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THE PILOT. Southern Pines. North Carolina
Friday, January 9, 1948.
Society and Personals of the Sandhills
! JACKIE WURZBACHER, EDITOR
PHONE 7271 OR 5262
MISS PERKINSON AND MR. PERHAM i
WED SATURDAY AT BENNETTS.LE
Circle To Meet
The Business Woman’s Circle
' of the First Baptist church will
meet with Mrs. C. R. Mills in
Pinedene next Monday evening at
8 o’clock. Mrs. Archie Ferguson
will be co-hostess.
Thistle Club
Nine tables were in play at the
dessert bridge of the Thistle club
held Wednesday afternoon at the
Civic club.
Mrs. H. L. Grover won the high
score prize and Mrs. H. E.
Thrower the second. Other prizes
went to Miss Mildred Hatfield,
Mrs. Margaret Clark, Mrs. W. E.
Cox, Mrs. Laura Woods, Miss
Ursula Grosvenor, Mrs. Garland
McPherson and Miss Sara Brice.
Auxiliary To Meet
Tuesday Evening
The American Legion auxiliary
will hold its regular meeting at
the legion hut on Maine avenue
next Tuesday evening at 8
o’clock.
Plans for the Americanism pro
gram will be announced and the
date of the poppy sale will be
fixed. The nominating committee
will also be named by the presi
dent, Mrs. Haynes Britt, who
urges a full attendance of mem
bers.
Hostess will be Mrs. Earle E.
Merrill.
tertained friends at a buffet sup
per and egg nog party at their
home on East Massachusetts ave
nue.
Mrs. John Howarth and Mrs
Rev. Mr. Humphries
Is Guest Speaker
Rev. Tucker G. Humphries of
the Church of Wide Fellowship
was the third guest speaker of Roy Grinnell were hostesses at
the winter program of St. Anne's' cocktail party at the home of the
Guild of, Emmanuel Episcopal Grinnells to 80 people,
church, comprising the study of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Hoskin
other denominations. |Were host and hostess to friend
After a short business session, at a theater party and a buffe
supper at their home followin
the show.
Also hosts at a theater part
and supper were the Rev. an
Mr. Humphries was presented and
explained practices and doctrines
of the Congregational church, cit
ing a few of his personal exper
iences. A discussion of questions' Mrs. Tucker G. Humphries.
and answers followed the talk.
Mrs. John Ponzer and Mrs.’A.
B. Patterson were hostesses for
the evening and served coffee,
sandwiches and tea biscuits.
The meeting was held at the the table,
parish house.
Holiday Visitors
Feted With Dance
Miss Anne Buckley, of Bogota,
N. J., and other holiday visitors
in town were honor guests at an
informal dance for the high
school set at the Community
Center last Tuesday evening,
given by Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Johnson.
Honored. with Miss Buckley
were Shirley Johnson, of Mt.
Airy, Wally Johnson, of Auburn,
Ala., Jack Foster, of New York
land Janet Johnson, of Southern
'pines. More than 100 young peo
ple were guests at the dance, for
which the large room 'was. color
fully decorated in the holiday
spirit. Cokes and cookies were
served.
„ Pine Cone Lodge
> Holiday guests at Pine Cone
Lodge included: Mr. and Mrs. J.
K. Baimerman, of Wilmington;
Mr. Julian T. 'Trenholm and his
sons, John and Winthrop, of New
York City; Dr. William A. Yeager,
of the University of Pittsburgh,
Mrs. Yeager and their son Ken-
nett; Miss Bertha K. McCarthy, of
Philadelphia, Pa,.; Miss Maybelle
M. Holman, of Phoenixville, Pa.;
Mr. and Mrs. Newton D. Holbrook
and their daughters, Clara, Julia
and Natalie, of Alexandria, Va.
Miss Helen Hilderman of St.
Louis, Mo., and Miss Catherine
Hilderman, who is a member of
the faculty of Meredith college,
^^^^Kwere here for the holidays with
^^^^nheir parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
^^^^■Hilderman.
[ew Arrivals At
The Pine Needles
Honeymooning at the
Pine
Needles are Mr. and Mirs. William
Edward York, of Durham, and
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Daught-
ridge of Charlotte.
Other arrivals include: Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Hastings, of Winston-
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. De-
Bardelaben, of Greensboro; Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Kelly, of Dur
ham; Cdr. and Mrs. E. S. Tharpe,
of Moultrie, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
Hudson D. Dravo, of Kennett
Square, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Pearce, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter B. Jacob, of
West Redding, Conn.; C. D. Gar
land. of Roanoke, Va.; J. J. Mc
Intyre, of Hollins, Va.; Mrs. A,
Duer Irving, of Greenville, Del.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lawrence, of
Montclair, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. F.
B. Haggerty, of Summit, N. J.;
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. LaFarge, of
Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. 2md Mrs.
E. F. Chinlund, of New York
City.
Party For Recent
Bride In Aberdeen
Honoring Mrs. Charlies Scott
Russell, of Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, a recent bride, Mrs. S.
E. Sloan and her daughter, Mrs.
A. J. Smith, entertained infor
mally last Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Smith in Aber
deen.
Guests were welcomed by the
honoree, Mrs. Leonard Russell,
Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Smith into
the living room which was dress
ed for the holidays in evergreens
and red candles.
A color note of green and white
was observed in the dining room.
A lace cloth covered the table
which was centered’with a crystal
bowl filled with white crysan-
themums and fern. Crystal can
delabra holding white candles
completed the arrangement.
Russian tea, cake, nuts and
mints were served to some 75
frihnds by Mrs. M. J. Muse, Mrs.
John Solan, Mrs. Mack Wallace
and Miss Jo Wallace. Mrs. J. A.
Lawrence presided at the guest
register.
The party at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Tommy Atkinson, Jr
was in the form of a covered dis,
dinner, with every couple bring
ing something to contribute t
Guests included: Mr
and Mrs. Ralph Chandler, Mr
and Mrs. Edward Cox, Mr. anc
Mrs. E. J. Austin, Mr. and Mrs
Don Traylor, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Patch, Jr., Mr. and Mrs
A1 Chiswell and Mr. and Mrs
Bill Henderson who came latei
in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney N. Ever
entertained at cocktails for i
small group of friends New Year’s
Day.
Saturday afternoon friends en
joyed a delightful g{st-togethei
at the home of Col. and Mrs.
Severn Wallis who were hosts at
a cocktail party.
IN BRIEF
)AR Chapter Will
leet At Aberdeen
I’he Alfred Moore chapter,
aughters of the American Revo-
ition, will meet Saturday after-
loon at 2 o’clock with Mrs. J.
Palbot Johnson at her home in
Aberdeen. Col. Prank Thompson
dll speak on “Robert Burns.” !
Visiting daughters are given) school gymnasium in Carthage at-
' a special invitation to attend, ac- J tracted many from here who were
cording to Mrs. P. P. McCain, sec- in the dancing mood, as did the
New Year’s Joyous .
For Lodge Guests
“A wonderful time was had by
all,” agreed the guests at Mag
nolia Lodge on the afternoon and
evening of New Year’s Day.
At 5:30 in the evening Mr. and
Mrs. Michael J. Kernan, of Clin
ton, N. Y., entertained at a cock
tail party in honor of Michael J.
Kernan, Jr., a junior at Harvard
who spent the holidays here with
his parents.
After a bounteous dinner, Mrs.
Sallie Sharp Messick, director of
the Sharp School of Speech and
Drama, of Seaford, Del., present
ed a varied program of mUsic,
song, story and folklore which
discovered a surprising amount
of talent 'at the Lodge.
Dr. Louisa Van Dyke, of Flora
Macdonald college, charmed the
guests with her rendition of the
works of the masters on the
pianoforte.
Dr. Eleanor Marks, also of
Flora Macdonald college, was in
formative and amusing with her
stories of the French people, her
tales being especially true to life,
she having spent many years
teaching in France.
Michael J. Kernan, Jr., offer
ed character imitations after
which Miss Winifred Kuhns, of
Peace college, acted as a teller
of tales.
Mrs. Messick was also heard in
several impersonations.
EvYry evening at the lodge
three ladies and one man played
“Oklahoma,” and their manner
isms were the basis of a lampoon
in which Mr. Kernan, Martin
Lynch, of Albany, N. Y., Edward
Woodman, of Merrimac, Mass.,
and Michael Kernan, Jr., enacted
the parts of the group, and their
apt aping of the topics discussed
by the femmes, as well as their
remarks about rules and proceee-
dure “brought down the house.”
Every guest had “to do some
thing” and they all did well.
After the evening of fun, Mrs.
Alice Adams served ice cream,
cake and hot chocolate.
Parties End
Holiday Whirl
Tlie Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year season is over
for another year. There were,
however, many parties last week
to wind up the gay holiday whirl.
New Year’s Eve saw celebra
tions everywhere with private
parties and several dances. The
dance held by the Wiley G. Co
mer post, VFW. at the high
retary of the chapter. Anyone de-
_ siring transportation from South
ern Pines can phonq Mrs. Me
at 5034 or Mrs. John Cline
21.
^L. Maples, a student at the
Military Institute, spent
;rs with Mr, and Mrs,
Ilister.
gala New Year’s Eve balls held at
the Pinehurst Country club and
the Officers’ club at Fort Bragg.
The Teen Age welcomed the
New) Year in with a dppee at the
Civic club. About 75 wiembers en
joyed dancing and visiting at
each other’s homes, during the
course of the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Franfc 'Welch en-
Capt. and Mrs. Lyle W. Mul-
cher, of Washington, D. C., and
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rice ad daugh
ter, Fay, of Contoocook, N. H.,
spent the holidays with their
aunt and cousin Mrs. Alice Adams
and Albert Adams, Jr., at Mag
nolia Lodge.
Mrs. Sallie Mesick, of Sea-
force, Del., has returned to her
home after visiting at Magnolia
Lodge for a week.
Miss Winifred Khuns, who has
been a guest at Magnolia Lodge,
has returned to her duties at
Peace college in Raleigh.
Dr. Elinor Marks and Dr.
Louisa Van Dyke, faculty mem
bers at Flora Macdonald college,
are back at school after their
visit at Magnolia Lodge.
M|Sgt. and Mrs. M. L. Shore,
Jr., of Highland road, left Tues
day morning for a visit in Or
lando, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blue, Jr.,
spent Wednesday and Thursday
in Greensboro.
Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil P. Clark at Wendover in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Clement V.
•Wrenn, of D\irham and Miss
Nancy Wrenn, who is employed
in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baxter and
Miss Elizabeth St. Clair, of Jack-
son, Miss., visited Mrs. R. P.
Brown during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Brown spent
part of the holidays in Norfolk
Va., visiting their son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Brown, and saw for the first time
their granddaughter, Robin- Pa
tricia.
Miss Madeline O’Connor, of'
Greensboro, spent last Thursday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harring
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Fitzger
ald spent the holidays with Mr.
Fitzgerald’s parents, Mr. and Mrs
E. G. Fitzgerald in Altavista, Va
L. E. Grover, who has- been
critically ill since the week be
fore Christmas, is home from the
Moore County hospital and is re
ported to be much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ken
nedy, of Harrisburg, Pa., and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Richardson, of
Portsmouth, Va., were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Rich
ardson and Miss Mary Richard
son.
Also visiting the Johnons here
last week were Mrs. Raymond
and her daughter Jean, of Dur-j
ham. I
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McAllister
spent New Years Day in Char
lotte.
Miss Agnes Anne Buckley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Buckley, formerly of Southern
Pines, returned Saturday to her
home in Bogota, N. J., after a
visit of eight days with Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Johnson on West
Broad street.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E.
Walsh, of Providence, R. I., spent
last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. H.
R. Birch.
Lt. and Mrs. R. N. Maybin and
their son, Richard were the week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Blue. Lieutenant' Maybin re
turned to Shaw Field, Sumter, S.
C., where he is stationed, but
Mrs. Maybin and Richard wUl re
main for a longer visit.
Paul Finch has returned to the
University of North Carolina
after spending the holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mr& A. A.
Hewlett.
MRS. BERTON PERHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vaughn
Perkinson, of East Pennsylvania
avenue, this week announced the
marriage of their daughter, Anne
Reed, to Burton Quinby Perham,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E.
Perham, of Southern Pines and
Portland, Me.
The ceremony took place Sat
urday afternoon at 3:30 in the
First Baptist church of Bennetts-
ville, S. C., with the pastor. Rev.
Mr. Johnas, officiating. The
church organist played “Ave
r. aria, “Because” and other tra-
<i|itional wedding musiq. Mem
bers of the immediate families
were present.
The bride worq a grey suit with
black accessories. She was at
tended by Mrs. Glynn Bohlander,
sister of the groom, as matron of
honor, and Glynn Bohlander was
his brother-in-law’s best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Perham were
TUi; bers of the June, 1947, grad
uating class at the Southern
Pines High school, to which the
groom had returned fo/ing a
period spent in the ari ser
vice. Both were prorrnt in
school activities.
'The groom was activn ath
letics and w;as a membof the
1947 varsity basketball , base
ball teams. Last summee was
a player on the towmseball
team.
During the past semer Mrs.
Perham was a freshman Agnes
Scott college, Decatur, i., and
Mr. Perham at the Unisity of
North Carolina. He hanw re
turned to the universi'where
his bride expects to n him
shortly.
Mrs. Perham, only ch of her
parents, is a native of'Uthern
Pines. The groom wasorn in
Woodstock, Me., and jed his
parents here a year agodowing
his discharge from thservice.
He entered the army aiorce in
1945, served in this co'-ry and
in the European theatof war,
and received his diserge in
January, 1947.
MISS PAGE, MR. PETERSEN ARE WED
AT PAGE MEMORIAL CHURCH, ABEDEEN
fitted bodice. The full skirt ended
in a long train and her veil of il
lusion fell the length of the train
from a tiara of pearl orange blos
soms. Her bouquet was of sweet
heart roses made into a cascade
effect, backed with miniature
English ivy and centered with a
white orchid.
Miss Jeanne Batchelor, maid-
of-honor, and Miss Marian Doub
and Miss Lucile Hilliard, brides
maids, wore identical off-shoul
der dresses of American Beauty
taffet, with matching elbow-
length mitts. They carried cascade
bouquets of white gladioli flor-
ettes and English ivy, tied with
showers of white satin ribbon.
They wore white gladioli florettes
in their hair.
Little Miss Helen Prince of
Laur inburg, cousin of the bride,
was flower girl and wore a long
dress of white imported organdy
made with a tiny off-shoulder ruf
fle. She carried a cascade of Bet
ter Times roses fashioned after
the bride’s bouquet, with match
ing rosebuds in her hair.
The ushers were Robert Peter
sen, brother of the groom, Russell
Batchelor and Forrest Lockey of
Aberdeen, Thomas Gardner of
Chattanooga, Tenn., Calvert Mel
ton of Swarthmore, Pa., and
Christian Cramer of Great Neck,
N. Y.
the hall and dining room. Misses
Page and Pat Blackmore of Aber
deen and Miss Leslie Prince of
Laurinburg assisted in serving
wedding cake, nuts, cookies and
sandwiches.
Later in the evening Mr. and
Mrs. Petersen left for a northern
wedding trip. For traveling Mrs.
Petersen wore a suit of natural
color with matching coat and hat
trimmed in beaver, and alligator
accessories.
Mrs. Petersen is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Henry A. Page,
Sr., and the late Mr. Page, of Ab
erdeen, and Mrs. D. M. Prince
and the late Dr. Prince of Laurin
burg. She attended Salem college
in "Winston-Salem.
Mr. Petersen is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Petersen of
New York City, and Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Horan of Sheepshead Bay,
N. Y. He is now a student in the
department of hotel administra
tion at Cornell university and is
a member of Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity. Mr. and Mrs. Petersen
will be at home in Ithaca, N. Y.
Sunday evening following the
rehearsal, the parents of the bride
entertained the wedding party at
a buffet supper. The bride has
been the recipient of many par
ties, having been entertained by
Mrs. C. "W. Hogan, Miss Lucile
Hilliard and Mrs. W. A. Benson,
Miss Jeanne Batchelor and Mr.
Mrs. D. M.
Prince, Miss Page Shamburger,
Mrs. H. "W. Doub and Miss Marian
Doub. ' .
The bride’s mother wore
black and shell-pink crepe bolero Russell B^atch^or,
evening suit with a corsage of
green orchids. The groom’s moth
er was attired in an evening gown
of green crepe with a green or
chid corsage.
Following the ceremony an in
formal reception was given by
Mrs. Henry A. Page, Jr., at her
home for the wedding party and
members of the family. Lovely
arrangements of orchids and
white carnations were placed in
Miss Amette Avery has return
ed to Charlotte after spending
the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Avery. Miss
Avery is a student at Queens col
lege and makes her home with
her aunt, Mrs. Charles 'W. TLllett
and Mr. Tillett, of Charlotte.
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1948
MR. AND MRS. PETERSEN
Miss Mary Allison Page, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. 'William F.
Page, and James Harry Petersen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Peter
sen of Great Neck, N. Y.-, were
married at 8:30 Monday evening,
December 29, in a ceremony per
formed in Page Memorial Meth
odist church by Rev. T. J. White-
head, pastor of the bride.
Mrs. John M. Storey, organist,
presented a program of nuptial
music including Schubert’s “Sere
nade,” “Ave Maria,” Bach-Gou-
nod, and “Romance” by Rubin
stein. Mrs. Ralph Reed of Win
ston-Salem sang “I Love Thee.’
“O Perfect Love” was played as
the vows were spoken and sung
by Mrs. Reed at the close of the
ceremony as the benediction. The
traditional wedding marches weie
used.
TTie candles were Ihted by
Russell Batchelor, and Thomas
Gardner, of Chattanora, Tenn.
Woodwardiar fern treessouthern
smilax and palm ferns irmed the
altar background, in front of
which were placed staling bas^
kets of white gladiok graced
with plumosa fern. Seva-branch
ed candelabra holding aU white
candles stood around ;he altar,
the altar rail was banM in plu
mosa fern.
The bride entered 1e church
with her father and ns met at
the altar by the groorrwho was
attended by John Sanders of
Great Neck, N. Y., as test man.
The bride’s wqdding .awn was
white duchess ; satin k’ashioned
with a sweetheart neclme and
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