The Ladies Guild of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church through the recent sale at Mrs. Hayes cleared over $700, which has been increased to $1,000 and this amount is now deposited in the Citizens Bank as a special building fund. It is proposed to commence work this summer, beginning with the rectory, this to be followed by a church edifice and parish house, all of harmonious architecture which will dignify the church lands on the southwest corner of Ridge Street and Massachusetts Avenue.
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Heavens to Betsy! Why cannot the Library Association do something like that?
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This week Mr. Bickford has added to the library three more volumes: “The Masquerader” by K.C. Thurston, Southerners” by Cyrus T. Brady and “The Little Dauphin” by Katherine Welch.
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Also, on application of Mr. Macauley, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, has supplied the library with an almost complete set of that Bureau’s valuable publications, including many volumes now out of print. This contribution of nearly 100 volumes, including as it does bulletins, Economic Papers, Biennial Reports and Special Volumes is of scientific value to all interested in North Carolina. Of local interest to our members are the splendidly illustrated “Birds,” “Fishes,” “Gems,” “Loblolly Pines,” “Mines,” of North Carolina.
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The floral display of Mr. Roberts, Pennsylvania Avenue and Ashe Street, and Mr. Junge, Vermont Avenue and Ashe Street, is well worth inspection these March days.
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Our “Siren” has been shipped and soon we will have a real fire alarm.
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Through the wide publicity given the library we have had forwarded to us five volumes from Mrs. A.N. Rockwell of Willimantic, Conn. Many of our readers, now grown members of the Association, had Mrs. Rockwell as their first school teacher, as she was in fact the first teacher of Southern Pines, the “school house” being located on the present Mayor Richardson property on Bennett Street. Many of the children from the present locality of the Citizen office thought the school so far away that they took their lunches.
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Mr. Eddy was our first business man to fly with Captain Cole, securing a fine view of Pinehurst. Owing to unseasonable weather, low visibility, clouds, or high winds, a corresponding view of Southern Pines has not been obtained up to this writing.
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Members of the Roque Club suggests that City ought to provide covers so that courts will not fill up with rain water; electric light so that players will not have to go home nights; a steam heater to keep rubber cushions on roque mallets in condition, and weekly prizes for players.
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The city park is a mass of contrasting color this week attracting many of our visitors with its wealth of varied blossoms the predominating masses of the pear and plum trees showing brilliantly white amid the surrounding green of the pines and magnolias.
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The Mayor and Commissioners have courteously granted the Library Association the use of another room in the Municipal Building and Dr. Cady, as a contribution, is to have the room decorated and painted to correspond with the rooms now in use and to supplement this very handsome gift with shelving sufficient to hold 2,000 volumes.
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Nix! Nix! Don’t take them off yet. Five more days of winter according to the calendar.
From the front page of The Sandhill Citizen, Southern Pines, N.C., Friday, March 16, 1923
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