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Village Gossip From Welcoming Season in Southern Pines
A lively update from the village chronicles new residents and social rounds in Southern Pines. Dance visits from the Dickinson Bishops. notable arrivals like Mr. and Mrs. Thurston and Mr. James Barber. a dramatic fatal driving incident near the Seaboard line with a Packard wreck and miraculous survival. local clubs revive at the clubhouse with teas and tango. opera nights draw Cottage colony crowds. Red Cross appointments and soldiers heading to camps reflect wartime service. women organize bandages and supplies at Carolina and the Prep school under leaders including Mrs. Leonard Tufts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson Bishops
Mr. Fownes
Chick Fownes
W. H. Thurston
Gertrude Thurston
James Barber
New York
Nat Hurd
Holly Tree Farm
Tom Mce-Bride
Red Cross
Ralph Hornblower
American Red Cross
Otis Cutler
Hawaii
Mildred Cowing
Flanders
Charley Knapp
Tom Kelley
Militia
National Army
Carolina
Leonard Tufts