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Thursday, June 13, 1957 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina ^5' Some Looks At Books By LOCKIE PARKER THE WONDERFTJl. O by James Thurber. Illustrated by Marc Simont. (Simon & Scdiuster $3.50. No one could have writ ten this surrealist fable except Thurber, nor probably could anyone else have gotten it pub lished by a major publisher. Here is magic play with words, sounds, ideas, images that re minds one of the more daring painters and modern musicians. Take' a figure of speech such as “unexpectedly as the blare of a bugle in a lullaby,” or read aloud the grim threat Black makes to his parrot, “I’ll squck his thrug till all he can whipple is jeep.” Could even Lewis Car- roll do better? For full appreciation the book must be read aloud, for the text is rhythmical and often rhymes. Then, too, part of the humor de rives from the absurd sounds re sulting from omitting the letter “o” fromi words. Black, you see, hated this letter and being a peevish dictator type, he made up his mind to see that it was never spoken or written on the island of Ooroo. Of course, his aversion to “o” was quite under standable because of a childhood experience—^how familiar it soimds—one-night his mother be came wedged in a porthole and since they could not pull her in, they pushed her out. The fable as a fable is concern ed with more than stimulating combinations of words and sounds. The islanders, a docile people, submit for the most part to the decrees of Black and his crew, but in secret meetings they listen to the words of a poet and to the seeress, Andrea, who tells them that there are four words with “o” that must be kept in spite of tyrants. They know that three of these are hope, love and valor. The discovery of the fourth makes the climax of the tale. VASTNESS OF THE SEA. Advenlure in Ihe Mysterious Depths by Bernard Gorsky (Lit tle Brown $5.00). Unexplored re gions on the surface of the globe have almost vanished; but, even as this happens, man, the amaz ing creature, is devising ways of reaching new areas in the skies above or the depths of the ocean where Ufe is probably as strange as on any planet and the forms of creatures as fahtastic as afty- thing ever dreamed up by the practitioners of science fiction or movies of the future. Bernard Gorsky had a good record of underwater hunting in the Mediterranean but had dreamed for years of exploring really tropical waters. At 37 he decided it was now or never, so he collected three companions of like mind and they bought a sailboat. This is the tale of explorations that took them halfway round the world. It is told almost in diary form, so that we live with these adven turers through the excitement of preparation, storms at sea and amusing port incidents. The heart of the book, however, is the underwater exploration, stirring accounts of duels with giant fish and narrow escapes from other characteristic perils. Then there are the descrip tions, the incredible descriptions of underwater scenery, “Obscm-- ity lifted. . . to reveal a strange luminosity. . . other-worldly corals and madrepores in shapes drawn by an opium smoker of genius at a peak of ecstasy and harmony—a calcareous fairyland . . . Then, from what might have been a giant ear carved in pome granate-red jelly spangled with lapis lazuli, there emerged a par rot fish, a phosphorescent Ma tisse creation, draped in the freshest of ahnond greens, barred with bottle green, pond green, blue green. . . violet, vivid orange, chrome-yellow.” her dreams, her family. There is Father who “always appeared in my memory riding in an open automobile waving his hand, or presiding over the dining-room table surrounded by party mem bers.” Her mother was austere and intensely religious. Then there w^s the nurse, Nana, with her terrific tales of the Apocalypse but also a flare for gayety. Ana is a child of imagination and, as she approaches adoles cence, takes to romantic poetry and equally romantic day dreams. With a convent educa tion and shielded as far as pos sible from any contact with members of the other sex, she feels keenly the lack of a face to which she can attach her dreams. Then at a critical mo ment in her development thefb is the announcement of a duel in which a younger member of her father’s party will be a principal. The duel will be held on her famly’s groimds, the young man will dine with them' the night be fore. It is enough. Ana centers all her vpgue dreams on this fig ure. BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN Backfronnd Sorlptare; Genesis 37. Devotional Readlnf: Psalm 8S:1'.6. Family Tensions Lessen for Jnne 18, 1967 So far I found the book psy chologically and artistically con vincing. The last few pages with a hasty view of the young man himself, their meeting, the duel and its aftermath seemed brittle and artificial. It had a certain logic but one not fully realized in the author’s imagination. DESENSITIZE THAT ITCH! IN JUST 15 MINUTES, If not pleased, your 40c Imck at any drug counter. Instant-drying ITCH-ME-NOT deadens itch in MINUTES; kills germs on contact. Use day or night for eczema, in-i sect bites, foot itch, other surface rashes. NOW at SANDHILL DRUG CO. NOTICT NORTH CAROLINA MOORE COUNTY the house of THE ANGEL by Beatrice Guido (McGraw-Hill $3.00). Here is a book of lit erary quality from Argentina. In delicacy of perception, in richness of sense imiages,—color, soimds, fragrances, one is reminded of Eudora Welty and , Virginia Woolf. We get this work in translation but it is a smooth translation that convinces one of words carefully chosen to keep the flavor of the original. Little Ana, who is just on the verge of leaving childhood with some reluctance, tells of her life as a child, her joys, her .fears. The undersigned, having quali fied as Administrator of the Es tate of Charles W. Picquet, de ceased, late of Moore County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims agsdnst said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of May, 1958, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. AU persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate payment to the under signed. MAXWELL G. RUSH, Administrator of the Estate of Charles W. Picquet, deceased. Pollock & Fullenwider, Attorneys for Estate ml6,23,30j6,13,20c CONTRACT 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 Saturdays A profitable place to .., SAVE Why Not the Best? PARKER’S PURE FORE SAUSAGE Country Style PARKER — MEATS Vass, N. C. systone oustodianltinds Coveriag all daue* of tecurides, each FunJ 'widi a specific inTestmeat puxpose For RESERVES, INCOME or pouihle GROWTH **' I' HE famfly is a dtvme insti- ^ tution. That is to say, God invented it. He thought of it be fore men did. He intended it." So, It should be a success. Yet the family is also a human in stitution — that is to say, all homes are made up at human beings. Every home therefore suffers from toe ailments that nag at all things hu man. A success- I fulh<»ne succeeds | in spite of aU the human handi caps. A home that does not suc ceed, fails be- Or. Foreman cause these handicaps strain it too much. Tensions A favorite modern word for these stresses and strains within a home is “tensions.” The word is new but the thing is old. Ten sion is what makes the teen-ager scream, and her mother feels like screaming, “I can’t stand this another minute!” Tensions are what make meal-times regular bat tle-grounds, what give mothers nervous prostration and fathers peptic ulcers before their time; what may make children remem ber their childhood with a kind of shudder. Tensions are what keep juvenile delinquents from goipg home, tensions may even be the beginning of lost minds. Now the thing is old, as was just said. In the home of Jacob, who was a God-fearing man, there was plenty of it. There was tension between him and his wives, between the wives themselves, between some wives and some sons, between the sons, between him and his sons. The family, so to speak, was pulled every which way, and ac tually at last broke up. What CanM Be Helped Some tensions cannot be helped. They are in the nature of things. In a home there are persons of different ages, sexes and tempera ments. TTiis cannot be avoided. Yet the “battle of the sexes” THOMAS DARST & CO. McKenxie Bldg. Southein Pines. N. C. Ftene Mod a* Piwpectiai docdbiog the ihan* of yoar ton AurK jhUrtat All Accounts Insured —UpTo— $10,000 Current Rate 31/2% -Per- Annum ACCOUNTS OPENED ON OR BEFORE THE lOth EARN INTEREST FROM THE 1st Accounts Conveniently Handled by Mail FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 223 Wicker Street - , . . . SANFORD, N. C. W. M. Womble, Exec. Vice-President Establidied in 1950. Assets Over $4,000,000.00 Gei Belter Sleep ON A BETTER MATTRESS Let us make your old mattress over like new! Any size, any type made to order. 1 DAY SERVICE MRS. D. a THOMAS Southern Pines Lee Bedding and Manufacturing Co. laurel mill, n. c. Makers of “LAUREL QUEEN” BEDDING rages from generation to genera tion; younger people find older people sometimes very hard to get along with, and vice versa. In Jacob’s home He was much older than his wives, very much older than his sons. Men and women in those days and times probably differed even more sharply than now, kept separate as they were for much of toe lives. And in Jacob’s home temperamental dif ferences surely could hardly have been more' striking. The thing to remember is that since these strains cannot be helped, some thing good can be made of them. The man’s point of view is dif ferent from toe woman’s, of course; but it takes both of them to make a healthy human point of view. Youth needs toe caution and toe wisdom of older pec^le; older people need toe optimism and en thusiasm of younger people to keep them from withering on toe vine. Different temperaments can balance one another. A home can capitalize on its very handicaps. What Can Ba Helpfid Nevertheless, some strains and stresses are just toe result of hu man meanness, human sin. They can be helped, they call for repent ance and change. Consider the home of Jacob. His wives did not get along together; but while it was in those times legal enough, it was foolish for a man of his tem perament to have married all those four woihen, especially as he loved only one of them. Some of the trouble arose from young Joseph’s 17-year-old conceit. Per-' haps he couldn’t help his dreams of grandeur; but he did not need to tell those dreams at the break fast table. And some of toe trou ble lay in Jacob’s playing up, his spn Joseph. How to Help It A foundation-stone for harmony in the home or anywhere else, is harmony wito God. One who lives close to God will remember that God’s will is always for peace, never for strife. ’The soul conr scious of being forgiven by God will be more ready to forgive oth ers. ’The spirit blessed by the grace of God—:and God’s grace comes only to the humble—will not be forever standing on its rights and complaining about its wrongs. It would be a good thing for many a family all nervous with many ten sions, to read together toe thir teenth chapter of I Corinthians, the great chapter on love-in prac tice, and then spend a while in silence, each one thinking: Does this describe me? And if not, do I not need God’s forgiveness, and a fresh start? (Based on ontllnes eopyrlffhted by the Division of Christian £duoaUon/ Na tional Council of the Churches of Christ ^.tho U. B. A. Betcfasod bjr Comnivnltf’ Proas Bervleo.) WITH THE Armed Forces John W. Dunlap, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dunlap, Star' Route, Carthage, recently was promoted to sergeant at Fort Riley, Kan., where he is a mem ber of the 1st Division’s 2nd In fantry. Sergeant Dunlap, an opera tions sergeant in the Second’s Headquarters Company, is a vet eran Of 14 years of Army service. He has served in the European theatre. The sergeant holds the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantry man Badge. His wife, Ruth, Uves in Junction City, Kan. Sgt Paul H. Warren, son of Mrs. Emma Warren, 255 Morgan- ton Rd., Southern Pines, recently participated in a nine-day field training exercise witlpi the 11th Airborne Division’s 187th Infan try in Germany. Sergeant Warren, a squad leader in the 187th’s Headquar ters and Service Company, en tered the Army in 1954 and re ceived basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. He arrived in Eu- Page THREE rope in March, 1956. He was graduated from South ern Pines High School in 1954. GEORGE W. TYNER PAINTING & WALLPAPERING 205 Midland Road SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. Phone 2-5804 Visit Us This Summer —ai- Blowmg Rock JUNE 20tli; SEPTEMBER Isi cofmr&T Teleplwne 2-3211 Beiinetl & Pemsyi'vaRia Attend The Church of Your Choice Next Sunday 4 m WHATFEUeiON .5^4 ' ' ' “J 010 TORBASiBAlL! Today’s athlete wants to win fairly ac cording to the rules. Primitive man had no rules, no sense of fair play. In the intervening centuries man learned more of God. He began to apply basic religious principles of honesty and integ rity to all the activities of life. Finally, he decided that even his games ought to be played by such standards. Sometimes we say that sports build character. We really mean that fair play —the religious principle we have tried to incorporate in pur games—turns mere ^mpetitive effort into a character-mold ing experience. But life is more than a game . . , and Christian character is more than sports manship. The Church teaches all of us the prin ciples of moral and spiritual living. It brings us into a reverent relationship with God himself. Its truths not only inspire fair play . . . but victorious living. THE CHDBCH FOR AU . AU FOB THE ciwBCa lac. character and good cit^'*^® Without a s^no »<»h»s. democracy ^r "“her reasons why^ve~ * *ound c«end services^tz.{^f®" *ho«dd port the Church ““d sup- For his own ^L^hey are: ({j children's sake (31 f®” his Jd his commu^L fwthesakeof thr^K ^' "'hich needs his “*«“• '•rial eu^rt »a- church regularly Bible daily. ^ ™ad jrour Sunday ‘Chapter Verses Monday 122 1-9 g a S.*urd., ‘I -M C.prrisht 1957. Keiucr AJr. S«d«. StrubemT^' BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH (Presbyterian) Cheves K. Ligon, Minister Sunday School 9:45 a m. Wor ship service, 11 aun. .Women of the Church meeting, 8 pun. Mon day following third Sunday. 'The Youth Fellowsh^ meet at 7 o’clock each Sunday evening. Mid-week service, Wedne^ay, 7.T5 pjn. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH New Hampshire Ave. Sunday Service, 11 am. Sunday School, 11 am. Wednesday Service, 8 pm. Reading Room in Church Build ing open Wednesday 3-5 pm. i HE CHURCH OF WIDE FELLOWSHIP (CongxegaHonal) Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire Wofford C. Timmons. Minister Sunday School, 9:45 a.in. Worship Service, 11 a.m. Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel lowship (Young people). Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum. EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal) East Massachusetts Ave. Martin Caldwell, Rector Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First Sundays and Holy Days, 8 a rrt and 11 a.m.) Family Service, 9:30 a m Church School, 10 a m Morning Service, 11 am. Young Peoples’ ^rvice League, 6 p. m. Holy .Communion, Wednesdays and Holy Days, 10 am. and Fri day, 9:30. Saturday—6 p. m. Penance. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH New York Ave. at South Aahe David Hoke Coon, Minister Bible School, 9:45 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Training Union, 7 p.ni.' Evenmg Worship, 8 p.m. Scout Troop 2M, Mcmday, 7:30 p.m.; ^d-week worship, Wednes- ^y 7:30 p.m.; c|ioir iMiactice Wednesday 8:15 pm. meeting, firrt and third Tuesdays, 8 pm. Church and family suppers, second Thurs days, 7 p.m. MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Grover C. Currie, Minister Sunday School 10 a m Worship Service, 2nd and 3r4l Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth Sunday morning, 11 a m Women of the Church meetmg: 8 p.m., second Tuesday. Mid-week service 'Thursday at 8 p.m. ST. ANTHONY'S (Catholic) Vermont Ave. at Asha Father Peter M. Dengea Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a m n Holy Day masses 7 and 9 am.; weekday mass at 8 am. Confes- sibns heard on Saturday between 5-6 and 7:30-8:30 pm. SOUTHERN PINES METHODIST CHURCH Midland Road Robert L. Same, Minister Church School, 9:45 a m Worship Service, 11 a na; W. S. C. S. meets each third Monday at 8 p. m. —This Space Donated In the IntmeSi of the ChurchM by— \ GRAVES MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO. CLARK & BRADSHAW SANDHILL I»UG CO. SHAW PAINT & WALLPAPER OO. MODERN MARKET W.K. Bkie JACK'S GRILL A RESTAURANT UNITED TELEPHONE CO. JACKSON MOTORS, Inc. Your FORD DeMw McNEILL'S SERVICE STATION Oiilf Servioa PERKINSON'S, Inc. 'Jawabr A A P TEA CO.
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