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Features MAY/JUNE 2017
1o Croquet
The wickets and mallets await, all you need to do is try.
16 Shakespeare in the Pines 22 Sunday Supper There’s much ado about something on the Village Green in June.
A celebratory menu to make it a special Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
30 Synethesia
48 A Look Back
Artist Donald Parks finds inspiration from everything around him. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PINEHURST COUNTRY CLUB
The regional impact of the Tyson & Jones Buggy Company.
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46 46 The Garden
From the Editor
52 Book Review
26 In Vino, Veritas
54 Puzzles
28 Curations 36 Life Under Pines 38 Pick of the Pines 44 Healthy Choices ON THE COVER Croquet | Shakespeare in the Pines | Health Choices
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From the Editor It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. – Robert Louis Stevenson “Oh,” she said with a jump. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you,” I said, gasping for breath on mile four of my run. “Forgive me. I’m sorry for taking up the whole path. I didn’t even know you were there. I was forest bathing,” she said. “No worries … wait, what?” I didn’t stop, which is probably not the best response for an inquisitive writer. It’s these kinds of people that make for good stories later on. But I’m going to give myself a pass on this one due to my exhausted state of mind and body. One thing I was sure of, though, I heard her clearly. She distinctly said, “forest bathing.” Cue the eye roll. Turns out it’s real, at least enough for the Japanese to name it (shinrin-yoku) in 1982 as part of a national health program. The idea is simple enough: Spend time with trees. Apparently, the Japanese and others have studied this and concluded that spending time with trees lowers blood pressure, reduces heart rates, reduces stress, improves sleep and mood, accelerates recovery from illness, and boosts the immune system. Indeed, science has even proven that a natural chemical secreted by evergreen trees, called phytoncide, is associated with improvements in our immune defenders. Supporting the benefits of shinrin-yoku, one study in 2007 showed that men who took two-hour walks in the woods over a two-day period exhibited a 50 percent increase in levels of natural killer cells—the body’s disease fighting agents—lending to the idea that you don’t have to turn into the 21st-century version of Henry David Thoreau to gain some nature-imbued health benefits. Yes, I can hear you: “That’s called hiking.” But wait, don’t roll your eyes again. The intent of forest bathing is not to have a fixed destination, so your forced march through a sea of pine trees every morning won’t substitute for your shinrin-yoku quota of the day. The idea instead is to either sit or meander under and through trees. There should be no purpose behind it; no deliberate thinking, other than just being in the wilderness. The Association of Nature & Forest Therapy explains it: “Forests are the original antidote to stress and stress-related illness. Our species evolved in forests. We spent the first several million years of our existence in them. Then, a couple of millennia ago—in evolutionary time scale, only yesterday—our adventurous spirits inspired a global exploration. This morning we invented cities. A bit before the noonday break we became industrialized civilizations. Suddenly, while our genes are still living in the forest, our bodies live in the busy, stressful conditions of modern civilization.” Looking back on my run, it’s hard to argue. While I gasped and cursed my way through the woods, constantly checking my time and pace with one intent only—to finish—forest-bathing lady was strolling through the trees deeply content with life … such the fool am I.
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MAY/JUNE 2017 PUBLISHER/EDITOR Greg Girard greg@pinehurstlivingmagazine.com PUBLISHER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR Amanda Jakl amanda@pinehurstlivingmagazine.com ADVERTISING SALES Vince Girard vince@pinehurstlivingmagazine.com GRAPHIC DESIGN Steven Jordan, Kira Schoenfelder, Stacey Yongue COPY EDITOR Rachel Dorrell OUR GIRL FRIDAY Iris Voelker iris@pinehurstlivingmagazine.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Billy Liggett, Sundi McLaughlin, Dolores Muller, Sheila Pellizzari, Toby Raymond, Helen Ross, Jean Barron Walker PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Auman Photography, Amanda Jakl, McKenzie Photography, Moore County Historical Association, Tufts Archives For advertising or subscription inquiries call 910.420.0185 © Copyright 2017. Pinehurst Living is published six times annually by Sand & Pine LLC. Any reproduction in part or in whole of any part of this publication is prohibited without the express written consent of the publisher. Mailing address: PO Box 5202 Pinehurst, NC 28374 Phone 910.420.0185 www.PinehurstLivingMagazine.com Pinehurst Living will not knowingly accept any real estate advertising in violation of U.S. equal opportunity law.
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STORY BY GR EG GIR A R D / PHOTOGR A PH Y BY A M A NDA JA K L
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM ON THE HILL
in the distance near the Pinehurst clubhouse while driving north on Beulah Hill Road. A group of maybe 10 or 12, dressed in all white, broad-brimmed hats protecting them from the sun. Some are walking slowly with a cane or stick in their hand, concentrating on some unknown point of fascination on the ground while others stand in poses reminiscent of a bygone era of aristocratic leisure. If you get a little closer, it starts to make sense. Those canes turn into mallets and the men and women aren’t fascinated by the growing grass, they’re lining up their next shot. Ah yes, and there are the wickets and that familiar and satisfying wooden knock when the balls collide.
THE GAME
Croquet is a game born out of the 19th century, albeit with a bit of mystery as to its exact origins. It’s believed it was first played by French peasants who used “crudely fashioned mallets to whack wooden balls through hoops made of willow branches.” By the 1830s the game had migrated to Ireland and was called “crooky,” soon making
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its way to England in the 1850s, where John Jaques, a London sporting goods manufacturer, took interest in the game and began selling complete croquet sets (John Jaques & Sons is still one of the foremost manufacturers of croquet equipment today and claims to be the inventor of not only croquet but also ping pong, snakes and ladders, and tiddldywinks). Croquet was an instant hit in England and throughout the British colonies, especially for the British leisure class, and over the decades it became more formalized with established rules and tournaments. The first national headquarters was the Wimbledon All England Croquet Club, founded in 1868, of which we now know as Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, hence the tradition of wearing all white and the eventual transition to calling croquet a sport. In the U.S., croquet nearly saw its end in the 1890s when Boston clergy denounced profligate conduct by its citizens, including “drinking, gambling and licentious behavior associated with it on the Common.” One can only imagine the end result of those croquet matches. Thankfully, the city’s moral code eased and croquet reemerged during the early part of the 20th century, mostly as a backyard pastime during family picnics and barbeques with the goal of knocking your older sister’s ball as far into the woods as humanly possible without
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CROQUET IN PINEHURST Competition during the North Carolina Open championship at Pinehurst Country Club in March.
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breaking your foot and be damned with getting the ball through all the wickets. Well, at least for some of us. The more sophisticated and complex six-wicket croquet played in England and its former colonies didn’t become popular in the U.S. until the 1970s. The United States Croquet Association (USCG) was created in 1977, and there are now local clubs across the country with about 10,000 men and women players on more than 600 greens in the U.S. and Canada, according to the USCG. Croquet was introduced to Pinehurst just three years after the resort opened in 1898. Golf, not local clergy, caused the game’s popularity to wane in the area until the 1980s, when the late Edward “Mack” Penwell, a member of the U.S. Croquet Hall of Fame and resident croquet pro, started teaching the game at Pinehurst Country Club. Since then, Pinehurst has hosted state, national and international croquet competitions, along with its annual Pinehurst Invitational in the fall, and is home to multiple champion-level players.
A LOCAL PASTIME
As with most things, the best way to learn is to try, and the Pinehurst Croquet Club makes it easy, as long as you’re a member of the Pinehurst Country Club. “It’s an easy group to join,” says June Jefferys, a member of the club since 1995. “Everybody is willing to help you. You don’t have to have any well-honed skills. You can just come and give it a try.” Like many of Pinehurst’s current croquet players, Jefferys and her late husband moved here for all the other activities—golf, tennis, trap shooting. “But we kept walking by these strange people all in white,” she says with a laugh. “There was one particular woman, who I won’t name, who always wore this totally ridiculous hat and my husband said we have to look into that. So we did. And it didn’t take long after we joined that gradually we dropped everything else because the truth is croquet keeps your interest. It ties up your brain totally while playing.” Jefferys admits her skill level is “middle of the road, even after 22 years,” but what makes Pinehurst unique is the entire spectrum of skills levels represented—from beginners to those like Jefferys to state and national champions. Like Bob Cherry, for instance, who moved to Pinehurst specifically because of the croquet lawns and for the tutelage of Penwell. A former Georgia and North Carolina state champion, member of the U.S. national team in 1998 and national champion in 2005, he got involved in the sport in his 40s for both the mental and physical challenges of the game, and he never looked back. “The ball is only 1/32 inch smaller than the width of the wickets, so you have to be very accurate. And there’s also a lot of strategy,” he says. “Even if you have good shotmaking skills. It’s like playing chess on grass. You’ve got to be thinking three, four, five moves ahead. That’s what hooked me.” Mike Taylor sees the game similarly. He and his wife, Elaine Moody, the current president of the Pinehurst Croquet Club, moved to Pinehurst from Seattle for the golf about a decade ago. And just like June, they kept walking past the beautifully manicured croquet courts near the clubhouse until they final decided to give it a try. “The game itself is very complicated,” Taylor explains. “It has a lot of rules. We even have referees at our tournaments, but for people that enjoy things like chess, billiards, it’s a really good game to play. It’s kind of a combination between pool and chess. A lot of cut shots like you do with pool and then the strategy, the gambits and the traps you set like you try to do in chess.”
TIME TO PLAY
The object of croquet is simple enough: Each player is trying to hit two balls through six wickets twice (think of it as there and back) in a specific sequence and then finally into the central stake or PEG before their opponent. The rules get slightly more
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complicated with a points system, handicaps and strokes from here. We could talk about the different shots: drive, stop, roll and pass. Or we could diverge into the jargon: jaws, dambuster, wired, stun shot, cut rush and peel, but all of that is best learned on the court. Six-wicket can be played by singles or doubles and there are three versions of the game: Golf, which is similar to the familiar backyard croquet; International, born from the Wimbledon croquet days of old; and American, born, according to legend, for competitive advantage. Taylor, who heard it from the world champion, relates that the origins of the American version comes from the Solomon Cup, a bi-annual tournament between Great Britain and the U.S., in which the countries alternate the home venue similar to the Ryder Cup. The Brits, apparently, when on home soil were known to “gerrymander” the rules to their advantage, for which some of their dominance was attributed. Tired of the gamesmanship, the U.S. final had enough one year while hosting and altered the rules just prior to the start of the tournament. Those rules stuck and became the American version of croquet. Regardless of its veracity, it’s still a good story. “And by the way, the Americans lost,” adds Taylor.
SOMETHING NEW
Moody says the club has mallets, so anyone interested in trying just needs to show up. And depending on the fire within you, the camaraderie could be the main attraction. Jefferys, for instance, doesn’t claim to be “naturally blood thirsty” when it comes to competition, but she’s always up for a challenging match, and once it’s over she is thoroughly content with enjoying the companionship and diversity of the 60 club members. Perhaps it’s the pace or the atmosphere or the genteel history of the game, but even national champions note the social aspect of croquet. “Croquet players, even if you play a match against somebody and lose, you’ll often end up with the whole group going out to dinner,” says Cherry. Just make sure you wear white. PL
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Shakespeare in the PINES STORY BY TOBY RAYMOND ON JUNE 2 THROUGH JUNE 4, TUFTS PARK IS THE PLACE TO BE FOR THE KICK-OFF OF THE NEW SHAKESPEARE IN THE PINES WITH THE TIMELESS CLASSIC, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Performed by members of The Uprising Theatre Company, this first performance in the series promises to be a welcome addition to the cultural tradition that Pinehurst has long embraced. A convoluted, romantic comedy, Shakespeare’s 16thcentury insights about love and relationships are relevant today, making it a merry romp for the uninitiated and devoted fans alike. Bringing Much Ado About Nothing to Pinehurst was the inspiration of newcomers Jonathan Drahos and Carolanne Marano, a husband-and-wife team whose theatrical roots go back to their debut at the Judith Anderson Theatre in New York City almost two decades ago. Here they quickly saw an opportunity to do what they do: share their long-standing love of Shakespeare with residents, young and old, in a setting reminiscent of the Elizabethan Age. Drahos, tall and stately, whose passion for the dramatic arts he can trace back to his high school years in Los Angeles, is eager to bring the highest level of artistic and educational standards to the community. “We believe the works of William Shakespeare continue to enrich our lives through a unique investigation of the human spirit,” he says, adding that having access to a beautiful and intimate outdoor environment lends to the spirit of fun for an all-around enjoyable audience experience.
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In addition, the couple is committed to fostering creative talent both locally and nationally. From theater actors, designers, directors and technicians, they welcome the chance to encourage aspiring students of the arts. “We both are passionate to give young hopefuls a foundation from which they can launch their careers,” says Drahos, who refers to a life in the theater as a “noble profession.” He then cites Macbeth as his own entreé into the Shakespearean world. “It was the depth and complexity of verse, the rhythm and design that first struck me,” he recalls, and also makes a point to say that he was overtaken with the power of the story as well. “I loved the way the words flowed together to convey such vivid images.” Claiming it was precisely at that moment when he turned his full attention to the theater, and with Shakespeare’s classics as the keystone of his studies, Drahos went on to get his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State, Long Beach. “I admit I was ‘obsessed’ with classical language, which fueled my desire to continue with my studies,” he says, which led him to the University of Missouri, where he received his Masters of Fine Arts degree. After graduation, it did not take long for Drahos and wife, Carolanne Marano, whom he met at California State, to land acting gigs, broadening their horizons to include TV and film. Proud to be a working actor for the last 20 years,
TO BE, OR NOT TO BE ... Jonathan Drahos (left) held auditions for local residents at his home. Locals and students from UNC-Pembroke's Theater program will fill the roles of the play.
Drahos can boast appearances on NCIS, the iconic soap “One Life to Live,” a number of indie films and a stint on Broadway in Scapin the Schemer, a three-act comedy of intrigue by the French playwright Molière. But in the end, it was their love of Shakespeare that ultimately prompted Drahos and Marano to leave New York and head back to Los Angeles, where they established The Uprising Theatre Company. According to Drahos, the secret to succeeding in the business is to make your own opportunities. “I’ve always wanted to play the great parts, so I literally created a stage upon which I was able to do just that.” Also a producer, Drahos worked with many upand-coming actors over the years, and it was during one such occasion—a casting call—that he met an actor and part-time teacher who suggested he do the same. And, as it happened, she was vacating her post in the Theater Arts program at California State in North Ridge, which proved to be another opportunity.
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“I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY THE GREAT PARTS, SO I LITERALLY CREATED A STAGE UPON WHICH I WAS ABLE TO DO JUST THAT.” - JONATHAN DRAHOS
“I was interested in the idea of inspiring the next generation to appreciate the classics, and so I applied for the position,” he says. “I was accepted and quickly realized I had both a talent and passion for teaching.” In 2010, five years later, Drahos turned a corner in his career and pulled up stakes and moved to England to pursue his doctorate. Upon enrolling in the Shakespearan Literature program at the University of Birmingham, Drahos wasted no time in finding a part-time work, which he got at the University of Worcester. “It was the best of all worlds for me,” he says. “I was able to study what I loved and share with my students what I learned.” Armed with a doctorate at the end of his term, Drahos sent out a battery of resumes, one of which was for the Director of the Theatre Program at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. “We were anxious to return to the States, and when UNC responded I happily came to terms,” he says.
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That was in 2014 and the couple has not looked back since. They initially settled in Fayetteville, but after a year they elected to move on: They discovered Pinehurst and knew instantly it was where they wanted to be. It was also when the wheels started turning once again—yet another opportunity was in the making. “We saw the village green as an ideal location for the Uprising Theatre Company to perform Shakespeare’s works, and immediately contacted the Village of Pinehurst about our partnering together. They were very enthusiastic and supportive, and now that we are officially a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), we are able to raise funds to continue on into the foreseeable future,” says Drahos. He also plans to give stage experience to many of his students, leading him to philosophize about what the theater means, not only to its devotees on stage and behind the scenes, but to everyone who has ever been carried away by its magic.
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THINGS WON ARE DONE, JOY'S SOUL LIES IN THE DOING Drahos reads opposite a local resident during auditions.
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“Theater in general is a place that harbors misfits of society. By celebrating our unique talents, it allows us to be heard. But it is not a place for the faint of heart. To be in the theater is a rigorous undertaking that requires enormous dedication to succeed.” He goes on to say that in his opinion, with such a privilege, there also comes a responsibility to aim for the highest heights—to elevate language in a contemporary society that seems to devalue the written and spoken word. “By devaluing language, we devalue communication, which leads to the risk of our devaluing each other,” he observes. “That is why traditional performances, especially with a historical perspective, need to be preserved.” That said, Drahos notes that Shakespeare was an “out of the box” thinker, with themes and relationships that were considered to be radical for the time. In today’s world, however, the goal, as he sees it, is to preserve 16th-century messages with 21st-century characters who are accessible to everyone. And to that end, Much Ado about Nothing, with its ribald humor and sense of delight, is about to take a ceremonial bow to herald the entrance of The Uprising Theatre Company and Shakespeare in the Pines. PL
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Sunday Supper
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Lemon Bars
3 pounds tomatoes, cored and coarsely chopped 1 seedless cucumber, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 red bell peppers, coarsely chopped 1 jalapeno, seeded and coarsely chopped 1/4 cup sherry vinegar 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup serrano ham, sliced into thin strips Chopped fresh parsley, for garnish Salt and freshly ground pepper
Base 2 cups sifted flour 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 cup butter
Combine all ingredients, except ham and parsley, in large bowl and refrigerate overnight. In blender, puree the vegetables until smooth. Strain soup into a deep bowl, season with salt and pepper, add ham and parsley, and serve.
Panzanella
courtesy of Karen Littlefield at Filly & Colt’s Salad 3 cups Italian bread cubes 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 coarsely chopped tomatoes 1/2 small red onion, cut into thin strips 4 cups lettuce, torn into bites
Filling 4 large eggs, beaten 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon rind Preheat oven to 350 F. For base, mix butter into flour and sugar, mixing with hands until mixture clings together. Press into 13 X 9 X 2-inch pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool. For top, beat together eggs, sugar and lemon juice. Sift flour and baking powder. Sir into egg mixture. Pour over baked crust. Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut into bars and serve.
Dressing 1/4 cup snipped fresh basil or Italian (flat-leaf) parsley 2 tablespoons red or white wine vinegar 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper Toss bread in oil and bake at 450 F until toasted, about 6 minutes. Mix dressing and use to marinate tomatoes, onions and croutons, about 5 minutes. Serve over lettuce.
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June 18
Father’s Day Dinner Menu
Cucumber Salad 2 cucumbers, sliced 2 beefsteak-style tomatoes, quartered 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup water Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 1 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
In sauce pan, dissolve sugar in water. Add vinegar and let cool. In bowl, combine all ingredients, except dill, to marinate, about 2-3 hours. Garnish with dill and serve.
Potatoes, Green Beans & Sausage courtesy of Karen Littlefield at Filly & Colt’s 3/4 pound fresh green beans, trimmed and halved 1/2 pound potatoes, quartered 1 large onion, sliced 1 pound smoked sausage, cut into rings 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1 teaspoon butter 1/3 cup water
On large sheet of foil, place green beans, potatoes, onion and sausage. Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with oil, and top with butter. Tightly seal foil, leaving only a small opening and pour water into opening. Place foil on grill over medium heat, about 20-30 minutes, turning once, until sausage is browned and vegetables are tender.
Grilled Summer Cobbler 1 cup strawberries, stemmed and quartered 1 cup blueberries 1/2 cup blackberries, halved 1/4 cup raspberries 1 lemon, zested and juiced 1 cup whole-grain flour 1/2 cup coconut sugar 2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 cup whole milk 1/4 cup organic unsalted butter, melted Preheat grill to medium-high. With cooking spray, mist a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. In large bowl, stir together strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, lemon zest and lemon juice. In separate bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Stir in milk and butter until just combined. Scrape into skillet and sprinkle with berry mixture. Turn off heat on one side of grill. Place skillet on unheated side, close lid and grill until cake is set and edges are golden, 25-30 minutes. Let cool slightly. Cut into wedges and serve.
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Wine Review
A Rosé is not a Rosé IN VINO, VERITAS:
By Sheila Pellizzari
The impressive, flowering dogwoods with their vibr ant pink blooms, vividly flourishing even in the shade of the longleaf pines, drizzled in yellow powdery pollen, are truly inspiring me to … pour myself a glass of rosé. Rosé is produced from red grapes that are vinified in white, leaving the skin to blend for a short time. This is what gives it the rose color. Rosé, therefore, is actually a method of wine production and not actually a wine. Let’s clarify other misconceptions and discuss some fun facts about rosé wines. Despite the dogwood inspiration, rosé is not just a spring/summer wine. Even though I do believe that while sunning or lounging on a hot August day, there is perhaps nothing better to drink than rosé. But it should not be confined just to this season. In France, for example, rosé is the primary wine for the Christmas holidays. Rosé is not always rose. Rosé wines vary in color from red onion purple to almost red, and the color depends on many factors, such as the maceration time, the vines and the aging process—and there are so many shades of rose, they remind me of a vast Pantone scale that could easily challenge any Barbie accessory ever created.
Rosé can age well. Winos are recently realizing that rosé wines are not necessarily just to be consumed in the current year, but actually, they can age quite nicely. With time, quality rosé may lose the primary aromas, like fruits and flowers, however the aging gains spicy notes such as ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. Even the color becomes more intense.
Rosé pairs well with all meals. It is not just for a starter, but can be enjoyed throughout a meal. Actually, there is no such thing as a wine that is only good for cocktail hour. If you want a real cocktail, have a margarita (you might even have more fun).
Rosé doesn’t only pair with fish. By now, when winos hear “pairing” they tend to roll their eyes, as they are tired of hearing about them. Newsflash: “Wine pairing” is not a law written in stone and is actually based on personal tastes. The point is that rosé
straight from the refrigerator, but after a few minutes it is not as good, it’s better to use it for salad dressing than to drink it. Rosé is not cheap wine. Rosé could be considered an economical wine, but it is not a cheap one. Obviously, you can find very bad versions of rosé, just as there are bad versions of everything, but the good ones have an extremely great quality-toprice ratio. Rosé is not just a lady’s wine. The notion that it is a wine just for women is ridiculous, sexist and mortifying. I have heard it being said, however, that “clearly rosé is a ladies’ wine, because women are ambassadors of beauty,” which I think is actually lovely. So I’ll take it. PL
Wines
Chateau Simone (Grenache, Mourvedres, Syrah and Cinsault) Provence, France It is long and sappy, leaving behind sexy floral, mineral and red berry notes. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous is very versatile. Case in point, rosé goes great with pizza—often better than whites or reds. Rosé should not be served on the rocks. Let me clarify: No wine should be served on the rocks! It should be chilled, yes, and a good wine will sustain its flavor even if it is too cold. Temperature is one of the best tests to distinguish the quality of an unknown wine. If a wine tastes fine when it comes
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Il Chiosso (100 percent Nebbiolo) Piedmont, Italy The wine is mature yet fresh, boasting fading cherry, rose, tar and soy flavors, with accents of leather, tobacco and forest floor. The tannins lean toward dryness on the long, ethereal aftertaste. Drink now through 2020. - Wine Spectator (89 points)
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Golf Balls I worked at Abbott Pharmaceutical Laboratories starting in 1977. Faultless Rubber Company, in Ashland, Ohio, was a division of Abbott Labs that made golf balls.
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My husband and I celebrate two wedding anniversaries that cover two years. The traditional gifts for a fi fth anniversary is wood and the sixth is iron, and since my husband is a coffee aficionado, this antique coffee mill was perfect. The cast iron urn atop the wood base dates it to the late 1800s or early 1900s. The best part is that it’s still functional. -Amanda Jakl, SOUTHERN PINES
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Tee Box Markers from Pinehurst No. 2 golf course. These were the original tee box markers for the men’s tees on Donald Ross’s Pinehurst No. 2 course. The men’s were white while the women’s were red. We found these at an estate sale. The person who bought them probably obtained them when Diamondhead Corp. was redoing No. 2 course in the 1970s to make it longer. Opened in 1907, No. 2 was designed by Donald Ross, who called it “the fairest test of championship golf I have ever designed.” Ross was associated with the course for nearly a half-century, improving the course continually until his death in 1948. -Nancy Smith, PINEHURST
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SYNESTHESIA S TORY BY BI L LY L IGGET T PHOTOGR A PH Y BY CHR IS AU M A N A ND A M A NDA JA K L
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to Donald Parks’ art studio stays open, inviting in the sounds and smells from an unbelievably gorgeous spring day in Pinehurst village—the faint smell of fried chicken and beer from nearby Drum & Quill Pub, the sound of lunch crowd conversation and background music, the “ting” of door chimes from surrounding shops. Sitting in front of a blank canvas and among several colorful, finished paintings, Parks—a smudge of green paint between his nose and his right cheek, the result of a satisfied itch—invites you to take in the moment. Feel the environment. Really notice your surroundings. For Parks, this is inspiration. It’s synesthesia—an involuntary reaction to the stimulation of your senses. It’s the whole basis of his art, and on a day like this early April day, Parks is ready to paint. “Most of the impact on my creativity has been experiential,” he says, reflecting on his childhood in Upper Appalachia, the second oldest of 14 children raised in a small one-bedroom house. “My experiences as a kid—walking through the woods, smelling the pines, laying down in the sweet grass, looking up at the heavens—all of those things had a big impact on me creatively. It led me to the whole concept of synesthesia.” So much so that he earned a doctorate in it before spending nearly 30 years as a professor of studio art and art history at Delaware State University. He points to a portrait on the wall, a still life of peaches, and goes further into his mindset. “If I’m going to paint this picture, I have to feel the peach, actually pick it up and touch it, to get the concept of what a peach is all about,” he says. “I have to smell the peach. Understand how tender it is when you group them together. You have to go through all of this to understand the subject. Only then am I ready to paint it.” He points to another painting—a bombed-out, crumbling wall with the branch of a pomegranate tree coming out of a hole—representing life and hope in an otherwise dreary image. As he starts explaining the idea behind this portrait, the realization comes that synesthesia, to Parks, is far more than just a concept. It’s a form of healing. It’s his gift to others, like him, who need art and beauty and positive thoughts in their life to counter the wrong and the evil they’ve seen and experienced in their lives.
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Parks begins telling the story of a young man from Kabul, an interpreter for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan who was granted asylum in the U.S. for his efforts. The young man’s oldest brother recently died fighting back home, and Parks dedicated his portrait to his new friend. “To me, the pomegranate symbolizes life, but to the young man, he said it spoke of freedom,” Parks says. “It managed to get through the wall, bloom and produce fruit, he said. I dedicated the painting to him for all that he was going through in this country.”
A HEALING PROCESS Art is a way to heal people who’ve gone through traumatic experiences. Donald Parks knows this firsthand. Somewhere between leaving his overcrowded home at the age of 14 and beginning a career in higher education, Parks served and fought in the Vietnam War. He was also in Chile in 1973 during the Chilean Uprising, which forced him to flee the country to Brazil and eventually Cuba. On a flight from there to New York City, his plane was hit by lightning and almost went down in the Bermuda Triangle. “Lots of stories to go with lots of adventures,” he says. It was art that helped him deal with his own post-traumatic stress disorder. Indeed, decades later, art would help his daughter, U.S. Army Capt. Amylouise Parks, deal with her own PTSD.
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Amylouise was a trauma flight nurse for the Army in Iraq in 2011 when her unit’s interpreter gave them up and targeted them with an IED. She was the only survivor in the explosion, suffering a 10-millimeter hole in her head, losing one eye and 35 percent of her hearing, and sustaining shrapnel wounds throughout her body. She received the Purple Heart in 2012. The injury is what brought her parents to North Carolina, so they could be closer to their daughter during her rehabilitation at Fort Bragg. Part of her rehab has been painting with her father— both a physical and mental way of healing. “She’s a nurse, so she knows anatomy well,” Parks says. “She knows her wounds, she feels her wounds, so she’s taken up painting vines with beautiful flowers and butterflies … things that remind her of something good. She’s painting these with skeletal forms, representing areas of her body that continue to heal.” The Salvadore Dali Museum in Florida, fascinated with her use of surrealism to help healing, gave Amylouise a Dali print in exchange for some of her work. And since moving to Pinehurst, Parks has helped other wounded warriors through art. One project has Parks and the young men and women grinding up their uniforms to make paper and using that paper for something artistic.
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“Healing can take a while,” he explains. “There are some who firmly believe laughter makes you heal quicker. For others, it’s art. Either way, pleasant thoughts are key.” He points to a portrait of an abandoned house in a scenic field. “Like this house. Sometimes we feel like we’ve been abandoned,” Parks says. “A lot of wounded warriors feel that way. They’ve come home to a different life, and they’re treated differently. But look at the abandoned house. The sight of it has a sense of beauty. On the other side of pain, there’s comfort. Once these men and women have accomplished something [through art] that makes them feel good, then they’re part of society again. The challenge is bringing them back.”
THIS ISN’T WORK
For a gallery near one of the nation’s premier golf resorts, there’s very little “golf” in Beyond the Shutter, but that’s not to say there isn’t any. Parks is one of the few artists who’s been allowed to paint the resort’s famed Putter Boy on the grounds, and he’s commissioned a few other golf-related works because of it. After a few years below the MasonDixon Line, he’s slowly building a local clientele.
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“This town is going through a renaissance,” he says. “So many families here are interested in so many things. Many golfers bring their spouses—whether it’s their wives or their husbands—and they’re looking for something of culture. There’s not a shop like ours in this town.” Parks doesn’t make money from his work. He relies fully on disability, so whatever he sells in the shop goes toward his daughter and her rehabilitation. And he says he paints in the village because he loves to paint in the village. “This isn’t work. It’s healing,” he says. “I enjoy talking to people who come to this resort town from all over the world. Sometimes there’s live music outside, and we’ll get that crowd, or sometimes it’s refined ladies dropping in from the boutique next door. It can’t all be golf, so we provide something different.” At that moment, as if on cue, a woman enters his shop. She’s slightly taken aback to be greeted by the artist himself, from his desk at the entrance. In no time, the two are lost in conversation. PL
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Life Under Pines
Terrifyingly Awesome: My TEDx Experience By Sundi McLaughlin
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was lucky enough to be one of the speakers at the TEDXSandhillsCommunityCollege event at the Sunrise Theater in April, and it was terrifyingly awesome. TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas through talks under 18 minutes. The day was filled with an overwhelming sense of camaraderie. I have never in my life been given such love, goodwill and generosity from so many people—all thanks to Sandhills Community College. The college acquired rights to put on the event through TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) and they did an amazing job of rolling out the red carpet for the 100 people lucky enough to have secured a ticket (rumor is the event sold out in 3 minutes!). The end result was so much more than I ever imagined …. Two months prior to the event, the TEDxSandhillsCommunityCollege committee invited all of the speakers to a meeting where they laid out the ground rules provided by TED, as well as their own timeline, details and hopes for the April 1 event. It was immediately evident that these lovely folks had been working hard and planning every possible detail. The theme: ReconstucTED. I remember coming home and telling my husband the real goal is to rise to the occasion and honor their hard work by doing my level best and make them proud. I also remember thinking, “OK, I need to give the speech of my life!” No pressure there. Once the reality that this will be online forever sunk in, the real question became, “What is the one true message you would like to say to the world?” Which of course caused my heart to race.
So I got to work and quickly discovered that a lot of what I wanted to say needed to be condensed to meet the time requirement. I kept chiseling away until I finally ended up with a draft I thought was workable. Then came the memorizing and memorizing … and memorizing. I practiced in my guest bedroom until all of the words lost meaning. I mentioned my time as a little girl dreaming of being best friends with Cher and Dolly Parton. I spoke about owning a shell stand in Key West, where my appreciation for the mysteries of the ocean came alive. I reflected back on my time in law enforcement where of course the most important thing in my life happened … no, it wasn’t how to make booze, aka Buck, out of bread, sugar and juice while patiently waiting for fermentation under your prison bunk, although several nice inmates did instruct me about all of that. No, nothing that educational. Only the minor detail of meeting the love of my life. He, a training officer; I, a young, naive cadet … love in the jail—it was magical. The most important thing I wanted to get across was how much my voice of pessimism inhibited much of what I wanted in my young life and how fighting that inner pessimism is the only thing that has kept me from becoming a homeless mime or tapioca wrestler. I felt pretty good about my draft as I headed in to my first rehearsal—anxious but good. The committee obviously wanted a chance to hear what we all were working on, and I was apprehensive to hear what they thought. I mean, saying something out loud to your dog in a tiny room is one thing (Dodge is an average listener at best),
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but a room of six people is a little more intimidating. The rehearsal went OK. I forgot some things and my slides needed tweaking, but the committee was as gracious as always and sent me on my way to fix what needed fixing, and, you guessed it, more memorization. The morning of the event I was either breathing into a paper bag and trying not to hyperventilate and die or attempting to remain calm while silently rehearsing my speech in my head ad-nauseam. I was feeling pretty iff y, but within just a few minutes I was approached by a beautiful 20-something volunteer who exclaimed, “Oh my gosh, you look like Stevie Nicks!” I mean how awesome is that to hear on a day when you have pretty much second guessed every decision you've ever made, including your ensemble! I told her that her compliment was pretty much the best thing I had ever heard; her kind words had worked a little magic. It lifted the butterflies just enough for me to softly sing “Stand back, stand back/In the middle of my room I did not hear from you/It’s all right, It’s all right/To be standing in a line” … you get the picture. That little bit of positive energy allowed me to look around and really take in the scene. The Sunrise block of Broad Street was buzzing with excitement. Groups of people were smiling and laughing while others were all business and went straight for their seats. My friends Lauren and Paul must’ve been the first people through the doors because they were in the front row, which made things so much nicer when I was up on stage. My parents flew up from Florida to see my talk, always supportive despite the fact
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my Dad had never heard of a TED Talk before. My Ride or Die squad, Lindsay, Jess, Cathleen and Courtney, lent a calm, supportive energy that held my hysteria at bay. Maybe the best and most magical thing happened after the event. My Dad and my man came home so inspired they cleaned out the garage ‌ A TEDx Miracle! The speech went well, the audience generous with their applause and laughter. An afternoon I will never forget. I was given a rare opportunity: a chance to show my heart to my community, a community that has welcomed me in a way I never thought possible. I hope I did Sandhills Community College proud, because the school sure shined bright. Their hard work sent love far and wide into our community right here under the pines ‌. PL
Sundi McLaughlin is a proud military wife and small business owner. She happily divides her time between her shop, Mockingbird on Broad, and her volunteer work on Fort Bragg and the Sunrise Theater. She also can be seen walking her enormous black lab named Dodge.
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Healthy Choices
Cancer-related insomnia by Dr. Charles D. Kuzma
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ccording to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated one-third to one-half of people with cancer experience some kind of sleep disturbance. That’s not a surprising statistic considering insomnia is a common side effect of many medications used in cancer treatment, in addition to the anxiety and “fear of the unknown” common for many cancer patients. The impact of sleep disturbance can be significant, as sleep is a big part of healing. When sleep is impaired, it can really impact a patient’s overall well-being. As part of a national study approved by the Research Subjects Review Board at the University of Rochester (New York), FirstHealth Clinical Trials is now enrolling local cancer survivors in a clinical trial designed to determine the effectiveness of three nonmedication therapies in the treatment of cancer-related insomnia. Selected participants will be randomly assigned to one of three different study “arms”: yoga, survivorship health education and cognitive behavioral therapy (counseling). Around 630 cancer patients from across the U.S. will take part in the study with a maximum of 30 (10 in each arm) coming from FirstHealth. One group will participate in yoga (gentle hatha and restorative) twice a week for four weeks, and the second will attend health education sessions two times a week for four weeks. The third group will attend a counseling session once a week for eight weeks. It will take about nine months to complete all the assessments involved in the study, and it’s a completely random trial. We don’t choose which arm the patients participate in, which is actually true for all our trials. Among other criteria, participants must have moderate to severe sleep problems and have completed cancer treatment within the five years. They must also be at least 18 years of age. It’s important not to underestimate the value of this study for cancer patients. As my colleague Ellen M. Willard, a medical oncologist and hematologist and medical director of the FirstHealth
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Outpatient Cancer Center, explains, “Many patients continue to complain of difficulty sleeping long after treatment is over. We know that sleeping medication is not a good long-term solution, and are excited that patients have the opportunity to participate in a study of these types of interventions.” More than 200 patients are now actively involved in or are being followed in FirstHealth Clinical Trials studies. Thirty-three studies are currently open and enrolling, and about the same number are ongoing but are no longer accepting patients. About 98 percent of the FirstHealth studies are related to cancer with the others involving heart or pulmonary disease. Participating specialties are gynecologic oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, gynecology, cardiology and pulmonology. FirstHealth offers clinical research trials to a variety of patients. These trials are critical to helping advance medicine and potentially finding cures for serious diseases such as cancer. The insomnia trial we are offering is part of the comprehensive cancer services offered at Moore Regional and is focused on helping cancer patients deal with a common side effect of their treatments. We are excited to be offering this trial and to partner with many other community cancer centers around the country to further help cancer patients. If you are interested in participating in the cancer and insomnia study or if you have questions about the study, contact the FirstHealth research team at 1-888-534-5333. PL
Charles D. Kuzma, M.D., is a medical oncologist with Pinehurst Medical Clinic and medical director for the FirstHealth Clinical Trials program.
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Bedtime ritual: A calm, relaxing routine can condition your body to recognize the time to rest. Comfortable environment: Make your bedroom a sanctuary that is dark, cool and quiet. Limit exposure to bright light in the evening and turn off electronic devices at least 30 minutes before bedtime. Eat healthy: Avoid nicotine, caffiene, alcohol or heavy meals before bedtime. If you get hungry after dinner, try a light snack an hour before bedtime. Going to bed hungry can also disrupt sleep. Just about everyone will experience an occassional sleepless night. It is recommended that you contact your doctor if your sleeplessness becomes chronic, as there may be underlying causes.
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Bluebirds BY DOLORES MULLER
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e’re fortunate in North Carolina that the eastern bluebird, one of three species of bluebirds, is a yearround resident. The male eastern bluebird is brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm rust on the breast. The female is more gray, with blue tinges on the wings and tail. Bluebirds like open spaces, often living in meadows and clearings surrounded by trees that offer suitable nest holes. They are now also a common sight along roads, field edges and golf courses, due to the proliferation of nest boxes and bluebird trails. Bluebirds perch on wires, posts and low branches, scanning the ground for prey. Insects make up the majority of their diet; in fall and winter, berries of fruiting trees are added to their diet. Individuals putting up bluebird boxes and organizations setting up bluebird trails have helped the bluebird population make a come back after years of decline. There are 23 boxes within the Pinehurst Greenway Wildlife Habitat organized in 2007. Additionally, Jean and Jim Walker tend and monitor 65 boxes at Longleaf Country Club on a weekly basis, recording when eggs are laid, hatched and when the young fledge. Nest boxes need to be specific in size and construction. Plans for making a bluebird box can be purchased at the Pinehurst Village Hall or found online at nestwatch.org, which is part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. To learn more about bluebirds in our area, visit ncbluebird.org. PL
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A Look Back
The Tyson & Jones Buggy Company By Jean Barron Walker / Photography courtesy of Moore county historical association & State Archives of North Carolina
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n 1850, in a small wheelwright shop in the Moore County town of Carthage, North Carolina, Isaac Seawell and his brother Eli produced a few hand-built buggies and wagons and did general repair work. The Seawells were fine craftsmen but poor businessmen and were soon in financial trouble. So in 1856, Thomas Bethune Tyson, a prosperous dry goods merchant in Carthage, bought their shop and its inventory. Tyson partnered with Alexander Kelly, a prosperous farmer in Moore County. Their new business, Tyson & Kelly, hired a few local workers for the specialized manufacture of buggies and carriages. Tyson purchased the old Carthage Methodist Church and had it moved to land he owned on Ray Street, a block from the courthouse square. This wooden structure became the first factory building of the new company. In 1857, while Tyson was in Fayetteville purchasing goods for his store, he hired William Thomas Jones, who was working for the Gardner and McKethan carriage factory. Jones, a skilled buggy painter, soon became foreman of the painting department of Tyson & Kelly, and his talent led to the company’s success. Thanks to Jones’s standard for work ethics, along with his business skill, the company grew and became known for its high quality and fair prices. Two years later, Jones became both a partner and manager of the business, and the name was changed to Tyson, Kelly &
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Company. Tyson then returned to his mercantile business and Kelly to his large farm outside of Carthage. According to the 1860 census, the company employed eight skilled workers, paid $4,080 annually in wages, had a capital of $1,500, and built $8,400 worth of buggies and carriages that year. The company made 20 to 30 vehicles a year, before production was suspended in 1861 when the Civil War began. Under the Confederate Conscription Law, a draftee could avoid military service by hiring a substitute, paying a fee to the government and giving a large sum to his substitute. Tyson hired a substitute for his military service, and continued to manage his store, while Jones enlisted and attained the rank of first lieutenant in the Confederate Army. In 1864, Jones was captured by the Union Army and held at the Fort Delaware prison. There he used his skill to make moonshine from prison scraps of bread crusts and potato peel. He was so successful selling the alcohol to prison guards that after the war he returned to Carthage with a large sum of U.S. currency, which he invested in the company. And while the South began its long recovery from the war, production resumed for the buggy business. Jones knew there were prosperous cotton-growing areas in Richmond and Scotland Counties, North Carolina, and
Previous page: William T. Jones, Thomas B. King and Thomas B. Tyson II. Above: Postcard showing catwalk from transport buggies to paint shop.
Marlboro County, South Carolina, where he could find buyers for his merchandise. So on market day, the first Monday of each month, he personally took long strings of buggies, pulled by teams of mules or horses, on the rutted sand roads from Carthage to Bennettsville, South Carolina. Taking about a week’s time to make the 120-mile round-trip, he returned with cash in his pockets and new buggy orders.
Post-war boom The company did well in the years after the war. Indeed, according to the 1870 census, Tyson became the richest man in Moore County. In 1872, Tyson and Jones bought Kelly’s interest in the business and changed the name of the company to Tyson & Jones Buggy Company. Always looking to grow the business, Jones traveled to northern buggy factories, observed their use of steam power, and realized that the company would have to modernize to remain competitive. In 1873, the company purchased a steam engine and boiler, circular saws, drills and a mechanical planer to be used in the company’s several new wooden buildings. The equipment was shipped by train to Jonesboro, near Sanford, and then brought on wagons the additional 20 miles to Carthage. Thomas B. Tyson II, grandson of the founder, who wrote a history of the Tyson factory in 1914, said that the arrival of this new machinery in Carthage
“attracted more attention from the natives than the unloading of the Barnum and Bailey show would today.” The company’s shipping and receiving was greatly aided when the railroad was completed from Raleigh through Cameron in Moore County in 1878. A railroad line built from Cameron to Carthage in 1887 further helped the company. It now took less time to transport buggies to Cameron to connect with the north-south Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railroad. A second railroad, completed 20 years later, went from Carthage to Pinehurst, and connected with the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad. Exhibiting their buggies at state fairs and expositions provided advertising for the company during the late 19th century. Tyson and Jones participated in the North Carolina State Exposition at Raleigh in 1884, where they displayed buggies, phaetons and carriages. Eleven years later, at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, the company exhibited a large display of models including their first rubber-tired buggy. They were awarded a gold medal, with the citation reading:
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Employees of the Buggy Company circa 1912.
The company would feature the gold medal in future advertising and on their letterhead. Catalogs featured seven trend-setting vehicles with a total of 35 different models available, from the open-top buggy to carriage styles like the elegant landau. Business was so good the company expressed its appreciation to its employees by giving them a grand banquet on Christmas night, 1889. From The Carthage Blade, Jan. 2, 1890: “We are told that the supper was one of the most elegant ever spread in Carthage. Mr. W.T. Jones was the life of the occasion, and was the recipient of many deservedly eulogistic toasts.”
Quality craftsmanship The company did not look for business in the northern or western states, but concentrated their marketing in the South. The company’s ads claimed quality workmanship, “using North Carolina timber and painted by North Carolina skill.” Wood for the carriage bodies was chosen from western North Carolina hardwoods, since Tyson thought local hardwood was too brittle when dry. Tyson & Jones’s prices were higher than those of most competitors; a standard buggy cost between $65 and $135. A “bread and butter” model buggy would be trimmed in leather with nickel mountings, while a top-of-the-line model
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would have fine-grained leather, silk lace and silver mountings. Lamps were silver-plated, and all fittings were made locally. One of the company catalogs stated, “We are manufacturers, not assemblers of other people’s work. We design and produce in our factory every vehicle shown in this catalog.”
Next generation On March 28, 1893, Thomas B. Tyson, the senior partner, age 79, suffered a heart attack and died the following day. All the Carthage businesses closed from the day of his death through the day of his funeral. He left his stock in the buggy company to his grandson, Thomas B. Tyson II, who was secretary-treasurer of the corporation. With Jones as president, the company continued to prosper. In 1898, the company erected its first brick building, a threestory structure to house the trim shop, painting department, shipping room and storage area. Three additional brick manufacturing buildings and an office building were completed by 1906 to replace the older wooden ones. The buildings were heated by steam with a generator that provided electricity for lighting and power. On Nov. 29, 1910, the company announced with profound sorrow the death of William T. Jones, at age 77. Jones had been president and a member of the board of directors of the
company since 1889. He also was elected first vice president of the Carriage Builder’s Association in New York City in 1907. “Under his management, the company had grown due to his wise judgment, his great executive ability and untiring industry,” said Thomas B. Tyson II, who then became president of the company. By the early 1920s, however, the buggy business was declining. Tyson, the last family owner, died April 29, 1924, and the company was sold that year. The new owners diversified into making furniture as well as truck and automobile bodies and a few buggies. With the automobile gaining favor with the American public, buggy production was phased out in 1928. The last Tyson & Jones buggy was delivered to Neil S. Blue of Raeford, North Carolina, in 1929. He was 80 years old and said he would never own an automobile. The company, retaining the name Tyson & Jones, concentrated on making furniture and was successful for several years with a basic line of kitchen and library tables, porch swings, rocking chairs and chifferobes. But the Great Depression was looming, and furniture sales declined. By February 1929 many employees had lost their jobs, the company was in debt for new machinery, and it could not pay creditors. It declared bankruptcy a month later. The buildings were used briefly during World War II to make camouflage netting. Through the years, they had various uses until four of the buildings were destroyed in 1976 in the biggest fire in Carthage’s history. The Carthage Historical Committee plans to renovate the last remaining company building on Ray Street for an enlarged town museum, featuring a historical display of Tyson & Jones Buggy Company photos, advertisements, catalogs and buggies. Until the new museum is completed, visitors are welcome to view this memorabilia at the Carthage Museum on Rockingham Street. Located on the museum porch is a Tyson & Jones rubber-tire black buggy with sporty red wheels. In 1978, this buggy was located in an Albemarle, North Carolina, antiques shop and purchased by the Carthage Town Board for $400. Preserved as a part of the town’s history, it honors one of the country’s premier buggymaking companies. The annual Carthage Buggy Festival, begun in 1989, will be celebrated on May 13. PL
Jean Barron Walker is a member of the Moore County Historical Association. For more information on the association, visit moorehistory.com.
Top: T. B. Tyson circa 1912. Bottom: Thomas Tyson and William Jones, third and fourth from the left, standing in from of the new office building built in 1906.
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Book Review
Everybody's fool By Robert Gable
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mall-town America has gone through some changes caused by that buzzword “globalization.” Manufacturing towns and mill towns have been hardest hit. No one knows that better than award-winning novelist Richard Russo. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Empire Falls, and another of his books, Nobody’s Fool, was also a movie starring Paul Newman (playing the irascible title character Sully). He’s built his reputation writing about down-on-their-luck towns. Everybody’s Fool is his latest laidback but intense novel. Russo returns with his signature style of unf linching, tell-it-like-it-is realism. He doesn’t mince words, and this isn’t a laugh-a-minute, walk in the park. He sees the absurdity in the things we f lawed humans do. At the same time, he has a laconic sense of humor throughout the proceedings—that tongue-in-cheek kind of humor that knows, as Gilda Radner said, “It’s always something.” The characters in Everybody’s Fool live in Bath, a small town in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York that has been slowly wearing down. The mineral springs that gave the town its name have dried up and left behind a putrid sulfur smell in their wake. Thirtyfive minutes from Albany via the New York Thruway, its 300-room San Souci resort hotel is now boarded up. Bath is the glum counterpart to its vibrant and modern sister city, Schuyler Springs (for some reason their springs did not dry up). Russo grew up in the small, upstate New York town of Gloversville in the 1950s and 60s, where artisans used to make exquisite gloves in Gloversville (hence the name), but cheap gloves from China and India undercut the market for more expensive gloves. Once vibrant, Gloversville was gutted like so many other small mill and manufacturing towns. As he’s noted elsewhere, “By the time I graduated from high school in 1967, you could have strafed Main Street with an automatic weapon without endangering a soul.” And so fictional Bath is a stand-in for many of these forgotten towns in the central and upstate New York areas. Over the course of the Memorial Day weekend, the interlaced events of the novel take place. The combination of planned festivities, the local factory being turned into highend condos and the town ne’er-do-well back from a stint in prison all start the events rolling, and through the course of 33 chapters the story unfolds.
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Everybody's Fool
Richard Russo 527 pages, Alfred A. Knopf / $16.95
The main character is police chief Douglas Raymer, who is bored by a job that is filled with nothing but complaints. He can’t get over his wife’s death from a year ago, his grief process stalled because he’s fixated on finding the man his wife was about to run off with. From his typo-ridden business card to his dealings with townspeople over the years, Raymer is everybody’s fool. As the story unfolds, however, we see that everybody’s a fool for something or someone. All the characters are human and, so, f lawed. Russo doesn’t take a dim view of everyone; more a realistic, face-the-facts kind of view. The character Sully is back, older now and having heart problems. (He is closest to Russo’s heart, being loosely based on Russo’s father). Russo has a very perceptive way of portraying the inner torment of the character, and the ideas that motivate them. And he gives the portrayal a realistic edge: If their thinking is twisted or misguided, Russo shows it. Russo shines when the characters converse: Whether it’s the verbal sparring of Sully with Carl, or the evil logic of Roy, his ear for dialogue is true. Sully is a wise guy and he’s always one line of dialogue ahead of the person he’s talking to, and when rotten-to-the-core Roy is talking, you see why his ex-wife put out a restraining order on him (There is blunt, salty language, at points crude, and nothing is sugarcoated here). Russo’s fiction is characterized by a cautious, hard-won optimism. He’s very aware of pacing, and he keeps the story moving along. The characters go through transformations as the events force them to confront matters avoided, in some cases, for years. The people of the town will carry on as best they can—with that same cautious, hard-won optimism Russo is known for. In all, it makes for a tale worth reading. PL
Robert Gable worked in book publishing for 18 years before going into the golf industry. He lived and worked in Pinehurst for five years and still misses it. He currently lives in Queens and works as an assistant golf pro at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, New York.
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Memories of our st. andrews by Helen Ross Photogr aphy courtesy of Tufts archives Since 1989, the United States Golf Association has been a frequent visitor to the Sandhills of North Carolina, and this summer is no exception. The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball will be held May 27-31 on the No. 2 and 8 courses at Pinehurst Resort. Some of the game’s most accomplished amateurs, all with a handicap index of 5.4 or less, including the game’s top-ranked mid-am, Greensboro’s Scott Harvey, will be competing for the team title. That will bring the number of USGA championships held in Moore County to 12, with five of those staged at nearby Pine Needles. And there are more on the way, with the 2019 U.S. Amateur and 2024 U.S. Open slated for No. 2 and the 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, in just its second renewal, to be hosted, fittingly, by Pine Needles, where Peggy Kirk Bell, one of the LPGA’s pioneers, taught thousands the game. Thomas O’Toole Jr. referenced the careful restoration and resurrection of Pinehurst when he announced that the U.S. Open would return to No. 2 for the fourth time in 25 years. “Pinehurst has elevated itself to one of the great and historic places in golf in this country,” said O’Toole, then the reigning USGA president. “Some say it’s our St. Andrews—it’s certainly something special, and that’s why we’re going back there for the 2024 U.S. Open.” Something special, indeed. The USGA trusted Pinehurst and Southern Pines, and their environs, with an unprecedented double in 2014 when the organization brought the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open to No. 2 in consecutive weeks. Even the players knew they were part of something special. Michelle Wie, who would go on to beat Stacy Lewis by two strokes, was seen in the flash area where post-round interviews are conducted taking pictures of Martin Kaymer, the eventual men’s champ during that U.S. Open. One of my special memories came on Sunday evening after the 1994 U.S. Senior Open at No. 2 had concluded. I had wandered over to the pub at the Magnolia Inn to meet some other sportswriters for an adult beverage. Sitting by himself in the corner of the bar was Graham Marsh, who had tied for second with Jim Albus, earlier in the day. Suddenly, Simon Hobday, the winner, wandered in and immediately went over to his friend. The two chatted, animatedly and amicably. Hobday, who died last month at the age of 76 after battling cancer, was one of the
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game’s great characters, and he was clearly enjoying the liquid spoils of victory. Eventually, someone came into the bar and escorted Hobday to dinner. But even then, he had a flair for the dramatic, just as he had in celebrating his one-stroke victory hours earlier. The TV was tuned to ESPN’s SportsCenter and the timing couldn’t have been better. As Hobday walked out the door, the footage of him kissing the 18th green after his win flashed on the screen. Hobday saw it and didn’t miss a beat. He turned to us and flashed a big grin, then took a very deep bow and went on his merry way. The three U.S. Opens that have been held at No. 2 were special in their own ways—the near surgical precision of Martin Kaymer’s win (2014), Michael Campbell’s stunner over Tiger Woods (2005) and Payne Stewart beating Phil Mickelson in 1999, a day before the big lefthander became a father for the first time. Shortly before the 2014 U.S. Open began, I was fortunate to spend about an hour on the telephone with Mickelson’s wife, Amy. I wanted to get her recollections of that emotional week 15 years earlier when her husband was battling Stewart as she awaited the birth of the couple’s daughter, Amanda. We all know how things turned out. Phil held the lead with three holes to go only to finish second to Stewart, who famously cupped Mickelson’s face in his hands on the 18th green that Sunday and told him, “You’re going to be a great father.” It was the first of his six runner-up finishes at the U.S. Open. But we didn’t know how close baby Amanda came to rewriting the script. With the exception of daily doctor’s appointments, Amy was on complete bed rest that week. She spent the days on the couch—“We don’t have it anymore but I will never forget that couch,” Amy said— with her pelvis propped up, watching the U.S. Open on TV. Amy put up a brave front each night when she talked to her husband. Phil’s caddy, Bones Mackay, carried a beeper while the two were on the course, just in case she went into labor. A chartered plane, gassed and ready, awaited nearby. Contractions that were “scary close,” Amy recalled, began on Saturday night. Her brother and mother took Amy to the hospital where the doctors gave her a drug that would slow the labor down. “The nurses would come in and say, you sweet little thing, you are going to become a mother tonight,” Amy said. “That baby is coming. And I would burst into tears. I didn’t know whether I should call him or not.
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“It is probably as close to having a baby as you could get without having a baby.” Amy went home in the wee hours of the morning. Phil called before he teed off, but she didn’t tell him what had happened. Amanda was born about 6 o’clock the next day, and her daddy was there to cut the cord. Amanda will be on the verge of her 25th birthday the next time the U.S. Open is played at Pinehurst. Her father, already in the World Golf Hall of Fame, will be 54. And with any luck, Phil will have the final piece of the career Grand Slam he so richly deserves. PL
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Pinehurst, No. 8 Pinehurst Country Club Par 4, 363 yards Designer: Tom Fazio
The 14th hole on the Tom Fazio-designed Pinehurst No. 8 is one of Pinehurst’s greatest, and most beautiful, risk-reward holes. Flanked down the right side by a large natural marsh, the premium position off the tee is left-center so that any hole location is accessible. A well-struck drive can cut off significant yardage for the approach into the green, but miss it a tad right, and the player may be forced to punch out from a dense tree line toward the lingering marsh. The 14th hole will no doubt be a decisive challenge in the upcoming 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, which will be contested on No. 8 and Pinehurst No. 2 on May 27-31.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Dates and times subject to change. Check directly with event organizers before making plans.
May 5.1.2017 Book Lovers Unite! - Children’s Books Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 3:30 p.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.3.2017 Night at the Library - Children’s Book Week Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 5 - 7 p.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.4.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.5.2017 Planting Summer Annuals with Linda Hamwi & Dolores Muller SCC Campus - Steed Hall | 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst Cost: $80/members, $90/nonmembers | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Contact: 910.695.3882, sandhillshorticulturalgardens.com 5.5.2017 First Friday - Marcus King Band 250 NW Broad St. | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com 5.5.2017 Great American Songbook Jazz Concert Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Ave. | Southern Pines Cost: Price: $55/members, $65/nonmembers | 6:30 p.m. Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org 5.6.2017 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance Pinehurst Resort | 80 Carolina Vista Dr. | Pinehurst Cost: $40/general admission, $125/Putter Boy Pavilion | 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Contact: 910.973.6594, pinehurstconcours.com
5.6-7.2017 Sanford Arts and Vine Festival Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center | 1801 Nash St. | Sanford Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Contact: sanfordartsandvine.com 5.6.2017 Cameron Antiques Fair 485 Carthage St. | Cameron Cost: FREE | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Contact: 910. 245.3055, antiquesofcameron.com 5.6.2017 Kids Programs at Given - May the 4th be with you Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.6.2017 Blue & Brews: A Festival at the Farm Malcolm Blue Farm | 1177 Bethesda Road | Aberdeen Cost: $15/advance, $20/at the gate | 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7275, townofaberdeen.net 5.7.2017 Geocaching 101 Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov, ncparks.gov 5.7.2017 Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $20/presale | 6:45 - 9 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 5.11.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.11.2017 Gathering at Given - Synesthesia and the Creative Process: The Artist in You Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 3:30 p.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org
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5.11.2017 Public Art: Sculpture We Love to Hate Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Ave. | Southern Pines Cost: Price: $11/members, $16/nonmembers | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Contact: 910.692.2787, weymouthcenter.org 5.12.2017 Life After 5 The Village Arboretum | 375 Magnolia Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 5:30 - 9 p.m. Contact: vopnc.org 5.12.2017 Carthage Firefighters Association Food Truck Rodeo Moore County Fairgrounds | 3699 U.S. Highway 15 501 | Carthage Cost: FREE | 6 -10 p.m. Contact: carthagefdevents@gmail.com 5.12.2017 Chef & Maker: Sandhills Pig Pickin’ Pinehurst Resort | 80 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: $70 | 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact: 855.235.8507, Pinehurst.com/events 5.12.2017 Laney Jones and the Spirits Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $10/presale | 6:45 - 9 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org
5.13.2017 Hike for International Migratory Bird Day Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 8 a.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov, ncparks.gov 5.13.2017 Run for the Buddies - 5K and 1K Fun Run New Century Middle School | 1577 Union Church Road | Cameron Cost: $15-$30 | 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Contact: 910.295.1072, sandhillsraceseries.com 5.13.2017 Carolina Philharmonic - Symphonic Salute to America SCC Owens Auditorium | 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst Cost: Prices vary | 3:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Contact: 910.687.0287, carolinaphil.org 5.13.2017 “Der Rosenkavalier,” Met Opera Live in HD Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad St. | Southern Pines Cost: $27 | 12:30 - 5:02 pm Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com
5.12.2017 A Comic Evening The O’Neal School - Hannah Center | 3300 Airport Road | Southern Pines Cost: $20/presale, $25/at the door | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact: 910.365.9890, vision4moore.com 5.12.2017 Movie in the Park: Moana Southern Pines Downtown Park | 145 SE Broad St. | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 8 - 10 p.m. Contact: 910.692.7376 5.13.2017 Carthage Buggy Festival Courthouse Square | 4396 U.S. Highway 15-501 | Carthage Cost: FREE | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Contact: 910.947.2331, thebuggyfestival.com
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5.13.2017 Heritage Affair Gala and Silent Auction Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Ave. | Southern Pines Cost: Price: $115/members and active-duty military, $125/ nonmembers | 6:30 - 11 p.m. Contact: morgan@elliottsonlinden.com, weymouthcenter.org 5.14.2017 Mother’s Day Creations Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov, ncparks.gov 5.14.2017 Haas, Kowert and Tice Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15/presale | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 5.15.2017 Women of Weymouth Annual Strawberry Festival Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Ave. | Southern Pines Cost: Price: $10/members, $20 nonmembers | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Contact: didgek56@yahoo.com, weymouthcenter.org .2017 Chamber Music Concert Series: Piano/Violin Trio Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Ave. | Southern Pines Cost: Price: $10/members, $20/nonmembers, 18 & under FREE | 7 p.m. Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org
5.18.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.18.2017 What’s Up With Russia? - Dr. William C. Taubman Pinehurst Resort | 80 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: $100, price includes dinner | 6:30 p.m. Contact: giventufts.org 5.18-20.2017 NC Symphony presents Russian Nights Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School | 250 Voit Gilmore Lane | Southern Pines Cost: Prices vary | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Contact: 877.627.6724, ncsymphony.org 5.19.2017 Diary of a Spider - Story Hike (for wee ones) Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov 5.20.2017 Spring Spree Festival Historic Downtown Aberdeen | 100 East Main Street | Aberdeen Cost: FREE | 11:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Contact: townofaberdeen.net
5.20-21.2017 Carolina Classic Polocrosse Tournament Pinehurst Harness Track | 200 Beulah Hill Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 20: 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m., 21: 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m. Contact: 910.235.8456, carolinapolocrosse.com
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5.21.2017 Red-cockaded Woodpeckers Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov, ncparks.gov 5.21.2017 Laurelyn Dossett, Molly Venter and Goodnight Moon Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: contact venue | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 5.22.2017 Lunch & Learn in the Gardens with Pete Gulley SCC Horticultural Gardens - Ball Visitors Center | 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 12 - 1 p.m. Contact: 910.695.3882, landscapegardening@sandhills.edu, sandhillshorticulturalgardens.com 5.24.2017 National Scavenger Hunt Day Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 7 p.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov, ncparks.gov 5.25.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m. Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 5.26.2017 Dark Water Rising Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $10/presale | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 5.26.2017 Movie in the Park: The Secret Life of Pets Southern Pines Downtown Park 145 SE Broad St. | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 8 - 10 p.m. Contact: 910.692.7376 5.28.2017 Snakes of the Sandhills Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines
Cost: FREE | 3 p.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov, ncparks.gov 5.28.2017 Front Country Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15/advance, $20/at the door | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 5.29.2017 Story of a Spider - Guided Story Hike Weymouth Woods Visitor Center | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov, weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov
June 6.2.2017 First Friday - The Broadcast 250 NW Broad St. | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com
6.9.2017 Movie in the Park: Trolls Southern Pines Downtown Park 145 SE Broad Street | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 8 :30- 10:30 p.m. Contact: 910.692.7376 6.11.2017 The Sunday Exchange presents Ranky Tanky Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: FREE| 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 6.16.2017 Cement Leaf Birdbath with Pan Banville SCC Campus - Steed Hall | 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst Cost: $25/members, $35/nonmembers | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Contact: 910.695.3882, sandhillshorticulturalgardens.com
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 6.18.2017 Sons of Pitches Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15/presale | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 6.25.2017 Jack Grace Band Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15/presale | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org 6.26.2017 Lunch & Learn in the Gardens with Tim Emmery SCC Horticultural Gardens - Ball Visitors Center | 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 12 - 1 p.m. Contact: 910.695.3882, landscapegardening@sandhills.edu, sandhillshorticulturalgardens.com 6.30.2017 Abigail Dowd, Bill West Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $10/presale | 6:45 p.m. Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org
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MAY JUNE 2017
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Ladies Night Out The Fair Barn Pinehurst February 24
From top, clockwise: Laura Morgan, Melissa Hamilton, Mindy Talbot, Sally Clark, Carol Coughenour and Jan Medlin; Angela Woodhead, Gemma Taylor and Golden Wen; Pat Keegan and Claire Marlar; Darcia Black, Lori West, Nicole Thomas and Jana Hoshitchek; and Melissa Schlegel, Lynne Drinkwater, Rhonda Phipps and Mary Grace.
O’Neal School Annual Auction
Pinehurst Country Club Pinehurst February 25
From top, clockwise: Head of School John Elmore & his wife Lisa with Olivia & Brett Webb; Event chairs Alkaterina & Pete Kakouras; Lynda & Jeff Acker; Jesse Tall, Rick Stefanik and Jing & Huankai Hu; and Laura Jackson, Kenny Johnson, Elizabeth Ciskowski and Reid Hall.
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Sandhills Sightings English Speaking Union Moore County
Middle School Debates
Sandhills Community College Pinehurst March 7
From top, clockwise: 1st place - St. John Paul II Catholic School, brothers Conlan & Garrett Kane with associate superintendent of schools Dr. Mike Medcalf and Moore County School Board chairman Ed Dennison; Event Chairwoman Sally Bold Frick and ESU president John Sapp; and 2nd place - New Century Middle School, Aidan Patterson and Angelina Potynsky.
9th Annual Lunch with Legends
League of Women Voters
Pinehurst Country Club Pinehurst March 14
From top, clockwise: Jo Nicholas, Charles McKnight (Fredrick Douglass) & Loretta Aldridge (Victoria Woodhull); Moore County League of Women Voters President Peggy Crawford with Sharon Trail; Civic Leader Scholarship winners Katherine McVay and Samie McLeary; and Taylortown Councilman Mitchell Ratliff and wife Deborah.
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Shaw House 71st Anniversary Chicken & Waffles Luncheon
Shaw House Southern Pines March 20
From top, clockwise: Grace Snelgrove, Kay Brown, Vickie Seifert, Susan Kushey and Katie McCrimmon Chesolm; Gladys Britt, Georgia Winburn and Eileen Malan; Dorothy Shankle, Frank Pierce, Jean Griffies and Ruth Whitiker; and Kate Curtin, Roberta Williams and Jim Jones.
Lady Bedford’s Tea Talk “Queen Victoria”
Lady Bedford’s Tea Parlour Pinehurst March 21
From top, clockwise: Annie Meadows, founder of the Las Vegas Ladies Tea Society and Marian Caso, owner of Lady Bedford’s; Guest speaker Allis Remie; and Julia Cashwell and Rebecca Padulo.
Sandhills Sightings Lady’s Wine Out Weymouth Center Southern Pines March 24
From top, clockwise: Brittany Casey, Jaclyn VanGordon and Casey Kelly; Lindy Lamielle and Melissa Coloton; Brittany McNeal, Katrina Denza and Lisa Zimmermann; and Event organizers Ashley Frentress and Christin Daichert.
Prancing Horse Barn Dance Fair Barn Pinehurst March 30
From top, clockwise: Lisa Blyth, Honoree Barbara Rich, Kathy Johnson and Executive Director Judy Lewis; Anna & Wes Smith; honorary chairmen Mike & Kelly McCrann; Joe & Chris Nazario with Sally & Ed Frick; and Lisa Blyth and Michele Matcham.
Carolina International CIC & Horse Trial Carolina Horse Park Raeford March 22 - 26
From top right, clockwise: Jennie Brannigan on As Cool As Ice; Betsy Rainoff and Sarah Mollsky; Bradley Champagne with Wallaroo W; Doug Payne on Getaway; Lance & Morgan McCue; and Sidney Solomon on Early Review.
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Sandhills Sightings North Carolina Quester’s State Day 2017
Sandhills Woman’s Exchange & Pinehurst Members Club Pinehurst March 31 - April 1
From top right, clockwise: International President Lorraine Jeffers & State President Margaret DiNubila; Judi Schanilec, Susan Scully and Betty Papesh; Connie Currens, Bonnie Schneck and Ann Schneider; Jane Pahner and Carol Klevenow; and Judi Schanilec, Betty Papesh, Nancy Norton, Susan Lockley, Pat Murphy, Kay Bozarth, Nancy Davis and Beverly Kozak.
Habitat for Humanity Gala Pinehurst Country Club Pinehurst April 1
From top right, clockwise: Habitat Executive Director Amie Fraley with Tony & Jan Persico; Gregory & Melanie Norman; Gala committee - Janie Casey, Linda McVay, Marilyn Grube, Sharon Lawson, Maryanne Moulton, Hartley Fitts, Rita DiNapoli and Susan LaGraff; Danielle Dana and Chris Black; and Jan Cashion, Carolyn Beam and Shirley Baldwin.
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Sandhills Sightings ADK - Beta Zeta Wine Tasting Benefiting Moore County Educators Scholarship Fund The Magnolia Inn Pinehurst April 4
From top, clockwise: Marilyn Neely with President Frances Wilson; Jim Irwin, Susan Trudell and Rhan Smart; State president Annette Thomas, Dora Lancaster, Gail Page, Meg Garner & Peggy Hughes; Hope Strayer, Judy MansďŹ eld and Nancy Phillips; and patio party.
Fair Barn’s 100th Birthday Bash Fair Barn Pinehurst April 7
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Sightings@ PinehurstLivingMagazine.com From top, clockwise: Village Heritage Committee: Steve Leggett, Jim Lewis, Beth Stevens and John Strickland; Bert & Carol Higgins; Lara White, Jeff Mohn, Dana & Ralph Bowen, Lisa & Eric Marella with Fair Barn Director Danaka Bunch; and the El Paso two-step.
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Last Impression
sky’s the limit photograph and caption courtesy of The Moore County Historical Association
Pinehurst Airport, circa 1970s. The airport was built in 1928 and was originally known as the Knollwood Airport. In the early days, such famous flyers as Amelia Earhart used the Knollwood runways. Pictured on the wing is Cheryl Monroe, a flight attendant on DC-3’s for Pinehurst Airlines, and a single-engine pilot. She is surrounded by Pinecrest High School Air Force Junior ROTC cadets.
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“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway. ” - Mary Kay Ash
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