THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
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Many Kinds Of Humor Found In Books
Available Through Regional Library
BY BETSY CADIEU
Secretary, Sandhill
Regional Library
Many kinds of humor are found
in books available to the public
through the Sandhills Regional
Library which operates in Moore,
Richmond and Montgomery Coun
ties, using both county libraries
and bookmobiles.
Other public libraries in the
area can obtain books through
the Regional Library.
Miss Hollis Haney, director of
the Regional Library, whose head
quarters is at Rockingham, lists
the following books as among
those popular in the field of
humor:
Autobiographical episodes told
in a humorous vein are the basis
for a large number of highly en
tertaining books. SOLD TO THE
LADY IN THE GREEN HAT by
Bailey, THE SNAKE HAS ALL
THE LINKS by Kerr, PREPOS
TEROUS PAPA by Meyer, and
GIVE FATHER A HARD KNOCK
by Kraft are titles in this cate
gory.
A TREASURY OF AMERICAN
FOLK HUMOR by Tidwell,
James, is a rare confection of tall
tales, jests, and other gems of
merriment of the American peo
ple. Also a brand new book on
the library shelf is THE BEAR
WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN
by R. B. Downs.
Joke books, handbooks for
speakers and toastmasters are
available for the asking at your
library. Bennett Cerf’s collections
are typical of this type: THE
LAUGH’S ON ME, ANYTHING
FOR A LAUGH, OR GOOD FOR
A LAUGH.
You’ll chuckle out loud' at pop
Kwirnper and family taking up
“squatters’ rights’’ in PIONEER
GO HOME by Richard Powell.
When a Nike base is established
in a Connecticut town, the humor
ous complications that arise is
the basis for Max Shulman’s
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG,
BOYS!
Two branches of the military
service are lampooned in Hyman’s
NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS and
Brinkley’s DON’T GO NEAR
THE WATER.
MR. BLANDING BUILDS HIS
DREAM HOUSE and CHAIR-1
MAN OF THE BOARD are
examples of the humor of Eric
Hodgins and Edward Streeter.
Mrs. Feeley ,Mrs. Rasmussen and
Miss Tinkhsim have hilarious ad
ventures in a series of books by
Mary Lasswell.
For the Bertie Wooster fans,
P. G. Wodehouse’s lastest is
STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES.
MORE THAN WELCOME by
Boyd and SCRUFFY by Gallico
are both amusing stories.
Bookmobile
Schedule
Hi ■ *'
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
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Per cent basis. ALEX KALOZI,
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March 2-5
Monday, March 2, Roseland,
Colonial Hts. Route: R. E. Lea,
9:30-9:40; Larry Simmons, 10-
10:25; Dr. Morris Caddell, 10:30-
10:45; R. E. Morton, 10:50-11:05;
Mrs. Viola Kirk, 11:10-11:20; Mrs.
Onnie Seago, 11:25-11:30; Calvin
Laton, 11:35-11:45; Marvin Hart-
seU, 11:50-12; W. R. Robeson Jr.,
12:05-12:15; W. M. Smith, 1:40-
1:50; J. J. Greer, 1:55-2:15.
Tuesday March 3, Niagara,
Lakeview, Eureka Route: W. M.
Sullivan, 9:30-9:40; C. S. Ward,
9:45-10:05; Ray Hensley, 10:20-
11:30; Mrs. E. W. Marble, 11:45-
11:55; Bud Crockett, 1:30-1:45;
Homer Blue, 1:55-2:15; Mrs. C. B.
Blue, 2:20-2:25.
Wednesday March 4, Union
Church Route: J. M. Briggs, 9:30-
9:40; Clifford Hurley, 9:45-10;
Parker’s Grocery, 10:10-10:15;
Howard Gschwind, 10:20-10:30;
Mrs. O. C. Blackbrenn, 10:35-
10:45; Jack Morgan, 10:50-11; Mrs.
M. D. Mclver, 11:30-11:40; Arthur
Gaines, 11:45-11:55; Wesley
Thomas, 12:05-12:15.
Thursday, March 5, Glendon,
High Falls Route: R. F. Willcox,
9:35-9:50; Eli Phillips, 10:05-10:15;
W. H. Maness Jr., 10:25-10:35;
William Seawell, 10:45-10:55;
Presley Store, 11-11:10; Norris
Shields, 11:20-11:30; Ann Powers
Beauty Shop, 11:45-11:55; Preslar
Service Statiaon, 12-12:05; Edgar
Shields, 12:10-12:20; Wilmer
Maness, 1:15-2:15.
THE MARTYRED by Richard
E. Kim (Braziller $4.50). This
novel of the Korean war is not
about battling armies but about
conflicts of ideas and ideals and
about the mysteries of men’s mo
tives. By implication, it asks a
number of quetions about the
nature of truth, about religion,
and man’s relationhip to God,
asks the questions and leaves the
reader to answer them.
The story is told by Captain
Lee, a Korean soldier aand former
university instructor. Shortly be
fore the United Nations forces
entered' Pyongyang, the Reds had
imprisoned fourteen Christian
ministers and had executed
twelve of them. Colonel Chang
of the Korean Army Political In
telligence wanted to exploit this
mass murder for propaganda
purposes but first asked Lee to
find out what had happened to
the other two ministers. Why had
they been spared? Had they re
nounced their religion or betrayed
their colleagues?
Captain Lee finds the two men:
middle-aged Mr. Shinn with his
hacking cough and young Mr.
Hann whose mind had been in
jured by torture and imprison
ment. Hann could tell him noth
ing, and Mr. Shin was reluctant
to answer questions. Bit by bit
some information was gathered
from Shin and elsewhere. But Mr.
Shin still said he did not know
why he and Hann had' been spar
ed, and he warmly denied the
Reds’ claim that the Christians
had “died like dogs,” betraying
their companions. Then came the
startling incident of Mr. Shin’s
holy Be and first his condemna
tion, then his exaltation by his
people.
There is more to the book than
this simple plot. There is Lee s
stubborn insistence upon the
truth at all costs. There is the
increasing concern of Colonel
Chang for the preacher of a re
ligion in which he does not be
lieve, and the effect on both
Chang and Lee of a situation
which unexpectedly stirs their
deepest emotions.
Richard' Kim was bom in Korea
in 1932 and was a liaison officer
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN^
Next Sunday
PAYCmCk
'1
to the US Army and aide-de-
camp to the commanding general,
ROK 2nd Corps, during the Ko
rean War, 1950-54. He is now liv
ing in California and teaching at
Long Beach State College.
THE ORDEAL OF MAJOR
GRIGSBY by John Sherlock
(Morrow $4.50). This grim tale of
guerilla warfare in the Malay
jungle also offers more than just
thrills and suspense. Major Grigs
by had won distinction as a
guerrilla leader behind the Japa
nese lines in World War II. Later
as an aging man who was finding
life on a pension in London very
dreary he was offered and ac
cepted a special assignment in
Malaya. This assignment was to
find and kiU Chen Tak, the young
Chinese he had trained in guerril
la fighting and who, since the
war, had organized the Commu
nist guerrillas trying to drive the
English from Malaya. Funda
mentally this is Major Grigsby’s
story — his determination to re
capture the strength and zest of
his earlier days, his contempt for
British officialdom, his respect for
Chen Tak.
Of the three main characters—
Grigsby, Chen Tak and General
Burke-White—the first two are
well drawn, three-dimensional
and convincing with their sources
of strength and their weaknesses,
but the General seems just a card
board figure set up to knock
down. The author writes first-
rate narrative and holdh the read
er’s attention through a well plan
ned series of events.
THE RIGHT-HANDED HORSE
by Virginia H. Ormsby (Lippin-
coti $2.50). When his red-headed
uncle rashly left his horse in the
care of eleven-year-old Lee for a
whole summer, he started a' series
of wonderfully funny happenings
on the family farm. There was the
night the horse got loose in the
neighbors’ chicken-yard. There
was the race at the barbe
cue fair, which would have turned
out quite differently if Lee had
not been riding “a right-handed
horse.” Strangely enough, how
ever, it was not the horse but
Lee’s old mule Toby that helped
1 Lee to become a real hero—espec
ially in the eyes of a certain girl.
This is a pleasant picture of
life in the rural South with plen
ty of action and' fun for the nine
to eleven-year-olds. Mrs. Ormsby
was born in Georgia. She knows
the South and she knows how to
write for children.
A HORSE FOR SHERRY by
Cathrine Barr (Walck $2.50).
For younger members of the
horsey set comes this easy-read
ing book with the pictures carry
ing the story almost as well as the
text.
Young Sherry comes to her
Grandmother’s ranch for the sum
mer, expecting—or, at least hop
ing—that there will be a horse
she can ride. But she looked at
all the horses —
Head of the Housi
Lesson for March 1,1964
METHODIST CHUKCB
Midland Road
A. I.. Thompson, Minister
Church School 9:46 a.m.
Worship ^rvice 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship 6:15 p.m,
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:00
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Arenne
Sunday Service^ 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday. 2*4 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Ashe St*
Father John J. Harper
Sunday Masses 8. 9:16 and 10:80 a.itto
Daily Mass. 7 a.m. (except Friday,
11:15 a.m.) ; Holy Day Masses, 7 o.m.
and 5:30 p.m.; Confessions, Saturday,
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 6:80 p.m.
Men’s Club meeting; 3rd Mr^nday each
month. __ -
Women’s Club meeting. Ist Monday,
8 P*in. ^ ,
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday,
7:30 p.m. ,, , •
Girl Scout Troop No. 1J8, Monday, •
p.m.
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Old Koko was too big.
Buck was too wild.
Red was Grandmother’s horse.
The colts were too small.
Then one morning there was
a lovely surprise, a horse just the
right size. But it was up to Sherry
to'learn to ride it and that took
more courage than she had ex-
^^WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A
POCKET? by Eve Merriam
Knopf. $3.50). And what can
you do with a pocket? Well, take
it and shake it and see.
“With string in your pocket
You can have a fishing line.
Heave ho, fisherman,
Pull in one bi.g whale or a
school of speckled trout.”
This is just one of the fascina
ting pretend games that may be
inspired by the most common
things to be found in pockets,
even holes. An original and stimu
lating book for the very young,
four and up. Harriet Sherman’s
bold and dashing pictures in
poster colors add to the fun.
Money saved by the 10th of the month earns dividends
from the 1st.
Southern Pines
Sovings & Loan Assn.
Tel. 695-6222
205 S. E. Broad Street
Local Student Among
UNC Scholars Honored
Robert Edward Woodruff of
Southern Pines is one of 106 Uni
versity of North Carolina students
holding a “distinguished scholar
ship” to UNC who were honored
at a special reception last week
at the UNC Faculty Club.
Woodruff holds the Andrew
Bershak Interfraternity Scholar
ship.
Prior to the reception, the
scholarship holders heard Dr.
Lawrence London, curator of the
Rare Book Room of the Universi
ty Library, lecture on the de
velopment of the book. Dr. Lon
don has a special group of books,
clay tablets, manuscripts, and first
editions by English and American '
writers on display for the scholar
ship holders to view.
Background Scripture: Luke 10:38-42:
John 11:1 through 12:11.
Devotional Reading: John 11:1-15.
A PICTURE-MOTTO often seen,
though it is many years old
by now, starts this way: “CHRIST
IS THE HEAD OF THIS
HOUSE.” It usually shows a pic
ture of Christ, but such pictures
are the work of imagination. What
is not imagination
is the motto, —
that is, when the
household lives
up to it. With the
help of the Gos
pels, let us see
I what it can mean
[to say truly,
Christ is the head
of this house,
Dr. Foreman your house.
In the Gospels Luke and John
we are given glimpses of a home
where Jesus was really the head
of the household, even though
that expression itself is never
used. It was the home of Mary,
Martha and Lazarus.
Seeing things his way
That Jesus was the head of
that household, that family group,
does not mean that he interfered
with their work or their arrange
ments. We all dislike meddlers,
and Jesus was not a meddler. He
would lean over backwards, so
to speak, to keep from being one.
When they had him to dinner,
you remember, Martha got quite
tired and cross working hard over
the dinner. Jesus (had he been
inclined to take over running the
house) might have ordered Mar
tha to put out the kitchen fire
and let them eat sandwiches for
once. He might have demanded
that she sit beside Mary and
listen while he talked. But he
let them each do it her way, he
did not put in his oar till the
right minute. And when he did,
it was in the most tactful and
affectionate way possible. He
didn’t say Martha was wrong.
What he said was that she v/as
“anxious and troubled”— >
p:’. in short. He didn’t s'
was better than Martha, he said
simply that she had chosen the
“good portion,” the “better part.”
He was inviting Martha to look
at things his way. Ten days, ten
years, half a lifetime after that
dinner, Mary would remember
what Jesus had been saying, but
who would remember what they
had to eat? A glowing true
thought often remembered is
worth far more than the finest
foods perfectly served. See it my
way, Jesus said.
His way of doing
This was not the only occasion
Jesus worked with some member
of the family to see things as
he saw them. But consider an
other point. Jesus had his own
way of doing things, and he was
not being conceited when he
urged others to do likewise. Take
the incident John tells of this
Mary’s pouring out upon Jesus
an expensive box of perfume.
What a waste! Some of the men
said. But Jesus did not think
it a waste. He himself was often
known to do the same thing,—
waste a great deal that was pre
cious, out of sheer love. He told
his disciples many things that
they never remembered. He made
many a plea for understanding
and support that fell on deaf ears.
In time of death and sorrow
It is particularly ^ remarkable
how Jesus dealt with the great
trial and tragedy in that home.
Don’t most of us feel awkward,
embarrassed and silent in the
time when death and gfeat grief
come to those we love? Jesus cer
tainly did not talk to Martha
and Mary, after Lazarus died, as
if death were not real. He did
not try to distract their attention
by trite remarks—we all have
to die sometime, we must re
member what a good man Lazarus
was, and all that. What Jesus did
was to say in effect: “Think of
Me. I am the Life.” He brought
comfort by bringing—himself.
Now maybe we can see a little
better what it means to say “Christ
is the head of this house.” A
home where he is welcomed, in
spirit, every day; a home where
every one in it comes more and
more to see things his way and
to do things as he would do
them; the home where “Love thy
self last” is the daily rule; and
above all, the home where in time
of crisis and grief, and even in
the hour of death, Christ comes
foremost in the mind,—^this is the
home where he is truly the head.
MANLT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.. Worship servie*
11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. PYF 6 p.m.: Women
of the Church meeting: 8 pjn. second
Tuesday. Mid-week service Thursday 7:80
p.m.. choir rehearsal 8:80 p.in*
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal)
East Massachasetts Ato.
Martin Caldwell* Rector
Holy Communion* 8 a.m. (First Sundays
and Holy Days. 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.)
Family Service. 9:80 a.m.
Church School, 10: a.m.
Morninflr Service, 11 a.m.
YpunsT Peoples’ Service League. 4 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesday and Holy
Days, 10 a.m. and Friday, 9:80 aja.
Saturday 4 p.m.. Penance.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide Fellowship)
Cor. Bennett and New Haatpshire
Carl E. Wallace, Mlnlater
Sunday School, 9:46 ajn.
Worship Service, 11 ajn.
Sunday, 6:00 p.m.. Youth Fellowship
Women’s Fellowship meets 4th Thursday
at 12:80 p.m.
—ThU Space Donated in the
SANDHILL DRUG CO.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the
U. S. A. Released by Community Press
Service.)
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCB
Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe RL
Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:46 a.m.
L.G.W. meets first Monday 8 pju.
Choir practice Thursday 8 p.m.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCB
(Presbyterian)
Dr. Julian Lake, Minister
May St. at Ind. Ave.
Sunday School 9:46 a.m.. Worship Servlao
11 a.m. Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m Monday following third Sunday,
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’eloak
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:80 PJA.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at South Ashe St.
Bible School, 9:46 a.m.. Worship Sorvloo
11 a.m., Training Union 6:80 p.m., Ev^
ning Worship 7:80 p.m.
Youth Fellowship 8:30 pJn.
Scout Troop 224, Monday 7:80 p.m.
Mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:80 pAi. \
choir practice Wednesday 8:16 pjn.
Missionary meeting first and third Tuea*
days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 PJB.
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