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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Page FIFTEEI uirs/ Page TELEPHONE OX 2-6212 lar Since ’26 Muses iflusic On Recent Visit bok my first goK lesson i| Sernard Callaway, pro at I igadine Golf Club in Sams- | >ear St. Moritz, Switzerland, | tiy second from the late Em- I French, then pro at the Ithern Pines Golf Club. Calla- was an uncle of Pinehurst Jntry Club pro Lionel Calla' and his brother, former Pine- bt professional, Harold Calla- ll >• 'V fhus mused a Sandhills habi- since 1926, Chalmers Clifton, iiscussing how he got started lis hobby of golf, a hobby sug- led by his wife, Wanda, as a fixation from his strenuous and fvous profession of orchestral (iductor. 'hese musings led to other ly reminiscences of the sec- in a conversation touching many phases of Mr. Clifton’s o main passions—golf and mu- uring hi4pre-Christmas vis- ere at the^inecrest Inn. Mrs. ton, who ^s been ill for lutjtwo yeail, was unable to omipany himlthis trip, but ex- bts to be with him when he re- rns later in jthe spring from eir home in Mew York City. IA vice presiAnt for about six bars of the j|itv>hurst Forum, |r. Clifton an^ngd for the ap- parance befosA F<-um audiences many leading mcert artists, [long them pi®iftj^Jrant Jc^an- en, the Pro!An Quartet and Mannes Tri^. he son of a J.ckson, Miss, yer, grandson >f two judges, Imers Clifton was born in kson on April JO, 1889. He be- playing tie oiano seriously age five, nuch to the disap- val of his ather, who didn’t sider music a proper profes- lu. owover, he lid send his son to Cincinnati, Conservatory, one the four olest music schools the UnitedStates, and here aimers metWanda Baur, a :ce of the Ccservatory’s foun- whom he ibsequently mar- d. £.iicadue£s^ froKuthe Con- ■y, where he switched no to conducting because ids were too small (“no golf or piano,” he said), s entered Harvard Uni- for pre-law study. The torchestra was in need of tor, and as Chalmers was student with a degree he was elected and after aw was out the window -’3b- wl len |]t Dance Team )ances and Directed >rs ip L'Pssons Studio Pinehurst [URST \d FRIDAYS ,OX 2-6101 Cleaners, Inc. Southern Pines y Sale ES SKIRTS Opposite Holly Inn CHALMERS CLIFTON and the world was saved from a rotten lawyer.” Graduating summa cum laude from Harvard, Clifton won a Sheldon Fellowship to study mus- jic in Europe, where he spent his tin.^ in Paris, in Russia and in other countries studying his chos en field. Returning to Boston he was for a time an assistant music critic on the Boston Transcript, earning a modest $7 a column. He was made conductor of the Cecilia So ciety, a chorus which sang sever al times a year with the Boston Symphony. After service in World War 1 as a first lieutenant of Infantry, because of his knowledge of lan guages, he was transferred to In telligence and stationed on the Belgian Front. Back in Boston, in 1919, he married Wanda Baur and shortly thereafter was appointed conduc tor of the American Orchestral Society, an organization endowed by Mrs. E. H. Harriman, widow of the head of the Union Pacific Railroad. “I was in Florence, It aly, trying my hand at composing when I was notified of this ap pointment,” said Mr. Clifton, “but felt I couldn’t turn down this generous offer.” It was during a vacation at La Streza on the beautiful Lake Maggiore that Mr. Clifton played his first game of golf with casual acquaintances made at the Itali an resort, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Eckert, who asked him why he and his wife didn’t try Southern Pines for golf during the winter. The Eckerts maintained a winter home here. This suggestion , led to visits by the Cliftons at the Highland Pines Inn for the next seven years. They became friends with Andrew Creamer, the then man ager, and his wife. Following Mr. Creamer’s death, the Cliftons felt at loose ends about returning to the Sandhills. However, a young man they met on a train to New York, Tom Rudel (son of Mrs. C. M. Rudel of Pinehurst and a brother of Elizabeth Rudel Smith, former U. S. Treasurer appointed by the late President Kennedy) told them he thought they would like the Berkshire Hotel in Pinehurst. The small hotel, demolished sev eral years ago, was then managed by a Harvard man, Edwin S. Blodgett, and there the Cliftons happily made their seasonal headquarters during subsequent visits to Pinehurst. Some of the opinions about golf expressed by Mr. Clifton during his conversation with this reporter: “There is a lot of nonsense talked about golf developing character. It doesn’t develop character, but reveals it, just like an x-ray. “I have always been a little bit jealous of people who could grow old gracefully in golf. One of these is Arnold Jackson of Pinehurst, who played marvelous golf up to the time he was 78 or 79. He could play right along with young players. “Ed Anderson from Latrobe, Pa. (Arnold Palmer’s hometown) is another, and Bob Smith of Greensburg, Pa. (who has a win ter home in Pinehurst) plays a remarkable game. “The former amateur golf champion of England, Hector Thompson, wanted to become a concert pianist and instead, be came a golf pro and teaches now at the Golf Club of Athens, Greece. Whenever we met in Eu rope, we spent the evenings talk ing about golf and Mozart. “The golf pro I was most drawn to was Byron Nelson. It is fool ish to deny that Arnold Palmer is THE golf pro nowadays. He is not a perfect swinger, but he is a magnificent golfer.” Then Mr. Clifipn switched to mu- William. Plunkett Dies In Accident; Funeral Held Here William CaldweU Plunkett, 59, of Pinehurst, and Heartwellville, yt., died suddenly in an* automo bile accident late Thursday after noon, December 26, in Waldorf, Md., while returning from spend ing Christmas with his daughter. Mr. Plunkett was born in Pitts field, Mass., September 19, 1904, son of W. C. and Florence C. Plun kett. He married the former Eleanore Kennedy of Johnstown, New York, April 9, 1927. He was president of W. C. Plunkett & Sons, Inc. of New York City from 1935 until its liquidation in 1947. He was a di rector of the firm of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates and was formerly owner and president of the Pinehurst Outlook. He was First Selectman of the town of Adams, Mass., from 1934 to 1936 and I^esident of the Berkshire County Selectmen’s Association in 1935. He was a Mason and a member of the So ciety of Mayflower Descendants and Sons of the American Revo lution. He belonged to the Class of 1927 at Williams College and was a member of the Union and Williams Clubs of New York City and the University Club of Bos ton. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sister, Mrs. Wil liam M. Robbins, of Greenwich, Conn., his daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Lord of Simsbury, Conn., and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at 12:30 p. m. in the Vil lage Chapel in Pinehurst, con ducted by the minister, the Rt. Rev. Louis C. Melcher. Burial fol lowed on Monday at Forest Park Cemetery, Adams, Mass. BABY BOY A son was born December 5 at Moore Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William K. Garde. They have named the baby Lloyd Manson for his deceased grand father, Lloyd M. Tate. The new baby has a stepbrother, William S. Greene, 11, and a stepsister, Marjorie Garde, seven. Paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam A. Garde of Baltimore, Md., were here for a Christmas visit with their new grandson and family. sic: “The perfect pianist, I think, is Vladimir Horowitz. Another almost equally perfect was Josef Lhevinne. “The most exciting, unques tionably, was Rachmaninow. The Russian Revolution was music’s gain, as Rachmaninow was a rich landowner before this time, but turned to music in Dresden, Ger many, where he was at the time of the Revolution. “The most exquisite pianist was Walter Gieseking. He was born in Leon, France, of German paren tage, and no one has ever equal led him in his understanding of the works of Debussy. You could go off into a dream world when he played Debussy. “The only ‘modern’ pianist I ever cared for was Eddy Duchin. I haven’t heard his son Peter play.” In ending his discussion of golfers and musicians, Mr. Clif ton observed that Don Cooke, one of the finest golfers in Pinehurst, also has a great interest in his wonderful hi-fi and other record ing equipment at his home here, and a great knowledge and un derstanding of music, especially in the operatic field. “Let me tell you a story I told at the Harvard Club in New York,” said Mr. Clifton, “about a game I once played here in Pinehurst. “Former caddy master Jack Jackson got me a game, and when I arrived on the first tee, I found I was to play with Brooks Wal lace and Ben Kraffert, both very low handicap players, and with Leslie Pierce, then Vermont State champion. “These gentlemen looked at me as I ^appeared, and asked my han dicap. “I thought—-Harvard says ‘veritas’—^and muttered ‘18’. “The three went into a huddle, canie out of it and told me that I had been awarded Leslie Pierce as a partner, since he was pro bably the best player. “They then told me to drive, and praying that I wouldn’t muff this shot off the tee, I stepped up, and lined out a drive that went straight down the fairway— one of my best efforts. I thought at least someone would say ‘well done,’ but no, the three went into another huddle. “When they finally broke, one of them came up to me again and said, ‘Mr. Clifton, it is the opin ion of the others, in which I agree, that you should be given a muUigan.’ (To non-golfers, it should be explained that this means a second drive when the first was a dud.) “This,” said Mr. CUfton, “was certainly life’s darkest moment.” HERE and AWAY Coming here for Christmas with his great grandmother, Mrs. A. F. Popham, and his grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Mesick, was Tommy Martin, a high school student in Beaumont, Tex. Dr. Emily Tufts returned today, Thursday, from Stowe, Vt., where she joined Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tuckerman of Boston for a holi day on skis. Mrs. Tuckerman is the former Miss Darst Hyatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Hyatt of Pinehurst. Holiday guests of Mrs. Samuel G. Allen were her nephew and his wife. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Myers of Evanston, Ill., and their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hewson of Morris Plains, N. J. Due to return to their Linden Road home this week are Edward King and Mr. and Mrs. S. Donald Sherrerd, who have been visiting the latters’ daughter, Mrs. Philip White and her family, in Yardley, Pa. Returning tomorrow from Cali fornia are Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Callaway, who spent the holi days with their daughter and son-in-law, Lt. and Mrs. R. D. Buchwald and three daughters at Monterey, where Lt. Buckwald is attending Navy Advanced Of ficers School. The Callaways also visited friend's in Los Angeles. Here with Mr. and Mrs. J. Ellis Fields for Christmas were their daughter, Mrs. William Alexand er, her son, Philip, and daughter, Margaret, of Ocala, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Swar- ingen, Jr. and four children re turned early in the week to their home in Bel Air, Md., after spending Christmas here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Swar- ingen. Here for the holidays with Bon nie Nugent and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Nugent, is Bonnie’s roommate at Woman’s College, Harriet Reeves of Albe marle. Mrs. W. I. McKenzie entered Moore Memorial Hospital Sunday for observation and treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Monroe and family had with them for Christ mas her father, T. E. Mitchell, and Mrs. Mitchell, of Edenton, who returned there Friday. Guests of the Monroes over the weekend were former residents, Mr. and Mrs. George Short and son. Skip per, of Greensboro. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horner and sons over Christmas were his mother, Mrs. D. C. Hor ner, her son. Jack Horner, her sister. Mrs. Frank Morgan,’ and Mrs. Horner’s daughter and son in-law, Mr. and' Mrs. Philip E. Kemp and five children, who drove to Roanoke, Va. from Wheeling, Ill. to join their family for the drive to Pinehurst. Jack Horner returns after New Year’s to Monterey, Calif. Mike Barrett, a student at Paul Smith College in New York leaves Saturday after spending Christ mas and New Year’s with his uncle, Robert Baarrett and his family at Chatham Cottage. Returning home Sunday after a week; in Oxford, N. C., were Mr. and Mrs., Leonard G. Whitesell and thrpe children, who visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones. Mrs. Frances White of New York City , is the guest for the holidays of Mr. and Mrs. Octave Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Stevens left Sunday for two weeks in Florida., WIN TURKEYS A Southern Pines winter resi dent, Benjamin F. Kraffert, Jr. won a turkey in the Christmas Hole-in-One Turkey Shoot at the Pinehurst Country Club, placing his golf shot two feet, four inches from the cup. Closest to the pin among women trying for a bird was Carolina guest Mrs. Douglas Orton of Scarsdale, N. Y., who was five feet, 10 inches away. The shoot was held on Christmas Eve. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT A daughter, Eloise Holly Hall, was born on Christmas Eve, De cember 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Alton Parker Hall, Jr. at Moore Memor ial Hospital. The baby’s mother is the former Joy Shaffer, daugh ter of Mrs. Richard D. Chapman of Palm Beach, Fla. and Theo dore Shaffer of Gaylea Farm, Newton Square, Pa. Mr. Hall’s mother, Mrs. David Guthrie, lives in Aiken, S. C. VIRGINIA DAVIS LANDIS, INC. VILLAGE COURT BLDG. Pinehurst, N. C. Phone 294-2361 MID-SEASON CLEARANCE SALE Up to 50% Off Regular Price . ’ V/ool Dresses - Suits Cocktail Dresses Evening Gowns Hand Knit and Hand Embroidered Sweaters from Hong Kong Negligees Worth While Savings ' _ a A Save By Mail! Easy - Safe • Convenient We Provide Free Postage-Paid Envelopes Open your savings account today! ?. year CURRENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS HERE Helps Your Account GROW FASTER! FIRST FEDERAL ; . G E. >:. L SAVINGS & LOAN ASSO(ilATiON OF SANFORD Corner Steele & Wicker Streets Sanford, N. C. W. M. Womble, Exec- Vice- Pres. 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