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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Christmas OF Olden Times will
be presented at the Fourth Street
Advent Christian church tonight at
8 o'clock, under the direction OF
Mrs. J. w. Reaves, music by Mrs.
Wilbert Cherry.
The players viii be: Miss Mary
Helen Sietter as Grandma; H. S.
King as Grandpa; Robert Moore,
Joyce Williams, Connie Williams,
Shirly Motto, Joyce Motto as
Grandchildren.
Mrs. Robert Matthews, Spirit OF
Christmas; Old fashion Boy, Curtis
Newton; Mrs. o. c. Herring as
Mary; j. w. Reaves as Joseph;
Robert Hahn, Omelee Rogers, as
Shepards; Carleen Page, Elizabeth
Thurlow as Pilgrams; Joe Reaves,
Sylvia Hill, as Indians; w. K.
Rhodes, Jr., Isabel Smith as
Quakers; Roger Duke, French.
Fred Lee, German; Ed McPher.
son, Dutch; Cecil Potter, Negro;
Tommy Gore, Chinese; ]. D. Pot.
ter, Russian; Victor Moore, Japa-
uese; Maxine Motto, Marshall
Duke, Diam Davis, Jeanette Pot
ter and Carmen Lee Bates, as
Angels.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
MUSICAL PROGRAM
WILL BE PRESENTED
AT BAPTIST CHURCH

The following program will be
presented at the Tabernacle Bap-
tist church this evening at 1880:
How Holy Is This Place, F. A.
Clark; Prayer; 1t Came Upon the
Midnight Clear, congregation;
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,
congregation; offertory; Si1en
Night, Holy Night, choir; remarks
by the pastor; Away in Manger,
E. K. Heyser, choir; Unto You Is
Born Savior, Charles H. Gabri-
el, choir; duet, o Little Town of
Bethlehem, Fred B. Holton, Mrs.
L. L. Mills and Mrs. w., D. Mills;
Holy Night, W. L. Wood, choir,
solo and obligato, Mrs. j. F. War
rem; Peaceful and Holy the Night,
Ira B. Wilson, choir; benediction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
GRACE PASTOR WILL
DELIVER SERMON AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

There will be a special Christ
mas service at the First Baptist
church, on Christmas Day at, 8
a. m. The Rev. j. F. Herbert,
pastor of the Grace Methodist
church, will bring the Christmas
message. Appropriate music, and
the Christmas offering will COM
plete the service of worship.
All who desire to offer their
praise to Christ on His birthday
are invited to come and worship
with us. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Otts-Collie
Marriage Is
Announced
Ceremony solemnized On Sun
day, December 8 In
South Carolina

Mr.. and Mrs. William Cleveland
Collie announce the marriage OF
their daughter, Ruth Evelyn, tc
Jennings Otis on Sunday, December
3. at the parsonage of the Methodist
church in Marion, South Carolina.
The Re7. w. Roy Phillips, pastor
of the church, officiated at the
ceremony.
Mrs. Otis was formerly Of Farm
vile, but early moved to Greenville,
where she remained until moving to
Wilmington with her parents about
three and half years ago.
Mr. OTIS was formerly of Kelton,
Union county, South Carolina, and
is an alunnus of the University of
South Carolina and the Atlanta Law
school. He came to Wilmington in
July 1928, and is connected with
the immigration and Naturalization
Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
SOROSIS MEMBERS
TO PACK ARTICLES
TOMORROW MORNING

Attention is called to all members
Of the North Carolina Sorosis men =
bers and their friends who will IS
slst with the annual packing of the
Star.News Empty Stockings, that the
packing will begin at o'clock sharp
Monday morning at the Cape Fear
Artillery Armory on Market street.
The place Of packing has been
changed from the post office to the
Armory. All members are urged to
note the change in place.
Rurgaw News
Mr.. and Mr.. Clarence w. Angeline
and daughter, Miriam, of Asheville,
" arrive today to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Angeline's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. S. Bowden at their home
! Burgaw.
The Rev. and Mrs. George J.. Ho-
cutt an1 daughter, Margaret Gayle,
Matth WIS, are expected 20 arrive
Monday to spend Christmas with
Mrs. J ocutt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. Bowden and Mr.. Aocutt's
other, Mrs. J. D. Hocutt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
MISS JEAN BYRD
AND w. J. KERR
WILL MARRY SOON

Mr. and Mrs. v. r. Sudbury, of
SCOTS Hill, announce the engage
ment Of their niece, Miss Jean
Byrd, of Wilmington, daughter of
Mrs. Annie W. Byrd and the late
Vaughn Byrd, of Holly Springs, to
W. J. Kerr, of Goldsboro, formerly
of Wilmington.
The wedding will take place on
Sunday December 29, at the SCOTS
Hill Methodist church at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Miss Byrd has been making her
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Religious Program Will Be Given
Today At First Presbyterian Church

Beginning promptly at o'clock
this afternoon, the choir of the
First Presbyterian church will pre-
sent its annual musical program
incident to the season. The cantata
chosen for presentation is THE
Christ Child" (Hawley) one of the
most tuneful and inspiring of the
many in use at this season of the
year.
The Cantata is divided in t w O
parts, the first with organ pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BENSON-WEEDE
ENGAGEMENT IS
ANNOUNCED HERE

RALEIGH, Dec. 21.-The foll,m
ing announcement will be of i,
terest:
D. L. Benson announces the =.
gagement of his daughter Fdna
Elizabeth, of Wilmington and D.
leigh, to William Henry Weedo n.
Plymouth and Raleigh.
The wedding will take place wit,
in the near. future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Edith Loftin,
Mr.. Holdsworth
Wed Saturda,
y
Ceremony Takes Place At St
PauPs Episcopal Church
Here

The following announcem 2nt, is
sued out-of-town, will be read with
interest here:
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Edward Loftin
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Edith
to
Mr.. Fred William HoldSWorth
on Saturday, the twenty-first OF
December
nineteen hundred and forty
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Wilmington, North Caroline
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

During the boom days for ostrich
plumes, ostriches were plucked every
! six to nine months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

lude which, by rare combination
of soft wood stops, give the music
as coming from far away. I'M
mediatley following this, the voice
of Robert Foster is heard as the
narrator, using passages incident
to- the music which follows. The
opening lines-"The Voice Of One
Crying in the Wilderness with
the stirring chorus-"Arise, Shine"
is but an indicatio~ of the many
beautiful numbers tc follow. Part
second shows THE Plains of Beth
lehem" ushering in the beautiful
soprano solo-"And There w ere
Shepherds the whole closing
with one of the most dramatic
chorus numbers ever composed.
Immediately following the mar
rator, the church will be darkened
so that all who wish to enjoy an
evening of rare beauty and music
are requested to be in their seats
before that hour. The cantata will
be sung in dramatized form which,
under the direction of Patteson
Pretlow, insures a perfect setting.
Ihe costuming and electrical ef-
1ects are more than beautiful
which, coupled with most en-
tranclng music score will be an
evening of rare beauty and in
spiration.
A cordial welcome is extended
friends of the congregation to be
With them on this occa ion to pre-.
pare their minds and hearts for
the day we celebrate soon there
after, the Birthday of The King
OF Kings and Lord of Lords. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
DIAL 1911

home with her aunt and uncIo =.
Scots Hill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Golf Tourney
Planned New
| Years Day
Event Will Be Staged AT
Country Club During Morn
ing Of January 1

There will be a two-ball mixed
foursome at the Cape Fear Coun-
try club on Wednesday, January
/, starting at 10 a. m:
It is expected that this tourna'
ment will end around O'Clock
Just in time for those participating
to attend the clubs annual New
Years Day buffet luncheon.
Members expecting to take part
in the foursome are requested TO
sign up with the golf pro as soon
as possible. Prizes will be award
ed.
FOURTH STREET CHURCH
WILL PRESENT PROGRAM
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Marriage Announced

MIR. and Mrs. B. N. Peterson, of
this city, announce the marriage of
tnelr daughter, Gertrude Eloise, to
Cecil Edwin Lewis, of Leland, at Dill
lon, s. c., on December 9.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-09-20

Gaby and her beau, Walter heads so
close at the piano-well it certainly
hit you, even though you'd sort of an
ticipated Gaby pulling a fast one,
thickness bang synonymous with the
female of the French species, especial
ly when it came to the opposite sex.
To make her "mad" madden, darn
it, for all they noticed her they might
have been couple shipwrecked on an
isolated South Sea isle! Gaby was CIV
ing her all to the love song and to
Walter-and as for Walter, he was
fairly dropping over the French girl.
"This, by golly, is alien corn!" Jean
told herself. She'd bitten off more
than she could chew, though Walter
was swallowing it, hook, line and
sinker.
So here she was, staging big en-
trance like a musical comedy, yet
those two didn't even see she was on
the stage! Shed scrambled her cues.
To scram was the idea, but she would
MT. She'd first rights on Walter,
Gaby or no Gaby!
The song ended on ripping chord.
Jean heard Walter say: "You sing
like an angel"
"Merci, monsieur. Like the Angel
Gabrielle, perhaps? That is my name.
You find it pretty?"
Limpid dark eyes Turing him from
under the long, upcurling lashes. Pro-
vocative red lips unleashing a soft,
musical little laugh.
Beautiful" Walter answered, al
most reverently. Jean never had heard
that note in his voice. Something in
her throat swelled as if it would
burst.
"Ah, monsieur, you are so ver-ree
kind! 1t is like being in my beloved
France-like home, you onnerstan'-
hearing you'll" The small white hands
flung out in typically French ges-
ture.
He caught one in his. This time
Jean could not hear his murmurred
reply.
Gaby's low, thrilling tones came
clearly. "You are so sumpathique!
I wonner-have all the American men
so kind hearth"
This was too much. How dare she ?
Jean coughed. She had to break up
this act. But the sound that came
from her dry throat, Jean was miser-
ably but whimsically aware, more
nearly resembled a whinny than any,
thing else.
Walter swung around, straighten-
ing up. Gaby rose from the piano
stool with the eyes of a startled doe,
though Jean could have sworn she'd
spotted her in the room at least two
remarks back.
"Jean! You startled me - like
ghost!"
Ghost? In her own house?
"Or Satan's daughter meeting the
Continued on Page 15)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-09-20
o. HONEYMOON PRE|EERREDD GZzzzzZ

perhaps?" Alertness in the black, in
quisitiveness eyes.
eyes. He inherited great deal of
money. But he works hard!"
$50? How strangew Hands and eye
brows raised. "a young man with
a big fortune would not work in
France!"
"But this is America. Our men are
different" jeans voice very short.
81 should like to meet this young
Mr.. Mallory, Jean. You will ask him
to my party? You will arrange it?"
Poach, would she? French girls
were merciless in their pursuit, Jean
had heard.
"Well discuss the party later, Gaby"
in chill tone.
Shrewd glance from the black eyes.
"He is your special friend, this Mr..
Mallory, cherie? You love him?"
'"Don't be silly"
That first day dragged past.
Next day, something marvellous hap
pened. Walter called Jean up.
II was wondering if you would care
to have bite of dinner with me this
EVENING"" He named a quiet, con-
sentative restaurant
"That would be SWELL" She could
mt keep the joy out of her voice.
"Then I'll pick you up around half
past Six"
She'd been about to tell him not
to call at the house for her-that
she'd meet him outside. But he'd
hung up on her. She called him at
his office. He wasn't there, nor was
he at his home. She'd get in touch
with him later.
She left messages in both places,
but he didn't call back. She dressed
with the greatest of care. Things
would advance between them this eve
ming. He must have liked those
kisses, else he wouldn't have dated
her so quickly.
She told Gaby of her appointment
but didn't say with whom.
"Treves will bring you a cocktail
to the library, Gaby. And your din
ner on tray there beside the fire.
There's loads of books and magazines,
and radio to entertain you"
"Ah, but you are too kind and
thoughtful, Jean!" enthused Gaby.
1t was almost half past six. Wal
ter would soon be there Jean de-
cided she'd wait for him in the small
anteroom by the front door.
She heard Gaby singing at the piano
in the drawing room as she passed
the second floor on her way down.
stairs. Gaby didn't evidently intend
to be buried in the library. Well, if she
thought she'd see Walter-she evident
ly suspected that the date was Wal
ter-she'd be disappointed.
Jean waited. And waited.
Where on earth was Treves?
Not in the buffers pantry. "He
took cocktails to the drawing room,
Miss JEAN" the parlor maid told her.
Jean went up the stairs. Treves had
been told to take cocktails to Gaby
in the library. Did Gaby already
think she was boss in this house?"
She was singing: "Parlez Moi
d'Amour," the most haunting of love
songs! The voiced scared in pure
beauty as Jean threw open the draw
ing room door.
And there, bending over the piano,
gazing at Gaby, was Walter Mallory
himself!
On the threshold of her drawing
room, jeans eyes fairly leaped out
Of her blonde head. The spectacle of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
SHERt0(k H0LMES IN ADVENTURE STORY ON
 SCREEN OF COLISEUM

The super crime of the century S the thrilling story that is un- olded on the Coliseum Theatre screen in The Adventures of Sher- ock Holmes" The master detective s pitted against his arch-enemy, the fiendish Moriarty, in this 20th Jentury-FoX film, and the result s an exciting photoplay not to )e missed. A woman in love is he victim, and the $15,000,000 Brit sh crown jewels the loot
 Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, Hho did such capable jobs of the 'oles of Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively, in the recent The Hound of the Baskervilles, play hese parts to perfection again. da Lupino and Alan Marshal ham le the romantic roles, heading the st which includes Terry Kilburn, .corgc zucco Gas Moriarty), Henry .- .-.epherscn and E. E. Give.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
Mrs. Owe Hanson Honored Saturday
 Al Shower Party

Mrs. Owe Hanson was honored with a shower Saturday night. with Mrs. Cecil Donohoe as hostess. The affair was given at the Tenth Street home of Mrs. Hansons parents, MT. and Mrs. w. B. Converse.
 Decorations for the occasion car- ried out the Halloween motif. Bpgo was played during the evening and high honors were won by Mrs. George Whiteley and Mrs. George Brown. Consolation awards went to Mrs. Eric Lindegard and Mrs. Owe Hansen.
 The guest list included Mesdames Herbert Vending, Eric Lindegard. Dora Spaulding, Stanwood Whitely, Lou Baggen, Allen Fourtney, Chris Huber Ed Kirchoffer, George Whitely, Charles Bland, George Mar tin, Joe Smith, Nick Webber, Cert rude Jewell, George Brown, Art Loundberg, Magnus Hanson, Mar garet Bland, Robert Light, Earl Bland and Leroy West
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
Mt(REA-R0GER5
 TEAM SCORES IN
 CAPITOL DRAMA
Primrose Path" Playing Here-Mareh of Time
 Is Also Featured

Bringing Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea together again on the screen, Primrose Path at the Capitol Theatre proves itself one of the seasons most compelling dramas and a vehicle revealing new facets of the Rogers tolent.
 Producer director Gregory La Cava, who made the memorable Stage Door" and Fifth Avenue Girl" with Ginger, hits a third cinematic home run in this ap- pealing story of friendless out cast and her stormy romance with wise cracking and impetuous young man who runs lunch coun- ter down by the fish canneries.
 The girl. ashamed of her dis reputable family, encounters the boy and falls in love with him chiefly because he is the first man who has ever been kind to her and the first ever to kiss her.
 They get married without the boy learning the truth about the girls parents, but after the first months of marital happiness an incident convinces the girl that she had better bring them together and get it over with.
 She does so, with fiery results, for the boy is utterly disgusted with his in-laWs, and he orders the girl to go away and never come back. The complications that en- sue, and their outcome as the two young people battle their pride and their resentment, make for the power of this genuinely unusual offering.
 "The U. s. Navy-1940," latest timely issue of The March of Time, is also a feature at the Capitol Theatre tonight. The film presents very thorough picturi- zation of the Navy as it is today under Americas new National De- emphasizing it's future development, fense program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
OUTBREAKS TO BUILD
 AT SITkA
Church to Be Constructed with Regular Minister
 in Charge There

Sitka is going to have a Lutheran Church and a regular minister in charge.
 This is the word brought back by the Rev John L. Cauble, of the Resurrection Lutheran Church, who attended the National Convention of the United Lutheran Chucrh in America at Omaha, Nebraska.
 The property at Sitka has been owned for years and plans are be- ing drawn for the church and par sonage, construction to start imme- diately, pending completion of mi nor details. T. e Minister-In h. Charge will come north soon and begin assembling his congregation holding services in some selected To- cation while the church is under construction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
MAX HUkFREY
 PASSES EARLY TODAY
Former We'll Known Alas. kan Broker Dies in Chi
 tago--|II for One Year

A. A. tMax) Humfrey, 55, former we'll known broker in Alaska and for the past 10 years Divisional Sales Manager for Hills. Brothers Coffee, Incorporated, with headquarters in Oh rage. died in Chicago at 2:30 O. clcck this morning, according tc a radiogram received by J J. Meh erin, lifelong friend and former business associate.
 Humfrey left Juneau, where he made his headquarters during his long years as Hills Br2thers repre- ~o0tativo in Alaska, in February. 1923 and went to Chicago to assume the Divisional Sales managership with a large force employed under |. ., derect charge. During his time as Divisional Sales Manager, he made wonderful build up for his product.
 . When Humfrey left for the States, Meherin succeeded him as Alaska repro sentative of the coffee company and has remained in that position ever since. Previous to becoming coffee representative in Alaska, Me herin was associated with Humfrey in a brokerage firm with headquar- tsrs in Juneau.
 MT Humphrey was well liked thl'oughcut Alaska and hundreds. of friends will mourn his passing, as a result of cancer of the stomach and which caused his ailing condition for nearly one year.
 Survivors are Mrs. Humfrey and two sons.
 Funeral services are to be held in Chicago on Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
Hollywood Sighh hnd SoHnds
-E aose-n Coos,

HOLLYWOOD Cal, Oct 2a.-Hedy Lamar, the beautiful illusion suffering pathetic delson She thinks she's going shake off a label
 pretty child positively bithe about it. almost child like her faith
 After his" said nobody call gamorous 
 This" called "Comrade K" In it Hedy things things she's other movie
 She of the things she sat at her dressing the failed slightest mperfection in the picture she offered it. The painted lips right the tilt of the chin the deep blue depths correctly the babysmooh the teeth the rich black hair What she a pastel ngtgown showing beneath the folds of Clark too-bg leather slippers.
 tired this glamour" she repeated What gla- mon? know"
 She talked with considerable animation smiling a you'd suspect.
 this, whatever glamour haze it. = hair
 She did emphaticaly and gesture if the coffue slipped right back into perfection.
 For long time screamed play comedy at last I get I get three four.g
 This said Hedy has her very happy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
NEW INSTRUCTOR FOR AIR SCHOOL
 IS COMING HERE
R. !. Fitzgerald Arriving Tomorrow = Joins Local
 School of Areonauties

A new instructor for the Alaska
 chcol of Aercnautics will arrive cmcrrow on the Yukon, is the an nSuncement of importance to stu dents now enrolled at the Juneau ai. school
 The new air teacher R. E. Fitz- geralds, a Seattle man, is an ap- proved instructor by the CAA, and will be fulltime official at the school reports Clarence Walters, manager and instructor.
 Increased interest in flight study of local students is reported by Wal ters, who stated today that stu dents are now obtaining regular in struction there
 The school is preparing for con- struction of new 80x30 foot hangar. This also will include enlarging of class rooms. The school is also ne- gotiating for an additional plane, an amphibian, which MT Walters expects to fly to Juneau in the near future MT Walters is leaving for Seattle soon on business and will return here with the plane. At pres ent the school has four planes for flight instruction.
 The local school is unique among air schools from the fact that stu dents in Juneau are offered flight courses on the installment plan This is probably not done in any ether air school in the United States, and is an offer that makes it possible for those interested to study this work on part time basis. "A few minutes day, on a basis of only one day each week will do the trick" Walters reports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
By HERMAN E. ALLEN AP Feature Service

NEW YORK, Oct 15. = Carol Bruce always has counted on the best but prepared for the worst That way, says the 20year rold sen sation of Louisiana Purchase, you're never disappointed.
 And that way she has become in three years the hit of Broadway and the standout of one of the seasons money -makin'est shows. That way she got two offers from Hollywood. (She hasn't decided yet which to take)
 Carol lives in New York with her father, who is dress sales man, her mother and her sister Marylin, 13 Her voice is husky just the thing for the two songs she sings as the party girl in Louisiana Purchase
 The part is something of libel Carol doesn't drink anything but a little light wine once in a while, and she doesn't smoke.
 Before they brought the show into New York the part was lot more-well, you might say sug- gestive," Carol says. T asked Buddy Buddy DeSylva, the pro- ducer) whether he couldn't clean 1t up a little, and he did"
 Carols own story.
 T never doubted that I'd get to the top in show business. After ] got there = well, almost there anyway-I was sure I'd go to Hol- lyWood.
 T went to work when I was 13 in a ladies wear shop, afteI school
 When I was IT I got job modelling clothes. I'd gotten inter- ested in singing and one day l went up to see the one man give the most credit for starting me on my career.
 That was Nat Brusiloff.
 Nat ran the orchestra at one Of the big radio stations He let me sing with him sometimes and steered me on to lot of private parties and club shows.
 Then I got job at the Mt. Royal Hotel in Montreal
 That fall-1938--I went on a trip out west to Louisville and Chicago.
 Well, I know-that's not really cut west, but I'm just New York girl and that's as far west as I've ever been. I can hardly wait 10 get out to Hollywood.
 Next fall I got a job with George Whites Scandals and later with Lawrence Schwab's Nice Goin,' which closed in Boston.
 T was at a party and Buddy De Sylva was there, too. Some bcdy asked me to sing. so I did
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
Rev..CaubIe Given
 Welcome at Social

Honoring the Rev John L. Cau- ble upon his return from the States, the Luther League held a social last evening at Resurrection Lutheran Church.
 After a short business session a program was presented. Miss Myr tie Mello read a poem entitled Home Town" two piano selections were played by Miss Kathleen Carl son, a dramatic reading was given oy Max Lewis, Miss Mary Jukich ;ang two vocal selections and q comic reading was given by Miss Louise Nelson.
 Community singing was also en- joyed and refreshments were served during the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-28
Social Meeting 10 Be Held by WiIIkie Club

A no-host dessert social will be held Tuesday night by the Juneau Willkie Club in the banquet room of Percy's Cafe.
 The social meeting will start at 8 o'clock and there will be music and special entertainment All in terested are invited to attend and reservations for the affair may be made by calling Anita Garnick at 174.