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ay. October 13. 1951 THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina Page Nine Scouters tching Mail; Is Near *ps for house-to-house solici- j in the residential district ’■ current Girl Scout annual 'drive were revised when it jred that it might not be nec- it was learned this week John S. Ruggles, commun- airman for the fund drive. ; sponse was so good in the ■ss district, and sufficient (s are coming in by mail so ! fe feel confident of reach- . ir goal within a few days,” d. “Of course we have not jiturns on all the mail that ;nt out, and we are hoping good many more replies. If ome in as expected, we will ed to solicit further.” 3 isked that all those who re- a mailed request, who have ;t responded, please do so er to help the Girl Scouts [je their quota for the year, watching the mail,” he '|get quota assigned by the ouncil, and undertaken by ty commattee, is $800. Any inal funds secured will be d for the benefit of the program. )T ADVERTISING PAYS Wildlife Club Holds Fish Fry At Aberdeen Lake Some 100 or 150 members and friends of the Sandhills Wildlife club gathered beside Aberdeen lake Wednesday evening to en joy a fish fry. Cooked in sizzling grease over the oepn fire were a mess of de licious spots taken by members of the club off Shallotte last weekend. They were served crisp, brown and hot with slaw; hush puppies and steaming coffee, ihere was plenty for all from the 4U0-pound catch, and plates were refilled time and again. 'Presiding at the grill were Wild life Club President Gene McDon ald," Ed Starnes, Lamar Smith, Haney Harris and others. The evening, with its touch of autumn coolness, was just right for such an occasion. Enjoying the event were residents of Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Pinebluff and other County communities, many of them coming in family groups. A considerable number took out memberships in the club. The fishing party, headquar tering at Haney Harris’ cottage at Shallotte, consisted of Harris, Stanley Dunn, Ed Starnes, Glen- don Wicker and the Barber brothers front near Carthage. )alrymple’s Sanford's Leading Men's Store Above is » pleoe of AJr« film. Note the honey- ooab of eeoled elr cells. Walkmdh Luxurious cushioned comfort in handsome shoes There’s a springy honeycomb of sealed air cells between the in sole and outsole of every Air- film Shoe. It supports your entire weight, so that you actually walk OH compressed air. You enjoy restful, healthful cushioned com fort, of a kind found in no other shoe. Airfilm keeps insole even, provides relief for callused feet. ... Treat your feet to Airfilm. Come in — see our selection. # As advertised iu Collier’s AAA to EEE Sizes 6 to 14 Tom Wicker’s First Novel On Sale; “Get Out Of Town” Written Here Young Author Now On Copy Desk Of Winston-Salem Paper Tom, Wicker, who served F.s Chamber of Commerce manager here during the year 1948, has broken into print with his first novel—the in itial step, his friends here are confident, toward future fame and fortune as a writer. "Get Out of Town," published this m,onifb< by Gold Medal books (see story below) was writ ten during his year in South ern Pines, though it has since been considerably revised. Tom's mother, Mrs. D. D. Wicker of Kamlet, is the for mer Miss Esta Cameron of Moore county and he is wide ly related here. He is the nephew of Misses Mary and Rebecca Cameron and Clifton Cameron of Southern Pines, also of Miss Gussie Cameron, who now lives in Raleigh. Shields and Herbert Cameron of Southern Pines and their brother Gordon of Pinehurst, chairman of county commis sioners, are his cousins. By Waller Spearman Professor of Journalism University of North Carolina A young North Carolina po liceman who fights organized rackets in the State is the hero of Winston-Salem Newspaperman Tom Wicker’s first novel, ‘"Get Out Of Town,” published this month by Gold Medal Books in New York. Wicker, who is a native of Ham let and a former resident of Southern Pines and Raleigh, has not only discovered a new kind of hero for this novel, but has also ventured into a new publishing field for a Carolina author. His book will make its first appear ance in the Gold Medal 25-cent edition, a format usually reserv. ed for reprints 'of popular novels already published. Gold Medal Books has adoped a policy of hunting out promising new au thors and publishing their work in the pocket size and at a low price. “Get Out Of Town” will appear under the pseudonym of “Paul Connolly,” which Wicker intends to use for his original 25- cent books, keeping the “Thomas Wicker” for other more . serious and ambitious novels he wants to write. Writing is a day and night job fcr Wicker, since he spends his evenings on the copy desk of the V/inston-Salem Journal and most of the day at his own home desk writing novels. Not only has he finished his first novel about the policeman, but during the sum mer he completed a second one entitled “The Second Grave,” which is now under contract with Gold Medal and is also a “thrill- er. Bumped Off Seven “I’ve bumped off seven people in these two books,” says the au thor, “so I am now ready to deal with the living.” He was refer- ing to a new, serious novel which he hopes lo finish by next spring and which now bears the working title of “Another Darkness, An other Light.” This will appear un der his own name. The story of North Carolina crime rackets in “Get Out Of Town” will probably be very fa miliar to readers who have fol lowed the rise of organized crime in this State. His hero tries almost single- handedly to expose a racket which no one else believes exists. After several beatings, getting framed for a murder, and being blackmailed into temporary sub mission by the racket bosses, the hero finally manages to thwart the villians, clean up the town, and get the girl, an attractive war widow who helps him in his fight for justice. “He does not save the world or even redeem the town,” Wicker admits, “but he does live up to his own capabilities and act ac cording to his strong sense of justice.” Story Comes First One of the things Wicker dis likes most about so many contem porary novels is that they try too hard to put over a mesage instead of tell a story. “I think people and stories have to come first,” he maintains. “I have reed so many books in which I am sure the au thor has a message he wanted to get over to the reader, so he in vented characters and situations to illustrate his point. I believe if the characters and stories are good they will be bound to make a point. “Too many novelists have for gotten how to tell a story. As much as anything, I think that is responsible for the drop in fiction sales. Characters always seem to have to symbolize something. Plots seem to have to have some sort of significance, socially or po litically or economically or psy chologically or medically or sex ually or scientifically. Must Come Alive “I have no quarrel with signif icance or with symbolism. How ever, it seems to me that if a writer can make real people come alive on his pages, engage them in some contest or situation in volving what William Faulkner caTs the human verities, and then al>w them to work their way -tbrough thh situation in accord ance with their own natures and abilities, he vvill have done two th’hgs—he will have told a good story and he will have achieved real significance. Otherwise he is likely to come out with a set of wooden dolls moving jerkily on the all-too-obvious strings which attach-them to the author’s hands —and moving dully at that.” Wicker has had a fine oppor tunity to know the people and the stories of North Carolina for he has lived in various sections of the State. He was born 25 years ago in Hamlet, where his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wicker, now live at 414 Hamlet avenue. After training in the V-12 at the Univer sity of North Carolina he served n the Navy during the war, re turning to Chapel Hill in 1947 to get his A. B. degree in journalism. While in college he studied crea tive writing with Professor Phil lips Russell and started writing in earnest. Southern Pines Job After graduation he spent the year 1948 as manager of the Southern Pines Chamber of Com- trerce, five rrionths as editor of the Sandhill Citizen in Aberdeen while Editor Clifton Blue was serving in the State Legislature, then a year as sports and tele graph editor for the Daily Rober- sonian at Lumberton. From June, 1950, to June, 1951, he was infor mation director for the North Car olina Board of Public Welfare and made his home in Raleigh, leaving for Winston-Salem last Spring. Wife Helps Author Mrs. Wicker, who was Miss Ne va McLean of Rockingham, a graduate of Woman’s college in Greensbcro, not only helps her husband by typing his manu scripts but is also interested in art herself. This fall she is en rolled at Salem college for art courses—and some of her oil paintings are hanging on the liv ing room walls in their apartment at the Mayflower on Glade Street. “I write in longhand,” Wicker says, “and Neva types off a rough dreft. They I ^ through the rough with pen and ink and also add in scenes or delete them as seems necessary.” Since Mrs. Wicker is also interested in writ ing, they hope sometime to do a novel together. Mrs. S. E. McGowan Buried in Georgia Mrs. S. E. McGowsn, mother of C. D. McGowan and Mrs. L. L. Hallman of Aberdeen, died Tues day morning at Moore County hospital following a short illness. She was 69 years old, and had liv ed in Aberden five years, mak ing her home with her children. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Valdosta, Ga., with burial at Quitman, Ga Mrs. McGowan was a native of Georgia. Surviving besides her son and daughter in Aberdeen are two other sons, W. McGowan, of Valdosta, and S. E. McGowan, Jr., of Americus, Ga.; one brother and two sisters, all of Georgia. Switzerland narvested a bump er crop of apples and pears last year, but sharply smaller crops are in prospect this year. Dt». Nc^l and McLean VETERINARIANS Southoru Pines. N. 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