FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1954
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
PAGE ELEVEN
PINEHURST NEWS
By MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF
Scout Troop Formed
'A second Girl Scout troop has
been organized in Pinehurst un
der the leadership of Mrs. Regi-
ii' nald G. Narelle and Mrs. Allan
Peters. Serving as troop commit
tee members are Mrs. A. N. De-
rouin, chairman; Miss Ruth Mc-
Enery, Miss Anne Hotchkiss, Mrs.
J. C. Bertrand and Mrs. W. A. Le-
land McKeithen. Mrs. Arthur J.
Debevoise has recently joined the
Girl Scouts of America as an adult
member.
Conducts Service
The Rev. T. A. Cheatham, rec-
tor emeritus of the Village Chapel,
will have charge of the 11 a. m.
worship service at the Chapel on
Sunday.
Entertain
Mrs. Mary Evelyn de Nis-
soff entertained Monday after
noon for Mrs. Myra C. Wedlock
who is the guest of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Keith W^edlock.
'» Mrs. Marian Watt Phillips was
hostess at a luncheon at her home
Tuesday honoring Mrs. Mercer C.
Myers of Hackensack, N. J., who,
with Mr. Meyers, is a guest at the
Hollywood Hotel in Southern
Pines.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Lyman
are entertaining at cocktails at
their home today for their house
guests, Mr. and Mrs. C. Vincent
6 Armstrong of Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. James B. Franks is honor
ing her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John D. McCown of
Lumberville, Bucks County, Pa.,
at a cocktail party this evening
at the Berkshire Hotel, where Mr.
and Mrs. McCown are guests.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. I. T. Wyche
and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. A. V. Ar
nold will entertain jointly at a
pre-hunter trial luncheon at the
Arnolds’ Southern Pines’ home
tomorrow (Saturday.)
Mrs. McGee Kastner will be
hostess at a dinner for out-of-
town guests at her home after the
hunter trials Saturday evening.
Brief Mention
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lacey
have returned from a trip to Flor
ida and are occupying their Mid
land Road home.
Miss Shirley Dana- of Charlotte
and Miss Penelope Dana, a stu
dent at Rollins College in Roan
oke, Va., were the weekend guests
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Dana.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Donald Sher-
rerd had as their house guests for
several days this week Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Freedom Eaton of
Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bevan arriv
ed this week from Fort Lauder
dale, Fla., and are occupying their
Midland Road home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Chap
man left Friday for Florida where
Mr. Chapman will play in a n\un,-
Netherlands
Officers Here
Four Royal Netherlands Air
Force officers are attending
the indictrinat^on course at
the USAF Air Ground Oper
ations School here this week.
They arrived in Southern Pines
Saturday, during an Air Force-
sponsored tour of installations in
the United States.
Heading the party is Major
General Johannes A. Bach, chief.
Air Materiel Command. With him
are: Lt. Col. Arnold J. de Vries,
Lt. Col. Johan W. Thijssen, Major
Jelke L. Bosch and Major Gerar
dus H. J. Ruygrok. Accompaning
the group is Major Cecil C.
Young, U. S. Air Force escort of
ficer.
ber of golf tournaments.
Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Cheatham
spent last weekend in Oxford, N.
C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Porteous are
making a short visit at the Moun
tain Lakes Club in Florida.
Octave Blake is occupying his
winter hc-me here.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles B. Mad
dox are occupying their home
here where they will spend the
remainder of the season, after a
brief visit to Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spellissy of
Philadelphia, Pa. are occupying
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Spellissy on Muster Branch Roald.
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Appe^ Entered
After Jury Says
Thomas Will Good
Case Attempting To
Break Will Consumes
3 Days Last Week
Two uncontested divorces were
granted, based on two years’ sep
aration, and several cases disposed
of in pre-trial conferences in the
civil term of Superior Court at
Carthage last week, before a jury
case was called which then con
sumed the entire period of trial
time remaining in the term.
This was a caveat action insti
tuted by 11 sons and daughters
and a niece of F. G. 'Thomas, de
ceased, pf West End, to break
their father’s will, charging that
he was mentally incompetent
when he made the will, and had
been subjected to undue influence
on the part of his pth child, Lena
May (Mrs. N. W.) Meinnis.
The jury decided otherwise, de
termining after two days of testi
mony by about 50 witnesses that
Mr. Thomas had been mentally
competent, had not been subjected
to undue influence and that the
wiU was valid as a whole and in
all its parts. The caveators gave
notice of appeal.
The case, filed September 2,
1952, following Mr. Thomas’ death
in May of that year, had been
continued for several terms but
had been the subject of a note by
Special Judge Grover A. Martin
at the November,’ 1953, term that
“this case ought to be tried,” and
j setting it peremptorily for the
first case to come up at the Feb
ruary term following the uncon
tested divorces.
These were: Dorothy Moore
Patterson vs. A. B. Patterson, and
William E. Phillips vs. Dorothy
Simpson Phillips. Both were bas
ed on two years’ separation, and
in the Patterson case the mother
was given custody of the two
minor sons.
Court officials stated that the
system of pre-trial conferences in
troduced by Judge Frank M.
Armstrong at this term had
“worked fine” and cleared a good
deal of work out of the files. Also
through these conferences 10
cases were boiled down to essen
tial issues as a preliminary to
trial, though only the one case
was actually tried.
Caveators, or plaintiffs, in the
Thomas will case were Mrs. Bes
sie Vest and her husband A. A.
Vest; Mrs. Bertha Petree and her
husband L. C. Petree; S. V.
Thomas, J. L. Thomas, C. M.
Thomas, Mrs. Ruth McKenzie and
her husband Clyde McKenzie,
Mrs. Velma Currie and her hus
band L. M. Currie, Mrs. Thelma
Cole and her husband R. M. Cole,
Mrs. Eunice McKenzie and her
husband I. K. McKenzie and A. C.
Thomas, all of them sons, daugh
ters and sons-in-law of F. G.
'Thomas; ajso Mrs. Etta Caddell,
a niece, and her husband L. C.
Caddell. All are weU-known res
idents of the West End and Eagle
Springs section of Moore county
except O. R. Thomas, who lives
in Greensboro.
With about 25 witnesses on each
side, the case brought into court
a large part o^ the population of
that area, with a scattering from
Carthage, Robbins and also from
King. 'Two physicians. Dr, J. C.
Grier, Jr., and Dr. Clement R.
Monroe, both of Pinehurst, were
also among the witnesses.
The jury was empaneled Tues
day and the trial took place dur
ing all of Wjednesday and Thurs
day.
There are over 300 Scout Units
organized for physically handi
capped boys.
WRITER VISITS STATE
Miss Llewellyn Miller of New
York City, who has been assign
ed to write a travel article for the
May issue of Redbook Magazine,
recently visited North Carolina
gathering material for her story.
She spent a day in the Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment and visited the Nuclear
Reactor at State College and the
State Fair Arena.
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Containing 78 acres of land, adjoining Everett’s Fishing Lake. House, barn and outbuildings
solid brick, all with tile roofs, copper gutters and piping.
House consists of large entrance hall, with winding stairway, large living room, large pine-paneled den, dining
room, breakfast room, butler’s pantry; kitchen with all necessary cabinets, stainless steel, in both kitchen and pan
try. Seven open fireplaces, all set in different colored marble. Five bedrooms, three full tile baths and a one-half
bath. Full basement, with oil heat and laundry. Servants quarters over garage, including three rooms and bath.
Solid brick smokehouse and large tool house. Barn includes tack room, feed room and five large stables. All prop
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Also 580-acre cattle farm located two miles from this property, with 200 head of beef cattle and farming equipment.
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C. E. GULLEDGE
Write P. O. Box 152, HAMLET, N. C.
Residence Phone Rockingham 2166. Business phones; Hamlet 1230 and Fayetteville 2-8115.