FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1954
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6512
Dr. Browne Addresses WSP Seniors,
Many Awards Made At Commencement
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Officers’ Wives Club
Installs Officers At
Wednesday Meeting
The USAFAGOS Officers’
■W|ives Club held a luncheon and
installation of officers at the
Highland Pines Inn Wednesday,
with the outgoing officers as host
esses. Mixed garden flowers were
used to decorate the table.
The informal installation cere
mony was unique. The retiring
officers sang a song, written
especially for the occasion, trans
ferring their offices to their suc
cessors. Mrs. John Foster read
an “Ode to the New President.”
The club presented the Outgoing
president, Mrs. George Hunt, a
silver tray and bowl.
The new officers are: Mrs. H.
L. Price, president; Mrs. Robert
Rader, 1st vice-president; Mrs.
George Elvey, 2nd vice-president;
Mrs. Bedford D. May, social secre
tary; Mrs. Jack Steinberg, record
ing secretary; and Mrs. C. P
Rountree, treasurer.
Mrs. Elvey introduced Mrs.
Lois Metola as a new member, and
the following as guests: Mrs. Fred
Osman of Bell'efonte, Pa., Mrs. J.
O. Sutton of Charleston, S. C., and
Mrs. Robert Hill and Mrs. Thomas
Waddington of Southern Pines
Mrs. J. H. Gifford and children,
Georganne and aNtalie, are leav
ing Saturday for New York for
a visit of several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osman of
Belleforte, Pa., are visiting Col.
and Mrs. H. L. Price on Massachu
setts Avenue.
Thanks..
Words cannot express
my deep appreciation for
the overwhelming vote
given me in Saturday’s
Democratic Primary.
Your resounding en
dorsement makes me feel
very humble. I assure
you that I shall to the
very best of my ability
continue to perform the
duties of Register of
Deeds in a courteous and
efficient manner. Please
call upon me when I can
serve you.
Sincerely,
Bessie J. Griffin
Miss Jane Carey Is
Graduating From UNC;
Relatives To Attend
Miss Jane Carey, a senior at the
University of North Carolina,
spent part of this week here with
her grandmother, Mrs. J. H.
Towne. Her father, Calvert Carey,
and aunt, Mrs. Gibson Carey, both
of Greenwich, Conn., came to
Southern Pines to spend a short
time in the Towne home before
accompanying Miss Carey to
Chapel Hill for her graduation,
which Mrs. Towne, also, will at
tend. Miss Carey is graduating
summa cum laude.
Mrs. Towne will be going to
New York for the summer short
ly after the commencement.
Mrs. John McConnell
Ill But Improving
Mrs. John McConnell entered
St. Joseph’s Hospital on Thursday
of last week and underwent an
emergency operation at midnight.
She is now getting along as well
as could be expected.
Mrs. McConnell’s mother, Mrs.
Robert Gorrell of Winston-Salem,
arrived on Tuesday of last week
for a visit in her daughter’s home,
before Mrs. McConnell became ill,
and she is remaining during her
daughter’s hospitalization.
Mrs. Sam Carter, with her chil
dren, has gone to West Virginia to
visit her parents. She expects to
be a^ay most of the summer. Mrs.
Carter is chairman of the Art Gal
lery Committee.
:: In and Out of Town ::
Miss Barbara Page, who has just
completed her sophomore year at
Converse College in Spartanburg,
S. C., is at home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Page, for the
Southern Pines Building &
Loan Association
DIVIDEND NOTICE
The Southern Pines Building &
Loan Association has declared its
regular semi-annual dividend at
the rate of 3 per centum per an
num as of June 30, 1954, and such
dividend is available to the cus
tomers on that date and will be
credited to savings accounts and,
if not called for, will be mailed to
those receiving cash dividends.
MARY McL. McCALLUM
Secreteiry
summer.
Miss Carol Sue Humphrey ar
rived home Tuesday from Wom
an’s College in Greensboro, where
she has completed her junior
studies. She will be with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Hum
phrey, until Jnue 13, when she
will go to Corolla in Currituck
County for her second summer of
employment.
S|Sgt. and Mrs. Harold East-
wood and children, who have been
visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Graham Culbreth while wait
ing for their furniture to arrive
by van from California, moved
into a Knollwood apartment on
Leak Street last Saturday. Ser
geant Eastwood expects to leave
on June 20 for the European thea
ter, and his family will reside here
while he is on this tour of duty.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boney and
small sons. Chuck and David, of
Newport News, Va., spent last
weekend with Mrs. Boney’s moth
er, Mrs. Estelle Cameron, of
Manly. Other members of the
family coming during their visit
were Dr. E. A. Cameron of Chapel
Hill and Mrs. L. W. Hall of Lau-
rinburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Newton
of Knoxville, Tehn., spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Newton.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Hyde of
Pinehurst are spending the month
of June with Mrs. Harry M. Vale
on Valley Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Roberts and
daughters, Mickey and Harriet,
left Saturday for a week, going
first to Arlington, Va., to visit his
brother, then to Brentwood, Long
Island, N. Y., to see his mother
and other relatives.
Mrs. Dewey Flannery, en route
home to Ohio from Florida, visit
ed her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mar
tin Tinker, and family for a few
days. Her grandson, Eddie Flan
nery, Jr., accomapnied her home
for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Kemmerer
and children, Linda and Norma
Jean, have returned to their home
in Philadelphia, Pa., after spend
ing a few days with. Mrs. Kem-
merer’s mother, Mrs. J. M. Hatch.
Joy Elvey, young daughter of
Maj. and Mrs. G. C. Elvey, left
Saturday for Fort Myers to spend
the summer with her grandpa
rents, Dr. and Mrs. B. Whisnant.
Johnny Beasley and a group of
friends from Duke University
stopped to see his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Beasley, Tuesday, then
went to Myrtle Beach, S. C., to
stay at The Murphys’ until Fri
day. Mrs. Beasley will go to Dur
ham today (Friday) to attend the
various commencement events of
Duke University, where Johnny is
a member of the senior class, and
Mr. Beasley will join her there
Sunday to attend the remaining
events, including graduation exer
cises.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duke and
son, David, spent the Memorial
Day weekend at Myrtle Beach, S.
C.
Gerald Thomas came home from
the University at Chapel Hill
Wednesday to spend 10 days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe C.
Thomas, before returning to sum
mer school.
Mrs. Lillian Miles Raymond at
tended the Southern Mart of the
Carolinas in Charlotte Monday
and Tuesday, buying infants’ and
children’s wear for Patch’s De
partment Store.
Mrs. J. D. McLean of Cheshire,
Conn., house guest of Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. McLean, spent a part
of last week in Cameron visiting
Mrs. Donald McDonald and fam
ily.
Barbara Gillis of Mount Olive
came Monday to spend some time
with her grandmother, Mrs. J.
Bruce Cameron, at Manly. Her
brother Milton came, also, and is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. John Moore
Goldsmith, and family of South
ern Pines. Their father, David
Gillis, is undergoing treatment in
Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill.
Capt. and Mrs. J. O. Sutton of
Charleston, S. C., are visiting
Maj. and Mrs. Jack Steinberg.
Selden Benedict
Passes In N. Y.
Dr. Rose Butler Browne, chair-
man of the department of educa-'
tion at North Carolina College,
Durham, addressing the Class of
1954 at commencement exercises
at West Southern Pines High
School Monday night, admonished
the seniors to be “friendly, honest.
God-fearing and industrious, to
help bring about a more peaceful
world through true brotherhood.”
Speaking on the theme “Our
Wonderful Heritage,” Dr. Browne
told the boys and girls that they
had “the right and duty to help
preserve this great heritage our
forefathers helped to build.”
Diplomas were presented by
John Howarth, school board chair
man, and Supt. A. C. Dawson
spoke briefly. Principal J. W.
Moore presided, and the glee club
sang, under direction of Robert T.
Simmons. Rev. John H. Wilson
asked an invocation.
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Selden S. Benedict, 78, father
of Cad Benedict of Pinebluff, died
in his sleep Saturday night at the
YMCA in Troy, N. Y., where he
made his home.
Born at Enterprise, Pa., Mr.
Benedict lived until 1926 at Titus
ville, Pa., where he was a part
ner in operation of an automobile
agency. He then entered news
paper work and retired two years
ago after 20 years with the circu
lation department of the Albany
(N. Y.) Times-Union.
Funeral services were to be held
this week at Troy and at Titus
ville, with burial in the family
plot at Enterprise. Surviving are
his son, who is news editor of
The Pilot, and a grandson, Chris
topher Benedict.
Mr. and Mrs. Cad Benedict and
their son left Sunday night for
Troy and expected to return late
this week.
Baptist Vacation
Bible School Will
Start Next Week
The First Baptist church will
begin its annual Vacation Bible
School with Preparation Day Fri
day, June 11, from 8:30 to 10:30
m.
The school wiU then be held
from Monday, June 14, through
the following Friday, from 8:30
to 11:30 each morning. It will close
with a picnic at noon Friday. Jime
18.
Closing exercises will be held
unday, June 21, at 7:30 p. m.
L display of handicrafts will be
held at that time.
The schcK>l will feature classes
in Bible study, story hours, handi
work, music, and recreation for
children from three years old, the
nursery age, on up through the
Intermediate group.
Honors and Awards
Awards for highest scholarship
were made to ParneU Vestal, vale
dictorian, and Martha Waddell, sa-
lutatorian, of the 12th grade; Max
ine Lytch, 11th grade; Ann Mc
Donald and Clarie WeUs, 10th
grade, and Patricia Dowd, ninth
grade.
The Rotary Citizenship Im
provement Award was made to
Joe Louis Harrington by the Rev.
C. V. Coveil, president of the
Southern Pines Rotary club.
Nannie Kelly Leslie received
the Ormsby Jewelry Award for
most ladylike senior girl, and Jer
ry Walden received the Southern
Pines Pharmacy Award for most
gentlemanly senior boy.
The drafnatics award went to
Ann McDonald of the 10th grade;
the mathematics award, to Clarie
Wells, 10th grade, and the princi
pal’s award to Emanuel Ferguson,
of the 11th grade.
A special award, for meritorious
college achievement, in maintain
ing his place on the dean’s list at
North Carolina College went to
Carl Hill, a graduate of the class
of 1951.
The Mary Morse Memorial
Award for best instrumental mu
sic student was made to Dorothy
Headen, 12th grade student; the
Quality Shop Award, to Parthenia
McCall, ninth grade; and an
award for outstanding sportsman
ship and fair play, to Marshall
Nelson, 12th grade.
Oratorical Awards
The oratorical award of the $25
U. S. bond was won by Catherine
Graham, 11th grade, and the sec
ond prize, a medal, went to Jua
nita Lowe, also of the 11th grade.
Music awards went to Barbara
Baldwin, 10th grade, as best vocal
music student, and Dorothy Head
en, 12th grade, as best band stu
dent.
Church awards were made to
the following seniors: First Bap
tist, Naomi Waddell, Frances
Pugh, Sallie Graham; Harrington
Chapel Free Will Baptist, Oliver
Walden, Jerry Walden, Lee Curtis
Walden, Philip Walden, John Ray,
Rosa Jean McClellan; Emanuel
Presbyterian, Margaret McRae;
Church of God in Christ, Annie
Mae McNair, Annie Pearl Turner,
Viesther Hallman; Trinity AME
Zion, Parnell Vestal, Martha Wad
dell, Nannie Leslie, Eula Allen.
Baccalaureate
The Rev. Luther J. Shipman
was the guest speaker at the bac
calaureate service held Sunday
evening. The high school glee
club and girls’ ensemble sang sev
eral numbers, and the Rev. G. B.
Gilchrist gave a Scripture reading
and prayer.
List of Graduates
Members of the graduating class
were: John Graham, Joe Louis
Harrington, Nelson Marshall,' John
David Ray, Lee Curtis Walden,'
Jerry Walden, Oliver Walden,
Philip Walden, Robert Williams,
Eula Allen, Emma Gillis, Hazel
Gillis, Sallie Mae Greiham, Vies
ther Hallman, Dorothy Headen,
Nannie Kelly, Rosa Jean McLel-
lan, Annie McNair, Margaret Mc
Rae, Arteria Oates, Rosetta Perry,
Frances Pugh, Doris Shields, An
nie P. Turner, Parnell Vestal,
Martha Waddell, Naomi Waddell.
WITH THE
Armed Forces
Ernetst Pitts and Carl Bowers,
members of Southern Pines’ grad
uating class of 1953, are taking
basic training together in Texas.
The two boys are cousins. They
entered the Air Force May 3.
Their addresses are the same,
except for the final figure of the
serial number. They are: A|B Carl
B. Bowers, AF 25018691, and AjB
Ernest C. Pitts, AF 25018692, F. L.
458, Sqd. 3725, Lockland AFB,
San Antonio, .Texas.
Carl is the son of Mrs. Flora
Bowers of Manly, and is matried
to the former Martha Wright. His
wife is staying with her parents
in Aberdeen.
Ernest is the son Of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Pitts of Southern Pines
Sgf. Robert L. Stuart is now
continuing his army career as a
paratrooper in the famed “All
American” 82nd Airborne Divi'
sion at Fort Bragg.
As a member of the 82nd, he
will make periodic parachute
jumps, receive advanced training
in military tactics, and participate
in the training exercises and man
euvers held by the division
throughout the year.
Sergeant Stuart entered the
Army in 1949 and received his ba
sic training at Ft. Bliss, Texas. He
was awarded the Parachutist
Badge upon completion of the ba
sic Airborne Course at Fort Ben-
ning, Ga.
Prior to entering the Armed
Forces he attended school at
Southern Pines. His wife, Mrs.
Lois Morrison Stuart, lives at
Southern Pines.
A|3c William K. McCrimmon,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mc
Crimmon of Pinehurst is present
ly being trained as an Air Force
Technician at Warren Air Force
Base, Wyoming.
At this historic former cavalry
post, outside Cheyenne, the Air
Force is training young airmen in
many specialties, telephone and
teletype operators, repairmen, in
spectors and supervisors, as well
as administrative and supply tech
nicians.
Pony League Team
Scores First Win
Over Raeford
The “Salt and Peppers”—
Southern Pines’ entry in the Pony
League—bounced back strongly,
after dropping two games, to score
their first -win of the season over
Raeford Tuesday. The score—8-3.
A long line drive home hit by
Billy Hamel, with two men on
base, and good fielding edso by
Hamel received major credit for
the victory.
Dickie Mclnnis pitched effec
tively for Southern Pines through
out the game, receiving fine sup
port from the team. A big moment
came when Thomas Vann caught
a fly in center field and made a
beautiful throw to first base to
complete a double play.
Tuesday at 5 p. m. the Salt and
Peppers play Robbins on Memor
ial Field.
TOURNAMENT
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day night.
Page Choate defeated Tom Cun
ningham Wednesday afternoon,
and others entered for later play
were Norris Hodgkins, George
Colton, Lemuel Tew, Frank de
Costa and Harry Watson.
In women’s singles Lillian Bul
lock, the only seeded player, de
feated Margaret Hobbs 6-1, 6-2.
Betty Jane Worsham, 1952 cham
pion, defeated Martha Underwood
7-5, 6-3, and Marion de Costa de
feated Frances Pearson 6-1, 6-2.
Others entered in the women’s
events are pete Dana and Gail
Hobson, of Pinehurst.
Mildred Gruebl and Malcolm
Clark were the 1953 champions.
Miss Gruebl is not taking part this
year, and Mr. Clark is in the
Army.
Pairings in men’s and women’s
doubles, also mixed doubles, were
to be made some time Thursday.
With luck and good weather, it is
anticipated that finals in men’s
events can be played Saturday af
ternoon and night, with women’s
events probably finishing up Sun
day.
W. F. Bowman is chairman for
the tournament, which is being
sponsored in its sixth annual re
newal by the Sandhill Tennis as
sociation.
PLAYGROUND
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dy and strong, built for safety and
fun.
The equipment was installed by
the town crews. This was quite a
job, as it had to be bedded in
concrete.
The three program leaders, Gil
more, Huntley and Dawson, stood
side by side for the cutting of the
scarlet ribbon stretched between
two longleaf pines. It was the
superintendent who actualUy
wielded the scissors, turning the
playground over officially to the
kids.
The site selected for it is espe
cially suitable, as it is private,
shady and far from traffic, so
youngsters will not be running
from it out into the street.
It is, however, easily accessible
from either the Mcissachusetts
Avenue side or the New York
Avenue side of the campus, and
so can provide a fine gathering-
spot and play place for the chil
dren during their vacation hours.
CORPORATE' COMMUNION
A corporate Communion of the
Men of the Church will be held
this Sunday, Whitsimtide, June 6,
at Emmanuel Church, together
with the men’s Thank Offering
on that date.
VACATIONS!
7 DAYS IN BERMUDA - by Air from Raleigh $167.24
7 DAYS IN NASSAU ..by Air from Charlotte $179.28
8 DAYS IN CANADA
Rail & Steamer from New York $229.60
15 DAYS CANADIAN ROCKIES. CALIFORNIA
by Rail from Southern Pines $344.08
14 DAYS IN EUROPE - London, Paris,
Amsterdam, Brussels - Air from Raleigh $807.90
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