FRIDAY. MARCH 25. 1955
THE PILOT. Southern Pines. North Carolina
PAGE NINETEEN
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-651,2
Colonial Garden Is Setting For Club’s Spring Fashion Show
Mrs. B. P. GILLILAND, at
the Officers’ Wives Fashion
Show, models a cocktail
dress of silk paper taffeta as
fresh and crisp as a Spring
day in the Sandhills, the just-
right choice for all late after
noon festivities.
Mr. And Mrs. Cardy
Of Vernon Valley Farm
Entertain Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon G. Cardy
of Southern Pines and Canada en
tertained 75 friends at a St. Pat
rick’s cocktail party at their Ver
non Valley Farm Thursday hon
oring Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Vallee.
Miss Helen Ferguson of Mon
treal, Canada, Mrs. Cardy’s twin
sister, arrived Thursday morning
to attend the Stoneybrook races.
She is a professional skier, being
the third girl in Canada to win
the Maple Leaf. She is also out
standing in equitation, having
won blue ribbons from Madison
Square Garden, Devon Horse
Show, the Royal Winter Horse
Show in Toronto, and many other
'championships.
Bruce Cardy, Mr. Cardy’s son,
of the Alpine Inn, Ste. Marguer
ite, Quebec, arrived by plane
Thursday for the racesy in which
the Cardys had five entries.
Charles Stone, a MontreM
banker and broker, and Mrs.
Stone came Friday to be house-
guests of the Cardys for the races.
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs.
Cardy gave a ‘’“station wagon
luncheon” at the Stoneybrook
race track for their guests and
many of the outside visiters.
Two Hostesses
Entertain At
Tarheelia Friday
Tarheelia was the scene of an
enjoyable party Friday, when
Mrs. B. P. Gilliland and Mrs. A.
W. Shaw entertained 30 friends—
fellow members of the USAFA-
GOS Officers’ Wives Club, at
luncheon and cards.
The buffet table was centered
with an arrangement of camellias
and pansies, and in the card room
forsythia and redbud were'used.
, Mrs.. Jess Gifford won first
prize in bridge, Mrs. George Hunt
placed second, Mrs. Henry Jones
received the traveling prize, and
Mrs. J. L. Gianini, low. Mrs. G.
W .Porter was the canasta prize
winner.
In a setting of a blossoming
Colonial garden, the Officers’
Wives’ Club of USAFAGOS pre
sented their annual spring Fash
ion Show March 12 at Highland
Pines Inn. The clothes were from
Mrs. Hayes dress shop in South
ern Pines.
Models were Mrs. Erskine B
Crew; Mrs. Jess H. Gifford, Jr.,
Mrs. Ogden R. Fox, Mrs. H. A.
Smith, Mrs. B. P. Gilliland, and
Mrs. Edward D. Michelson. “rhe
fashion commentary was read by
Mrs. Tom M. Nicholson and writ
ten by Mrs. John G. Foster.
Chairmen of the entire event,
which was a highlight of the
club’s activities for the year, were
Mrs. Alfred K. Clark and Mrs.
Daniel M. Jenkins.
Tall white columns graced the
stage which was decorated with
greens and spring blossoms. Mu
sic was furnished by tape record
ing. Mrs. John C. ’Tullet, assisted
by Mrs. Henry A. Jones, was in
charge of decorating for the main
ballroom, now classroom 1 at the
Air Ground School.
Following the fashion show,
cocktails and a buffet supper
were given in the officers’ club
room, with members of the Offi
cers’ Club as guests. The club-
room was transformed with an
other southern scene, a mural of
an old fashioned river boat paint
ed by Miss Amelia Simmons of
the art department. Tall tapers
garlanded with blossoms decora
ted two buffet tables, with a
golden banjo as the finishing
touch. Lavender blooms fiUed
every corner of the room, which
was lighted bycandlelight. The
decoration committee included
Mrs. Flcyd Frederick. Mrs. W. A.
Toyne and Mrs. R. D. McKelvey.
The spring menu consisted of
ham, turkey, potato salad, baked
beans, garden salad, hot rolls and
coffee. Supper conunittee inclu
ded Mrs. G. C. Elvey, Mrs. David
Van Pelt, Mrs. L. A. Silvernail,
Mrs. E. L. Hafner, Mrs. Harold
L. Price and Mrs. Claude C. Mc-
Raven.
Book Club Considers
Modern Writers
“The Thursday Morning Book
Club considered “Modem Writ
ers”—^Each In His Own Way” at
its March meeting, held at the
Civic Club. Masefield’s poems,
'“Enslaved” and “King Colej” Rob
ert Sherwood’s play “There Shall
Be No Night,” and Ormond’s “Sol
omon and the Queen of Sheba,”
were discussed, with many inter
esting points being brought out.
The last part of the program
was devoted to the telling of ghost
stories from Harden’s “Tarheel
Ghosts,” with club members
thrilling at the shivers which
were created, even in broad day
light.
Coffee was enjoyed before an
open fire. The April meeting on
the third Thursday at 10 a.m. in
the Civic Club wiU concern travel.
Bird Notes
Fourteen members of the Bird
Club and a guest went to Powell’s
Pond Tuesjiay, and they felt re
paid for venturing out in the
wind, as they reviewed the events
of the day.
They were interested to see how
the beavers had dammed the pond
to new heights of water, and to
watch a pied-billed grebe swim-
ifiing around while rough-winged
swallows skimmed overhead.
Twenty-five species of birds were
reported during the day.
The club invites all who are in
terested to attend the meetings
each ’Tuesday at 3 p.m. at 160
South Bennett Street.
HOT CROSS BUNS
Lemon Seasoned
5c each
Butter Biscuits, 2 doz. for . 25c
HOWARD’S BAKERY
SOUTHERN PINES
MRS. E. D. MICHELSON is
all set for a Spring day in
town, wearing a comfortable
street dress with forest green
top of Pima broadcloth and
skirt of green and white linen.
Just in case of a shower, she
carries a white raincoat.
Medical Auxiliary
Elects Mrs. Vanore
Of Robbins President
Members of the Moore County
Medical Auxiliary met Tuesday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
Fred Langner, and elected the
following officers for the forth
coming year: president, Mrs. A.
A. Vanore of Robbins; vice presi
dent, Mrs. Michael Pishko of
Pinehurst; treasurer, Mrs. P. P
Green of Southern Pines; and sec
retary, Mrs. William F. Hollister,
Southern Pines.
Participation of local members
cf the Auxiliary in the prepara
tions for the women’s activities
at the Medical Convention to be
held at the Carolina Hotel in May
was discussed.
Of the several projects to be
undertaken in its program for
next year, that of nurse recruit
ment will be stressed especially
by the Auxiliary, which plans to
make information on the various
aspects of nursing available to
young women in Moore County
who are interested in entering the
nursing profession.
Mrs. Malcolm Kemp was re
quested to chronicle the local ac
complishments of the Auxiliary
by keeping a record of its activi
ties.
On Wednesday, March 30,
which is designated nationally as
Doctors’ Day, red carnations will
be distributed by local members
to all medical doctors practicing
in Moore County. The banquet
sponsored by the Auxiliary to
honor the doctors will be held at
the Hollywood Hotel at 6:30 on
April 22.
Refreshments were served fol
lowing the business session, and
Mrs. Verhoeff, wife of Dr. Deirk
Verhoeff of the medical staff at
the State Sanatorium at McCain,
showed colored slides of the beau
tiful scenery in British Columbia.
Previous to coming to McCain,
the Verhoeff family resided for
several years in British Columbia
Mrs. Verhoeff gave a delightful
discussion Of the western section
of Canada, emphasizing its at
tractiveness for vacation travel.
Mr. And Mrs. Boyle
Occupy Home Here
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boyle, for
merly of Pittsburgh, Pa., who
have visited in the Sandhills at
various times during the past 10
years, have recently become per
manent residents, occupying the
home at 920 East Massachusetts
Avenue which they purchased
five years ago. Mr. Boyle has re
tired from the Jones and Laugh-
lin Steel Company, Pittsburgh.
RAZOOK’S BRILLIANT FASHION PARADE
BENEFITS TWO HOSPITALS OF SANDHILLS
ms AND OUTS
Mrs. M. E. Greer returned Fri
day after spending a week in
Greenville, S. C., visiting her
mother, Mrs. W. O. Jones.
Miss Nannie Gilchrist of Troy
has been visiting her sister and
brother-in-law, the J. S. McLauch-
lins.
Miss Margaret Hitch of Wash
ington, D. C., arrived Friday to be
the house guest of Miss Grace
Donaldson for several weeks.
The most brilliant social event
of Pinehurst’s spring season, Ra-
zook’s Fsishion Parade, took place
Monday evening in the presence
of an audience which filled the
ballroom of the Carolina Hotel.
Proceeds from the ticket sales will,
be divided between the Moore
County Hospital and the Guild of
St. Joseph of the Pines, and, with
a number of distinguished patrons
and patronesses underwriting the
financial success of the show, and
all expenses borne by the Carohna
Hotel and Razooks, the two hospi
tals will benefit handsomely by
this lavish charity affair.
The Pinehurst Greenhouses
were responsible for floral decora
tions along the runway—calla lil
ies, snapdragons and carnations
were colorful contrasts to the
banked green of pine and magno
lia boughs; and Clyde Watson and
his Carolina Hotel orchestra play
ed a soft background medley of
music appropriate to the gowns
shown.
Mrs. George C. Marshall was
the Show’s Honorary Chairman,
and she and General Marshall
were seated near the runway. Mrs.
William J. Fitzgibbon served as
secretary, with Mrs. Daniel O. De-
lany as treasurer.
Ams^teur models displaying the
luxurious gowns and furs were:
Mrs. Edwin H. Herzog and her
daughter. Miss Patricia Love, of
Pinehurst and New York City;
Mrs. Douglas S. Dickson of Red
Bank, N. J.; Mrs. Robert Bentley,
Mrs. Henri Frederick Frank, and
Mrs. Betty Wray Lodevick, all
three from Fort Bragg; Mrs.
Thomas J. Brogan, Jr., of Ridge
wood, N. J.; Mrs. A. Grant Whit
ney and Mrs. Charles R. Willard,
of Charlotte; Mrs. Betty Munroe
Whitley, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Doro
thy Swisher and Mrs. Stanley
Austin, both of Southern Pines.
Serving as commentator was Mrs.
Thomas M. Morgan of Charlotte.
The show was opened by Mrs.
Frank, wearing a navy suit with
red and white checked tissue taf
feta lining, designed by Hattie
Carnegie; navy blue and white ac
cessories and a tiny straw hat
completed the chic costume.
Ben Reig’s imported British
tweed suit of gray and white, the
skirt and jacket completely lined
with lightweight white silk, and
featuring a removable lingerie
collar and special treatment at the
waistline, the slim skirt caught
with two rhinestone buckles, drew
applause when introduced by Mrs.
Herzog.
In the suit line, an attractive
handknit and hand-woven navy
blue silk ribbon suit accented by
a motif of white, was modeled by
Mrs. Bentley.
Among the show’s treasured
masterpieces was the Triana No-
relle oyster linen dress with wide
bands of gupure lace, shown by
Mrs. Bentley; and an Italian linen
cocktail suit of oyster white ac
cented with coral, pearl and
rhinestone design, an Anthony
Blotta original worn by Mrs.
Whitney. >
Mrs. Austin wore a black and
white tie silk coin dot print with
matching black cashmere sweater
finished by soft folds of self de
tail graduating down to the point
of the V-neckline, which popular
costume featured a parasol to
match.
Among the luscious furs shown
were a white sheared beaver cape-
let worn over a turquoise silk or
ganza gown' modeled by Mrs.
Dickson; a natural Russian sable
bolero worn by Mrs. Herzog top
ping a yellow starched chiffon
gown with an overskirt of pure
silk print in greens and yellows.
The stunning finale began with
Miss Love modeling a Kiveete
creation in rainbow tulle of bal
lerina length for evening. Miss
Swisher introduced a pink lace
and organza gown with the new,
long torso, designed by Ceil Chap
man. A formal gown of tiered
white lace and yellow organza, a
Rudolf original, was shown by
Mrs. Austin.
Mrs. Willard modeled Ceil
Chapman’s attention-getting yel
low lace and tulle creation featur
ing a taffeta-crushed-midriff with
a butterfly bow in the back. The
Napoleanic trend was evidenced
in Mrs. Dickson’s white peau de
soie dress with empire waistline
and topped by a white fox stole.
In striking contrast to the white
was Triana-Norelle’s flame chif
fon formal of ankle length with
huge poppies circling the left
shoulder shown by Mrs. Frank.
A California designer created
the lovely white peau de soie
sheath dress covered with hand
embroidered roses accented by
pannier puffs at the hips and worn
with a white jasmine mink stole
by Mrs. Herzog. Mrs. Whitney
showed a charming pink organza
frock trimmed in ruffles of im
ported French lace and worn with
a cashmere sweater.
Mrs. Brogan introduced Triana-
Norelle’s ingenious pink-dotted
Swiss dress, appliqued with dai
sies and featuring an extremely
bouffant skirt. ’
Most dramatic moment of the
show came with Mrs. Whitley’s
entrance in a white and smoke-
gray floor-length chiffon gown
\
“TOO SLOW”
A swarm of bubbling-over
fourth graders from the
school at Candor had the
most exciting time of their
young lives Tuesday. Accom
panied by their teacher. Miss
Geneva Gordon, they board
ed the train in Aberdeen and
rode to Vass. For many of the
group it was their first train
ride.
Grade Mothers, Mrs. D. C.
Ewing, Jr., Mrs. Robert Chap-
Eving, Jr., Mrs. Robert Chap
pell, Mrs. Dan Liles and Mrs.
Hoile Lowdermilk transport
ed the children to Aberdeen in
cars, then drove to Vass to
pick them up. Returning, the
group stopped at the South
ern Pines Pharmacy for re
freshments and visited places
of interest in and around
Southern Knes.
One little boy of this “jet
age” made the only unfavor
able oDmment concerning the
train: “It didn’t go fast
enough!”
accented by an Empress chinchil
la stole - so rare, so regal.
Mrs. Bentley was a vision in
white - Christian Dior’s re-em
broidered Chantilly Lace creation
worn with a white mink stole.
Winding up the finale was a Sta-
ron chiffon print green dress with
startling back detail of huge taf
feta puffs modeled by Mrs. Lode
vick.
INS and OUTS
2nd Lt. Bill Baker, who has
been teaching and serving as ath
letic coach at Shallotte, is spend
ing a few days with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baker, before
leaving Sunday for Houston, Tex.,
to begin active duty in the Air
Corps. He plans to drive to the
base! Miss Jo Ann Wilson of
Chapel Hill spent the weelcend as
a guest in the Baker home.
Miss Letha Copeland and Miss
Betty Hood, teachers in the Hick
ory School were visitors in the
home of Mrs. S. R. Newton and
Miss Mary Scott Newton Satur
day night. Mrs. Martha Kayhart
of Towaco, N. J., who is spending
some time with her aunt and
uncle. Mrs. J. F. Morris and Hi
ram Westbrook, had supper with
the Newtons that night.
Mrs. Herbert Wood and Mrs
Barclay Orr, cousins of L. S
Walker, and Mrs. John McDow
ell, all from Chambersburg, Pa.,
left ’Thursday for their homes
after a stay of several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Walker. While here
they were shown all the places of
interest and were so favorably
impressed that they plan to come
again at least once a year. Accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Walker
they visited a cousin in Winston-
Salem' Wtednesday.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Z. V.
Tolar during last weekend were
his mother, Mrs. Amelia Tolar,
and Jack Callaham, of Charlotte,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams of New
Bern, and Mrs. Shelton Stevens
and two children of Matthews.
Cadet Malcolm D. Kemp, Jr., of
Staunton Military Academy in
Virginia is sirriving this weekend
to spend a 10-day spring vacation
with his parents. Dr. and Mrs.
Malcolm D. Kemp, of 210 High
land Road.
Mrs. Ashley St. Armand and
Mrs. J. S. Crowley of Wilmington
were guests of Mrs. W. E. Cox,
Sr., this week. They came to at
tend the district meeting of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, which was held in Page
Memorial Methodist Church in
Aberdeen. Mrs. St. Armand is
the State president of the UDC
and Mrs. Crowley is recording
secretary.
Mrs. Lawton Hatch has been a
patient at North Carolina Memo
rial Hospital, Chapel Hill, for the
past several days, having been
transferred from Moore County
Hospital. She expects to be under
going treatment there for some
time.
Mrs. Louis Honeycutt and Joe
Cameron went to Concord Satur
day to attend the wedding of
Clarence Edgsir (Billy) Calcote
and Miss Frances Dudley at Mc
Kinnon Presbyterian Church, and
the reception which followed. 'The
bridegroom is the son of the Rev.
and Mrs. C. I. Calcote, a former
pastor of the Manly Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. P. P. McCain of Flora Mac
donald College, Red Springs, was
at her home here on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. She re
ports that the azaleas in the col
lege gardens wiU be at the height
of their beauty in about a week.
The cool weather has kept them
back.
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TWO TEAMS TIE
Two teams tied for first place
honors in Monday’s Tin Whistles
Club tournament at Pinehurst, an
Against Par, Best Ball of All Four
Partners event: Gen. A. V. Ar
nold, D. K. Bullens, G. H. Clark,
and Lydig Hoyt, with plus 6 plus
3 for plus 9; and G. E. Anderson,
J. Bancroft, D. D. Cooke, and W.
B. Foreman, with plus 5 plus 4 for
plus 9. Fifty-one members turned
out for the competition.
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ABERDEEN, N. C.