le).
Sunday. 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal)
East Massachasetts Ave,
Martin Caldwell* Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First Sundays
and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m,)
Family Service. 9:30 a*l&«
Church School. 10 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples* Service League, 6 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays and Holy
Days, 10 a.m. and Friday, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penanoa.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Sunday School 9:46 a.m. Worship aerr^
ice, 11 a.m. Women of the Church mesS*
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sunday,
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’eloeb
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday. 7:16 p.m.
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Civic Club BuildiBg
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 10 a.m
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