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TWO PORTRAITS frame Patricia Stratton, Sandhills artist,
in a comer of her current exhibition at the Library Art Gallery.
Both recent works, they depict Mrs. Wendy Burden Sohier of
McLeans, Va., and the artist’s nephew, Donald Herring Grant III,
of Altadena, Calif. (Pilot Staff Ptoto)
Striking New Portraits Seen
In Patricia Stratton Exhibit
Patricia Herring Stratton’s spring ^ her husband. Will, returned to
art exhibit has become something Southern Pines seven years ago,
of a fixture here in the Sandhills j and recently completed a charm-
Club Thanked For
School Planting
A. C. Dawson, superintendent of
schools, this week expressed ap
preciation, on behalf of school of
ficials, for the Southern Pines
garden club’s planting of shrub
bery around the “Phase A” unit
of the new high school which went
into use last fall. Grass around
the building has been planted by
the school.
He said that compliments on the
appearance of the grounds have
been received from both local res
idents and out-of-town visitors.
The club, he recalled, had previ
ously planted shrubbery at the
elementary school and, last year,
at the West Southern Pines gym
nasium.
“We want to publicly acknowl
edge the Garden Club’s work and
thank members for it,” Mr. Daw-
sjon said.
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an event to be savored in an-
ticipatic-n as well as realization
for those who know her work,
and a fresh and rewarding ex
perience for new viewers.
Her current show, now on dis
play for two weeks at the Libra
ry Art Gallery, is almost entire
ly new to her Sandhills audience.
ing home in the country which
they have named Cattistock, for
the villiage in Dorsetshire, Eng
land, where Will was born. (Pat
is from Princeton, N. J., where
her father was for many years
instructor in Greek and history
also football coach.) The house
on a hillside near jNiagara, with
Small fruits and berries should
have a place in every .,Jaome gar
den because they adapt them
selves to the usual methods of
garden culture and they come in
to production so soon after plant
ing. Of these the dewberry is one
of the easiest to- grow. It will
succeed on any type of soil and,
although it responds to fertiliza
tion, does not require a great deal
of care along that line. Plants
may still be set in most parts of
the state.
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While several horse and dog a far-reaching view, is fiUed with
portraits, for which she has j her creative touches. A distinctive
thieved national eminence, are mote is a *olid wall and mantel o
included, the exhibit is heavily carved English oak of the Jaco
weighted on the side of human bean period, around ^hi^ they
portraiture, which holds an equal designed and built their living
claim on her interest and appar- room,
ently, these days, even more of Works Every Day
her time.
Small and selective, the exhibit
contains only eight or ten oil
paintings, and a showing of the
graceful and witty Christmas
cards which have beconie an in
teresting sideline of this versa
tile artist.
Dominating the show is the
striking portrait of a very love
ly young w-o-man, Mrs. Wendy
Burden Sohier of McLeans, Va.,
granddaughter of Ernest White,
wiell-known visitor for many
years. Slender, spirituelle, with
pearly skin tones glowing against
the formality of a black lace
gown, the young woman faces life
with a questioning expression.
Equestrian Portraits
Of particular interest here are
two e4uestrian portraits, one of
the late Col. G. P. Hawes, Jr., on
his favorite mount, Burke, part
Arab and, like the Colonel, an
old cavalry hand; the other of
Southern Pines’ Mrs. W. O. Moss
on her hunter. Dark Victory. Col
onel Hawes’ portrait includes sev
eral of the Sunnybank collies of
his cousin Albert Payson Terhune,
which he bred for a time at his
Pinehurst kennels.
Mrs. Moss’ picture shows four
hounds of thp Moore County
pack.
An unusual picture of Mrs
John W. Hanes’ great mare Devil-
kin at the Saratoga track shows
some traits peculiarly Mrs. Strat
ton’s own. She has a way of mak
ing a portrait more than that.
Instead of being suspended in
time and space, they have defin
ite attributes of place, time of
year and time of day. This paint
ing of a fine horse being rubbed
down after exercise, her stripper
and exercise jockey in attend
ance, is full of August morning.
It is also full of the casuej. life of
Ithe stableyard—chickens roam
ing about, a puppy playing.
Expressive, appealing and
warm is Mrs. Stratton s portrait
of her five-year bid nephew,
Donald Herring Grant HI, of Al
tadena, Calif. . No less so is that
of a lady several generations re
moved, the, gentle and smiling
mother of Mrs. D. W. Winkelman
and Mrs. Lee Powers, of Southern
Pines.
Fun and Fantasy
The artist who spent much of
her girlhood in Southern Pines,
with riding and hunting then her
main occupations, is now illustra
ting a book of hunting anecdotes
by the late Captain Adamthwaite
soon to be published. The pen-
and-ink drawings combine her
skill in depicting horses and
hounds with the fun and fantasy
which are continually cropping
up in her work, the outpourings
of a lively imagination. Even
when she is painting exclusively
frcm photographs—and some
times this is necessary, though
she prefers at least some time
with the living subject—this qual
ity gives her work life and dimen
sion. She is realistic, but not
earthbound.
• Patricia—“Pat”—Stratton and
More important still, the house
has a studio, where Pat Stratton
works for hours every day. Un
like many artists, she is also an
efficient housekeeper—efficient
enough to get her chores done
early, so she can get to her easel.
This rigorous schedule suffers
some interruptions, especially in
the spring, while she indulges
still another passion—that for
gardening.
The Strattons have a tall son.
Bill, 19, a student at the Darrow
school. The artist’s mother, Mrs.
Donald Herring, of Jackson, Miss.,
is with them' now, recuperating
from an illness.
_V. NICHOLSON
Annual Picquet
Music Contest
Slated April 15
Friday, April 15, has been set
for the annual Picquet Music Con
test as sponsored by the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club, according to an ^-
nouncement by T. Roy Phillips,
chairman of the Boys and Girls
Committee. The contest will be
held in Weaver Auditorium at
7:30 p.m.
Five school glee clubs have in
dicated their intention of partici
pating in the 1955 contest, South
ern Pines, Aberdeen, Pinehurst,
Carthage and Robbins. Each of
the other schools in the county
have been contacted and it is hop
ed that additional entries will be
registered.
A large cup is provided by the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club and per-
mEment possession of the cup is
attained by the winning of three
annual contests. The winner last
year was Aberdeen High School
and the winner for 1953 WEis Car
thage High School.
A. G. Edwards
Presented Award
A. G. Edwards, Seaboard Air
Line Railroad ticket agent at
Southern Pines, has been present
ed a certificate of merit by C. I.
Morton of Raleigh, division super
intendent, for attainment of a per
fect record in personed injury pre
vention for the year 1954.
Thirteen officers of the division,
including Mr. Edwards, received
certificates. Of them, Mr. Morton
said: “We know that good safety
records do not just happen and
certainly the perfect record made
by these officers required a great
deal of work on their part. Np
doubt the employees imder their
jurisdiction appreciate the keen
interest in their welfare and it
certainly gives us a distinct pleas
ure in presenting each of them
with a certificate of merit for this
outstanding service. We thank
each and every employee for his
fine cooperation and assistance in
1 bringing about this award.”
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