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VOLUME 43, NUMBER
THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1939
Pinehurst Plans Observance Of
Two Thanksgiving Dates
Compromise in Controversy
Means Two Programs to
Enliven Visit of Guests
gymkhana planned
Thanksgiving will have a
"double date” at Pinehurst, with
the official community recog
nition of both of,' the much-dis
cussed holiday periods this year.
Various attractions planned for
entertainment of
guests are beingf
the holiday
given the
multiply-by-two treatment.
One of the sports events sche
duled is an equestrian gymkhana
which will be held in the riding
ring of the Carolina Hotel on the
first holiday period,. November 23.
The following Thursday ' there
will be a fox hunt under the
direction of Lloyd Tate, with six
couples of the Carolina Hounds
in the chase. Everyone is invited
to participate in the dash for the
brush.
Highlight of the gymkhana is
an appropriate Thirkey Race in
which a group pf ladies of the
leash will race the gobbling bird
around the ring for the ribbon
prizes. Feathers, of course, are
expected to fly in the race. There
will also be two jumping events,
a potato race and several other
obstacle events, all handled with
the inimitable technique of gymk
hana master Tate.
The putting tournament will
be held Nov. 25.
All of the Pinehurst hotels- will
also be keeping a “double date,”
with the traditional turkey din
ner and other festivities taking
place on both Thursdays.
Thus, our resort community,
by taking a middle course in the
1939 Thanksgiving issue, which
has become a political football
throughout the various capitals
of the nation, has. solved the
problem by keeping both camps
happy through this “mutual aid”
Pact. Furthermore, if present in
dications have anything to do
with the subject, Pinehurst’s
1939 extended Thanksgiving hol
iday should be gayer and bigger
than ever before.
The Pinehurst Gun Club, now
situated near the Pinehurst Ken
neJs> under the management of
Glen Davis, is planning a turkey
shoot the day preceding each
Thanksgiving date, November 22
and November 29. Six heavy,
healthy birds will be up as prizes
each of the festive dates.
Competition will be in skeet,
traPs, shot guqp rifle and revolver
classes.
The gblf program consists of
three scheduled tournaments, thie
19th annual Carolina Touma
Dlent for Women, November 28,
* Tin Whistles contest, a Silver
°iis tourney and a putting tour-)
^toent for women. The Tin
histles’ will be a par-bogey
contest, all four partners,
November 25, the Silver Foils a
Jjedal piay afTajr> scheduled for
November 22.
COTTON EXECUTIVE DIES
GREENVILLE, S. C., Nov. 11
A. P.—Thomas ,/M. Mar
!jant> president of the i^ctor
on&ghan company and former
resident of the American Cot-'
11 Manufacturers Association
^ of a heart attack today,
°rtly after attending the
eroson-Wake Forest football
&me. i
Three Players Hole
Their Tee Strokes
Three holes-in-one have been
scored at The ? Pinehurst
Country Club since the open
ing of the season. On October
26th G. S. Johnson, Chatta
nooga accomplished the most
difficult ace in town, the num
ber five hole on the number
three course. Mr. Johnson was
playing in the Carolina Yarn
Association ^tournament.
On November 5, in the one
day tournament of the Caro
linas Golf Association, L. L.
Taylor of Rutherfordton, N.
C., holed his 5 tee shot at the
ninth hole on number two. Mr.
Taylor is an experienced hand
at making holes-in-one, hav
ing made three previous to his
Pinehurst bull’s eye.
Yesterday Frank L u i c k,
who is here with a group of
Milwaukee business men reg
istered his first hole in one
when Jie hit a spoon shot into
the cup at the seventeenth
hole on number two course.
Mr. Luick has been visiting
Pinehurst for 13 years and'
estimates he has played 182
rounds of golf here.
TIN WHISTLES CLUB
CONDUCTS BEST BALL
OF FAIR TOURNAMENT
E. -S. Blodgett, H* J. Blue, F.
C. Robertson and W. A. Rupp
won the best ball of pair of all
four partners tournament of the
Tin Whistle club yesterday "when
they finished 12 up on par over
the number three course.
Aided by handicap strokes the
members of this partnership were
better than par on five holes on
the first nine and on eight of the
incoming nine, On only one hole,
the eighth, did par hold firm
against the attack of this dev
astating foursome. *
The net score:
Out
344 323 353—30
In
, 333 233 243—26—56
Mr. Rupp of Buffalo, here with
considerable determination i n
connection with his participation
in the Pinehurst Seniors* cham
pionship this week, indicated that
he is very much on his game. He
contributed a number of brilliant
holes to the cause, as did Mr.
Robertson. At the" fourth Mr.
Robertson holed a three. Mr.
Rupp had natural birdies at the
seventh, tenth and sixteenth. Mr.
Blodgett drove t|ie green at the
fifth.
There was a tie for, second be
tween teams composed of Donald
J. Ross, S. A. Strickland', R. H.
Webber, C. B. Van Dusen and W.
B. Calkins, R. :S. Farr, E. C.
Keating, H. F. Seawell. Each
finished ten up.|
There were 44 entries.
Other results:
G. T. Dunlap, Jr., G. T. Dun
lap, Sr., Frank Kilmer, R. S.
Tufts—£ up.v
Dr. E. M. Medlin, H. S. Pear
son, E. C. Stevens, C. I.*W5l:
liams—6 up, '
C. B. S. Marr, E. D. Thomson,
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SWEDISH ENVOY IS PINEHURST VISITOR
MR. AND MRS. FOLKE WENNERBERG
Charge dAffaires is Guest at Holly Inn;
Believes Sweden Will Remain
Neutral In War
Mr. Folke Wennerberg, Charge
d’ Affaires of the Swedish Em
bassy, and Mrs. Wennerberg will
be guests at the Holly Inn dur
ing the week. Mr. and' Mrs.
Wennerberg motored here from
Washington by way of the Sky
line Drive, spending the weekend
in Asheville and arriving here
last Monday.
Mr. Wennerberg commented
on the beauty of our Blue Ridge
mountains, especially at this sea
son, and expressed interest in
the activity and prosperity of
North Carolina’s Piedmont
towns. When asked his views of
his country’s precarious position
in the present foreign situation,
Mr. Wennerberg stated that in
asmuch as Sweden had been a
neutral country for over one
hundred and twenty-five years,
he held every hope thap she
would be able to remain so dur
ing the present war.
The Wennerbergs will return
to Washington at the end of their I
visit which is Mr. Wennerberg’s
first vacation of the year, due to
the pressure of affairs in the
'’State Department.
DlNEHURST SCOREBOARD
• by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Reunion in Pinehurst. 1
Notes from Scoreboard’s diary, summer of 1939.
May 22—Ted Turner, Pine Needles and Pine Valley pro led
the Philadelphia field in the sectional qualifying round for the open
championship. He was 141 over Overbrook and St. Davids. Papers
reported, "terrific thunderbolts” during the play. Remember to write
Ted a postal card.
May 27—At Myers Park in Charlotte, Richard S. Tufts made
the finals of the Carolinas state amateur golf championship. Bobby
Dunkelberger was the winner. The radio became blurred by static
and I failed to get the final score. Must remember to ask Dick
when I get back. He did well to reach ^the finals.
June 6—Dick Chapman met the Duke of Windsor and the
Duke was smoking a com cob pipe on| the porch of the golf club
at St. Germain. Dick won the French! amateur title. He beat a
chap, Jacques Leglise, 5 and 4, ip the final round. I would have
cabled Dick but was short this day.
June 6-—Do not forget to write a story about this one when
you return to Pinehurst. Mrs. Julian Bishop won first prize in the
Cat Cay Tuna fishing competition for women, held in the Bahamas.
Mrs. Bishop landed a 548 pound fish. Mrs. John Weeks was second.
Most remarkable thing about it was that Mrs. Bishop was practically
a novice at tuna fishing. This ought to be gobd for photos and a
real feature story next winter. See John Weeks about this one
Five hundred and forty eight pounds. Must be five times Mrs.
Bishop’s weight. t
June 7—Tin Whistler Bill Rupp won low gross in Class D in
the United States Seniors’ championship at Apawamis. Bill scored
162. 0. W. Deibel, present holder of the Pinehurst Seniors’ title,
won low gross in Class C with 163. Many Tin Whistle members
pfayed.
June 12—The bluest day of the summer. Went to the Aque
duct Race Track full of ambition to win some money without work
ing for it. By the time the last race was called up I had lost so
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Village Is Formulating Program
Of Diversified Entertainment
Hies to Gold Mine
In South America
Forbes Wilson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wilson, will
start tonight to fly to his re
sponsible position in Medelin
Colombia, where he is general
superintendent of the Tim
mons - O c h a 1 i Corporation,
gold miners of South America.
A graduate in mining en
gineering from Yale Univer
sity, Mr. Wilson has success
fully developed some of the
most valuable holdings of
Timmons - iOchali Corporation.
During a short visit in,
Pinehurst, Forbes visited his
many friends and played golf.
He had only played two
rounds in two years before
arriving here and while his
terrific tee shot is still in his
bag, it has lost some of its
former direction. I
The young engineer plans to
leave for Miami1 tonight
where he will board the Am
erican Clipper for South Am~
erica. The filial hop will be
via a land plane to Medelin.
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HOMERS. CUMMINGS
AND GOLFING FRIENDS
HOLD ANNUAL REUNION
Homer S. Cummings, recently
retired Attorney General of the
United States and a large* party
of golfing friends from various
parts of the country, are now at
The Carolina for their 14th an
nual Pinehurst reunion. The
group, Numbering 40, the largest
of all th4 Pinehurst get-togeth
ers, is jcdmprised of men who
have b£en associated with Mr.
Cummings in business, politics
and : splitting the fairways over
a long period of years. On each
| of these visits, the “gang,” as
the former U. S. Attorney calls
them, stage a golf tourney of
their own. This is allegedly of a
medal play nature, under a high
ly • complicated handicap system,
on which, as several of the group
testify, even the committe does
not quite completely “sustain
the objection.” .
The latest tournament was
held yesterday over the No. 3
course. Ilobert Fleming, presi
dent of the Riggs Bank of Wash
ington, and1 Charles D. Lockwood,
Stamford jurist, carding net 64,
tied for first prize in the con
test, Cummings placing third
with a net 65. Incidentally, Mr.
Cummings had a gross 81, one
of the best rounds of his golfing
career. Clarence W. Bell, pres
ident of the First National Bank
of Stamford, Conn., was fourth
with a net 68. Fifth place re
sulted in a tie between Stephen
Early, President Roosevelt’s sec
retary and Raymond E. Hackett,
Stamford attorney and' partner
of Mr. Cummings.-' Early and
Hackett carded a net 69. j Mich
ael A. Morrissey of Rye, N. Y.,
president of the Americaii News
Co., and John Drye, New York
attorney tied for seventh with
net 71. I j
today’s program will include
a consolation tournament for
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Miss Mildred Hall Mason
of Boston Appointed to
Task of Arranging Group
Gatherings in Pinehurst
CANVASS CONDUCTED
As an added attraction to its re
sort life, Pinehurst is instituting
an extensive entertainment pro
gram for this and coming seasons.
The need for a diversified pro
gram has long been felt and it is
hoped that this season will find it
fulfilled.
Miss Mildred j Hall Mason of
Boston, M^ss., has been appointed
the task of discovering the type
of entertainment most desired.
From a partial canvass, which
she has made thus far, it appears
that a revival of the former for
ums should meet with the great
est popular appeal. Tentatively,
these forums will include current
events, exploration and discovery,
economics, problems of modern so
ciety and a variety of other topics
of timely and absorbing interest!
If sufficient interest is shown, a
debate groupi will be formed,
whose forensics may be indulged
iii on other forum evenings.
- -Next- in-favor is the interest in
the creating of a garden group
whose speakers would include au
thorities on local plants and shrub
bery from both Carolinas. Also
special attention will be given to .
the art of arranging cut flowers.
As a finale for the garden group,
the idea of a Spring Flower Show
has met with enthusiastic re
sponse.
Third in local interest is a mus
ical program. A series of morn
ing get-togethers in various homes
or at the hotels, with both local
and imported -talent presenting
various trends in music, will be
offered. Following this, and spon
sored by the initial groups,'would
be several musical evenings with
outstanding artists.
“Information, Please” (in a
Pinehurst version), spelling bees
and hobby lobbies, square dances
and community singing will be of
fered for additional fun after some
of the regularly scheduled Pine
hurst events. 1
An amateur dramatic movement1
has also been suggested as a pos
sibility. As special features many
have voiced the desire to bijing
here to Pinehurst such fine enter
tainment as is offered by The
Play-Makers, the one-woman the
atre of Cornelia Otis .Skinner or
Ruth Draper, and one or more of
the outstanding negro musical or
ganizations, such as that of the
Hampton Institute. Many of these
have already met with favor at
previous performances in Pine
hurst. I
FOOTBALL RESULTS
Duke 20—V. M. I. 7
North Carolina! 32—Davidson 0 ^
Clemson 20—Wake Forest 7
Harvard 15—Army 0
Cornell 14—Colgate 12
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Iowa 7—Notre Dame 6 ^
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Penn State 10—Penn 0 n
Pittsburgh 6—Carnegie Tech 0
Fordham 13—Indian 0
Yale 14—Brown 14
WEATHER
^Mostly cloudy Sunday, some
what cooler. T