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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Harnett NEGOTIATIONS
Schedule Announced

Wayne williamson. in charge OF
the dog NEGOTIATIONS for rabies in
Harnett township. has announced
the following schedule for the
treatments:
Tuesday. June II: 8 until IL
am, Intersection of Audubon
Blvds. and old Wrightsville road;
Il to 1890, New Hill (Spofford
Mills; 3 until 6 o'clock, Edwards
store, Market street road.
Wednesday, June II: 8 until IL
am, Bradley's Creek school; II
until 1890, Wrightsville Sound
colored school; 2 until 2 o'clock.
Harbor Island pumping station.
Thursday, June 10: 8 until II
am. Turpentine still, Market street
road: II until 1890, Oleander
Beach car station; 3 until 6 o.
clock. Winter Park school.
Friday, June IA: 8 until II am.
Scots Hill colored school; II until
/ o'clock. Forest Hill school; 3
until 6 o'clock, East Wilmington
colored school.
Saturday, June Is: 9 am. until
IL o'clock, Johnson's store, 7 Mi.
Post on Market street road: 3 I'M
Ill 4 o'clock. Ocean front lot across
the street from the Seaforth Inn.
Wrightsville Beach; 4 until S
o'clock, Roberts store, Station l,
Wrightsville Beach; and 5 until 6
o'clock, Wrightsville termi-
nal, Wrightsville Sound. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
SCOUTING

Troop 80 OF Burgaw is spending
the week at Carolina Beach. The
troop has recently finished a cabin
to be used for camping activities
on the Northeast river near Bur-
gaw. The attendance during the
building of the cabin was light due
to the shipping season, as many
of the Scouts have been working.
The troop enjoyed a weiner roast
given by c. F. Mallard, Jr., scout
master, at the cabin.
Scouts of the Wilmington district
are invited to use the cabin at any
time, Scoutmaster Mallard said.
Last week the Laurinburg dis
trict held their largest Court of
Honor since the organization of
that district. There were is Sec
ond class awards, IL first class
six star, and two life awards. A
total Of 70 merit badge awards
was also made. The Cobra and
Rattlesnake patrols of Troop 80 of
Maxton were awarded blue rib
bons for their efficiency at the
camporee recently held in White
vile.
Every troop in the district adj
vanced for award with attendance
of 100 per cent.
New Troops
The announcement of three new
Scout troops in the Wilmington dis
trict was made by David L. Lilies,
scout executive of the Cape Fear
Area council.
A troop has been organized at
Gibson, by the Gibson Methodist
church, with ten Scouts listed on
the troops charter and Frank Glib
son, scoutmaster.
The Philadelphus Presbyterian
| church is sponsoring a new unit
there. Jack Adams will be Scout
master and a charter of II Scouts
has been acknowledged by the
Scout office.
The Grange, an organization at
Pembroke, is sponsoring a troop
there with IS Scouts registered and
E. A. cGilbrary, scoutmaster.
New Cub packs have been or
ganized in Raeford and Maxton.
In Wilmington two new troops
will be registered soon; one spon-
sored by the Calvary Baptlst
church, Ed Allard, scoutmaster,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
ST.. MARY'S WILL
HOLD EXERCISES
parochlal School Commence
ment Scheduled Tonight
AT s O'Clock

St. Mary's school will hold its
10th annual commencement exer-
cises tonight at 8 o'clock at the
church when five high school and
10 eighth grade graduates receive
diplomas.
Father Edward Gilbert, Of Wash
ington, N. c., will deliver the COM
mencement address and the diplo-
mas will be presented by Father
Cornelius Murphy, of St. Mary's
church. F..
The high school graduates are:
Mary Alice Lockfaw, Mary Eliza
beth Lopez, Mary Fay Richardson,
Betsy Stokley, and Joseph Rose:
Following the procession into the
church at the beginning of the ex-
ercises, the school choir will sing
several hymns. r -.
The eighth grade graduates are
Billy Applewhite, Paul Baschop,
Jane Groom, Charles Jones, Thorn
as Jones, William Lopez, Catherine
Dali Meier, Joseph Monroe, Walter
Powell, Virginia Juinlivan, David
Rose, Billy Smith, and Bolivia Bed
sole.
A medal for scholarship will be
awarded to Mary Alice LockfaW
and another medal for proficiency
in home economics will be given
to Betsy Stokley.
The public has been invited to
attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
EXERCISES HELD
AT FOREST HILLS
Seventh Grade Presents The
School With Bell And
Electric Clock

Commencement exercises of For
est Hills school we're held Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock in the school
auditorium.
The program opened with the
flag salute followed by the 'Star
Spangled Banner" d..
Charlie Mitchell had charge OF
the program, which was as fol-
lows:
First Psalm, followed by tn e
Lords Prayer, the singing of Aud
Lang Syne by the Seventh grade.
Track ribbons were presented by
Miss Harriet Mcdonald, e r
which the school song was sung
by the student body. Following
award of attendance certificates by
Miss VonGlahn, the glee club pre-
sented a program.
W.. G.. Robertson presented the
Ray Funderburk scholarship cup
to Thomas Walton.
The seventh grades gifts to the
school we're a school bell, present.
ed by Thomas Walton and received
by Anna Kamer, and an electric
clock presented by Elsie Corbett
and Paul Campbell and received
by Sonny White.
The seventh grade then S a n 6
Farewell to Thee"
Those winning track ribbons
we're: George Napier, Johnny
Symnes, Jack Lowrimore, P a u |
Campbell. Charlie Mitchell, and
Frances BoWden.
Perfect attendance certificates
were won by Jane Gurganious, Sue
Gurganious. Rachel Morris, T e d
Blake, Marian Sloan. Lonnie Jones,
Edward Gurganious. Evelyn En-
nett, Jack Andrews, Margaret
Blake, Peggy Ridaught, G C e
Gurganious, Alta Bryant, Mary
Ann Morriss. Ann Jordan. Alana
Matthes, Elsie Corbett, Frances
Bowden, Jimmie Burns, and Billy
Barlow. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Job Bureau Assists
In Locating Pickers

A special representative of the
North Carolina State Employment
service has been assisting employ
ers of bean pickers in the St. Hell
ena section Of Fender county and
strawberry pickers in Columbus
county to secure laborers.
A total of 139 strawberry pickers
and 1856 bean .pickers have been
placed by the special NOSES re-
preventative so far this season,
Maurice H. Moore, manager of the
Wilmington office, said.
The NOSES hopes to have a
field man in the Wilmington Sec
ton shortly for the purpose OF
specializing in farm placemen
work in an effort to increase con-
facts between farm employers
and employees. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Baptists Will Protest
Vatican Representative

BALTIMORE. June 1.-CR-Wal-
ter M. Gilmore of Nashville, Tenn,
an official of the oath Southern Bap-
fist convention o be held here June
1916, said today it is certain that
the convention ". -. will present
resolutions strongly protesting the
appointment by President. Roosevelt
of a representative to the Vatican.
This may set off the fireworks,
since the age-old principle of Bap-
lists, the absolute separation. OF
church and state. seems to be Sc
riously threatened" Gilmore de-
clared. ,..
Magnesite, a mineral which re-
sembles white marble, is used as
lining material in steel furnaces
because it withstands a tempera-
ture as high as 5000 degrees Fahr-
enheit. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

and the other sponsored by Cor
nelius Harnett school with the Rev.
Walter Pavy as scoutmaster. .
Field Day
The next big Scouting. event for
the Cape Fear Area council will
be held in Fayetteville. The an
nual field, day will be held some
time during the latter part of this
month. No. troop has ever won
the field day trophy more than
one time:
The first field day exercises were
held in 1888. This was won by
Troop 9 of Wilmington. In 1884
the trophy was Won by Troop No. l
of Fayetteville. There was no
meet during 1885 and '36. Troop
"a of Wilmington Won the trophy
in 1887 and in '38 it was won by
Troop IS, also of the Wilmington
district. The field day trophy last
year was awarded to Troop 81 of
Whiteville.
Handicraft
Scouts are to be reminded of the
Scout handicraft contest, sponsored
by Foy, Roe and Company, which
closes June Is. Each troop is to
decide upon type of handicraft, the
best of which will be brought to
the Foy Roe company to be dis
played in the window on Front
street.
The Scout winning first place will
be offered a prize by the company
and the troop winning the contest
will be awarded a pup tent for
summer camping.
The national essay contest will
also end the 18th of this month.
Scouts of the Wilmington district
and Cape Fear Area council are
asked to enter the contest. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
BIBLE
INTO CZECH

PRAGUE PA modern trans
Latin into the Czech language Of
Holy Writ is under preparation by
a commission of Bible experts.
An early Latin text constitutes
the basis for the work which is
being carried out under the SUI
pervision of Doctor Josef Heger,
professor of the Czech University
of Prague.
The idea of the work is to mod
ernie the Bible linguistically and
to omit obsolete words.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Museum OF Art Plans
Exhibition At Beach

The Wilmington Museum of Art
will begin it's summer schedule OF
gallery hours beginning Sunday.
June 2. The galleries will be open
from 10 a. m. until S p. m. Mon
day through Saturday. They will
not be open on Sunday afternoon or
in the evenings as they were dur
ing the winter months.
The extension gallery at the
Ocean Terrace hotel will open
Wednesday, June 5, with an exhi-
bition entieled, America Through
American Eyes" Paintings by
WPA artists from all over t h e
country will be shown.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

known maga. Rosa Lsu Jarrsn.
zines. Across the right-hand cor
ner I print 'Laffs" in large letters
with white enamel paint.
On several occasions this winter
I have been Ill, and. while reading
different magazines. I noticed some
funny cartoons and started saving
them. Friends and relatives be-
came interested and added to my
collection. In fact, my grandfather
recently sent me from Florida some
Of the best ones I have. I finally
had every drawer In the house full
and hated to throw them away. so
I decided to put them into scrap
books.
These books have been a source
Of pleasure to all who have seen
them, from the family to the callers
at our house. Others have been
used as gifts to sick friends.
think 1t would be fine for children
groups to make them for invands
and hospitals. They never 60 out
Of style or get out of date.
I call this hobby a"cure for the
blues" The scrapbooks make every
body laugh. With so much worry,
trouble and sickness all about, I
think we should help brighten
things fc~ others.
All you need are a few cartoons,
a 10-cent scrapbook, some -four and
water paste. and presto. . new
edition Of "Lans." Try 1t, they're
fun to make, and don't forget:
Laugh and the world laughs with
you"
Evening star., 1940-05-05


the wonders Of the land. Soon El.
len was anxious to obtain cards
from other places. 50 she induced
travelling friends to help her enlarge
the collection.
All her cards are addressed to her.
and today she has them from pac-
tically every State and from Mex.
leo, Central America. England. Ire
land. New Zealand. France, Belgium.
Germany. Italy, China, the Philip
pines and Guam.
II also have attempted to get
novel postcards" said Ellen. Il
have cards from the maiden voyage
Of the Hindenbers, from the last
olympic game and from the first
trip Of our own clipper"
Besides collecting postcards Ellen
is thinking Of starting a perfume
collection. MY grandfather has
sent me samples of quite . few for.
eign perfumes, and I would like to
add to my present collection" she
said.
Among her friends at Bethesda
Ellen is noted for her athletic fests.
She is also one of the promoters Of
the cheering squad Of B.-C. G. girls
who have been largely responsible
for the support the teams have
received this year.
Evening star., 1940-05-05


shank" The vehicle has a one
cylinder bicycle motor, good for 20
miles an hour, and a tank that
holds only quart Of gasoline. This
necessitates frequent stops for re-
fueling.
Describing the cars height, Earl
suspended his hand near his knee
and said, THAT high" He revealed
the machine is feet long, 1914
inches wide and 26ss inches high.
He regrets that when he Is riding,
his feet must be left outside. He
also laments the fact that before
the car can be persuaded to move, 1t
must be pushed for some 10 feet.
Despite his troubles, Earl has done
a workmanlike job on the car. After
showing it in the parade, he plans
to scrap it. The size Of the vehicle
and the resulting inconvenience
have convinced Earl he had better
seek other transportation to the
beach.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

from Slr "alCer SCOtLS MHIuIOu. +
Junior jottings:
Ruth Broken, II, University
Park (Md.) School. plays IN ex.
citing game Of tag with her cat,
Puss in Boots-Boots for short
every night, just before she goes
to bed. The pet always ends the
game. her little mistress writes. by
running to my bed and curling up
on it, as If to say: "Come on, get in
bed; I'm tired" Jeannette Wal
ter, 10, Germantown (Md) School,
lists as her most exciting adventure
a meeting with snake In = woods
near her home. Prom that day on"
she says, II never went back to the
woods alone" Rose Marie Wins
low, II, st. Michael's School, Silver
Spring, Nd, doesn't care whether
she goes away during her summer
vacation or not. IT we stay home,
we can go to the swimming pools and
have picnics in the woods" she
writes. I'VE can play to our hearts
content in the parks. Hikes are lots
of fun, and 50 Is camping. Come to
think Of 1t, we can have lots Of fun
in our own back yard" A very hap
py way Of looking at things, Rose
Marie To Marie Dram, Is, Wash
ington-Lee High School, Arlington,
Va, the ideal vacation is a trip to
England and France. She makes
such . trip every five years, she
writes-the last one last summer.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

GleueuC8Iy SCHOOL.
Various money-raising activities
the girls have sponsored were q
barn dance, which netted them SIT,
and two local-talent variety shows,
which together brought In about
$40. All the money has been spent
on additional books, and the To-
brary now contains about 400 chill
dren's books, including many Of
the classics.
The Fairland community has en-
thusiastically approved the library,
and 1t has the whole hearted sup
port Of the adults.
The girls chief aim Is to own
their own building and to continue
to increase their supply Of books,
Fhirland needs Z library. they say.
and the library requires more A.
nancial support, although the girls
have done exceedingly well from
scratch.
They are planning to give a
nickelodeon dance in the near
future to raise money to supply
badly-needed paint for the room
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Prises Totaling IS
offered for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star
Prizes of 81 each are awarded for
the best five contributions published
each week. The following rules
must be observed:
l. All contributions must be
original.
2. Name. age. address, telephone
number if any and school Of the
author must appear at the top Of
the first page of every contribution
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; If typwritten
they must be double-spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contributions received in whatever
form he may deem advisable re-
gardless of whether it is awarded q
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication of their contributions.
S. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents Of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the principal
stories on this page today are good
examples of what is wanted), to-
gether with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, however, to
decline to issue reporters cards or to
revoke those already issued when.
ever such action appears advisable.
Address Junior Star Editor, The
Sunday Star, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Stamp Colors Vary
According to Rules

Have you ever wondered why the
United States 1-cent stamp Is print.
ed In green, the 2-cent stamp In red
and the Scent in blue? And did
you know that In other countries
the same color scheme is used? This
doesn't Just happen-there Is Q rea.
son for it.
In 1863 Montgomery Blair. Post
master General. suggested that the
different countries hold q conference
to discuss the postal system and to
establish common rates. The result
was . Universal Postal Union. Ono
Of the acts Of this organization was
to establish the colors In which cer-
tain denominations Of stamps would
be printed.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

never saves any of the clover he finds.
THE fun is in finding the clover"
he explained. when I find, say, a
four-leaf clover, keep it for a day
or SO, then give it to one Of my
friends"
Thus far, Arthur has found two
six-leaf cloyers. He discovered his
first six-leafer about a year and
half ago-and lost it almost imme-
diately. Since then. his ambition
has been to find another clover like it.
II looked and looked and looked" +"
he said, "but all I could find was a lot
Of fours and fives. Then. just the
other day, when I wasn't even think
ing about clover. was walking along
Twentieth street NE, on my way
home from John Burroughs School,
and-well, I happened to glance
down. and there was q six-eafer"
Arthur opened q schoolbook to
show the clover, which was pressed
In its pages.
1T looks like a five, the way It's
pressed" he said, 'but I'll show you" I"
He separated its leaves with needle
produced as mysteriously Is q ma
gician's rabbits. "see," he said, six
leaves-count EN-"
1T has six leaves, all right" I
conceded. What are you going to do
with IT."
"Oh, I guess I'll just show 1t around
for . couple Of days, then give It to
one Of my friends" he said. And
then I'll start hunting for another
one"
Evening star., 1940-05-05
The Stream

Prise Contribution
By ROBERT ELIOT LOvETT. Il,
Landon School for Boys.
A rushing. gushing, gurgling song
Is heard as 1t goes floating on:
In rainy seasons 1t does surge,
And there . swashing. splashing
gurge
Whirls round and round In a giddy
way;
But farther on where fish do swim
There Is no sound Of purlins din.
When boys play hooky from the
1they always 60 to 1lsh IN pools
OF this most wondrous stream:
And swimming holes are 'bundant
here.
Where even children have no fear
OF snakes and other things.
As days and years 60 flying past
This little stream remains steadfayt,
And all Is still serene.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
TWO FATHOMs DEEP.

Mark Twain, the fun-loving,
home-spun American who gained
worldwide literary fame, lives on
today in the hearts Of all youngsters,
In fact, in the hearts of any one
who has read "The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer" "Huckleberry Finn"
''Life on the Mississippi" "Roughin'
It" or any Of dozen others Of his
books.
His real name was Samuel l..
Clemens, and he was born in Florida,
Mo-, little more than q century ago.
He spent his boyhood days in Han
l1ibal, Mo-, . Mississippi River town,
and In his life there gained the in
spiration that later resulted in the
stories Of Tom Sawyer and Huck
Finn.
There is another story, however,
In how Sam Clemens got his pen
name. After having served as
pilot on the Mississippi, he went to
Nevada Territory as secretary to his
brother, who was territorial secre-
tary, during the great western gold
rush.
sam finally Joined the rush, too,
but he found little gold and cared
not for the life Of . prospector.
When Joe Goodman, editor Of the
Virginia City CNev.) Enterprise,
offered Sam a $25-a-week job as re-
porter, young Clemens jumped at the
opportunity. He walked 130 miles,
pack on his back, to take the job.
Several months later, Sam asked
permission to sign his newspaper
articles with name AL the readers
viii recognize and remember"
II want to sign them Mark Twain"
he told the editor.
'What ever made you think Of Z
name like that?" asked Joe Good
man.
well. you see. it's an old river
term. We used 1t on the Missis-
sippi," Sam told him. 1T means two
fathoms deep. That's IL feet. The
leadman calls 1t out when he's sound
ing the depth Of the river. It's .
great relief for . pilot to hear that
call on dark night. It means safe
water ahead"
sounds like q good name. like
It, too," Joe said. "do ahead and
use It." And 50 Mark Twain was
born.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Operetta Presented
At Adams School
BY JOAN SNYDER, BETSY GAGE
and WINIFRED Mcgowan. II.

ana W1NIFRED MCGOWAN, Ii,
John Quincy Adams School.
The Magic Beanstalk," story of
Jacks adventures when he climbed
the beanstalk. was presented in the
form Of an operetta recently at
John Quincy Adams School. There
were such familiar characters as
Captain Kidd, Gypsy Ann, Blunder-
buss and Jacks mother In the play,
not to forget Jack himself.
Attractive scenery and stage set
tings were made and painted BY
the students. Bright booths and
villagers In gay costumes made 4
colorful fair scene. Peyton Conway,
- Jack, actually climbed the beam
stalk on the stage. Some Of the
actors were dressed - Dutch boys
and girls, japanese girls and rs
magic beans" Jean and Marjorie
Simons tap.danced.
& Every room In the school took
part In the operetta and the audi.
toriurn was dlled to capacity.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

page during the
last too many
weeks:
Since I last en-.
tered your omces
I have been In the
hospital. written
$50 year b o o. k
write-ups. cele-
brated an Easter
vacation, taken at
least 10 very stif
tests and have
been kept very
busy by the De-
bate Club and Stu
dent Council"
Whew!
y \ \ y
Note accornpa.
nying Robert Eliot
Lovett's poe m,
THE strea m"
printed elsewhere
on this pa &c:
Subject suggested
by q stream On q
farm where I
spent several sum-
mers. Meter taken
Evening star., 1940-05-05

OF cartoons ana
] okes clipped
from magazines
and newspapers
The front covers
are made at
tractive by past
ing colore d
comic pictures
on them. I
usually use one
! ge picture
" h ich almost
covers the page.
These are found
on covers Of any
number of we'll
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Signs of Spring
BY URQUHART DIXON, II,

BY URQUHART DIXON, II,
Graduate Parksr-oray Hish School,
Alexandra, Va.
The very first sign Of spring
Is all these little budding things
That seem to burst forth and sing,
I'VE are spring, we are spring."
Another sign that comes each year
Is known by our sense Of hear.
Tts Robin Redbreast's tweet.a.tweet
A music that is very sweet.
Next is that thing for cases chronic,
That awful stun called spriustime
tonic,
Sulphur and molasses without q
doubt
Make your tongue turn wronsside
out.
Cleaning house is next In line
Among these early springtime SIGNS,
To scrub and rub and make things
bright,
To make everything look just right.
The last but not the least ut all
Is one we all know. young and small.
It's that which towers high above
All the rest. Yes, 1t Is love.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Riddles

HELEN MARGARET HOLDER, II,
Areola School. stsrlins, VI.
!. What Grecian god who loved to
rove ts found upon the kitchen
stove?
:. What the dog did to the cat:
green persimmons taste like that?
;. Never leaves but often sticks:
people daily give It ucks?
I. II serpent schooling ever comes
what snake viii shine at arithmetic?
3. Holland raises these for vases:
people wear them Oh their faces? y
.. Though no one ever cares but
hef. what fruit does history prsfer7
Evening star., 1940-05-05

6ne hopes some
day to have q
postcard from
every country in
the world and
from every State
in the Union.
A trav cling
gra n d IA t h er
launched Ellen
on her hobby Of
collecting post
cards about six
years ago. From
every country he
visited he sent
q n illustrated