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^ i ^ 1 4^ A Page EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964 Mrs. Mary Adaline Cook Crescimanno, s™ Longtime Resident Here, Dies At 94 Mrs. Mary Adaline Cook Cres cimanno, 94, died Tuesday at her home at 580 Indiana Ave., after a ^ long period of failing health. i Fimeral services were held ^ Wednesday afternoon at Emman- | uel Episcopal Church, conducted j by the rector, the Rev. Martin I Caldwell, with burial in Old Be- j thesda Cemetery, near Aberde^. She was born at Norwich, N. Y., | the daughter of Walter and Adele ^ Eastmann Cook, descendant of a titled English family going back to Edward Coke, the “great law giver.” The old family home, : Thornbrook Hall, near Norwich, she maintained as her residence, while spending most of her time in recent years at her winter home here. | She was widely traveled, and j studied both singing and danc ing in Europe in her youth, gave several concerts in Boston and danced briefly in the troupe of her cousin Loie Fuller, famed teacher of Isadora Duncan, on a European tour. While she gave up a professional career in de ference to her family’s views of Tokyo Guests, Others Feted At Breakfast Plans For Local Community College Reviewed By Consultant From Florida MRS. CRESCIMANNO As she threaded the labyrinth of life, awestruck with its immen sities and its mysteries, you saw the unmistakable sign of mental An early morning breakfast at Howard Johnson’s Golden Door Restaurant was the greeting tendered Tuesday morning to the head of the U. S. Travel Service office in Tokyo and his wife. Host to the visitors was Voit Gilmore, recently retired director of the government service. Some 25 local friends met— with some yawning and eye- rubbing—at the early hour of 7:30, to take part in the hospi table gesture before the guests rode off on their way to their next stops: Ft. Bragg first and then Williamsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Prey were the celebrities from Tokyo, while from High Point had come Mr. and Mrs. Dick Anderson. For merly with the government group, Mr. Anderson now heads his own travel service. Also creeping into the picture the unmistaxaD e at the restaurant were the two maturity, disciplined to the^high -mall Prpv bovs. They ap- er nature of control: the noiseless propriety for a young lady of that conviction she was a gentlewom' day, she continued her deep in terest in the arts. She first came to Southern Pines with her brother, the late George E. Cook, a well known artist of his time, who built a home here resembling an Italian villa. The main portion of the house burned before the death of Mr Cook in 1931 (he, also, is buried at Old Bethesda) and the remaining portion was retained by his sister as a winter home. Many of the late artist’s paintings remain there. Both the home here and Thorn- brook Hall are filled with objets d’art and antique furnishings, heirlooms of both Mrs. Cresci- manno’s family and that of her husband. She was married in 1951 to Bar on Dr. Vittorio Emanuele Cres cimanno di Capodarso, Monseig neur of Bubudello, a Sicilian at torney and nobleman, a mem ber of the historic Lamp edusa family, gaining the title of Baroness Crescimanno di Capo darso, and more recently Baron an. Her religion was a composite affair. She was basically an Epis copalian, but incorporated in her belief were the enduring truths that antedated her church, famil iar with the good in the human race since the days of David, her favorite singer of songs. This be longed to her through her line of English and Irish forefathers who helped build America v/ith heroism, wit and brawn. A long pastel hanging in her home, by a famous Russian ar tist, tells the story of her spon taneity when a sprite of a girl, a characteristic she never lost. Familiar with the major con tinents of the world, she crossed the seas many times. When she made her debut in London years ago, one of America’s outstanding fashion magazines described her wardrobe. The raiment of the past was still part of her apparel. She could don an ermine cloak or bring forth old-fashioned mater ials not found in stores today. In ess di Torretta, but she and her old age, she could give a loop to husband seldom used these titles Through the death in 1962 of the old Marquis di Torretta, the last Thomasi de Lampedusa and Sa- lina and the last to be designated “Gattopardo” (“The Leopard”), Mr. Crescimanno acceded to these titles and also that of Prince of Bisantio, derived through inheri tance as a title from the old Greek Empire. The marriage culminated a friendship of many years’ stand ing, which began in 1926 when Miss Cook and her brother took a villa near Palermo. The mar riage took place at Palermo in 1951, when the Baron Cresciman no was city attorney there. Following their marriage they spent most of their time in this country, maintaining a home in which Italian was mostly spoken, and the interest centered on art, music, books and travel. The old home at Norwich was a frequent meeting place for artists and per sons interested in the arts. Her husband, who is her only survivor, states that he hopes to give Thornbrook Hall to the State of New York as a museum and memorial to his wife and her brother. He said that he expects to make his home in the United States at a religious institution that has historical associations with his family. a scarf or that special something to a garment with a grace few women achieve. We often wondered: w’nen the curtain must fall, would the scene be in her beloved Sicilian hills, her old home at Norwich, N. Y., or in the Sandhills she was in touch with for almost a cen tury. The latter would mean old Bethesda for her long night of sleep. The lengthening shadows now mark a fresh mound in the ancient graveyard for this rarest of all individuals—the one who abstained from criticism, truly a mark of greatness. She heeded the words of the Psalmist when he cried out, “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.” Alis Volat Propiis. She flies on her own wings. Light be the earth upon thee! very small Prey boys. They ap peared about the time their fath er was in the middle of his in formal talk, dove quietly under the table, came bobbing up on the other side, and sat there a® quiet as two little mice until he finished. The round of applause was as much for this impressive spectacle of fatherly self-control and little-boy good manners as for the chat about the Far, East, The overseas guest was intro duced by Mr. Gilmore with words of quiet but deep praise, and then took over to tell many inter esting and surprising details of life in Japan’s capital, “the larg est city in the world: 10 million and a half inhabitants.” Awaking most interest—be sides the scale of comparative money values which Mr. Prey noted—was the curious address system of the Tokyo postal ser vice. Houses in blocks are num bered, not according to their place on a street, but according to the name of the corner of the block in which they are and the age of the house. So that the oldest house on the block was Number One while the oth ers would follow according to when they were constructed. For eigners, he said, utterly bewild ered by the system, could al ways appeal to the policeman, (One to each block.) Prior to the departure of the Tdyko visitors they were joined by a young Japanese girl. She held Miss Prey, youngest of the family, in her arms and her friendly smile won all hearts. She is traveling with the Preys to take care of the children and see something of America. A nationally known authority on comprehensive community col lege programs flew here Satur day for an all-day conference with Moore County Community College leaders, reviewing their plans up to now and discussing with them in detail the next steps toward the college’s organization. Dr. Kenneth Skaggs, vice-presi dent of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Junior College, in charge of the Clearwater campus, had been rec ommended by the American As sociation of Junior Colleges as the best consultant obtainable. Associated with the Florida school since the start of the bur geoning community college pro gram in that State, he has assist ed in its expansion over several campuses, and is now engaged in setting up the Clearwater cam pus to open in September with an expected enrollment of 5,000 stu dents. Dr. Skaggs conferred during the day with Dr. Raymond A. Stone, college president; J. E. Causey, chairman of the building commit tee; Robert S. Ewing, Dr. A. A. Vanore and L. L. Marion, Jr., all trustees, and Architect Thomas T. Hayes. Joining the discussions were Marvin R. A. Johnson of Raleigh, chief architect with the State De partment’s Division of School Planning, and a delegation con cerned with the setting up of Surry County’s community col lege: trustees Howard O. Woltz, Jr., chairman of the building com mittee, and W. I. Monday, mem ber of the committee, both of Mt. Airy, and Fred W. Butner, Jr., member of a Winston-Salem ar chitectural firm. The Surry County College group, just starting in their task, without a president yet selected, came to listen and learn about the Moore college, known as the State’s pilot project in the pro gram. The group conferred most of the day at the college offices here, and also visited the building site, now being cleared between ihe Pinehurst Airport road and Route 22. Dr. Skaggs reviewed plans for the campus and physical plant, and also discussed phases of the college’s administration, curricu lum, personnel and other import ant matters. He commended what had been done and made many helpful suggestions for the fu ture, reported the officials taking part. E. N. Marshall, Well Known Here, Fatally Stricken Dental Clinic At Aberdeen Entered; Two Stores Bobbed Eugene Noland Marshall, 45, died suddenly Monday at Moore Memorial Hospital, follov/ing a heart attack. He was in charge of the meat department at the Colonial Store Super Market here, and was well known in the community. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian church, conducted by the pastor. Dr. Jul ian Lake, followed by burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Marshall was a native of Kentucky. Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel Albright; two daughters, Brenda and Suzie, and three sons, David, Eddie and Mike, all of the home; his mother, Mrs. Shelby Marshall, of Irvin, Ky., and two brothers, Charles, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Scot tie, of Southern Pines. ALIS VOLAT PROPIIS By Helen Butler And so a life ends. Not an or dinary life as reckoned by the eye or measuring stick of a neighbor, but a life filled with gaity and laughter and dancing feet, a song in the throat, nimble fingers on a keyboard, mental alertness, a mind functioning with rapid movement and strong control, holding sway over her actions like a computer machine, but one which was operated, in this small bit of humanity, on love and con fidence. The motto of Mary Adaline Cook Crescimanno might have been, “Fide et Amore.” She had an unquestionable belief in God, religion and the goodness of man. That (Ustasteful word, criticism, was entirely lacking in her make up. She stood out alone in closing her eyes to the faults of her friends, as in that grave fault, she saw only serious mutilation. Before we waved farewell, she taught us much. She lived a life of everlasting youth. She entered old age without experiencing its ravages. She trod the royal road where she found the last of life the best of life: her sunset more golden, her twilight longer, as the vision reached farther out. In her ninety-fifth year, she played her own compositions, was supple enough to touch the floor with her fingers, told amusing anecdotes ever fresh and new, her memory an enviable thing. Mrs. Janes, Sister Of Mrs. Lockey, Succumbs Mrs. Pearl Hurley Janes died Friday in Osceola Hospital at Kissimmee, Fla., after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at St. Cloud, Fla., on Mon day. Survivors are one son, Arthur Janes of Ruskin, Fla.; one daugh ter, Mrs. Harrison B. Dunn of At lanta, Ga.; five grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Chamber lin of St. Cloud, Fla., and Mrs. Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen; and one brother, Henry C. Hurley of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Janes was bom and grew up in Aberdeen, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hur ley. Mrs. Lockey and her husband, who is president of the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad, attended the funeral in Florida. Postmaster Post At Jackson Springs Open An examination for postmaster at Jackson Springs, at $5,085 per year, will be open for acceptance of applications until July 7, ac cording to announcement of the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Complete information about the examination requirements and instructions for filing appli cations may be obtained at the Jackson Springs Post Office. Mrs. Frances Lambeth has been serving as acting postmaster since the retirement of Mrs. Lola Carter, last October. 3-County Junior Calf Show, Sale Scheduled Friday The annual Sandhills Junior Calf Show for Moore, Montgom ery and Richmond counties will be held Friday morning at the Moore County Fairgrounds, Car thage, with 36 calves to be sold at public auction that afternoon. The event is sponsored by the 4-H Councils of the three coun ties, aided by the farm agents. This will be the first time it has been held in Moore county. The show will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, when lunch will be available on the grounds for those in attendance. The calves, all Jersey heifers due to freshen within 30 days, will be auctioned at 1 p.m., said F. D. Allen, county Extension chairman, in announc ing the event. FIRST 32 (Continued from Page 1) tables have benches, while others are without them so that wheel chairs can be nulled close. Clarendon Gardens also gave and planted some shrubbery. Mrs. Culbreth, a state director, is the mother of Mrs. Betty Lid dell, coordinator at the camp, whose husband Mark Liddell, is Moore County chapter chairman. This is a family with a single- minded dedication to the camp and the Society—a feeling this cause appears to have inspired in a number of people about the State, and without which Camp Easter could never have come in to existence. These people, in turn, interest others. “It’s wonderful, the way the community is supporting the camp.” said Mrs. Liddell last week. “Hardly a day goes by that somebody doesn’t call, wanting to help. People seem sincerely in terested, and proud of the camp as part of the community. Along with all the other reasons—^the central location, the beautiful pine-covered site—I think this is the best sign that the Sandhills is just the right location.” DEPENDENT PARENT A veteran can be paid an ad ditional amount of compensation for a dependent parent, if service- incurred disabilities are rated at 50 per cent or more. There is no additional allowance payable by reason of a dependent parent if the veteran is receiving pension for disability not the result of service. LOCAL FIRM (Continued from page 1) a “dress of goods and packaging” calculated to cause confusion be tween the two, and falsely repre senting that defendants are con nected with plaintiffs, and that their products are of the same quality, “when in fact they are not.” The examination, said neces sary for preparation of the com plaint, is 'to enable plaintiff to secure information concerning the defendants’ plans and previous business activities; their previous experience, if any, in the manu facture of soaps and candles, and their relationship with plaintiff and with his employees; also to secure, from Frye and Tew, knowledge concerning informa tion allegedly given by them to the defendants and what induce ment was offered them by the de fendants for such information. Purpose of the suit to be filed, it is stated, is to enjoin defend ants from unfair competitive practices and to obtain an award of damages for their wrongful acts as complained of. So far as is known, plaintiff states, defendants have not yet actually sold any of their goods manufactured in alleged unfair competition but “have embarked on a course of conduct calcula ted to lead” to such competition, and the court action is reportedly designed to minimize the damage to plaintiff and protect his rights. A charter was issued by the State last March 16, and filed at Carthage March 18, lor the Hand made Soap and Candle Co., Inc., with directors and incorporators given as Carl D. MeSwain and wife Phyllis Lee MeSwain, and Arthur C. MeSwain and wife Viv ian S. MeSwain. The Carolina Co., Inc., was in corporated in North Carolina in 1951 and has been doing business under the trade name, CaroUna Soap and Candle Makers. A corporation having this same name was recently chartered, as was another corporation with the' name, Southern Pines Soap and Candle Makers, Inc. Directors and incorporators of both the new coroprations are listed as Jack Hicks, Jane Boland Hicks, Geneva Hall and W. Har ry Fullenwider. The soap and candle company dates back to 1950 when Mr. and Mrs. Hicks manufactured and sold a small line of soap, lotions, etc. Their company grew, slowly at first, but with considerable diver sification of products, until a few I years ago when the Hickses set up a mail order business in addi- I tion to their wholesale and retail sales. They became “big busi ness.” Their fine handmilled soaps and their candles of all kinds, hand-dipped in the old-fashioned way, all scented with distinctive fragrances, are sold in aU 50 states and in a long list of foreign countries. The company advertises in five national publications and is one of the top local tourist attrac tions. When its retail shop and man ufacturing plant on US Highway 1, South, was burned in the spring of 1963, it set up business immediately in another location. Its business offices, retail shop, manufacturing department and warehouse and mail order di vision occupy several buildings in and around Southern Pines. Their action is being handled by Pollock and Fullenwider, at torneys, of Southern Pines, in as sociation with Clifton T. Hunt, Jr., patent attorney of Greens boro. In their incorporation papers the address of Mr. and Mrs. Ar- NEW SABIN (Continued from Page 1) ping pong, skittles, dancing movies, bowling and skating. Members of the staff include: Ann Verity, of Delray Beach, Fla., dean of girls, assisted by Marguerite Ingraham, physical education instructor at Chatham Hall, Chatham, Va. William L. Mocassin, for 30 years referee of The Sugar Bowl Tennis Classic in New Orleans, who will be official referee. Dr. Clifton Davenport of South ern Pines is the camp physician. Assistant tennis coaches are W. F. Belote of Gainesville, Fla.; next fall. CONSOLIDATION (Continued from Page 1) C. Edison Powers, assistant county schools superintendent, presented the overall picture of the consolidation program as it now stands in this county of some 37,000 population, with 10,000 pupils in public schools, 7,300 of them in the county system. He noted that it was Dr. Pierce who in 1950 had made a survey of the county, and recommended that all the white high schools be consolidated into three, including one for the “lower end of the county.” The county system’s nine white high schools are now being So consolidated, but without the city units of Southern Pines and Pinehurst. Powers, using slides, presented the curriculum of some 55 sub jects, to grow to 64 within a few years, which has resulted from a two-year study and will be available at Union Pines, the first consolidated high school, opening The Sandhills Dental Clinic on US 1 Highway, at Aberdeen con taining the offices of Drs. E. M. Medlin and C. Robert Vander- Voort, was broken into sometime Monday night and robbbed of a metal cash box containing some $15 to $18 in change. Also taken was a brass-and-ma- hogany electric desk clock in the shape of a ship’s wheel. Nothing else appeared to be disturbed, according to Deputy Sheriff H. H. Grimm, investiga ting, who noted, however, that the physical damage done to the entrance door and building in breaking in would probably amount to at least $150. The in truder or intruders forced the lock off the door, just about ruin ing it, he said. Several break-ins of soft-drink vending machines up and down the highway were also noted this week, but little money was taken as the cash had only recently been cleared out of the machines. Two break-ins of last week were still under investigation, said Grimm. One was at G. T. Hardister’s store on the Raeford Road last Tuesday night. Stolen was about $160 worth of mer chandise. Also broken into, with loss of $25 and $200 in merchandise, was Henry Marsh’s store on US 15- 501 near the Lee County line in the White Hill community. Terry Britton of Farmington, Conn., who is also a qualified Red Cross life guard and will have charge of the swimming pro gram at the Lower Monroe Pond, off Highway 15-501, north of Pinehurst; and John McMillan of Southern Pines, UNC student who will work with the tennis camp in addition to his duties in charge of tennis in the Southern Pines municipal recreation pro gram. Mrs. Pat Van Camp of Southern Pines heads the riding program for the Sabin camp. Mr. Sabin aims not only to give the campers a thorough know ledge of the mechanics, tactics and strategy of tennis, but to in still in them the keen discipline and high sense of sportsmanship the game demands. “We believe that through tennis training and participation the in dividual can be helped to grow to his full potential—^that we can help develop his personality by teaching him physical and mental poise, to compete with courage, to be a good loser as well as a good winner, and that it is not necessarily the winning that counts, but how he plays the game. “These are the traits of which character is made—that identify the individual, whatever his un dertaking, throughout Ufe,” he said. Day Camper Openings The first session of the camp to begin next week is filled, Mr. Sabin said, but applications for a few openings for “day campers' from this area will be received Site problems of the Aberdeen and West End school were des cribed by Joe S. Lenon, chairman of the combined district school committees, which were consti tuted a site committee. They worked at the task for more than a year, Lennon said. The difficulty is that the two districts, actually touching only in a “rear corner,” are held apart by the Pinehurst city ad ministrative unit. Ideally, consid ering roads and distances, the consolidated school should be built in the Pinehurst district, Lennon said, but the Pinehurst board declined the request, as they had a right to do. A site on US 15-501 was want ed, north or south of the traffic circle, and the Southern Pines district, touching Pinehurst close to that point, was the next best bet—but that board wouldn’t per mit it either. "The site committee had just about given up in despair when a tract was found on the edge of the Farm Life district, on the AREA STUDENTS (Continued from Page 1) expected. Two courses are being taught this summer for the first time. These courses are Personal Typ ing and Speed Reading. The Personal Typing course, under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, is designed to give the student a certain degree of proficiency in typing for the stu dent’s own use. It is not intended as a course for commercial stu dents. This class is meeting three hours per day for six weeks. Those students who successfully complete this course will receive one-half unit of credit toward graduation. There are 20 students enrolled. To be taught three days per week. Speed Reading is be ing sponsored by the city schools and the facilities of the school will be used. The course will be taught by Dr. Vearl G. McBride, chairman of the Education and Psychology Depeirtment of Meth odist College in Fayetteville, a fecognized authority on Speed Reading. This course now has 30 students enrolled and is open to all per sons, children and adlults, from 8 years of age up. The Speed Read ing course will be concluded on July 16 while the academic and typing will finish on July 24. The driver training program Is financed by the extra dollar paid for automobile tags each year. The other programs are fi- same road as that of the Com munity College, just a little more nanced on a tuition basis than a mile from the traffic circle. The county board has taken a six-months option on the land, but they don’t plan to wait six months, Lennon said. “We plan to put up the best possible building,” Lennon said, “of basic design to accommodate 1,200 students. The gym, shops, cafeteria, library, etc., will be built to serve for the next 50 years. We are getting our sights up where they ought to be. “If Southern Pines and Pine hurst want to join us, we will until July 10, for the second ses- welcome thern. We can have a sion starting July 22. The day camp schedule runs from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. and lunch is provided. The rate is less than half the rate for the board ing campers, it was stated. Pinehurst Softball STANDINGS Lions MurdocksviUe American Legion Rebels TUESDAY'S RESULTS Rebels 9, Lions 8 (9 innings). MurdocksviUe 10, Legion 6. W 3 3 2 2 A hit by Gerald Garner of the Rebels in the bottom of the ninth inning enabled Ronnie Currie to score the winning run in an ac tion-packed contest which saw the Lions lose an early 8-2 lead. Home runs were hit by Currie, Herman Ritter, Junior Yar borough, Graydon Spivey and Dick McGinnis. thur C. MeSwain is given as 4200 Yadkin Drive, Raleigh, and of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. MeSwain as P. O. Box 703, Southern Pines, and US Highway 1, North. better school if they will do so can offer their children the best, as well as our own. They can come in if they want, and help from the beginning. But we can not wait any longer—i hat would be wasting time, money and the talents of our children.” In announcing their own plan ned merger into a single separate administrative unit. Southern Pines and Pinehurst had taken “a step in the right direction and we commend them for it, but it is only a half-step,” Lennon said'. Supt. Robert E. Lee then ex plained how it would affect the county system provided Aber deen and West End pulled out from the county system and join ed in a Southern Pines-Pinehurst “city” unit. While 5,000 students had been set by school authorities today as the “irreducible minimum” for an effective and economical ad ministrative unit, 10,000 to 15,000 was considered the “optimum,” Lee said. All the school students in the county put together would, under today’s thinking, make just one good system. To cut off a large portion would greatly weaken the total administration. Not only would anticipated pro gress fail to come, but much of that already achieved in the past few years would be lost. He said: “We would lose our assistant library supervisor, a clerical as sistant, an attendance officer, one or more guidance counselors. “The building and maintenance division, all the transportation, would be affected and greatly weakened. Robbins, West moore and Highfalls say that if Aber deen and West End pull out they would want to also, which would almost completely cripple our system. The loss of the West End district would cost us our largest Negro elementary school. Vine- land, with 335 pupils, the largest feeder for Pinckney. It would mean Pinckney, which has a fine curriculum now, would' be great ly reduced and weakened. “Our vocational program would be diminished. We have DE this year, are going to put in ICT next year—^we couldn’t do it. We would have to give up our special class for the gifted, and the one for slow learners.” All of these features, which a small city unit must pay for with a tax supplement—if it can have them at all—come to a larger system free from the State under the new consolidation program, Lee explained. Districts which also have their supplementary tax, like Aberdeen and West End, can look forward to much more. A question asking what would be the attitude of the county board, should Aberdeen petition to join a city unit, brought from McKeithen the answer, “I per sonally would strongly oppose it. We are responsible for education on a countywide basis. Such a move would be to the detriment of our whole program.” “Our course is chartered by the voters in last fall’s bond election who expect us to build three con solidated high schools,” McKeith en said. “If Southern Pines and Pine- superintendent in charge of in- hurst want to come along wito structional services; director of us, that’s fine. If they don t, instruction, our speech therapist, there is nothing we can do.”