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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957
Women’s Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6512
Dinner Parties At
The Hollywood Hotel
Precede Concert
Much entertaining at the Holly
wood Hotel preceded Monday
night’s concert by the Little Sing
ers of Paris, with around 100
Sandhillers and guests enjoying
dinner parties.
Reserving tables for the occa
sion were: Dr. and Mrs. Fred
Langner, Mrs. Katherine McColl,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Premo, Mr.
Mowry and his sister, Mrs. Cros-
land, of Bennettsville, S. C., Mr.
and Mrs. E. O'. Brogden, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold A. Collins, Mrs. Hen
ry Page, Mrs. Jane Towne, Dr.
and Mrs. H. A. Peck, Mrs. Fred
Trimble, Mr. Davies.
Also, Miss E. E. Merrow, Mrs.
J. Wallace Allen, Mr. Eind Mrs.
John Ruggles and Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Baird, Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Phillips, Mrs. M. Horr, R. M.
Cushman, Messrs. Sheppard, Lan
dis and Fleming, and Mr. and Mrs.
Rowland McElvare.
MR. AND MRS. WORRALL OF KNOLLWOOD
WED IN ENGLAND 50 YEARS AGO SUNDAY
A couple who spoke their wed
ding vows in Stoke Church, Cov- i
entry, England, on February 24,
1907, will be’ quietly but happily
observing their Golden Wedding
anniversary Sunday at their
home on Midland Road. Of
course there will be a very
j special cake and flowers. Most
I likely a part of the day will be
spent on a Sandhills outing—one
of the couple’s chief delights—if
the weather is fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Worrall,
native Englanders, are the -cou
ple. Mrs. Worrall before her mar
riage was Beatrice Heath. They
came to the United States about
32 years ago, living first in Mass-
Sanford Pediatrician
Is Speaker At Meeting
Of District 12 Nurses
Members of District 12 of the
North Carolina Nurses’ Associa
tion held the second regulsu-
meeting of the year at Larry’s
Restaurant in Sanford on Wed
nesday of last week, with the
Lee County nurses as hostesses.
Beautiful decorations suggestive
of the Valentine season were
used. Mrs. Violet Young, of Pine-
hurst, the new president, presi
ded. Forty-six members attend
ed, and three new members were
enrolled.
After dinner, Dr. Mary Marga
ret McLeod, Sanford pediatri
cian, spoke on “Pediatric Aller
gies and Their Prevention.’’ Af
terwards she was presented, a
corsage of red carnations and a
box of candy.
Mrs. Ann Loris read a skit,
“That Old Sweetheart of Mine.’’
The January meeting, with an
attendance of 49 members, was
held at the new Richmond Coun
ty Hospital in Rockingham. In
addition to Mrs. Young, the
president? Mrs. Alice Hudson,
secretary, and Mrs. Eloise John
son, treasurer, were installed as
officers for 1957. 'The March
meeting will be held in Troy.
Violet H. (Mrs. William: D.)
McGill, R. N., of Lakeview is re
porter for the district.
achusetts and later in New Jer
sey and Florida.
Mr. Worrall was a tool and
gauge designer for RCA Victor
for 30 years. Following his re
tirement, they built a home on
Midland Road in Knollwood,
which they have occupied for the
past five years.
The Worralls have a son, Rob
ert, a chemist for Taylor Chemi
cal Company in Aberdeen, who
lives with them. They have a
daughter, also, Mrs. Jeff Keys of
Medford Lakes, N. J. Mrs. Keys
will not be here for her parents’
extra special day, but has al
ready sent a gift and her con
gratulations.
TICKET COMMITTEES FOR AMATEUR SHOW
“SCANDALS OF THE SANDHILLS” NAMED
The Reagans Are
Speakers At Church
Women’s Meeting
The *Rev. and Mrs. John Rea
gan, who are spending some time
at the home of Mrs. Reagan’s
mother, Mrs. Paul P. McCain, on
South Ridge Street prior to going
to Japan as mission workers,
were guest speakers Monday
night when Brownson Memorial
Presbsrterian Women of the
Church held their monthly
meeting at the church.
Mrs. Ward Hill, chairman of
World Missions, which is the em
phasis for the month in the wom
en’s work, introduced the speak
ers after explaining briefly the
general topic. “How Long Must
We Wait?” was sung by Mrs.
John A. McPhaul as a fitting pre
lude to the talks.
Mr. and Mrs. Reagan discussed
informally their reasons for go
ing to the foreign field, their
preparation for this service, and
the language study which is nec
essary after their arrival in Ja
pan. A generous offering for
World Missions was made.
The Reagans were presented a
gift by the women of the church
to serve as a reminder of the
friends back home as they serve
in their new roles as missionaries.
Mrs. Howard Butler presided
over the business session with
which the meeting opened.
Church of Wide
Fellowship Notes
The Woman’s Society of the
Church of Wide Fellowship will
hold its regular monthly meeting
in the fellowship hall, Thursday,
February 28, at 8:00 p.m.
The film “Windows on Tomor
row,” an interesting story of the
work of the United Church in the
Philippines, will be shown, and
all those interested are cordiaUy
invited to be present. Mrs. Mar
shall Psilmer, who attended the
School of Missions in July, will
give a brief introduction.
The Ruth Burr Sanborn Circle,
of which Mrs. Robert Leland is
chairman, is in charge of the pro
gram. *
Tickets for “Scandals of the
Sandhills,” a show to be present
ed by local amateur talent under
professional direction at the Pine-
hurst School auditorium on March
20, 21 and 22, are now on sale.
The production is being staged for
the benefit of the Pinehurst Rec
reation Association and its pro
ject to complete the athletic field
and playgrounds there.
Patron tickets are being hand
led in Southern Pines and Aber
deen by Mrs; D. W. >Winkelman,
Mrs. Gordon Clark, Mrs. Harold
Collins, Mrs. Robert McMillan,
and Mrs. Henry A. Page, Jr. Gen
eral admission tickets in these
two towns are in the hands of A.
C. Dawson, Mrs. J. D. Arey, Mrs.
Jessie Benson, Mrs. Don Leland,
Mrs. Voit Gilmore, Mrs. Hoke
Pollock, Mrs. Thomas Hayes, Joan
Goodwin and Mrs. Bunny Fitz-
gibbon.
In Pinehurst, patron tickets
may be procured from Mrs. Ar
thur Lacey, Mrs. James Tufts,
Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. John
Dixon, Mrs. Ira Wyche, Mrs.
Francis Owens and Mrs. A. N. De-
rouin. General admission tickets,
from Mrs. Bertha Garner, Mrs.
James Gilbert, Mrs. Wesley ViaU,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Remijig-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Carter,
Frank McCaskill, Keith Wedlock,
Ed Swaringen, Mrs. Holbrook
Platt, the Colony Shop, and Chris
tine Page.
West End ticket sales are being
handled by Eva Clark.
Mrs. Michael Pishko and Mrs.
Daniel Delany, joint chairmen of
the ticket committee, also have
available tickets.
The Rev. Dr. A. W. Craig and
James C. Gilbert are co-chairmen
of the overall committee in charge
of the project, and Brooks Russell
of New York City will be director
of the show, for which rehearsals
will begin March 1.
Local Does Will
Attend Area Meeting *
At Morganton
A large group of local Does
will be in Morganton this week
end attending the N. C. State
Area meeting of BPO Does
which begins with open house
Friday night, and continues with
sessions for ritualistic work all
day Saturday and a banquet and
dance Saturday night at which
members will be joined by their
husbands.
Mrs. Isel Burr of Des Moines,
Iowa, Supreme President, will
make her formal visit at this
meet. The area includes chapters
from Wilmington, Charlotte,
Asheboro, Southern Pines and
Morganton.
Attending from ’ Southern
Pines will be Alma Jones, presi
dent of local Drove 42; Flory
Wallace, assistant conductor;
Myra Boes, senior counselor; Kay
Page, 1st counselor; Dot Junkin,
junior counselor; Clara Schei-
pers, chaplain; Eleanor Poe, mu
sician; Melba Bushby, secretary;
also Beth Craig, Elsie Thompson,
Muriel Little, Louise Arnold,
Pheenie Blasko, Hannah Coffin,
Blanche Choate, and Louise
Johnson.
RARE EVENTS?
«.
Maybe Golden Weddings
are rare events in some
places, but in Southern Pines
they come in showers.
Mrs. C. R. Mills of Pine-
dene, talking by phone to a
near neighbor, Mrs. Walter
Maples, a few days ago, said:
“We’re having a Golden
Wedding at the Country
Club from 3 to 5 o’clock the
24th and I want you and Mr.
Maples to come.”
“Looks like we’re having a
run-in,” Mrs. Maples replied,
“we’re having one too.”
Formal invitations were in
transit at the time.
Actual wedding date of
Mr. and Mrs. Mills is the
26th, but their children are
entertaining for them on
Sunday, the 24th. Mr. and
Mrs. Maples were married on
the 24th.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wor
rall of Southern Pines are
also marking a 50th anniver
sary on' the 24th.
Successful Party Held
At Longcope Home
The delightful hospitality of
Charled Farm was made avail
able by Mrs. Ana Longcope to a
party of 72 when the Civic Club
held a benefit bridge party in
her lovely home Wednesday
afternoon. Eighteen tables were
at play and there was a prize for
each table winner. Refreshments
were served.
Proceeds of the party will be
used to help lift the Civic Club’s
mortgage on the clubhouse.
New Heir-rivals
MARY CA’THERINE PHILLIPS
Mary Catherine is the name
which Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Phillips of Southern Pines have
given their fifth child, who was
bom February 1 at Moore Coun
ty Hospital. She checked In at
seven pounds, 13 ounces. Their
other children are Janet, nine,
Charles, 8, Nancy four and Eliz
abeth, a year and a half old.
Mrs. Gary Mattocks
Honored At Shower
Mrs. Raymond Williams and
Mrs. James Sessoms were joint
hostesses at a stork shower Wed
nesday night honoring Mrs. Gary
Mattocks at the home of Mrs.
Pauline Morrison. Games and re
freshments were enjoyed and the
honoree was presented many
dainty gifts. There -^ere 12 guests
present.
INS and OUTS
Mrs. F. B. Pottle returned
home Sunday from N. C. Memo
rial Hospital in Chapel Hill.
Miss Gussie Cameron of Raleigh
visited her sisters. Misses Mary
and Rebecca Cameron, during last
weekend.
Jimmy Cheatham of the U. S.
Navy, stationed at Norfolk for
some time, left last week on a six
months’ Mediterranean cruise. He
spent the preceding weekend here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Cheatham.
Mrs. Larry Troiano of Port
Washington, N. Y., is here on a
two weeks’ visit to her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
George McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. Elois Lawrence
and daughter, Lois, of Oceana,
Va., visited his mother, Mrs. Lela
Lawrence last weekend-.
Mrs. John A. Ferguson under
went surgery at Moore County
Hospital last week. She is re
ported to be getting along well.
Her daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter E. Blue, Jr., and Da
vid, of Wilmington visited her
last weekend.
Mrs. Sid Toman, who was on
the sales staff of franjean’s for the
past few months, has moved from
Aberdeen to Greensboro. She has
been succeeded at franjean’s by
Mrs. Bill Huntley.
Swann Brown of Norfolk, Va.,
spent part of last week here visit-^
ing his mother, Mrs. R. P. Brown,
and aunt, Mrs. A. W. McNeilL
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"'T
Lodge 484 AF & AM
To Hold Ladies Night
Banquet March 2
Southern Pines Lodge No. 484
A. F. and A. M. will hold its an
nual Ladies Night and Sixty-first
Anniversary Banquet at the
, Southern Pines ''Xlountry Club
I Saturday night, March 2, begin
ning at 7:30 p. m.
I Dr. William Mosley Brown,
Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, a noted after-
dinner speaker, will be featured
on the program;
The banquet committee has
said that the sale of tickets will
definitely close on Saturday,
February 23, to allow the com
mittee members time to work on
other details of the program. The
seating capacity of the club is
limited to 140, so they advise
that tickets be procured at once
to avoid missing this gala event.
The banquet committee is
composed of Joe C. Thomas,
chairman; L. Russell McRae, A.
B. Sally, Edwin L. Finch, C. Rob
ert McCorrnac, Alden G. Bower,
J^es W. Causey, and Stanley T.
Dunn.
AT HUNT DINNER — Four people widely
known in horse circles discuss the day’s events
at Saturday night’s dinner at the Southern
Pines Country Club, following the Hunter
Trials. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Moss, at right and
left of photo, are owners of Mile-Away Farm
here. He is joint master of the Moore County
Hounds and Mrs. Moss is secretary and first
whip. Seated with them are Miss Eleonora
Sears of Pride’s Crossing, Mass., owner of The
Paddock at Southern Pines, and Cappy Smith,
prominent horseman of Middleburg, Va.
(Emerson Humphrey photo)
MANY VISITORS FROM SEVERAL STATES
ATTEND ANNUAL HUNT BALL AND DINNER
The annual Hunt Ball, held
Saturday night at the Southern
Pines Country Club under chair
manship of Mrs. Dwight W. Win-
kelman, was a gala event which
attracted many people prominent
in horse circles from several
states.
The club was decorated in the
Moore County Hunt colors, hunt
ing pink and royal blue. Music
for dancing was by Dave Brown’s
Orchestra from Raleigh.
Crab meat cocktails, filets, sal
ads and ice cream were on the
menu at the dinner in connection
with the ball. ,
Included in the list of guests
attending the dinner and ball
were: Mrs. Duane Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. Dopald Clark, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Digney and Theo
dore Ralston, all of Syracuse, N.
Y.; Lt. Col. Marion Smock and
Capt. Richard Waither, Ft.
Bragg; Bayne Welker, a judge in
the Hunter Trials, and Miss
Eleanor Wrenn, Greensboro.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Morton W.
Smith, James Wiley, a Hunter
Trials judge, and Mr. and Mrs
.Jack Moberley, all of Middle
burg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. George
Bishop -of Winston-Salem and
Warrenton, Va.; Richard Ahem,
an actor from New York City;
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moss of Mt.
Kisco, N. Y.; C. D. Halsey of
Shrewsbury, N. J., William J.
Leach of Jersey City, N. J.,
James McConnell of Redbank, N.
J. and John Kelly of Tenafly,
N. J.
I Also, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Avery,
III and Mrs. Woodward, of Wil-
I mington, Robert Jamison of Win
ston-Salem, Fred Page, Jr., of
Elkin, Miss Betty Beryl Schenk
of Richmond, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Opfer, Mr. Shatterley
and Mr. and Mrs. William P.
Tate, all of Cockeysville, Md.
Doctor Asbury, a leading
breeder of race horses, and Mac
Miller, both of “Lexington, Ky,
attended, also Gene Cuningham
and Richard Kelly of Richmond,
Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Smith of High Point.
Here from Boston, Mass., wete
James Vaughn, Herbert Langlois,
Robert Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Kroto,
Mrs. Gardiner Fiske, Miss Har
riet Thayer, Miss Eleonora SearS,
and Mrs. Jane Dane.
Miss Jeanne Cochrane, Joint
Master of Fairfield County
Hounds and owner and rider of
Gala Pennant, judged Champion
in the Hunter Trials, also Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Nichols, Miss
Sandy Glynn and Miss Gay Tait,
all of Fairfield, Conn., and Miss
Elizabeth Few of Lynchburg, Va.
Others included Mr. and Mrs.
Magruder Dent of Greenwich,
Conn., and Knollwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Warner Atkins of Cincinnati
and Pinehurst, Mrs. B. A. Tomp
kins of New York City and
Southern Pines, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Webb of Stamford,
Conn., and Knollwood, Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Winkelman,
who divide their time between
Skaneateles, N. Y., and Southern
Pines.
NEW OFFICERS OF SANDHILLS ASSEMBLY
OF RAINBOW GIRLS INSTALLED THURSDAY
Installation of officers of the
Sandhills Assembly, Order of the
R.iinbow for Girls, was held last
ceremony and joined in the so
cial hour which followed.
The next meeting will be held
^ ■ February 28 at 7:30 p. m. in the
Thursday night at the Masonic Masonic Hall.
Hall.
Installing officers were: Patti
Hobbs, Installing Worthy Ad
visor; Lillian Bullock, marshal;
Judy Parker, chaplain; Ginger
Woodell, recorder; and Mrs. Dock
McRae, musician. During the cer
emony Miss Delores Maready
sang “Bless This House,” with
Mrs. Lillian Miles Raymond as
accompanist.
Officers installed, to serve for
the next four months, were:
Worthy Advisor, Barbara Grif
fin; Associate Advisor, Joan Mc
Donald; Charity, Janice Holli
day; Hope, Jean Franklin; Faith,
Karen McKenzie; recorder, Joan
Parker; treasurer, Alice Ann
Gamble; chaplain, Ann Edwards;
drill leader, Linda 'Thompson;
the seven Color Stations: Love,
Mary Elizabeth Chappell; Reli
gion, Jean Grover; Nature, Don
na Dawson; Immortality, Jan
McDonald; Fidelity, Becky Tray
lor; Patriotism, Geraldine Tolli-
son; Service, Sheila Maness; con
fidential observer, Allison Gram-
elsbach; outer observer, Joanne
McRae; musician, Paulette Die-
tenhofer; choir director, Susanne
Steed.
Members of the Advisory
Board are Mrs. Dera McRae, Mrs.
Vera Parker, Mrs. Bess 'Ward,
Mrs. Delma Finch, Joseph Scott,
Herbert Dietenhofer, Paul Ward,
and Charles Pope.
Mrs- Joseph Scott was ii^tall-
ed as Mother Advisor of the
group.
A large number of parents and
friends of the girls attended the
Singer Friend of
Local People Well
Received In Opera
Mrs. Arch Coleman and daugh
ter, Mrs. Wolfgang Langewiesche,
have returned from New York
where on Wednesday night of last
week they attended Mary Curtis
Derna’s debut at the Metropolitan
following her return after eight
years in Italy. The singer is re
ported to have been most enthu
siastically received, being given a
standing ovation by the huge au
dience.
This now famous opera singer
shared an apartment with Priscil
la Coleman (now Mrs. Lange
wiesche) and the former Sue Mil-
liken of Southern Pines when the
three were attending school in
New York and she was in South
ern Pines shortly before leaving
for Italy to sing for the wedding
of Sue and Deane M. Evans, who
live in Darien, Conn.
Mrs. Langewische and children
are here from Lakeville, Conn., to
spend some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Coleman at Skyline Manor
while Mr. Langewiesche, a writer,
is on a trip to South America.
Bridge Winners
Winners at Tuesday’s meeting
of the Hollywood Bridge Club
were Mrs. Everette Walker, Mrs.
F. Trimble, Mrs. G. D. Morris, and
Mrs. H. W. Allen.
Miss Sue Cribb And
Jasper Swearingen
To Wed Saturday
Miss Sue Cribb, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Cribb of
Aberdeen, and Jasper Swearin
gen, son of Mrs. Bessie Swearin
gen of Southern Pines, will be
married Saturday afternoon in
Bennettesville, S. C., it has been
disclosed. They plan to make
their home in Southern Pines
where the bridegroom-elect is
employed in the composing room
of The Pilot.
Mrs. Bushby Is
Circle Hostess
Mrs. Ned Bushby was hostess
to the Virginia Oliver Circle of
the First Baptist Church at its
February meeting last week,
with eight members attending.
The group welcomed Mrs. Eu
gene Norton as a new member.
Mrs. M. G. McRae and Mrs. Paul
Burroughs led the devotions and
program.
Looking Ahead
Six New Members
Initiated By Does
Six new members were initia
ted into Drove 42, ,BPO Does, at
the regular meeting held Tues
day night at the Southern Pines
Country Club. They are: Emma
Lou Baird, Eleanor Carter, El
eanor Erwin, Mary Ratliff, Ann
Smith and Rowena Underwood.
Club Reports Winners
The Sandhills Duplicate Bridge
Club reports the following results
of this week’s play: top scorers.
Dr. E. W. Bush and Fred Brind
ley; second, Mrs. Roy Grinnell
and Mrs. J. J. Spring; third. Miss
Louise Blue and Mrs. W. L. Poole
of Raeford.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Executive Board of
Brownson Memorial Presbyteri
an Women of the Church will
meet at 8 p. m. Monday in the
church parlor.
LEARN MORE CLASS
The Learn More Class will
meet at 8 p. m. Monday at the
home of Mrs. Nellie Mann with
Mrs. Fred Woodruff as hostess.
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD
The Brotherhood of the First
Baptist Church will hold a din
ner meeting at the church at 7
p. m. Tueslay, with the Virginia
Oliver Circle serving dinner.
SUNBEAMS
The Sunbeams of the First
Baptist Church will meet at the
church at 3 p. m. Tuesday.
B&PW CLUB
The Sandhills Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club will hold
a dinner meeting at the American
Legion hut in Aberdeen next
Tuesday evening at 7:15 o’clock.
Mrs. James Hartshome, chairman
of the National Security Commit
tee, will arrange the program.
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