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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1959
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page FIVE
Women’s
and Sandhills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-6812
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MOLLY DOTSON AND SARA JO ALLEN,
CARTHAGE DEBUTANTES, ARE FETED
Mrs. B. E. Dotson of Carthage
was hostess last Thursday at
noon at a “$10,000 luncheon” hon
oring her daughter, Molly Dot-
son, and Sara Jo Allen, 1959 Car
thage debutantes.
The luncheon was served buf
fet style from a table centered
with a red and white floral ar
rangement.
Upon their arrival guests were
given play money with which to
defray their expenses, and at the
close of the party prizes were
awarded those having the largest
and the smallest amount remain
ing.
The guest list included the fol
lowing debutantes; Ann McKen
zie, Laurinburg; Virginia Mc
Neill, Raeford; Cathy Pollard,
Southern Pines; Sue Grey, Susan
Hughes and Meli Rabb, Ashe-
boro; Janet Wiggs, Fayette
ville; Molly Scarborough and
Ann Hedgpeth, Lumberton; Star-
key Cherry, Mount Olive; and a
1958 deb, Janet Carter of Carth-
age.
Other guests were Mrs. W. p.
Sabiston, Jr., Mrs. W. D. Sabis-
ton. III, Mrs. W. H. Currie, Mrs.
John M. Currie, Mrs. Joe Allen,
and from Mount Olive, Mrs. Wal
ter Cherry.
Sara Jo Allen shared honors
with New Bern debs last Friday
when her aunt and cousin, Mrs.
George Allen and Miss Mary Ann
Allen, gave a luncheon. The host
esses presented shoe bags to the
honorees, and Molly Dotson re
ceived a sachet from the hostess
es. Decorations were in the tra
ditional red and white for debu
tantes.
Baptist Young
People Hold Retreat
At Crescent Beach
Looking Ahead
Miss Dotson and Miss Allen at
tended a tea in Fayetteville
Tuesday afternoon, given for
Janet Wiggs, and on Wednesday
they were guests at a luncheon in
Laurinburg honnoring Ann Mc
Kenzie.
Ted Frye, Jr., was Miss Dot
son’s escort, and Robbie Felton
escorted Miss Allen to the supper
dance given at Hernando’s Hide
away Wednesday night for Miss
Cathy Pollard of Southern Pines
and four other debs.
Mrs. Blair E. Beasley, a former
resident now living in Raleigh,
honored Miss Allen at a luncheon
at the Carolina Inn, at which
Miss Dotson and Mrs. Joe Allen
were among the guests. Sara Jo
wore a red rose corsage, and she
was presented a gold bracelet by
the hostess. Gifts to the other
debs were red bookmarks with
their names handpainted in
white!
Miss Allen, who spent the
weekend in Charlotte with Mrs.
Eldon Adams, was feted at' the
Hearth Stone by her hostess,
with Janice Hood sharing hwors.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen were in Char
lotte on Sunday as luncheon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adams at
the Ming Tree.
The two Carthage debs and
Betty Hogan of Hamlet were
feted Tuesday morning by Miss
Janet Carter of Carthage, who
gave a Coke party at her home
on Pinehurst Drive. Girls from
Hamlet and the following from
Carthage were additional guests:
Misses Linda McGee, Jane Car'
ter, Frances McCaskill, Hilda
Cagle, and Patsy Lou Baker,
CP&L Employees
Honor Two Fellow
Workers At Banquet
DAR*MEETiNG
The Alfred Moore Chapter,
Daughters of the American Rev
olution, will hold its first meet
ing of the season at the Alston
House on Saturday, September
12. Members are asked to take a
picnic lunch, to be served at 12
o’clock noon. A Board meetir.g
will be held prior to the regu ar
meeting. All mem.bers are urged
to be present to help plan the
coming year’s work.
JR. WOMAN’S CLUB
The Junior Woman’s Club of
Southern Pines will begin its fall
activities with a covered dish
supper at the Church of Wide
Fellowship next Tuesday at 7 p.
m., with the regular meeting fol
lowing.
PRESBYTERIAN
CIRCLES MEETING
Four Circles of Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian Women of
the Church will meet next week,
according to the following sched
ule:
No. 1, Monday at 8 p.m. with
Miss Ruth Smith, 140 North Ashe
Street.
No. 8, Tuesday at 10 a.m. with
Mrs. Hilbert Johnson, 460 Dog
wood Lane.
No. 9, Tuesday at 10 a.m. with
Misses Effie and Lessie Bailey,
145 West Maine Avenue.
No. 10, Tuesday at 10 a.m. with
Mrs. Mangum Webb, Indiana
Ave.
BAPTIST CIRCLES
The Harriet Witte Circle of the
Baptist Church wiE hold a dinner
meeting at the home of Mrs. R.
S. Trudell next Tuesday at
p.m.
The Virginia Oliver Circle will
meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. with Mrs.
Edward Koshak.
Young people of the First Bap
tist Church held a retreat at
Crescent Beach, S. C., Tuesday,
with Mrs. Raymond S. Parker’s
cottage as the place of meeting.
“God's Will For My Life” was
the theme.'
The day’s activities began at
5:15 a. m. with Miss Anna Ruth
King, the church’s director of ed
ucation and music, conducing de
votions. Swimming and break
fast followed.
The Rev. R. D. Spear, Jr., pas
tor of the Aberdeen Baptist
Church, led a discussion on “The
Great I Am,” which he explain
ed as putting self ahead of God,
and Diana Tolar led devotions
for this session.
Following lunch and a swim, a
second discussion period was
held, with John Chappell as di
rector and the subject; “The
Meaning of the Church Cove
nant.” Mary Elizabeth Chappell
was in charge of the devotions.
After supper, Linda Wellman
led a worship service and the
pastor, the Rev. Maynard Man-
gum, spoke on “Youth and the
Will of God.”
Mrs. Mangum accompanied the
group and assisted in organizing
the meals. The trip home follow
ed the evening service.
Those not already mentioned
who were in the party included
Butch May, Jesse WiUiford, Bren
da Cook, Glenda Frye, Dana
Koshak, Frank Staples, Dianne
Fields, and Marie and Marcia
Anne Mangum.
THE 1959 GRADUATING CLASS OF SANFORD BUSINESS
COLLEGE is pictured. The class held commencement Friday
night, marking the completion of 43 years of the business col
lege’s service to this section. Pictured, left to right, first row,
are Nancy Moore, Janet Graham, Lynda Fincher, Peggy Byrd,
Shirley Parrish Foushee, Walter Barlow, Betty Lou Gladden
and Sylvia Watson. Second row, Richard Watson, Frances Pat
terson, Kay Elkins Mason, Joyce Marsh, Joyce Mangum Rosser,
Judy Gupton, Linda Weeks, Virginia Palmer Gillis, Marie Phil
lips and Benny Sloan. Third row, Blanche Stewart, Barbara
Crissman, Peggy Davenport, Jeanette Harrington, Ann Mason,
Lorene Wells, Vivian Smith, Bobby Lee Thomas and Lewis Sloan.
Not present when the picture was made, but also receiving di
plomas, were Ruth Wicker, Diane Aleman, Eloise Yarborough,
Ann Williams Stewart, Janice Elkins, Sue Fackrell, Ruby Wick
er and Eugene Rackley.
ms and OUTS
Fellow employees of O. H.
Rawlinson and A. R. Tucker, Jr.,
honored them at a banquet last
Friday evening at the Southland
Hotel, with wives and husbands
as additional guests.
A sEver sandwich tray was
presented to Mr. Rawlinson in
recognition of his having com
pleted 25 years of service with
the Carolina Power and Light
Company. Mr. Tucker, who is be
ing transferred to the company’s
Raleigh office, was presented an
engraved silver dip bowl and
tray. The presentations were
made by J. N. Steed, division
superintendent. An evening of
games and fellowship was en
joyed.
Honored guests from out of
town were Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Greene of Maxton and J. W.
Cameron of Sanford.
CHURCH OF WIDE
. FELLOWSHIP CIRCLES
The Fannie Timmons Circle of
the Church of Wide Fellowship
will meet with Mrs. Ed Smail at
10 a.m. next Thursday, the 10th.
The Lena R. Sweezy Circle will
meet with Mrs. Louis Scheipers,
Sr., at 2:30 on Thursday.
'The Margaret White Circle
will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday with
Mrs. Ernest M. Poate.
The Friendship Circle will not
meet in September, but will meet
as usual in October.
'The Ruth Burr Sanborn Circle
will meet with Mrs. Charles Aus
tin at 8 p.m. Thursday, the 10th.
MEMBERSHIP TEA
St. Anthony’s Women’s Club
wiU hold a membership tea at the
old Pine Needles Country Club
from 3 to 5 p.m. next Wednesday.
, Past presidents will pour, and
members of the executive com
mittee will be in the receiving
line.
David Bailey Takes
Work With U. S. Atomic
Energy Commission
'The D. E. Baileys drove to
Pittsburgh, Pa., and returned last
weekend, making the trip to take
their son David to his new work
with the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission at the Westinghouse-
Bettes plant near Pittsburgh.
David received his M. S. degree
in Nuclear Engineering from N.
C. State College last June.
ms AND OUTS
Dogwood Grove Changes
Time Of Meeting
Dogwood Grove No. 253 of the
• Supreme^ Forest Woodmen Circle
met Wednesday night with 12
members present.
Diiring the business session the
members voted to change tiie
meeting night from the first
Wednesday to the first Tuesday
of each month.
Miss Pauline Crain reported
proceeds of $30 netted from the
recent fun and fellowship party.
Miss Crain and Miss Mary
Scott Newton reported on the
Christmas card sales, and tenta
tive plans to hold a Christmas
card party at the home of Mrs.
M. L. Palmer in Manly in the
near future were discussed.
Special practices in preparation
for the district convention: on
October 7 in Raeford, also for
Dogwood Grove insp^tion later
in October, will be- held wim
dates announced in the next few
days.
Refreshments of cookies and
punch were served.
New Heir-Rivals
PAMELA SUZANNE DAWSON
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Dawson, Jr.,
of Ralteigh are the parents ~of a
daughter, Pamela Suzanne, born
at Rex Hospital Wednesday, Aug
ust 26, weighing six pounds, 11
ounces. Both Mrs. Dawson and
the baby are doing fine. The other
children are Donna, Ace and Lin
da.
Dr. Dawson, superintendent of
the local schools for several years,
recently moved his family to Ra
leigh where he is now executive
secretary of the North CaroEna
Education Association.
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ALISONE WARLICK |
Dr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Warlick'
of Hillside Road, Southern Pines,;
are the parents of a daughter,^
^lisone,: bom Tuesday, Septemf,
ber 1, at Moore Mertiorial Hospitl;
al,,weighing seven pounds, four
ounces. Their other children are
Michael, 10, Stephen, sWen, and
Bobby, five.
Mrs. H. W. Dorn had as week
end guests her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Benner (Louise Dorn) of Miami,
Fla., and her daughter Dorothy,
of Raleigh. Miss Dorothy Dom
will return to spend the Labor
Day weekend with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chatfield
had as dinner guests Tuesday
evening Miss Mary Stuart Har
mon, of Aberdeen and Hatties
burg, Miss., and Donald Pre-
vatte of Lumberton. Miss Har
mon, who was in Aberdeen for
the summer, is leaving for Hat
tiesburg where she is an- instruct
or in music.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schaefer,
who have been visiting Miss
Katherine Wiley and helping her
move to a Knollwood apartment,
.will return to their home in
lAsheboro tomorrow.
The John Pottle family has
moved from Knollwood into their
newly purchased fcome, the J.
B. Tollison place at 680 East
Connecticut Avenue, and the chil
dren, Daphne and Peter, have en
tered school. Mr. Pottle, who was
here for a few days, has returned
to the Eseeola Lodge at Linville
but will rejoin his family here
around the middle of the month.
Miss Birdilia Bair is with the
Pottles for the winter.
Mrs. B. F. Norris of St. Peters
burg, Fla., is expected to arrive
this weekend for several weeks'
visit in the home of Miss Mary
Scott Newton. Mrs. Norris, form
erly lived in Southem^ Pijies.
John Seymour is a delegate to
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Frater
nity leadership conference being
held at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Ill. He left last Fri
day and is expected home tomor
row.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Tolar spent
Sunday in Ramseur as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Pell.
Misses Diana Tolar, Susan Pol
lard, Judy Wicker, Frances Har
per and Barbara Blackwelder,
members of this year’s senior
class at Southern Pines High
School, visited Winthrop College
at Rock Hill, S. C., a recent day
and returned by Clharlotte.
Tommy Mitchell will return
home this week from Atlanta,
where he has been attending
summer school at Georgia Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Walker re
turned Sunday from a week’s
trip during which they visited
relatives in Chambersburg and
Allentown, Pa.
Mrs. Raymond Harvey of
Washington, D. C. is visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred M. Morgan.
Mrs. W. D. Matthews spent
several days last week visiting
her sister-in-law, Mrs. G. O.
Barnhardt, of Sanford.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Taylor are
up from Myrtle Beach, S. C., to
visit the F. L. Taylors in Pine
hurst, andf were greeting old
friends in Southern Pines Tues
day.
Mrs. J. T. Overton returned a
few days ago from Fort Walton
Beach, Fla., where she had been
visiting her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith,
whom she accompanied home fol
lowing their visit here. The next
day after her arrival she left with
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Overton and
children and Mrs. C. L. Klabbatz
for Crescent Beach, S. C. They
were joined by the Harry Klab-
blatz family for a part of their
stay and all returned to Southern
Pines Sunday night.
Mrs. William R. Dickinson is
a patient at Moore Memorial Hos
pital following surgery earUer
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Stutts of
Lakeland, Fla., spent the summer
in Pisgah Forest and on their
way home paid short visits to
relatives. They spent Tuesday
with his sister, Mrs. Elmer Short,
on Route 3, Carthage, and were
overnight guests of his niece,
Mrs. N. E. Andrews and Mr. An
drews at Manly. They stopped in
Pinebluff Wednesday to see an
other niece, Mrs. Walter Bilyeu,
going from there to their home,
Mr. and Mrs. Lochamy McLean
returned home Wednesday after
vacationing in Waynesville, where
they had a cottage for 18 days.
Four couples from Florida who
had been their neighbors at Fort
Lauderdale were vacationing at
nearby Lake Junaluska, and they
had a number of pleasant get-
togethers at the lake. Mr. and
Mrs. McLean also took a side
trip to Burnsville, where they
formerly had a summer cottage.
Mrs. David McCallum motored
to Raleigh Friday to bring David,
Jr., home from summer school
at N. C. State College. He will
return to the college on Septem
ber 13 to assist with the orienta
tion of freshmen.
Miss Betty Jo Loudermilk, who
spent the summer in Atlantic
City, N. J., returned last Friday
for a brief vacation before en
tering 'Woman’s College in
Greensboro.
R. Lee Comer Of
Carthage Dies
Of Heart Attack
One forecast holds that by 1970
half of the urban automobile
transportation will be provided
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at Lamb’s Grove Primitive
Baptist Church for R. Lee Comer,
65, prominent Carthage business
man who died of a heart attack on
Thursday of last week.
A native of Rockingham Coun
ty, Mr. Comer came to Carthage
in 1921. He farmed and was as
sociated with the Carthage tobac
co market. Later he formed a
partnership and helped to build
and operate the Victory tobacco
warehouse in Carthage. His son
bought out his interest in the
warehouse last spring.
Mr. Comer had been in the fer
tilizer business with Clyde Shaw
and recently was in business with
his son, David, operating Comer’s
Supply Store. He was clerk and
deacon in his church, Lamb’s
Grove Primitive Baptist, for many
years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs,
Elizabeth G. Comer; two sons,
Ed L. and David L.; a daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Lefler of
Greensboro; three brothers
Numa of Reidsville and Raymond
and pS-ank of Cameron; and 10
grandchildren.
A son, Lt. Wiley G. Comer,
was killed in World War 2.
COMING BACK? by these vehicles. Major problem
Is the electric car coming back? is to produce better batteries.
Hope is that a battery will be de
veloped which will move a car
300 miles on one charge.
House On Midlanc
Road Leased By
The Donovans
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Dono
van have leased the house own-
ed by Sgt. Donald Hamill at 450
Midland Road. Mr. Donovan is
executive vice-president of Trim
ble, Inc., which is building a new
vPlant here, and will remain here
'f.o operate the new facility.
1 The Donovans are moving from
Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Donovan
and their three children—Judy,
Ellen and Jeff—^have been
Southern Pines this week. Mr.
Donovan is expected about Sep
tember 15.
Miss Judy Donovan is a stu
dent at Syracuse University,
Syracuse, N. Y., and will soon
return to her studies there. The
other two children have entered
the Southern Pines public school.
The Donovans’ furniture is
now stored in a local warehouse
and they expect to move into the
■Midland Road house in a few
days. •
Construction of the Trimble
building on a site off the No. 1
highway parkway, north of Mid
land Road, is progressing well,
,it was reported this week. The
plant will manufacture furniture
Vfor infants and children.
A PROFITABLE
FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY
with
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in
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of commercial transportation.
This program—known gt GMC as “Operation
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It already has produced hew, cost-cutting con
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years — 'A ton pickups to giant 60-ton haulers.
To the able and aggressive businessman quali
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P. O. BOX 8157, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
BACK TO SCHOOL SALE
Parker Pens
and
Pencils
Hayes Book Shop
One in 16 persons employed in
the U. S. works either directly or
indirectly with ibe dairy indus-
Special for Sunday, Septemher 6
SHRIMP PLATE-$1.00
With Slaw, French Fries and Hush Puppies
Special On Sundays. Only: Thick Milkshake, any flavor. 25c
THE CLAM BOX
Highway No. 1 — Between Aberdeen and Southern Pines
Open Every Day 11 a.m. to 12 Midnight
Note New Number: OX 2-8843
NOT SO WISE
'The idea that the owl is a wise
old bird has been rudely shatter
ed. A New York Times article
quotes a biologist as saying that
dwls are even dumber than
chickens, if that is possible. Fol-,
lowing two years of owl studies,
he ,is. convinced that the bird is
almost completely;: unable to
learn by experience.
Many shade tiee diseases are
caused by parasitic fungi ai:d
bacteria.
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