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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Camera Club To Show
Industrial Photographs

An exhibit of photographs por-
traying industry in and around Will
mington will be presented by the
Wilmington Camera club at the Will
mington Museum of Art until March
20.
The exhibit has been pronounced
one of the finest yet staged and
some of the pictures r unusually
outstanding, the exhibits sponsors
said.
Some of the more attractive are:
shipping" and Transportation by
William H. King; Embryonic Shrap-
nel," "Shipping," and "Oil Termi-
nal' by Ebert Hill; "Choo-Choo,"
and Ceiling Zero" by Bernard Solo
mon; Hoist Away" and "Heave
Ho," by w. A. Paterson.
Plans are now being made for
a Marine exhibition, to be held dur
ing the month of August. All anna
teur photographers in New Hanover
county are invited to enter prints.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Five Years Ago

This is the two-room house that
farmer Raymond Henderson OF
OnslOw county built five years ago
to do until he could do better.
boy he had learned to work, and
when most other boys W e r e in
school, he had helped his father to
make a living, cutting crossties by
day and clearing new ground by
night.
While he was still young, his
father died and he had stayed on
to take care Of his mother. At Fl
he had brought his bride, the
neighborhood girl of his choice, to
the same place as his help mate.
Then he had seen his mother taken
to the grave. A short time later he
had seen their little home-the
house in which he was born-go up
in flames.
Let Henderson tell you what
happened after that:
after the house burnt Mama
and I moved to town and rented d
cafe. We ran a cafe and kept it
open every day except two for ton
years. Our idea all the time was %
save enough money to build another
house and then move back to the
farm.
Saved A Little
I'VE didn't do SO bad with the
cafe. We made a living and saved
a little. But what we saved, most
of it, we had to put back into the
cafe in better equipment. Then the
children were born. That made it
cost a little more to live.
Then Mama took sick. She had
to go TO the hospital. Her first ope-
ration cost $500, the second $500.
After 'Mama's' tumor was removed,
she got well and ever since Shes
been strong and able. Since then
shes done a sight Of hard work.
Then we like to have lost our little
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
BY RUTH CHAMBERS

Deep fat frying in a shallow pan
may sound like a contradiction in
terms, but housewives who have
tried it find not only thateit can
be done, but that it is a much
easier method for certain foods than
frying them in a kettleful of fat.
For While deep fat fried foods are
admittedly delicious and French
fried accompaniment add a certain
style to any meal, yet many home
makers limit them to very special
occasions because they consider it
quite a task to prepare them.
However, if instead of a kettle
full of fat, they can use a deep fry
ing pan containing about an inch or
so of melted lard, then it is no trou-
Bile at all to surround that steak
with French fried onion rings or to
serve crisp golden cauliflowerets
with the chops. And tempting GRO.
quotes, made of leftover meats and
vegetables, a make economy at.
tractive as well as sensible.
Of course the foods which can be
successfully fried in this way are
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

girl, Virginia. with pneumonia. She
was only four then. That was an
other big doctors bill.
"Where we made our big mis-
take was in not selling the cafe
when times was good. When pric s
we're tops, a fellow offered me ST.
500 just to move out and let him
take over. We thought it was
worth more. But it wasn't long then
before the depression came n No
body Travelled. People quit stopping
in 20 eat. Business got so bad we
had to give up. And we got next to
nothing.
IT did have my old truck eft and
that helped out"
It was with the old truck that
Henderson hauled the logs to the
mill to build his little two room
house. He tried running a fill g
station for a while but during the
depression people weren't buying
much gas either. Then he took his
old truck and hauled and sold fish.
That wasn't much better.
Times Got Bad
Times were getting hard" lie
said, land twelve years had passed
and we weren't much nearer getting
back to the farm than when we left
it. We made up our minds to o
back anyhow. So we borrowed a
trailer, hooked it to the old truck
and went to hauling logs to build
a place to live"
That was back in 1885. That was
the year the Raymond Henderson
family left Jacksonville and NOV
ed back to the country to the little
two room house they had built un.
til they could do better.
1t was a house in the woods, one
might say. Henderson's father and
Henderson himself when he used to
live there had depended chiefly on
crossties and cord wood for a liv,
ing and only a few acres had been
cleared.
Much of what was cleared had
grown up in brush and briars. Hen.
derson had 10 acres to his part
from his fathers estate, but he
had managed while the cafe was go.
ing good to buy another 13 acre
share.
So with a two.room house in the
woods and 26 acres, the Henderson
family began clearing brush, dig
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
JAMES PRESENTED
50-YEAR EMBLEM
ACL General Timekeeper Is
HOnOred At Home In
WOOdcrest

George H. James, general time
keeper at the Atlantic Coast Line,
was presented a diamond-set gold
service emblem Friday in recogni-
ton of his SO years of service to
the company.
The emblem was presented by c.
G., Sibley, assistant general mana
ger, at James home in Woodcrest,
where he is recovering from an op-
Grafton.
James was employed by the rail-
road on March l., 1890, as a clerk
in the car record office. From 1896
until 1900, he was a clerk in the
general managers office and in 1907
was promoted to his present posi-
ton.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
James and their daughter, Miss Mar
guerite James; Mrs. E. Y. Wooten;
and the following from the Atlantic
Coast Line: C. G.. Sibley, Robert
Scott, director o" insurance and safe
ty; F. H. Fechtig, purchasing agent;
D. M. Mcintosh, chief clerk to di-
rector of insurance and safety; &.
L. Mitchell, assistant to executive
vice-president; Bertram Quelch, aud
itor passenger receipts; B. H. Mar
shall, manager, pass bureau; H. 7.
Newland, assistant treasurer; S. D.
Hurst, Jr., assistant to general man
ager; John B. Campbell, chief clerk
to general manager; r. D. Jewett,
secretary to assistant general mana
ger: A. B. Love, assistant editor, At
lantic Coast Line News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
wnghtsOi!e Seruice,
For March Annou,,.,

Services at the Little Cha.
the : Boardwalk at v r,.%'
Beach, scheduled to be bs,s '''
Tuesday night, will be b.,, each
lows during the month Of '''
March g. at s o'clock, tbs 9
Robert L. Jerome, pastor =. 's'
ty Methodist church, in 1'la'
services. s o.
March -, at 3 O'clock ~.
D. L.. Malone, pastor of St Es
on-the-souna Episcopal chnr ,,a's''
charge of services. n il
March 10 at s O'Clock
c. D. Barclift, pastor n ", VIZ Rev,
Avenue Methodist church ~, h1S Filth
of services. III cnars.
March "a ~ at s o'clock. til. D.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

thick. Cut meat into tvoj,,,
rounds. Dip each piece in seaso...
flour, then in beaten egg tn vbi,,
water has been added. Drop mo-,
into fat and cook until , soli.'
brown. Lower the temperatura .s4
continue cooking until cookss
through.
Lamb Croquettes
l tablespoon butter
tablespoons flour
l cup milk
2 cups finely ground cooked lanh
teaspoons lemon juice
y teaspoon salt
Is teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon parsley
1 egg
Fine cracker crumbs
Melt butter, add flour and COM.
bine. Add milk. Cook until VERY
thick, stirring constantly. Add
lamb and seasonings and chill thor.
oughly. Form into eight small
rounds about one-half inch thick.
Roll in crumbs, Slightly beaten e,
and in crumbs again. Chill. Fry
in shallow lard until a golden brown,
Bacon Potato Puffs
Beat two cups of mashed pota.
toes into two well beaten eggs. Add
four strips of crisp fried bacon,
crumbled. Season with salt and
pepper. Drop from teaspoon into
one-half inch of fat hot enough to
brown a bread cube In forty to
fifty seconds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Recorders Collections
For February Reported

Collections for t h e recorders
court totaled $1,456.51 during Febru.
airy, c. L. (Tinkey) Myers, deputy
clerk in charge Of recorders court,
reported yesterday.
February disbursements included:
fines, $75S.21; costs $457.15; Jail
fees, $27.75; emergency pension
fund, $3.50; state pension fund,
$S7; police pension fund, $24.50;
and turkey fund, $12.40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Stamp And Cover Club
Will Sponsor Cachets

Plans for sponsoring two cachets
have been made by the Cape Fear
Stamp and Cover club and collec-
tors have been invited to send in
as many overs as they desire.
The first will observe the dedi-
cation of the seaplane base in the
river here and the second will rec
ognize the visit of the U. S. S. Roe.
The semi-monthly meeting of the
club will be held Monday, March A,
at 8 o'clock at the chamber of COM
merce.
Covers should be sent to J.. Edwin
Bunting, publicity director, at BOT
Walnut street, or to H. M. Hooper,
secretary, Orion hotel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

Finishing touches were being applied last week to Henderson's new
six.room house. The last job to be done was the front steps and for r.
the Henderson family this is quite a n important event because it
means they soon will be able to move to their new home. In the cen
ter, Henderson hands a brick to the mason, while Just back OF nm
looking on are Mrs. Henderson,. Virginia, and Ray. On the cart little
Shelton holds the mule, while his big brother, Vernon. who finished
high school at Just past IA, unhoads the sand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
$3.50 To Be Forwarded
For Chinese Orphans

H. l.. Hunt, of the Peoples
Bank and Trust company, treas
urer of the group collecting
funds for the Charles Soong
fund here, said yesterday $50
will be mailed to Madame Chang
Kai-Shek, Chingking, China.
The following message will &C.
company the funds: mailing you
hundred thirty dollars for Or
phans in memory of Charles
Soong with prayers and SYM
pathy."
Hunt said yesterday more
funds will be sent in about two
weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Sore throat from colds eaSed in a hurry! M
strong medicines to upset system.

name, not for just "aspirin'. And
see that you get it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

ging bitches, and getting ready tt
farm. A tobacco barn, shelters, ane
outhouses had to be built. It was a
hard go the first year. They had nc
money and little or nothing to farm
Didn't Have SIS
When I came here I didn't have
five dollars in my pockets" Hen
derson says, land I had to borrow
a mule and plow to make my first
crop. There were plenty of things
we needed, but we managed to get
along until we could do better.
Mama always said, where there's
a will there's a way and I reckon
she's about right.
THAT first year we made some
feed and a little tobacco, and Ma
ma made a garden and raised some
chickens to sell. And the next year
I went to see Mr.. McLawhorn." H.
D. McLaw horn, now district super
visor, was the county supervisor VI
the Farm Security administration
at Jacksonville. T. Newton Cook is
the present supervisor.
"Mr. McLawhorn helped me with
my plans" Henderson said, "and he
lent me money to buy a mule, i
COW, and other things I needed to
get in shape to farm. I've been
f. ming ever since under the Farm
Security administration"
Records in the Farm Security ad.
minist .tion office in Jacksonville
show that Raymond Henderson has
borrowed some s1,100 + r o m that
agency during the past four years
and that he has met all of his pay.
ments promptly as they came due.
The records also show that Hen.
ders.-l plants live-at-home crops
first and cash crops second. He
plants only two acres in cotton and
three and a half acres in tobacco.
He now has a good mule, two
good COWS, a brood sow, a n d 10
shoats, plenty Of corn and hay and
canned goods to put him through
the year. And he has enough meat
in the smoke house to do him and
more hogs yet to kill.
What is more, instead of the 26
acres he had to start with, he now
owns 66 acres, all paid for. And he
has a new six room cottage which
is just being completed as this
story is being written.
Another 40 Acres
How he got the additional 40
is a long story. Suffice it to
say, Henderson has had his eyes,
for a long time, one a large piece of
land adjoining his which was held
by absentee owners
Henderson wanted the 40 acres
between his place and the road and
a neighbor wanted the balance, It
was woods land and they found it
could be bought at a bargain. In
1896 he made a good tobacco crop.
After paying what was due to the
FSA, he had some money left. So
the two bought the land and Hen
derson got the 40 acres by the road.
Henderson and his boys have al.
ready cleared about half of this new
tract and this year it will be plant
ed in soy beans and corn.
How he got the new house is a
much shorter story. He simply Dor.
rowed a thousand dollars to buv
paint and lumber from a Jackson.
vile business man. Henderson and
his boys did much of the work and
he paid the carpenter who helped
them and the mason with profits
from his three and a half acres of
tobacco.
The business man he borrowed
the money from used to do business
across the street from him. He
knows and believes in Raymond
Henderson. Anyway, Henderson is
now worth-over and above what
he owes-a favorable balance of 49,.
$50. SO.
Beg Pardon! We should say tho
Hendersons are worth that. For
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Anderson And Harris,
In City On Lem.

William D. Anderson ~,
w, Harrlss' Of Leland, both sr.'
men, first class, who are ; ar.,. NE
to the U.s.s. Rapiden, ra.oo.' '4el
stoned oil tanker now statio uil,n's
' .ne norfolk navy yard, are home AT y,
leave F. L. Williams. loca, rsosn On
ing o1flcer' reported YESTERDAY '
Anderson and Harriss ver,
listed on January % through ~,
Raleigh district headquarters IN
flce OF the naval recruiting ser,,iS VI
after four years of service WY,
Ing duty with the U. s s u.sno
~oattleship repair vessel, station.s
at San Pedro, California.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

attack. And 1t IL tho same with
their Officers: some are skillful.
some are brave, others. are neither.
I think you get truth In the front
lines because here men get out Of
the habit Of lying to others or
themselves. Here everything must
be known exactly, for all life de-
pends on having the facts exactly
Is they are.
You cannot lie to yourself In the
front lines about anything and live
lons. So out here, between the walls
Of paper sandbaSs. truth becomes
q habit. and only civilian1 have
the luxury Of believing what they
would like to believe.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Examples Of Latin America
Press Work on View

The Pan-American Union has
opened IN exhibit Of contemporary
press work gathered from Latin
American countries by its Division
Of Intellectual Cooperation. The
showing, which opened yesterday
and Will run . week, comedies with
the meeting Of the third conven-
ton Of the Inter American Bib
biographical and Library Associa-
uongat the union.
Co-sponsor OF the exhibit Is the
American Institute Of Graphic Arts.
It includes types Of high quality
binding. typography, etchings and
photographic work. One notable
binding Is stuffed and has II sep
arate pieces OF inlay work on the
face. From Guatemala are a book
bound In natural calfskin with hair
intact. and = volume bound with
woven straw.
The exhibit also has q series Of
posters In color by students at 4
Buenos Aires college, which were
done In an art contest as part Of
an exhibition Of North American
books last year.
Other pieces shown are q Ven-
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Barrymore. Third Wife
To Get $11, 100
av thA A..oc,sted prAA.

By the Associated PreSs,
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Attorneys
for John Barrymore and his former
wife (No. 81, Mrs. Dolores Costello
Barrymore vruwink, have agreed
that the actor should pay t11, 100
ut the rate Of $2,550 . month-she
claims Is due her, says the Daily
News.
E. H. williams, Dolores attorney,
said there is q matter Of 1880 due
In arrears for the support Of the
two children. John Blythe and Ethel
Jane. In addition, there Is $500
still due on note she says he gave
her a year ago.
And the $3.50 q month for support
Of the children Is to continue.
Barrymore, recently reunited
with his wife (No. ~, the former
Elaine Barrie, is drawing down s. 900
weekly for his lead in q Broadway
show, the lawyers figured.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Correspondent Finds
Trench a Comforting
Thing in Finland
He Also Discovers Truth
And Cool Appraisal
PrevoiI in Front Lines
BY WILLIAM L. WHITE.

~ Vv1AAAEANx w nk
IN THE FRONT LINES WITH
THE ARMY OF FINLAND.--I WON
der If the boys of the A. E. F. have
forgotten how sweet a trench feels.
That memory should not dim, be-
cause nice well-made trench Is
one of the most pleasant things of
life. All morning we had been
throwing ourselves nat in the snow
and feeling cold in the small of
the back when the big shells came
screaming through and over the
pines from Russia. The first few
times the newspaper men did it
under orders, then they saved them
selves a few dives by watching the
bluff and hearty major who was
conducting us and who resembled
q Notre Dame football coach. When
he dived into snow bank the world
press dived with him, but when he
knew by the tone that the shell
would 60 screaming harmlessly
over the treetops, we also kept on
walking.
In the course of this I learned
useful diving technique-I became
expert at landing on top of my
white cotton Ku Klux Klan regalia
of camouflage, which kept the snow
out Of my boots and neck in this
weather, 80 degrees below zero.
Good Trench Is q Pleasure.
When we got to the communica-
ton trench 1t was better, for here
you needed only to stoop, and the
deep, well-buttressed front line
trench was the best Of all. There
you needed only to nod your head
when they came bowling at you
like famished banshees. A good,
stout, deep trench goes down, along
with rare sirloin with mushrooms,
Evening star., 1940-02-20

ezuelan stock certificate, . cigar
company certificate and . brewery
issue. all fine pieces Of graphic
workmanship.
Another interesting display is .
series Of large-size posters illustrat-
ing Aesop's Fable, the story Of Lit
tie Red Riding Hood and other
kindergarten materials used to
teach children word meanings.
Several limited edition pieces are
included from Mexico.
In gathering the exhibit the union
had the cooperation OF Latin
American firms, universities and pri-
vate collectors.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
.MiddIebury Alumni
To Hold Annual Dinner

Alumni Of Middlebury College will
hold their annual dinner Saturday
night at the Kennedy Warren, to be
followed BY = reception by the presi-
dent Of the college, Paul Dwight
Moody.
After the dinner. Mr.. Moody will
give q report on the state Of the
college and Aims Of campus activity,
especially Middlebury's champion
intercollegiate ski team in action,
will be shown by E. J. Wiley. The
college is at Middlebury, vt.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
To Discuss Hobby Show

Cubmasters and cubbers Of the
National Capital Area Council, Boy
Scouts, will hold q cub leaders
round-table meeting at 8 pm. to-
day in the home Of Col. Stuart G..
Godfrey. clubbing commissioner, 3703
Thirty-third place NV, to discuss
plans for the annual cub hobby
show, to be held at Central High
School on March 2.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Sale Of Finnish Stamps
To Aid Relief Fund

Bank notes. covers and stamps
from Finland will be sold at auc-
ton at . meeting Of the Waslaing-
ton Philatelic Society at the May.
Tower Hotel at 8 pm. tomorrow for
the benefit Of the Finnish Relief
Fund.
Philip 6imms Warren, treasurer Of
the society. said the public is invited
to attend the sale.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

Almost three times - many N.
sons last year In the District we're
victims Of traiIic accidents occurring
In clear weather - those killed ID
accidents In rainy or foggy weather
or on lev streets,
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Low Seminar to Meet

The Riccobono Seminar Of Roman
Law in America Of Catholic Univer-
sity win hold its February meeting
at 8 pm. tomorrow at Georgetown
University Law School, sos z street
NV, 1t was announced today.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

cold swim on . hot day ana q
couple Of other items, rs among the
four or five most pleasant things
in life.
In between curtsying to machine
gun bullets and shrapnel, we
watched the front line soldiers at
work. Since no Russian attack was
expected that day, the trench was
thinly but adequately manned ev-
cry Is or 20 yards by q tough,
grinning Finnish soldier In steel
helmet, camouflage and an auto
matte rifle.
Each had built, at his post, .
recessed shelf In the paper sand
bags, on which lay extra clips Of
cartridges and four or five potato
masher type hand grenades. One
of these usually had a small box
of dynamite-about as big as
cigarette package-tightly wired to
its head, for tossing under the
tread of any Russian tank that
might come numbering and rolling
over the logs and barbed wire Of
land toward the trench.
Russian Hangs on Wire.
Any every soldier was busy as q
beaver with shovel or large hand
scoop making himself more COM
fortable-hollowing out a deep SEN
try pit, where he may stand out Of
the bitter wind-and coming up oc-
casionally for look across the
200-yard wide strip of no-man's
land.
The major stops and makes q
gesture over the sandbag parapet.
There, hanging on the wire, you
see a Russian officer, killed last
night while leading a patrol. After
the captain was shot the others ran
away. He was a brave man to try
to lead his men through that wire"
We looked and then we went
on. Here in the front lines, and
this is true Of any army and any
country, you get none Of the wild
statements and bitter exaggerated
generalizations you hear back
among civilians.
Life Depends on Truth.
If you ask If the enemy troops
are good, you get thoughtful, hon.
est answer. Some are and some
are not, but you always can know
by how well their formations are
kept when they come over in an
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Will Discuss MineroIs

Paul N. Tyler. chief engineer Of
the Bureau Of Mines, will discuss the
contribution Of minerals to modern
comfort and convenience at 8:15
pm. February n in the engineering
auditorium at the University Of
Maryland, 1t was announced todav.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Life Depends on Truth.

If you ask If the enemy troops
are good, you get thoughtful, hon.
est answer. Some are and some
are not, but you always can know
by how well their formations are
kept when they come over in an
Evening star., 1940-09-23
Army and Navy Accused
Of WASTING Defense Funds

The National Economy League
has released a statement demand
ing of Congress "a closer scrutiny
of the pending 81 ,941 900 900 defense
bill than has been accorded its three
predecessors.
Ernest Angel, chairman of the
league, headquarters of which is in
New York City, declared in the
statement that according to pre-
vious estimates of the War Depart
ment, only about one-half this sum
is required for compulsory military
training in the present fiscal year"
THE Army and the Navy" the
statement added, with the power
over more billions than can be
intelligently spent /" have seized
upon the need for a fourth defense
appropriation bill to insert lump
sum items which we're neither men
toned nor apparently even con-
templated a few weeks ago."
This, the statement charged, "in-
dicates either bungling in the plan
ming or reluctance to tell the coun-
try what the real cost will be-
With each new appropriation
the need for planning and CO.
ordination becomes more critical
Without such planning, the Nation
will be burdened with billions of
dollars in taxes and debts incurred
for non-essential projects or dissi-
pated in the form of needlessly high