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0 'S' ' at 3 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1953 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Poetry of Richard Aldridge, Grandson Cf l)r. Symington, Given High Praise 'Discovery of First Magnitude' Critic In New York Times Says The work of Richard Aldridge, 23-year-old poet, is represented in a recently published collection, “New Rcems. By American Poets,” and has been hignty prais ed in The New York Times Book Review. Aldridge is the grandson of Dr. John Symington and ttie nephew of'Miss Jean Symington, of Car thage and Pinehurst. The young poet, now in the army at Fort Dix, N. J., is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Albert H. Aldridge of New York Ctiy. Mrs. Aldridge is the former Ahce Sy mington, daughter of Dr. Syming ton and the late Mrs. Symington. Dr. Symington was for some years Moore County Health Officer and subsequently has practiced medi cine at Carthage. Four poems by Aldridge appear in “New Poems.” This collection was edited by Rolfe Humphries and is published by Ballantine Books of New York. It is available in both a cloth and paper-bound edition. Aldpidge is a graduate of Am herst College where he won the Colin Armstrong Poetry Prize. B,e- fore entering the army, he lived in Washington, D. C., where he was employed in government re search. Except for appearances in “Context,” the college literary magazine, the poems ' in “New Pcems” are the first he has pub lished. Reviewing the volume in The New York Times Book Review, Seldon Rodman writes: •■'ine group of poems by Rich ard Aldridge, the youngest of the new poets included, may be a dis covery of the first magnitude. One poem (and the others are better) is short enough to quote in full; entitled “The Pine Bough,” it is comparable to Frost in its man ner of arresting a simple moment of vision in the simplest most memorable language: . T saw a thing and stepped to wonder— For who had set the moment when The pine bough should dip out from under The white oppressor’s arm of snow And upward fling itself, as though Attracted by a blue May heav en?” i Another poem by Aldridge ap peared in the “Poets’ Column” of the New York Times Book Re view. Entitled “To Himself,” it is: “Leave her now, go out and learn To look ahead and see the years That bring back sleep; no longer yearn To grasp the riddle that beset How many others in their turn. The strange pandemic ill of love. Agreeing, I cry I would, and yet Around me sorrow’s image clings: I only see cold skies above The promise that the (frocus brings: The rain, a blowing mist of tears; The rose, that draws the touch and stings.” Moore Business Growth Shown By Dun & Bradstreet The business growth of Moore County was underlined this week when the physical count of names of businesses listed in the Novem ber 1953 Reference Book of Dun & Bradstreet was completed. The new count showed an in crease of over 58 per cent in the past seven years, according to Norman Dancy, Dun & Brad- street’s manager at the Winston- Salem office which covers this area. He disclosed that in 1946 there were 357 rated businesses listed in the towns comprising Moore County and the count of these same towns, in the new book showed 564. The Reference Book lists com mercial enterprises—manufactur ers, wholesalers, retailers, and other business, generally those buying regularly on credit. It does not, however, include some serv ice and professional establish ments, such as real estate brokers, barber and beauty shops, stock brokers, etc. Thus, figures for all businesses in Moore County would be higher than the ones quoted above. Dancy estimiated that during 1953 several changes would be made on the Reference Book list ings of Moore County concerns including new names added, names withdrawn, changes in ownership, changes in credit ratings and in trade styles. Pruning Often Better If Done Late In Dormant Season of Shrubs, Trees By ROBERT SCHMIDT About this time of the year many people get the urge to go out and cut their shrubs and trees. I have noticed many times in the city that when shrubberj^ has become too large and must be cut back severely it will be done at this season instead of the period just before growth starts in the spring. What I am trying to bring out is the fact that if you prune trees or shrubs back se verely now you will have to look at the naked stumps all winter since there will be no growth un til spring. On the other hand, if the prun ing was done in late winter or early spring, it would take only a short while for the new growth to cover up the ugly stumps. Of course, no shrubs should be allow ed to get into so bad a condition that they should have to be cut back to large stumps. Intelligent pruning each year should pre vent that; Spring flowering shrubs should be pruned only lightly during the dormant season if you wish a lot of bloom. That would include spiraea, forsythia, climbing roses nd other similar spring bloomers. Heavier pruning can be done im mediately after they are through blooming. Summer flowering shrubs such as crape myrtle and hybrid tea roses may be pruned quite severely during the dormant period because they bloom on the new wood. It is best to delay the pruning of hybrid tea roses until late in the dormant season or un til danger of hard freezing is past. If you have any pear trees, the less pruning you do on them the better. Pruning will force out new growth, and this new growth is infection. The same cautions ap- infection. The same cauttions ap ply to the fertilization and culti-1 vation of pears. Keep fertilization j and cultivation down to a mini-; mum in order to slow down growth. . ; Fig bushes are often damaged i by cold weather and, therefore, j it is best to delay pruning until | danger of further freezing injury \ is past. Pruning of evergreen shrubs is best done just before growth starts at the end of the dormant season. Holiday Events At Pinehurst Set Special holiday events at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst, in clude: Children’s party at 2 p. m., Thursday, December 24. Annual winter informal horse show in the riding ring of the hotel, Sunday afternoon, Decem ber 27. Meeting of the Mocre County Hounds at the riding ring of the hotel at 9 a. m. Tuesday, Decem ber 29, for a hunt in which any one can ride, whether or not a Hunt member, and after which the hotel will be host at a hunt breakfast at noon. Another Pinehurst event of the holidays will be the annual Chil dren’s Cantata in the Village Chapel at 6:30 p. m>. Christmas Eve, Thursday, Deceipber 34. 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