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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1956
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6512
MOORE COUNTY CLASSROOM TEACHERS
HOLD BANQUET MEETING AT CARTHAGE
The Moore County .Classroom
Teacher’s Association held its an-:
nual banquet in the school cafe
teria at Carthage Wednesday eve
ning of last week in connection
with the finil business meeting
of the school year, which inclu
ded the formal installation of
1956-57 officers.
' .Miss Meade Seawell gave (the in
vocation, and Mrs. Shield^ Cam
eron, the retiring president, wel
comed the members and guests
and reviewed briefly the work of
the past year and the planned ob
jectives of the association for the
coming year. Mrs. Barbara Blake,
secretary, and Mrs. Margaret
Shields, treasurer, gave reports.
Mrs. Francis M. Dwight as pro
gram chairman presented Mrs. M.
C. McDonald, Jr., of West End
and Mrs. M. J. McPhail of Car
thage in a delightful program of
music.
Featured speaker was Bert
Ishee, principal of Fayetteville
High School and past president of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation. Introduced by County
Superintendent H. Lee Thomas,
Mr. Ishee reviewed the work of
the association which he former
ly headed and conunented on the
cooperation it had received from
the Classroom Teacher’s Associa
tion. He outlined a program for
future work of the two associa
tions which he hopes will carry
on educational progress in North
Carolina despite the uncertainty
as to the future that has been
aroused by the consolidation pro
gram.
The following officers were in
stalled; president, Mrs. Robert
Tomlinson; vice-president, Mrs.
Ruth Ferguson; recording secre
tary, Miss Blanche Monroe; treas
urer, Mrs. Katherine McDonald;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Florence Kennedy.
A springtime theme was used
for the banquet, with decorations
of spring flowers and attractive
program' booklets decorated with
parasols suggestive of April
showers. A fried chicken dinner
was servfed.
Closing feature of the evening
was 'the group singing of “Auld
Lang Syne.”
BUFFET SUPPER AT GORDON-MANN HOME
FETES MISS MESSERVY, ROBERT McLEOD
Honoring Robert McLeod of
Charleston, S. C., son of Dr. Vida
McLeod of Southern Pines, and
his fiancee. Miss Jean Messervy
of John’s Island, S. C., Mrs. Ed
ward Gordon-Mann and her son,
Jordan Frassineti, entertained 32
guests at a buffet supper Satur
day night at their ^ome in Knoll-
wood.
Sharing honors with the
couple-elect were the Rev. and
Mrs. Lewis Hodgkins of Ketchi
kan, Alaska, who are here on
their first visit to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins, since
their wedding in Oregon last
June.
The buffet table was covered
with an embrbidered cloth and
centered with a large arrange
ment of pastel snapdragons, del
phinium and baby’s breath. Roses
were used on smaller tables at
which guests were seated and
elsewhere in the rooms.
Luncheon sets were presented
to Miss Messervy and Mrs. Hodg
kins by the hostess at the close
of the delightful evening.
Two Hostesses Give
Shower For Mrs. Lewis,
Bride-Elect of Sunday
Honoring Mrs. Harriet Lewis,
whose inarriage to Cecil D. Grubb
will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday
at the First Baptist Church, Mrs.
D. E. McDonald and Mrs. Ralph
Mills, fellow members of the staff
of Patch’s, entertained at a mis
cellaneous shower at the McDon
ald home recently.
Upon arrival the honoree and
her mother, Mrs. Lela Lawrence,
were presented corsages. Games
were played prior to the presen
tation of the shower. A white
parasol was over the shower gifts,
which were arranged on a white-
covered table. Included were
many beautiful items, which the
honoree opened and acknowl
edged..
Guests were invited into the
dining room for refreshments. The
table was covered with a lace
cloth and centered with an ar
rangement of pink dogwood
flanked by green candles. These
colors with white were repeated
in the decorations of the cake,
which had lily of the valley trim.
Punch, cake, nuts and mints were
served, with Mrs. Ralph Mills
pouring punch and Mrs. Eugene
Lee slicing the cake.
Guests were; Mrs. Lewis and
Mrs. Lawrence; Mrs. Florence Ed
wards, Mrs. A. E. Cheatham, Mrs.
W. C. Haines, Mrs. Chester Ma-
ready, Mrs. A. L. Richey, Mrs. A.
O. Monroe, Mrs. Mary Hendricks,
Miss Elizabeth Ann Darby, Mrs.
Raymond Wilson, Mrs. Fred
Woodruff.
Also, Miss Mary Wintyen, Mrs.
S. A. Benson, Mrs. J. B. Gifford,
Mrs. Alma Walker, Mrs. Eugene
Lee, Mrs. L. D. Guin, Miss Rebec
ca Cameron, Mrs. Charles Davis,
Mrs. Joe Kimball, and Mrs. R. T.
Bennett.
Baptist Circles
Hold Meetings
Circle 2 of the First Baptist
Cburch met with Mrs. H. H.
Thompson Tuesday night with 10
members present. Mrs. R. L.
Chandler, Sr., conducted the de
votions, Mrs. Thompson led a
prayer, and Mrs. C. B. Gale and
Mrs. William' Dale presented the
program, entitled “Mission Vol
unteers from My Church.”
Mrs. Henry Clayton was host
ess to Circle 3 Tuesday night.
Fourteen members attended, and
Mrs. Fonts of Birmingham, Ala.,
mother of the circle chairman,
Mrs. Duke Bradford, was a guest.
It was reported that a 100-pound
box of clothing had been sent to
a missionary for distribution to
Indians. Mrs. W. C. Darden gave
the program which dealt with
mission volunteers and the topic
“We Help to Answer Our Own
Prayers.”
Fifteen members were present
for the meeting of Circle 4, held
Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Irene Hussey, with Mrs. Lester
Greer presenting the regular pro
gram on mission volunteers.
School Supervisors
Plan Trip To Many
European Countries
Younts Home Is
Scene of Joint
Birthday Party
Miss Mary Logan of Southern
Pines and Miss Mary CUrrie of
Carthage, county school supervi
sors in Moore and Lee Counties,
respectively, have an exciting
two months trip ahead. They will
sail June 13 on the Queen Elip-
beth for a European tour which
will include France, Italy, Switz
erland, Austria, Germany, Den
mark, Norway, Sweden, Ireland
and England. The return trip will
be made on the Queen Mary.
Mrs. Beulah McPherson, Coun
ty elementary supervisor who has
been teaching in Germany this
school year, will be returning to
her home in Cameron next
month.
Postponing Trip To
Lake, Bird Club
Looks For Warblers
As the weather was not pleasant
Tuesday morning, the Bird Club
postponed its trip to Thaggard’s
Lake for a week, hoping for a bet
ter day. The members took a
short walk to the former bird
sanctuary where warblers were
likely to be found, and find them
they djd, making a list of 25 spe
cies of birds including the black-
throated blue warbler, the parula
warbler, redstart and orchard ori
ole.
All who are interested in birds
are, invited to join the group at
9;30 next Tuesday morning at
An extra special birthday party
took place Wednesday afternoon
from 3 to 5;30 p.m. when a sister
and brother, whose birthdays oc
cur within a period of a few days,
were honored at a joint birthday
party. Sandra Younts, 7, and Mil
lard, 6, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Younts, were the birthday
honorees and the Younts home on
Bethesda Road was the scene.
As the guests arrived they were
resented shiny party hats in gay
colors. After Sandi» and Millard
had opened their gifts, Mrs.
Younts invited the group into the
dining room, where they \ were
seated for refreshments. The main
table was gaily decorated with a
sunburst arrangement of multi
colored balloons, with party plates
and napkins adding color. Smaller
tables were centered with minia
ture arrangements of daisy chry
santhemums in colored vases.
Rainbow ice cream, birthday cake
and nuts were served.
Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny
movies were shown, and the par
ty ended with a treasure hunt,
which resulted in great excite
ment when a, buried “chest” was
found. Instead of gold, it con
tained favors for all the children.
Party guests were; Beth Sham
burger, Carol Drexel, Susan Loi
sel, Gerry and Katy Gilmore,
Elizabeth Brown, Sandy Overton,
Glory VanderVoort, Linda Dar
den, Margaret Phillips, Patti Per
ham, George Chappell, Freddie
Hollister, Tommy Lyons, Graves
Vann, Jr., Michael Warlick, John
ny Loisel, Tommy Swoope, Tom
my Cunningham, Jock Pottle,
Johnny Bertrand, and Ricky Boh
lander.
Ninth Grades With
Their Teachers Feted
At Outdoor Party
, The combined ninth grades,
with their homeroom teachers,
W. A. Leonard and Lynn Ledden,
were given a party Wednesday
evening of last week at the Aber
deen lake by their grade mothers
and several assistants. The yoimg
people, over 50 in all, were treat
ed to a hamburger supper with
all the trimmings—plus home
made cake for dessert.
They arrived full force about
5;30—some in the activities bus
with Mr. Ledderi at the wheel,
others in cars and station wagons
and spent an hour or so playing
soft ball and miniature golf. Golf
was the best feature 6f the eve
ning’s entertainment, as Mrs.
Dwight Winkelman had arranged
beforehand for the entire grade
to be her son Peter’s guests for
all the games they wished to
play. Mr. Bowman, Aberdeen
School athletic director, turned
the lights and opened the
Army Daughters
Reorganize Chapter
At Fort Bragg
MRS. PAUL H. DAVIS. Jr.
MISS SARAH ELIZABETH POOLE IS WED
TO MR. DAVIS; WILL LIVE IN RICHMOND
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Poole of lege in Raleigh and was gradua
Fashion Show At Church
Of Wide Fellowship;
Other Activities Listed
On Tuesday evening. May 8 at
8 o’clock in the fellowship hall of
the Church of Wide Fellowship,
there will be a showing of spring
clothes by Patch’s Department
Store. Mrs. •William Davis will
serve as commentator, and there
will be a musical program as the
models parade in the latest spring
styles. Refreshments will be serv
ed. This will be a benefit for the
organ fund. Tickets may be ob
tained at the door if not purchas
ed previously.
Models will be Mrs. Isaac
Woodell and daughter Ginger,
Mrs. James Hobbs and Patty,
Mrs. Max Rush, Judy and Joan
Parker, Mrs. D. A. Blue, Jr., Mrs.
A. C. Dawson and daughters
Donna and Linda, Mrs. Tom
Nicholson, Mrs. McPhail, Mrs.
Robert Harrington, Mrs. Fobes
and Arden, Barbara and Joanne
Goodwin, and Dawn Leland. The
theme will be “Flowers and
Fashions.”
Tomorrow (Friday) evening at
6;30, a Church Night covered
dish dinner will be held in the
fellowship hall. The Lena Sweezy
Circle will be hostess.
Circles of the Woman’s Society
will meet on Thursday, May 10,
as follows;
Friendship Circle, at 3 p. m.
with Mrs. Paul Ward, 230 North
Ashe Street.
Margaret White Circle, at 3 p.
im'. with Mrs. M. Y. Poe, 425 South
Ashe Street.
No. 4, at 3 p. m. with Mrs.
Broadus Smith, 245 E. Connecti
cut Avenue.
Lena Sweezy Circle, at 2; 30 in
the church parlor with Mrs.
Everett Walker as hostess.
Thistle Club Ends
Season With Luncheon
And Bridge At Vass
The Thistle Club closed its sea
son Wednesday with a luncheon
meeting at the Dixie Inn in Vass.
Luncheon was served from tables
for four, attractively decorated
with floral arrangeifients, and af
ter the meal these were cleared
for bridge. The retiring president,
Mrs. J. G. deBerry, was presented
a lovely gift by the members.
High score winners were; Mrs.
James Douglas, Mrs. Paul Ward,
Mrs. Rene deMilhau, Mrs. George
Coleman, Mrs. E. W. Small, and
Mrs. W. E. Coffin.
Presbyterian
Circles Meet
The Fort Bragg Chapter of
Army Daughters has been reor
ganized, and Mrs. Fritz Weber,
president, will be hostess at the
next meeting, to be held at her
hom.e in Lumber Bridge at 2 p. m.
tomorrow (Friday). Directions for
reaching Mrs. Weber’s home may
be secured by telephoning Mrs.
Bueford, Fayetteville 70011.
FISHERMAN'S LUCK
Howard Allred was the man-
of-the-day when he, Lee Culler
and Ivey Hall went fishing at
Thurlow Evans lake in Vass. All
had good luck, but Allred caught
the biggest fish, a five-pound
bass.
A party of four from Laurin-
caught 75
on w— -o—
“juke box” on the lakeside, for
dancing. So it was a very merry
evening for all participating, with
those engaged in helping having
just as much fun as the boys and
girls.
Mrs. Ledden and Mrs. Leonard
came down to join the party. Joe
Steed and David Gamble were
the “grade fathers” enlisted for
the heavy work, and, thanks to
Mr. Steed’s ingenuity in install
ing two electric grills, the ham
burgers were cooked to a turn
with very little effort on the
cooks’ part.
The hostesses were Mrs. J. B
Tollison, Mrs. Winkelman, Mrs
Cy Butler, Mrs. Andrew Jamison
Mrs. Joe Steed, Mrs. George
Thompson, Mrs. Charles Rowe
Mrs. Alton Scott, Mrs. David
Gamble, Mrs. C. D. May, Mrs
Broadus Smith, Mrs. Earl Parker,
Mrs. Marvin Wicker and Mrs
Paul Butler.
Mrs. Cameron Elected
As Delegate To
Does Convention
Drove 42, BPO Does, met Tues
day night at the Elks Home with
the president, Mrs. Curtis Ever
ette, presiding. The group elect
ed Mrs. Hubert Cameron as alter
nate delegate to the Grand Lodge
convention to be held in Chey
enne, Wyo., next month, and made
plans for a Mother-Daughter ban
quet at the Country Club on May
9.
The Does were joined by the
Elks for a social hour.
burg fishing there
y.ou next xucaudjf j * j
headquarters, 160 South Bennett bream and 15 bass a few days
Street. ago-
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy
Is Party Hostess
Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy enter
tained around 75 guests Saturday
evening at a cocktail party at her
home on Young’s Road, which is
one of the beauty spots of the
Sandhills with its lovely gardens.
Refreshments were served on the
terrace.
Richmond, Va., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hawley Poole of West
End, became the bride of Paul
H Davis, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Davis of Danville, Va., at
o’clock Saturday afternoon,
April 28.
The vows were spoken in the
Jackson Springs Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. James Ben
jamin, pastor of Dogwood Acres
Presbyterian Church in Ashe-
boro, as the officiating minister.
The church was decorated with
baskets of white and pink gladioli
and spirea, interspersed with
candelabra holding lighted can
dles.
Mrs. M. C. McDonald, Jr., of
West End presented a program of
organ music prior to the cere
mony and played softly while the
vows were being exchanged.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
wedding gown of lace and tulle.
The fitted lace bodice had a
scooped-effect neckline outlined
with a bertha, and long fitted
sleeves. Lace motifs trimmed the
tulle skirt. She wore an elbow
length veil and carried a bouquet
of white orchids and stephanotis.
Miss Betty Burton of Norfolk,
Va., was maid of honor. Birides-
maids, were Miss Ann Booker of
Smithfield, Miss Betty Booker of
Selma, and Miss Carrie Ann Poole
iof Candor. All the attendants
wore dresses of pale pink and
carried bouquets of American
Beauty roses.
Martin Choate of Danville, Va.,
was best man for Mr. Davis, and
H. B. Abernathy and Bill Ander
son of Richmond, Va., and Daniel
O’Quinn of Eagle Springs were
ushers.
Mrs. Poole chose for her daugh
ter’s wedding a turquoise lace
dress with matching hat and the
groom’s mother was dressed in a
pale blue nylon chiffon. Both
wore corsages of orchids.
Following the wedding cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Poole gave a
reception at their home. Guests
were received at the front door
by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Poole
of Carthage and presented to the
receiving line composed of Mr.
and Mrs. Poole, Mr. and Mrs.
Davis, the bride and groom and
their attendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Poole of
Mt. Airy directed the guests to
the dining room where Mrs. Bob
VonCanon received. Mrs. Henry
Lee Boney of Selma presided
over the punch bowl. ’The dining
table was decorated with a lace
cloth over pink, centered with an
arrangement of pink roses, snap
dragons, carnations and fern,
flanked with pink candles.
Decorated bridal cakes, mints
and nuts were served by Mrs.
Everette Cole, Mrs. John Henry
Hinson and Miss Peggy Booker.
Mrs. Edward Booker directed the
guests to the bride’s register. Re
ceiving in the gift rooan. were Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Poole, and Miss
Mary Booker said the goodbyes.
For traveling the bride
changed to a navy dress of im
ported silk shantung, with light
blue accessories. After a two
week trip the couple will be at
home in Richmond.
Mrs. Davis attended Peace Col
Circle 2 of Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Women of the
Church met .with Mrs. Haynes
B.ritt and Miss Ethel Blue Britt
at their home Tuesday with 11
members and one visitor, Jackie
Stutts, present.' Mrs. Joe C.
Thomas conducted the Bible
study and Miss Luna Monroe pre
sented the program from Presby
terian Women.
Circle 1 held its May meting in
the church parlor Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. T. C. Johnston
and Mrs. Casper. McDonald as
hostesses, and with 15 members
present. Mrs. R. P. Brown led the
Bible study and Mrs. C. C. Mc
Lean presented an 'article from
Presbyterian Women on the
birthday objective.
The Elmendorfs
Give Luncheon
Dr. and Mrs. John E. Elmen-
dorf, Jr., entertained at a lunch
eon recently honoring their out-
of-town house guests.
DRIVE CAREFULLY — SAVE A LIFE!
ted from Richmond Professional
Institute School of Interior De
sign. She is employed in the Dec
orating Studio at Thalhimer’s in
Richmond, Va.
Mr. Davis attended Averett I
College in Danville, Va., gradu
ated from: Smithdeal Massey in
Richmond, and is now working
with the U. S. Government, De
partment of Justice.
Social Courtesies
Prior to her marriage Miss
Poole was honored at a number
of social events. On Sunday, Mrs.
M. C. McDonald, Sr., entertained
Miss Poole, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Poole, Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Sinclair and Mrs. Duncan Pat
terson at a luncheon. On Wed
nesday evening Mrs. M. C. Mc
Donald, Jr., gave a theatre party
at the Carolina in Southern
Pines. Following the show the
party was entertained at the
McDonald home.
Mrs. I. Foy Horton was hostess
at a luncheon for the bride-elect
at noon on Thursday at her home
in Southern Pines. Thursday eve
ning Mrs. Everette Cole and Mrs.
John Henry Hinson gave a pan
try shower at the home of Mrs.
Hinson. At noon Saturday Miss
Mary Booker, Mrs. H. L. Boney,
Mrs. Walton Booker and Mrs. Ed
ward Booker honored their niece
at a luncheon at the Southern
Pines Country Club. The wed
ding party and out-of-town
guests attended.
Following the wedding rehear
sal, Mrs. Otis Poole and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Poole entertained at
a cake cutting at the Herbert
Poole home in Carthage. The
bride’s cake was served by Miss
Carrie Ann Poole with Miss Bar
bara Poole presiding at the
punch bowl. Guests included
members of the family, the wed
ding party and out-of-town
guests.
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Twenty From Local
Church Attend District
Meeting At Laurinburg
Twenty members of Emmanuel
Church, including the new rector,
the Rev. Martin Caldwell, attend
ed the meeting of the Woman’s
Auxiliary, of the Richmond Dis
trict at I St. David’s Church in
Laurinburg last Thursday.
After a service of Hoiy Com
munion a' business session was
held with Mrs. Norris L. Hodg
kins of Southern Pines presiding.
Two other members of the local
group are district officers, Mrs.
Garland McPherson, secretary,
and Mrs. A. R. McDaniel, chair
man of worship.
Workshops were conduucted by
Mrs. Leslie Evans of Raleigh,
president of the Womlan’s Aux
iliary of the diocese of North Car
olina, and Mrs. Allen Surratt of
Rockwell, diocesan secretary of
Christian Education.
After lunch, the Rev. Lewis
Hodgkins, who grew up in
Southern Pines and is now a mis
sionary in Alaska, gave an inter
esting talk about the churches in
Alaska and his work there, illus
trated by slides shown by his
wife.
The afternoon programi ended
with a benediction given by the
Rev. Martin Caldwell.
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Registered Pharmacists; Albert Bretsch, Graham Culbreth