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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1963
Women's Activities
and Sandhills Social Events
MARY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor TELEPHONE OX 2-6512
Civic Club Has
Musical Program
At the Civic Club’s final meet
ing of the season Monday, Mrs.
John Creech introduced Mrs. D.
L. McGoogan and her daughter,
Jane, who gave a delightful mu-v
sical program after the business
meeting.
Mrs. McGoogan, accompanied
by her daughter at the piano,
sang “Alice Blue Gown” and “If
I Loved You.” Miss McGoogan
played Beethoven’s “Variations
on a Theme,” and as her final
selection, Mrs. McGoogan sang
“The Holy City.”
Mrs. Avery Evans, president,
was given a rising vote of thanks
for all she has done for the club
during the past year.
ilostesses were Mrs. Marvin
Cornell and Mrs. William Caton.
Tea was served at the table cen
tered with a charming arrange
ment of azaleas and spirea made
by Mrs. J. D. Sitterson, who also
poured. Another of her lovely
arrangements, of pink and white
dogwood, decorated the top of
the piano.
There will be a benefit dessert
bridge and game party for the
club, to be held Friday, April 19,
at 1:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
R. M. Cushman at 190 North Val
ley Road. Reservations should be
made with Mrs. Avery Evans at
695-8332.
Hollyivood Hotel Has
Many Spring Visitors
Miss Katherine Wiley and Miss
Langdon Bellows both entertain
ed guests for luncheon during
the past week at the Hollywood
Hotel.
At the Hollywood for spring
visits are Mr. and Mrs. Lyman
Rogers of Trumbull, Conn., who
are spending some time with
Mrs. Rogers’ mother, Mrs. Willis
Taplan.
Other recent arrivals are Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Nicholas of
Clairton, Pa.; Miss Elizabeth
Morris of Savannah, Ga.; Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Wilkinson of
Union Level, Va.; the Rev. S. W.
Wilkinson of Snow Hill, Va.;
Mrs. E. Tappan Stannard of East
on, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. D. Clin
ton Dominick of Newburgh, N.
Y.; Robert C. Tripp of North
Conway, N. H.
Gustave A. Peduto and M. A.
Perrille of Jersey City, N. J. and
Anthony Augustine of Bayonne,
N. J. are here for some golf.
Mrs. S. Tudwell of Pleasant-
ville, N. Y. has joined her sis
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Grant; Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Edwards' of New York
City are visiting the George Pot
tles.
Other guests are Mr. and Mrs
M. J. Moloney of Boston, Mass.,
with their daughter; Paul Sar
gent of New York City; Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Walker of Allentown,
Pa. and Phillip Smith of Detroit,
Mich.
MISS CAROL AUDREY WALSH is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael G. Walsh of Etoneybrook Farm, who announce
her engagement to Charles Thomas Colgan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Colgan of New York City. The prospective bride at
tended Notre Dame Academy in Southern Pines and graduated
from Sacred Heart Academy in Belmont. She assists her father
in the training of race horses at Stoneybrook. Mr. Colgan is
attending law school at Catholic University in Washington, D. C.
■While attending St. Bcnaventure University in Olean, N. Y.,
he served as a second lieutenant in the Army ROTC program.
He is a Deputy Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus. A
November wedding is planned.
‘THE STONEYBROOK’ TO BE FOLLOWED
BY STEEPLECHASE BALL ON SATURDAY
John Hauser Speaks
On Blood Program
At Guild Meeting
John Hauser, chairman f
1963 of the blood program f
the Moore County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, was the
speaker Tuesday afternoon at the
monthly meeting of St. Joseph’s
Hospital Guild.
Mrs. Lee K. Smithson, Guild
vice president, conducted the
business meeting.
The speaker told the group that
the quota for Moore was 1,440
pints for the year—the same as
last year. He pointed out that 78
per cent of the quota was reach
ed in 1962. There will be 14 visits
of the BloodmobRe to the county,
Mr. Hauser said.
Hostess at the social hour fol
lowing the meeting was Miss
Marguerite Wolf. Mrs. Smithson
and Mrs. Walter Davenport pour
ed.
Local Bird Club
Takes Field Trip,
Lists 27 Species
Southern Pines Bird Club
members spent an enjoyable
morning in the region of Lake-
view Friday, making a list of 27
varieties, including horned larks,
nesting at the Airport in KnolL
wood, and a blue-gray gnatcatch-
er just arrived from the South.
As tomorrow is Good Friday,
the meeting will not be held but
the Club will meet as usual
Friday, April 19.
A gala Steeplechase Ball will
climax social festivities Saturday
night following the Stoneybrook
Hunt Race meeting that after
noon.
Paul Kelly and his 18-piece or
chestra from Greenville will play
for the semi-formal dance, to be
held from 9:30 to 1:30 in the Na
tional Guard Armory on Morgan-
ton Road.
The Steeplechase, held annual
ly over the course at noted train
er Mickey Walsh’s Stoneybrook
Farm off Youngs Road, is always
attended by knowledgeable
horsemen and women, who come
to race their horses, or merely to
watch.
But the race is also a top social
attraction, coming as it does at
the height of the spring season
when this resort area is full of
sportsmen and vacationists and
it is “holiday time” for numerous
young people who attend colleges
and prep schools throughout the
country.
'There will be many informal
gatherings around the spacious
ringside, and picnicking parties
will be the order of the day, with
the gates opening at 12 so that
spectators for the races, and pre
race events may get together and
have their noon lunches. Various
concession stands are tucked
about the grounds for those
wanting soft drinks and crackers
to augment their own supplies.
Largest of the picnicing groups
is expected to be that comprising
N. C. Legislators and their wives.
Graduate Of Local
High School To
Marry, June 22
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas
Brightwell of Randolph, Va. an-
■nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Pauline Hunter Bright-
well to Donald Van Benschoten.
Mr. Van Benschoten, a gradu
ate of the Southern Pines High
School and of Guilford College,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Van Benschoten of Carthage.
Both he and his fiancee are
teachers in the Floyd E. Kellam
High School in Virginia Beach.
Miss Brightwell is a graduate
of Longwood College.
The wedding will take place
June 22.
who have been invited to “bring
your own lunches” by House
Speaker Clifton Blue of Aberdeen
and State Senator William P.
Saunders of Southern Pines.
Christian Woman’s
Club To Meet At
The Holiday Inn
Mrs. Myrtle Baron, National
Director of the Christian Wom
an’s Club, will speak at the
monthly meeting of the local
Christian Woman’s Club, to be
held Wednesday at 12 noon at
the Holiday Inn.
On the program will be Jerry
Newton of the Carolina Hotel,
who, who will speak on “Hair
Styling” and soloist Faye Mc
Kenzie of Pinehurst.
Reservations may be made
through Etta Richardson 695
3263 or Betty Tate, 695-4392.
Special Easter Music
To Be Presented At
The United Church
There win be a special pro
gram of Easter music by the
choirs of the United Church of
Christ at the 11 a. m. worship
service. The pastor, the Rev. Carl
Wallace, will ptreach on “The
Good News of the Continuing
Activity of His Spirit.”
'The Youth Federation of
Southern Pines will meet at the
United Church at 6 p. m. Sun
day.
The Church Council will meet
Wednesday at 7 p. m.
The Rev. Mr. Wallace will par
ticipate in Good Friday services
at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
here at 1:10 p. m., and at the
Aberdeen Methodist Church at
7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Carter Weds
Robert Harris In
Home Ceremony
On Sunday afternoon, April 7
at five o’clock, Mrs. Barbara Z.
Carter and Robert C. Harris were
married at the home of the
groom’s sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Swaringen on
the Pinehurst Road. The Rev. A.
L. Reynolds, Methodist minister,
performed the ceremony in the
chapel setting, using an improvis
ed alter on which were Easter
lilies and the proper appoint
ments.
Music was furnished by Mrs.
Decatur Richardson, sister of the
groom, soloist, and Mr. Swarin
gen. The bride and groom entered
unattended.
She wore an aqua tailered suit
of shantung with matching hat
and black accessories and a white
orchid corsage.
After the ceremony, the wed
ding cake was cut and served at
a reception in the couple’s honor.
Mrs. Richardson poured punch
and Mrs. Donald Porter served
cake, from the table covered with
linen and beautifully appointed
with a candelabra arranged with
white flowers.
Mrs. Harris is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Zachary of Eagle Springs and is
secretary of the West End Schools.
Her husband, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Burl Harris of West End,
's employed as a merchant at
Windblow.
SHOW FINALE— Models in the striking
finale of Razook’s Spring Fashion Promenade,
held Monday evening, are shown on the ramp
in the decorated ballroom of the Carolina Hotel
in Pinehurst where the benefit took place.
Models are, left to right: Mrs. T. H. Harvey,
Mrs. M. L. Alberstadt, Fort Bragg; Mrs. C.
Foster Brown, Jr., Winnetka, Ill.; Mrs. Charles
Reeves, Jr., Mrs. S. M. Schwartz, Sanford; Mrs.
W. F. Lowrey, Mrs. Robert R. Linville, Mrs. J.
Hart Coughey, Mrs. James C. Olson and Mrs.
F. K. Mearns, Fort Bragg. (Hemmerphoto)
Past Presidents Of
Local BPO Drove
Honored At Dinner
At the regular meeting April
2, the Southern Pines BPO Drove
honored past presidents of the
organization with a dinner party
and special entertainment.
The first president, known af
fectionately as “'Mom” Scheipers
to everyone, was unable to be
present, but was remembered on
the occasion with a gift.
Past presidents attending the
dinner were: Mrs. Chan Page,
Mrs. Don Jones, Mrs. Bryan Poe,
Mrs. M. G. McRae, and Mrs.
George Thompson, all of South
ern Pines, and Mrs. G. B. Kim-
brell of Aberdeen.
Miss Marion Difatta, president
of the Drove, gave the new pass
word to members present at the
meeting, and announced that an
initiation for new members
would be held at the next meet
ing, April 16.
New Heir-Rivals
BABY BOY KOBLEUR
A son was bom Wednesday to
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Koblexir
of 475 North Bennett Street. ’The
infant, born at Moore Memorial
Hospital, weighed five pounds,
feight and 3-4 ounces. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Patch of 445 North Ben
nett.
JAMES A. WEATHERSPOON
Mr. and Mrs. James Weather-
spoon of 945 South Bennett
Street are the parents of a son,
born Sunday at St. Joseph of the
Pines Hospital. ’The baby weigh
ed seven pounds, 10 ounces, and
has been named James Anthony.
His mother is the former Shirley
Buie of Lake view.
ERIC LAWSON GENTRY
A second son, Eric Lawson,
was born April 4 at Moore Me
morial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Gentry, Jr. The in
fant weighed five pounds, nine
ounces. His brother, Mark, is sev
en.
DAVID ERNEST CURRIE
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Currie
of 690 North Leak Street an
nounce the birth of a son, David
Ernest, born April 5 at Moore
Memorial Hospital. They have
two daughters, Karen, seven, and
Amy, one.
SUCCESSFUL TOUR
Mrs. James S. Milliken,
chairman of the House and
Garden Tour held Wednes-
c’lay, reported over 600
persons went the rounds,
viewing the five Southern
Pines homes and gardens,
and "Homewood" Gardens in
Knollwood.
The weather was perfect,
with bright sunshine and a
little nip in the air, and the
gardens on tour, as well as
flowering trees and shrubs
in the area, were at the
height of loveliness, with
pink and white dogwoodi
blossoms, lavender wisteria
and azaleas in widely-varied
colors predominating.
A good majority of the vis
itors, from this and other
states, enjoyed delicious
luncheons of chicken salad,
coffee, ice cream and ccike,
with volunteer hostesses
serving, at the historic Shaw
House Tearoom, where the
tour began. i.uncheon was
served inside, and picnic
tables were also in demand
in the spacious grounds out
side.
The House and Garden
Tour is held here annually,
put on by and for the South
ern Pines Garden Club.
OVER 400 ATTEND RAZOOK’S SPRING
FASHION PROMENADE AT CAROLINA
Legion Auxiliary Plans
Poppy Day Radio
Program On April 19
The American Legion Auxili
ary met Tuesday with Mrs. Dan
R. McNeill. Miss Gussie Camer'
on, unit president presided.
Mrs. W. E. Cox was appointed
chairman for Poppy Day, April
20. The annual Poppy Day radio
program, with auxiliary mem
bers from Pinehurst and South
arn Pines participating, will be
held April 19 over Station WEEB
'time to be announced). Rainbow
Girls and Girl Scouts will assist
In poppy distribution.
Mrs. J. S. McLauchlin, rehabil
itation chairman, reported on the
antertainment Monday night at
;he Veterans Hospital, Fayette
ville, given in honor of volunteer
hospital workers who had over
100 hours of work. This was at
tended by Post and Unit mem
bers Mr. and Mrs. Vernon P.
Doughty, Mrs. Allie B. Rose, Miss
Gussie Cameron and Mr. and
Mrs. Dan McNeill.
Action was taken on selection
of a local high school junior to
represent the auxiliary at Girls’
State at 'Woman’s College in June.
Mrs. Clare W. Sauser, Pan-
American chairman, presented a
program on the Dominican Re
public.
Winter bade a reluctant fare
well to the Sandhills and “spring
was bustin’ out all over” as Ra
zook’s heralded the new season
with a pre-Easter advanced pre
sentation of 1963 Spring-Summer
fashion firsts in the Carolina
Ballroom Monday night for the
benefit of the Moore Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary and the Guild
of St. Joseph-in-the-Pines Hospi
tal. Mrs. Daniel O. Delany was
general chairman.
Large pink and white dogwood
sprays and a white picket fence
brought the beauty of a Sandhills
spring into the Carolina Ball
room. Background music was by
Basil Freeman and his orchestra.
Approximately 450
ber of men attended this affair.
Show commentator was the
fashion editor of the Charlotte
Observer, Anne Parrish, who de
scribed each costume and point
ed out the following special fash
ion trends:
—Colors: pure white, vanilla
white, yellows, peach tones, tan
gerine, gold tones, turquoise, a
predominance of pink from ice
pink to shocking pink and into
the poppy and oriental reds. Navy
and black. It would seem that
anything goes. A number of large
flowered prints and a bold polka
dot black and white ensemble
were shown.
—Jackets: Accent on “easy”
persons jackets, short, and worn with
watched the panorama of day j’ ’ j • ,
’"°th daytime and evening dress
and night drama displayed in the
perfect-by-day and lovely-by
night fashions. A surprising num-
Looking Ahead
CIVIC BOOK CLUB
The Civic Book Club will meet
at the Civic Club on Thursday
morning, April 18, at 10. Miss
Grace Thwing will review Ger
ald DurreU’s delightful and
amusing book “My Family and
Other Animals.” This will be the
last meeting of the Club until
next Fall.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
The congregation of Our Sav
iour Lutheran Church will have
an Easter egg hunt Sunday at 2
p. m. in the Whispering Pines
Park. Mrs. Paul MacKinnon is
in charge of arrangements.
Three Top Sandhill
Duplicate Club
Winners Named
First three teams taking top
honors at ’Tuesday’s Sandhill Du
plicate Bridge Club session—
monthly master point night—
were: first, Mrs. William J.
Burke and Mrs. C. D. May; sec
ond, Mrs. James Pleasants and
Mrs. Jean Edson and third, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Markham of
West End.
Local Converse Student
Installed As President
Of A New Dormitory-
Miss Emmaday Collins, a rising
senior, has been elected house
president of a n«w dormitory
low under construction at Con
verse College.
She is the daughter of Harold
A. Collins, Country Club Drive,
and the late Mrs. Collins.
During her sophomore year at
the 4-year woman’s college. Miss
Collins served as president of
the Modern Dance Club. She has
also served as freshman repre
sentative to the Student Chris
tian Association and as a mem
ber of Dorm Council.
Miss Collins was installed in of
fice Wednesday, along with other
elected campus leaders for the
1963-64 session.
es to give that charming costume
look, both dashing and versatile.
—Chiffon: is coming into its
own again. Exquisitely jewel em
broidered with that look of ele
gance. Others with flowing lines
and a new draped cape effect
falling from the shoulders to the
waistline in back.
—^Ball Gowns: Both short and
long.
Outstanding numbers shown by
Razook’s included:
Silk brocade coat with white
damask dress and picture hat.
Parisian “skimmer” of silk
patchwork; colorful and saucy.
Long coat and flowered dress of
tone-on-tone peony pink and
flowered hat of same colors.
Poppy red Belgian linen suit—
tone-on-tone flowered hat.
Golden tone sparked with
green costume dress and jacket.
Hand-embroidered Madeira.
-White linen and wool tweed
resort coat with leopard collar.
Bridal Dress—modern treat
ment of a period costume and
bridesmaid dresses of royal blue
and Irish green creating a dra
matic effect.
Lavish furs worn to dramatize
the costumes were white jas
mine mink, chinchilla “Breath of
Spring minks and black dyed
sable, with the principal accent
on stoles.
Bob Matthews, Southern Pines
sang during the intermission.
Following the show, winners
of door prizes announced were:
Mrs. Charles Denny who won
the grand prize—a sweater from
Razook’s. Mrs. Leon Johnson,
Carolina guest, won a straw bag
and consolation prizes went to
Mrs. Hunter Hicks and Miss Mar
got Campbell.
Additional ushers, whose
names did not appear on the pro
gram, were Garrett Sutherland
and Beth Turner of Southern
Pines and Mrs. Donald Blinn and
Jennifer Owens of Pinehurst.
JOHN
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contracts that don’t offer
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and broadened protection.
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policies, premiums, renewal
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real nuisance.
To have your protection check
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pendent insurance agent . . .
Barnum Realty & Insurance Co.
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Southern Pines, N. C.
INS and OUTS
Misses Nancy Wrenn and Ruth
White of Camp Awa-Niko, Swan-
nanoa came here Friday to be
with Nancy’s mother, Mrs. Lyla
Clark who is a patient at Moore
Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Morgan re
turned last week from a three
weeks’ visit with their son and
daughter and their families near
Amarillo, Tex. While there they
spent five days visiting places of
interest in New Mexico, Colora
do, Arizona and Utah. On the
way home, they stopped off for
a two-day visit at Fort Banning,
Ga. with their daughter and son-
in-law, Sgt. and Mrs. John Lin-
gle.
Miss Diana Pearson of New
York City is arriving for the
Easter weekend and will visit
ner mother, Mrs. Annabelle Pear
son on East Connecticut Avenue.
Weekend guests of Dr. and
Mrs. Bruce Warlick on Hill Side
Road, who will arrive Friday, are
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haven
Becker of Struthers, Ohio and
Dr. Warlick’s brother, Conrad, a
student at the University of Vir
ginia.
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