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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1957
Womens Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6512
Laviner-White
Marriage Announced
Mrs. Ruby Gillie White of
Pinebluff, daughter of Mrs. Rob
ert Gillie of Spray and the late
Mr. Gillie, and Lonnie Laviner of
Wagram were married in a pri
vate ceremony in BennettsviUe, S.
C., on Saturday, February 16.
Judge W. M. Newton officiated.
Mrs. Laviner is employed at the
Pinehurst Country Club.
Local People Attend
Masonic Bodies Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Woolley spent
last weekend in Washington, D.
C., where the men attended a
convention of the Allied Masonic
Bodies of the USA. While there
they visited Lt. Cmdr. (ret.) Ed
win L. Finch of near Vass, who
is a patient at the National Na
val Medical Center at Bethesda,
Md. They were pleased to find
his condition much improved.
Mrs. Perham and Miss
Newton Enjoy Trip
To Florida and Islands
Mrs. Florence Perham and
Miss Mary Scott Newton return
ed Saturday from a vacation trip
to various places in Florida and
to Havana, Cuba, and Nassau.
They drove to Florida and took
the trip to the islands by ship.
They spent two days with Mrs.
Mary'E. Capps, a former South
ern Pines resident, at a fishing
camp near Leesburg, where they
caught several fish. They were
guests of Mrs. B. F. Norris, an
other former local resident, in
St. Petersburg for five days.
Two days were spent in Orlan
do, visiting Miss Newton’s cousin
and his wife, Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Paul Blue of Springdale, Maine,
who are wintering in Florida. Lt.
Col. Blue spent a few years here
and attended the local high
school.
Among the places of special
interest visited were Silver
Springs, Marineland and Cypress
Gardens, where they enjoyed the
water ski show.
They spent a day and night in
Havana and a day in Nassau.
Miss Carolyn Bullock,
Bride-Elect, Is
Feted In Greensboro
Honoring Miss Carolyn Louise
BuUock of Greensboro, whose
wedding to Melville Pemberton
Brown, Jr., of Spartanburg, S. j
C., is planned for April 27, Miss
Marguerite Bartee of Greensboro
entertained at a buffet luncheon
for 12 at the Woman’s Club there i
last Saturday. She presented
Miss Bullock a corsage of white
carnations and a gift of crystal. |
The buffet table was decorated
in bridal green and white. |
Attending from Southern j
Pines were the bride-elect’s,
mother and sister, Mrs. Hubert |
Cameron and Miss Lillian Bui
lock.
Duplicate Bridge Club
Names Top Scorers
Dr. E. W. Bush and Fred
Brindley were North-South top
scorers when the Sandhills Du
plicate Bridge Club met Tues
day night, with Mrs. W. L. Poole
and Miss Louise Blue placing
second, Mrs. Roy Grinnell and
Mrs. T. C. Worth, Jr., third.
East-West winners were, in
order. Dr. C. L. VanderVoort and
Mr. Green of Pinehurst, Roy
Grinnell and Mrs. James Besley,
and Miss Katherine Wiley and
Mrs. C. D. May.
MR. AND MRS. MARK J. KING III
MR. AND MRS. KING, WED RECENTLY IN
TEXAS, NOW LIVING IN SOUTHERN PINES
Miss Britt Attends
Conference At UNC
Miss Ethel Blue Britt attended
the conference and seminar held
jointly by the Extension Division
of the University of North Caro
lina and the North Carolina Fed
eration of Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs, at the
University last week.
The group of some 250 Women
was welcomed by Chancellor
Robert B. House, who, after a
few words of greeting, set the
group at ease in his inimitable
manner by playing two favorite
tunes on his harmonica.
The conference, entitled “Spot
light On Women,” offered three
courses of instruction: “The
Written and Spoken Word,” by
Dr. Norman C. Mattis; “Manage
ment in the Professions,” by Dr.
R. S. Winslow; and “Appearance
and Grooming,” by Mrs. Evelyn
Sadler.
The featured speaker was Dr.
Cylvia Larkin of St. Louis, Mo.,
an instructor in statistics, a con
sultant in business administra
tion and a consultant to the De
partment of National Defense,
Washington, D. C. She was mod
erator for a panel discussion
which included Dean Katherine
Carmichael, Dr. D. J. Moffie, and
Dr. Ryan, head of the Extension
Division.
The “Spotlight On Women”
program concluded Human Rela
tions Week at the University.
Miss Britt was accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Haynes Britt
Now at homg on BoUing
Springs Circle are Mr. and Mrs.
Mark J. King III, who were mar
ried in Trinity Episcopal Church,
San Antonio, Tex., at 3 p.m. on
Saturday, February 9.
The bride, the former Sandra
Gale Harris, is the daughter of
Maj. and Mrs. Edwin S. Harris of
San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. King,
the bridegroom’s parents, reside
in Southern Pines.
The Rev. Charles Douglas offi
ciated at the double ring cere
mony, and a musical program was
presented by Mrs. Gregory H.
Goida, of the faculty of Southwest
Texas State College, San Marcos.
The altar was decorated with ar
rangements of white gladioli and
greenery.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
ballet-length gown of alencon lace
and bridal satin. The bodice was
of lace with long sleeves, and the
fuU satin skirt had a back panel
of gathered alencon lace. It was
belted by a satin cummerbund.
She wbre a white lace hat with a
veil of white Ulusion. Her flowers
were a nosegay of white orchids
and feathered carnations.
Mrs. Connie Stresing of San
Antonio, a close friend who was
recently a TWA stewardess, was
the bride’s only attendant. She
wore a red taffeta dress fashioned
with scooped neck, long sleeves
and bouffant skirt, and a half hat,
and carried a spray of white dai
sies.
Lynn C. Maurer of San Antonio
attended Mr. King as best man.
Ushers were Lt. Jack Stresing,
and Edwin S. Harris, Jr., the
Miss Pratt Is Guest
At District Meeting
Of Postal Employees
Miss Jane Pratt, secretary to
Congressman A. Paul Kitchin,
was a recent weekend visitor to
the Sandhills. She was a guest
of postal employees of the Eighth
District at a salary rally held in
Rockingham. Miss Pratt heard
the needs of postal employees for
legislation to increase salaries,
as well as aiinuities for the re
tired workers.
While in the Sandhills Miss
Pratt was a houseguest of Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Lockey in
Aberdeen.
bride’s younger brother, both of
San Antonio.
For the ceremony the bride’s
mother wore a beige lace sheath
with satin hat and a corsage of
pink carnations.
A reception at the home of the
bride’s parents followed the cere
mony. Spring flowers with white
daisies predominating were used
in the decorative scheme. The
bride’s table was covered with an
Italian lace cloth. The three
tiered wedding cake, topped with
bells, was encircled with ' white
tulle ruffling and flanked by
branched candelabra holding
white tapers.
Mrs. Alvin Weaver served cake
and Mrs. Lynn Maurer, Mrs. Em
ory Moore and Miss Sharon At
kins presided at the pupch howls.
For travel the bride yvore a
brown and beige wool ensemble
with an orchid corsage from her
bridal bouquet. Their wedding
trip was a week of leisurely trav
el from San Antonio to Southern
Pines.
The bride attended high school
in Southern Pines while her fath
er was stationed here, and com
pleted her high school studies in
England where she passed her
Cambridge exEuninations. She at
tended the University of Mary
land, San Jose State College, and
Southwest Texas State College
where she was a member of Kap
pa Pi art fraternity and the a
cappeUa choir.
The bridegroom was graduated
from Southern Pines High School
in 1953. He spent two years in
the Army in Hawaii, and is now
employed by Radio Station WEEB
in Southern Pines.
Hollywood Club Has
Enthusiastic Meeting
An enthusiastic group of 20 met
at the Hollwood Hotel Tuesday
afternoon for the Hollywood
Bridge Club’s weekly session. At
the close of the afternoon’s play,
the following were announced as
winners: Mrs. F. Trimble, Mrs.
Florence Graff, Mrs. Claudia
Ammen, Mrs. P. P. Pelton, and
Mrs. C. N. Fitz.
B&PW CLUB HEARS TALK ON OPERATIONS
OF RED’ CROSS IN TIMES OF DISASTER
“Disaster Operations” was the
topic of the Sandhills Business
and Professional Women’s Club’s
guest speaker at Tuesday night’s
meeting, held in the American
Legion hut at Aberdeen with the
Aberdeen Garden Club preparing
and serving a sumptuous dinner.
Mrs. Evelyn Pleasants presided
and the attendance numbered 40.
Mrs. Thelma Hartshome, chair
man of the club’s National Secur
ity Committee, had arranged the
program. She introduced as
speaker Lynn Warren, director of
Red Cross operations in this area,
who formerly lived in California
but with his wife came to South
ern Pines to live about two years
ago.
The speaker classified disasters
as “natural” and “man-mgde.”
The America!! Red Cross, he said,
handles relief operations in natur
al disasters, the Civil Defense in
man-made. His hearers, who
foimd his discussion of the sub
ject of intense interest, saw much
similarity in the operations of the
two organizations. Mr. Warren
brought out the point that no dis
crimination is made between the
wealthy and the less wealthy in
time of disaster—^that all alike
need help then and there.
Miss Susan Richardson, busi
ness manager of the Caravan The
atre, was introduced and she
Looking!; Ahead
MILLS FAMILY—Photographed together last
Sunday afternoon are Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Mills
(center) and their sons and daughters, who en
tertained at a reception at the Southern Pines
Country Club Ignoring the pEirents on their
Golden Wedding anniversary. The daughters,
left to right, are: Mrs. Fred (Mary) Flinchum,
Mrs. M. T. (Doris) Stewart, and Mrs. L. C.
(Frances) Spillman; sons, same order, Eutice,
Russell and Ray Mills. —Photo by Humphrey
Mr, and Mrs. C. R. Mills Feted On Golden Anniversary
spoke briefly about the work of
the theatre group.
Announcement was made con
cerning a district meeting to be
held in Wilmington on March 10.
Other'guests at the meeting
were Miss Audrey Shaw, Miss
Anne Brecken, and Mrs. L. D. Mc
Donald, Jr., of Raleigh, guest of
Mrs. McDonald, Sr., of Southern
Pines.
Dinner At the Dunes
For Benefit of Guild
Set For Next Thursday
Through the courtesy and
generosity of James Warman, all
proceeds of dinner and the eve
ning in general at the Dunes
Club next Thursday, March 7,
will be turned over to St.
Joseph’s Hospital Guild for its
hospital projects, it was announc
ed yesterday. This annual “eve
ning at The Dunes” always draws
a large attendance and is of great
benefit to the Gtiild.
A Hi-Fi record player will be
given as a door prize.
Mrs. Francis L. Owens and
Mrs. Edward Nesbitt, both of
Pinehurst, are co-chairmen in
charge of the event.
LATE MARCH EVENT
March 27 is a date to mark on
the calendar as Patch’s Depart
ment Store is to stage a (Fashion
Show at 8 p. m. in the Fellow
ship hall of the Church of Wide
Fellowship on that date as a ben
efit for the church organ fund.
ANNUAL DUNES DINNER
Next Thursday, March 7, will
be the annual evening at the
Dunes Club for the benefit of
St. Joseph’s Hospital Guild. All
proceeds of the dinner, floor
show, etc. will go to the Guild.
ST. MARY’S GUILD
St. Mary’s Guild of Emmanuel
Church will hold a business meet
ing next Monday at 3 p.m. in the
parish haU. As this is the time
for election) of officers, the presi
dent urges all members to attend.
FASHION SHOW
The Civic Club will have a
Fashion Show, given by the Mc
Lean Style Shop of Aberdeen for
the benefit of the Civic Club, next
Tuesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments
will be served.
BAPTIST CIRCLES
Four Circles of the First Bap
tist Church have scheduled meet
ings for next Tuesday, March 5,
as follows:
No. 1, at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Leon
Jones.
No. 2, at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Her
man Shaw.
No. 3, at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Ray
mond Parker.
No. 4, at 3 p.m. with Mrs. W. E.
Kivette.
LEARN MORE CLASS
The Learn More Bible Class
will meet at 8 p. m. Monday with
Mrs. Emery Smith, Jr.
PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLES .
Presbyterian Circles meeting
next week are as follows:
Circle 1, Tuesday at 3 p.m. with
Mrs. W. E. Blue.
Circle 2, Tuesday at 3 p.m. in
the church parlor with Mrs. R. S.
DuRant as hostess.
Circle 4, Monday at 8 p.m. with
Mrs. Fred Patton.
Circle 6, Thursday at 8 p.m.
with Mrs. Austin Sauls.
Circle 7, Thursday at 8 p.m.
with Mrs. Troy Martin.
Circle 8, Monday at 8 p.m. with
Mrs. Dan S. Ray.
Circle 9, Thursday at 8 p.m.
with Mrs. Bill Graham.
ST. ANTHONY’S GUILD
St. Anthony’s Guild will meet
next Tuesday at 2 p. m. in St.
Anthony’s auditorium and at
tendance of all members is re
quested.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Mills entertained from 3 to 5
o’clock Sunday afternoon at the
Southern Pines Country Club,
honoring their parents on their
50th wedding anniversary. About
250 friends called.
The hall was decorated through
out with beautiful arrangements
of golden daffodils, yellow roses,
snapdragons and gladioli.
Guests were greeted by the
Rev. and Mrs. D. Hoke Coon. Mrs.
W. E. Kivette presided at the reg
ister, and Mr. Kivette introduced
them to the receiving line, which
was composed of Mr. and Mrs.
Mills, their three sons and three
daughters with their wives and
husbands: Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Mills of Southern Pines, Mr. and
Mrs..Ray Mills of Charleston, W.
Va., Mr. and Mrs. Eutice Mills of
Pinebluff, Mr. and Mrs. M. T.
Stewart of Carthage, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Flinchum of Carthage, and
Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Spillman of
Pilot Mountain. Mrs. Mills was
wearing a rose silk shantung
dress with an orchid corsage.
Party refreshments were served
from an elaborately appointed
table decorated in the theme col
or. The wedding cake, a work of
art in gold and white, made by
Mrs. L. D. McDonald, was in three
tiers with swan and floral decor
ations and “50” in gold figures. It
was flanked by candles and yel
low flowers, and occupied a spe
cial lace-covered table.
Mrs. G. W. Fsu'rar of Apex, sis
ter of Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Hunter
Kelly of Durham, a niece, presid
ed at the punch bowls. They were
assisted in serving by two grand
daughters of the honorees, Mrs.
Ralph Long of Carthage and Miss
Marilyn Mills of Pinebluff, and
two nieces. Miss Jane Kelly of
Chapel Hill and Miss Sandra Kel
ly of Durham.
Mrs. H. O. Kelly of Apex, a sis
ter of Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Frank
Goodwin, niece of Mr. Mills, re
ceived in the gift room.
Music throughout the afternoon
New Heir-rivals
was presented by Mrs. L. D. Mc
Donald, organist, and Mrs. Frank
Yandell and Miss Jeanne Saun
ders, vocal soloists.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills, both of
Apex, were married February 26,
1907. She is the former Ethel Up
church. They moved from Wake
County to Southern Pines in 1919.
Mrs. Mills served as organist and
choir director in the First Baptist
Church here for many years, re
tiring last year. She now gives
piano lessons at home. Mr. Mills
devotes his time to his dog ken
nels which are a business-hobby
combination. Both are active and
remain interested in town affairs.
Guests included many friends
from Southern Pines and nearby
towns and the following from a
greater distance: Mr. and Mrs.
Hunter L. Kelly, Sandra and Mi
chael Kelly, Durham; Jane Kelly,
Chapel Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
MiUs, Mrs. B. P. Pearson, Mrs.
Frank Upchurch, Mrs. H. O. Hol
land, Mrs. George Cunningheim,
Lile Atwater, Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Yates, and Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. Beckwith, Apex.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon,
High Point; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Yates, Pittsboro; Mrs. L. A. Mac-
Kenney, Pittsburgh, Pa; Mrs. Eu
gene Upchurch, Sandra Upchurch
and Carolyn Starnes, Graham; the
Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Upchurch,
Benson; Mrs. D. E. Matthews and
Judy Matthews, Millbrook; Mrs.
John Daniel, Union City, N. J.;
and Mrs. Lyle McDonald, Jr., Ral-'
eigh.
SUNDAY CHURCH RITES AT VASS UNITE
MISS PATRICIA BRIDGES, GEORGE BLUE
SHARON KAYE FERGUSON
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Fergu
son of Southern Pines are the
parents of a daughter, Sharon
Kaye, horn Thursday, February
21, at Moore County Hospital
weighing seven pounds, 14
ounces. Mrs. Ferguson is the
former Betty Ann Wiseman. The
paby’s grandparents are Mrs. W.
C. Ferguson of Southern Pines
and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wiseman
of Pinehurst.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spring
and children, Karin and Robin,
of Hatsboro, Pa., are visiting Mr.
Spring’s mother, Mrs. J. J.
Spring, 350 Coimtry Club Drive.
Pvt. Donald Burney
Leaves For Tour of
Duty In Germany
After completing basic and
special training at Fort Jackson,
S. C., Pvt. Donald L. Burney left
by plane Wednesday for Ger
many. He will be attached to the
2nd General Hospital at Land-
stuhl, in the eye clinic depart
ment. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Burney of , Pine Grove
Road, were in Columbia last
v/eek to visit him before he left
for his tour of duty overseas.
Mrs. Jack Barron returned
hpme Saturday from Moore Coim-
ty Hospital, where she imderwent
surgery. She is getting along
well. Her 15-months-old son.
Chuck, was admitted to the hos
pital the day she came home.
The Vass Baptist Church was
the scene of a lovely wedding
suggestive of Valentine Day with
its colors of red and white when
Miss Patricia Lee Bridges be
came the bride of George Rosser
Blue at 7 p. m. last Sxmday. The
pastor, the Rev. Thomas Wolfe,
officiated at the double ring cer
emony.
The bride is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luin E.
Bridges and the bridegroom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
M. Blue, all of Vass.
Pines and ivy formed a back
ground for tall stands holding
fan-shaped arrangements of
white gladioli and chrysanthe
mums, with candles in wrought
iron candelabra lighting the
scene. At center was a white
prie-dieu on which the couple
knelt for the benediction.
Prior to the ceremony, Mrs.
Herbert Mclnnis of Lakeview,
pianist, and Miss Mike Ramsey of
Moncure, vocalist, presented a
program of wedding music.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a dress of
white satin fashioned with a
pearl and sequin trimmed lace
yoke with boat neckline, long
sleeves, and hoop skirt that ex
tended into a chapel train. Her
illusion veil was attached to a
pearl-trimmed satin half hat,
and she carried a bouquet of
white roses centered with an or
chid.
Mrs. Robert Evans of Vass, sis
ter of the bride, was matron of
honor. She wore a frilly gown of
red net over tsiffeta with match
ing headdress and short veil and
carried a bouquet of white feath
ered carnations.
Bridesmaids were Mrs. Wilbur
Sawyer, sister of the bride, Miss
Johnsie Cameron, Miss Joyce
Ann Howell of Duncan, a cousin
of the bride, and Miss Ella Mae
Blue, sister of the bridegroom. In
dresses similar in design to that
of the honor attendant, Mrs. Saw
yer and Miss Cameron were in
red and carried white feathered
carnations, the other two in
white with red bouquets.
Little Vicki Evans, wearing a
long pale pink dress and carry
ing white feathered chrysanthe
mums, was ' flower girl and
Charles Priest, Jr., of Lakeview
carried the rings on a white satin
pUlbw. They are niece and neph
ew of the bride.
Attending Mr. Blue as best
man was Douglas Blackman.
Ushers were Donald Wayne
Bridges, brother of the bride;
Charles Priest, a brother-in-law;
William Blue, cousin of the
bridegroom; and R. A. Edwards,
his brother-in-law.
Both Mrs. Bridges and Mrs.
Blue, mothers of the bride and
groom, were dressed in blue lace
with matching hats and their
flowers were orchids.
A reception for the families
and wedding party was held at
the home Of the bride’s parents.
For a wedding trip to Miami,
Fla., the bride wore a beige knit
suit with brown accessories and
the orchid from her bridal bou
quet.
Mrs. Blue was graduated from
Vass-Lakeview High School last
year and since has been employ
ed in Aberdeen. Mr. Blue is a
graduate of Vass-Lakeview
High School, where both he ,and
his bride starred in basketbalL
He was graduated from a barber
college in Durham and for some
time has operated the Vass Bar
ber Shop in Vass. Upon their re
turn from their honeymoon they
will be at home in Vass.
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