THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1957 THE PILOT—Soulliern Pines, North Carolina Some Looks At Books By LOCKIE PARKER Summer Reading is of many kinds according to temperament. Some people do their heaviest reading at that time, others love to reread old favorites and still others take on vacation a pile of who-dun-it’s. Personally when the thermometer is getting up to ward 90, I like miine “wet,” and I have just been enjoying some first-rate sea stories. THE SHIP WITH TWO CAP TAINS by Terence Robertson (Dutton $3.95). This true tale of a submarine’s activities in World War II is full of adventure, hu mor, triumph and told with much verve. H. M. S. Seraph was launched on May 27, 1942 and put in command of Lieutenant N. L. A. Jewell, then twenty- eight—^most of his officers were even younger. The Seraph’s first operational patrol was in Nor wegian waters where she dis tinguished herself by firing her first shot at a whale which had been mistaken for a submarine. In August she was transferred to Gibraltar. Her exploits in the Mediterranean included taking General Mark Clark on his fa mous trip to North Africa before the invasion and bringing him off again without the much pub licized pants, picking up General Giraud on a beach in southern France when he was escaping to join the Resistance forces in Africa, carrying the corpse of “The Man Wio Never Was” to the Spanish coast, gun running for the Italian underground, serving as guide and beacon sub marine for the Allied invasion of Sicily and some more normal operational patrols lin destroying German shipping. It is a thrilling tale with an attractive picture of the spirit of young men engaged in hazardous operations. There are also in teresting close-ups of the distin guished passengers in informal conversations with their young companions of the submarine. It was during the expedition to pick up General Giraud that the ship had two captains. Giraud distrusted the British and speci fied that he must be taken off by an Amjerican submarine. None was available on short no tice, so the Seraph for the time being flew the American flag and was under the nominal com mand of Captain Jerauld Wright, now an Admiral in the U. S. Navy. Much gayety was occa sioned by the crew and officers undertaking to learn American slang and to chew gum for the occasion. One of the cheerful things about this book is that all the principal characters survived the war and are now, according to the epilogue, flourishing in their respective professions. Even the H. M. S. Seraph, though consid erably battered and no longer good for active duty, has an hon ored place at a naval training station. THE DEEP RANGE by Arthur C. Clarke (Harcourt $3.35). 'This one is even wetter, for the herds of this range are whales and the heroes of the novel are young wardens of the international Bu reau of Whales. The time is a century or so in the future, the 'population of the world has reached five billion, peace has been established and interna tional cooperation in the conser vation and production of food. The Bureau of Whales with its activities in protecting its charges, improving the breed and herding them to seasonal pastures is producing twelve and a half per cent of the human food requirements—^it does not say how whale steak tastes. All this with the day to day prob lems involved is described in a highly entertaining manner. Psychological depth and per sonal interest is provided by the problems of Walter Franklin, a young man who at the beginning of a brilliant career in interplan etary service has an experience so shocking that he has to give up space flights. The psychia trists believe his talents can be salvaged for society by putting him into the sea service. How his initial indifference and depres sion yield to the charm and chal lenge of life in and tmder the sea, how he becomes increasing ly interested in the whales themselves, and how he meets the challenge of a Buddhist lead er who disapproves of raising whales for slaughter makes a moving personal drama. The author already well known as astronomer and a lead ing authority on outer space has recently joined the Underwater Explorers’ Club and been busy around The Great Barrier Reef of Australia. THE GARDEN UNDER THE SEA by George Selden (Viking $2.75). For the younger set here is a pleasing seaside tale about a garden buUt under the sea, a garden planted with seaweeds but decorated with things that human beings “lost” on the beach,—slippers, sun glasses, ear-plugs, a toy sq|))m)arine. It was Peter Starfish who had the idea but he had lots of help from his friends, especially Oscar Lob ster who loved making daring forays on land. They had thrill ing adventures whde collecting their decorations and a lovely time arranging them. Two children, Howard and Janet, whose rock garden on land had been the inspiration of the project, crossed their paths now and again and were more helpful than they knew. The story is told with humor and im agination. It also shows a real familiarity with beach life and Small sea creatures. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE SEA by James Fisher (Garden City $2.95). For youth whose minds run to science rather than literature, here is a book cram full of facts about the great seas which cover more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface and illustrated with two hundred paintings, maps and diagrams. The scope of the book may be gathered from the titles of the four sections. First, going back as far as geology can take us, the author discusses chang ing shores and seascapes, tides and currents. Then there is a view of the living creatures in the sea from microscopic beings to whales. Finally we have man and his early struggles to tra verse the waters, his triumphs in navigation, modern explorations of the ocean bottom and his in genuity in collecting food and extracting minerals from the seas mound him. At night don’t “overdrive” your lights. COINTRACT PAINTING "IT COSTS MORE NOT TO PAINT" SHAW PAINT & WALL PAPER CO. Phone 2-7601 SOUTHERN PINES Eastman Dillon. Union Securities & Co. Members New York Stock Exchange 105 East Pennsylvania Avenue Southern Pines, N, C. Telephone: Southern Pines 2-3731 and 2-3781 Complete Investment and Brokerage Facilities Direct Wire to our Main Office in New York A. E. RHINEHART Resident Manager Consultations by appointment on Satiudays A profitable place to ... SAVE ACCOUNTS OPENED ON OR BEFORE THE 10th EARN INTEREST FROM THE Isl Accounts Conveniently Handled by Mail. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 223 Wicker Street SANFORD. N. C W. M. Wamble. Exec. Vice-President Established in 1950. Assets Over $4,000,000.00 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MOORE The imdersigned, having duly qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of Marie Storrs WeUs Randolph, deceased, late of the above named County and State, all persons having claims of what soever nature against the said Marie Storrs Wells Randolph, de ceased, are hereby notified to ex hibit the said claim or claims to the imdersigned on or before the 16th day of May, 1958, or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to the said Marie Storrs Wells Randolph, deceased, are hereby requested to pay the said indebtedness to the imdersigned immediately. This 16th day of May, 1957. P. S. P. RANDOLPH, Jr. , Adpiinistrator W. Lsimont Brown, Attorney. ml6,23,30,j6,13,20c WELCOME TO Church of Chrisl East Main St. ABERDEEN, N. CAR Sunday Services: Bible Study, 10:00 Worship, 11:00 Evening Service, 7:30 Wed. Bible Study, 7:30 Ahy resident of Southern Pines not having transporta tion and desiring to worship with us please call S.P. 2-6575. Get Belter Sleep ON A BETTER MATTRESS Let us make your old mattress over like neSw! Any size, any type made to order. 1 DAY SERVICE MRS. D. C. THOMAS Southern Pines Lee Bedding and Manufacturing Co. BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN Background Serlptnre: Genesis 26:1- 5 12-33. ’ Devotional Readinf: Isaiah 55:6-13. Man of Peace Lesson for May 26, 1957 Bookmobile Schc^dule Dr. Foreman fighters of the I N a hospital for the insane, the pa tients may think tiie doctors are crazy. In a land of three-legged men, a man with only two legs would look deformed. Maybe that is why in tlw world today people who speak a good word for Peace are looked on as somewhat “touched In the head.” This is a warring world. It is a fact that the heathen ancestors of most readers of this column followed a religionin which heaven was thought to be a place where fight ing went on all day and drinking all night. But north - E ur ope ans are not the only world. Wars and fights, large and small, have been going on in all parts of the world since cave-man times. This Twentieth Century is the bloodiest of all, with fewer wars than formerly, but far more serious ones. Surrender Isaac, second son of Abraham, is known as a man of peace. But he must have seemed to be a rather odd man, around Gerar where he lived. He did not seem quite normal. He was willing, even eager, to make peace; but what lessons he endured in the making of peace? In the famous story of the Wells of Gerar, which is in our Scripture this week, we see Isaac giving up his comforts, his profits and even his rights, in order to keep peace. He moved farther and farther into the wilderness; he got no return on all the labor put in on the wells; and he actually gave up what he had a perfect right to keep —the wells themselves. It is very likely that a man or a nation that is going to stay at peace with the rest of the world, will, like Isaac, have to surrender some comforts, some profits, even some rights. A nation, or an individual, unwilling to make any concessions, yield any points or lower their profits, is headed for a fight. And the fight will cost more than what they fought to keep. Sons of God Nevertheless, peacemakers shall be called sons of God. So Jesus tells us; let it be noted that he said peacemakers, not peace-wish ers, peace-praisers. This means that peacemakers are like God, they belong to his family. It means that the peacemaker is in line with the purposes of God. Consider Isaac again. What became of all the nations whose battles reddened, the earth, whose wars were the big news, whose generals were famous men, whose conquests made his tory? The nations of that day are now dead, so dead that until re cently—^we know better now—there were some who thought the Bible’s references to them must be fiction. Only university professors know about the Gitgashites, the Phili stines and all the rest, and they don’t much care. But what became of Isaac? His name is immortal; the family descended from him is found everywhere in the world. The sons of Isaac are the most indestructible folk of history. When God sent his Son into the world, it was to the sons of Isaac that he first came, not to the children of the Philistines. Witness of History Sometimes the most peaceful men or nations are forced to fight. But the truly great are not those who keep the fight going on for years and years, but those who bind up the wounds they have made. Ger many, at the time these lines are being written, shows an example. That nation was conquered by America and Russia, along with other nations. Today America and Russia are the two principal pow ers occupying Germany with their armies. But the part controlled by Russia is being systematically bled. The great Russian war memorial in east Berlin is lined with inscrip tions (quoted from Stalin) insulting the German people; most promi nent in East Berlin are great ruined empty buildings. In the west zone, controlled by the United States, there is comparative pros perity; this country is devoting im mense sums to the upbuilding of our former enemies; most promi nent in west Berlin is the rising new city built on the ruins of the old. It cannot be said that Germans love to be occupied by foreign armies. But they know the vast difference between a former ene my who turns as quickly as possible to the ways of peace, and an ene my that never knows the war is over. Tuesday — J. D. 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