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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Miss Smith And Mrs. Adams
H~ostesses For Bride = Elect

Miss Eleanor Smith and Mrs. S.
G.. Adams were hostesses at a love
" bridge party on Wednesday eve
ming at the home of Miss Smith on
Walnut street h~onoring Miss Mi
Ram Gaylord, bride-elect Of the
summer.
The home was attractively deco
rated throughout with pink roses
and blue summer flowers and the
color scheme of pink and blue vas
most attractively used in the re-
freslment course. Miss Gaylord vas
presented a corsage by the hostesses
as honor gift and high scorer of the
evening was Mrs. Donald Sewell and
second high scorer was Miss Cay
lord. The honoree was also shower
ed with a number of lovely gifts by
her friends.
Those present were Miss Cay
lord, honoree, Miss Addie Lee Gay
lord, Mrs. W. Ronald Lane, Mrs. Lee
Roy Davis, Mrs. Granville Smith,
Mrs. Donald Sewell, Mrs. S. F. Page,
Mrs. F. L. Smith, Mrs. A. F. Glib
son, Mrs. E. w. Halleck, Mrs.
George o. Gaylord, and Mrs. Tom
Tucker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
uating class of the Bolivia High
school on Thursday night.

school on Thursday night.
Ina Glenn Maultsby was saluta-
torian and Juanita Cannon, vale
dictorian. Medals were awarded
the following seniors. Scholarship,
Juanita Cannon; Debating. Ina
Maultsby; Dramatics, Lucy Hand;
Best all-around, Elizabeth Lewis;
Perfect attendance for eleven
years, Ernestine Mercer; Athle-
tics. Juanita Cannon and Ernest
Lewis. Members of the class are:
Rhue Lewis, Gladys Hilburn,
Mavis Brown, Hettie Willetts,
Bertha Gore, Mary Johnson, Lois
Watkins, Ailleen Smith, Carolyn
Milligan, Juanita Cannon, Eliza
beth Lewis, Ina Maultsby, Ernes-
tine Mercer, Kemp Holden, Miles
Mercer, Robert Burriss, Dalton
Sellers, Rotha Hickman, Alton
McKeithan, A. P. Henry, Jr., En-
nest Lewis, Lucy Hand, Ethel
Johnson, May B. Hilburn, Valdie
Sellers.
Class night exercises were held
on Wednesday evening. "T h e
Graduates Seven Guides" was eff
fectively given.
The Bolivia Home Demonstra-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
ST. R SCHOOL
WILL STAGE ANNUAL
SOON
Contributed

st. Mary's school will present the
annual entertainment on Friday
evening, May "a, at 8 o'clock. "Thun-
der in the Air. a mystery comedy
in three acts will be staged.
The story is about Seven Pines,
a charming summer home near the
Canadian border-three people by
the name of Mary Maddox-an elop-
ing maiden-a clever person who
makes away with valuable paint
ings-also an accomplice-a wise
young lawyer who plays private
detective-and a vivacious older
woman who gives a surprise end
ing!
And it all happened this way.
Edgar Bennett who is departing for
the Orient offers his summer home
to Alison Meredith daughter of his
college friend for a house party;
and Alison, aided and abetted by
Jean, who happens to be engaged
to Alison's brother, John, decides
as an adventure and a lark, to open
Seven Pines not for a house party
but for the purpose of paying guests.
John and Alison are to be MI. and
Mrs. Allen; Jean, the parlor maid,
Jane; and Ted, the younger brother,
the chauffeur; while Mr.. Benefits
caretakers are to be retained. All
of which is made possible by the
departure of the unsuspecting Mr..
and Mrs. Meredith, parents Of the
adventures, to Honolulu. Almost
Immediately, things begin to hap
pen.
Cast of characters: John Meredith
Allen, Hugh Fox; Alison Allen, Rose
mary Chenworth; Jane, as maid, Ma
ry Cocker; Ted, as chauffeur, Joseph
Jones; Mrs. stacy, Mary NJ. Elfe;
Ellen Drew, Mary E. Lopez; Caro-
Ign Cary, Betty Anderson: Mary
Maddox, Gene Applewhite; DR.. AK
tell, Charles Sass and Rodney Kent,
William Fox.
Cinderella (Action song) lower
grades; Dinners at Six "a Kitchen
Fantasy, Intermediate grades; On
Great Lone Hills, Our Country and
Schools Forever, Songs, Glee club.
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Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 8 P. NJ.
TELEPHONE $500

ton club met with Mrs. Troy n.
ford on Monday afternoon, 0'a'
Mrs. Carl Ward, president
Quoted an interesting business soa'
sion. After reports were a SsS'
plans were made for the SAVE 9,ssa
Federation meeting and FIo,~.s
Show at shallotte on May 20, G n,.
ing the social hour the hostess,
served delicious Refreshments
Miss Ruth Current. state h..
demonstration agent, will be g,, .s
speaker at the Spring Feder95 @s,'
meeting and Flower Show Of wv
Brunswick county Home Dar" VIE
stration clubs at Shallotte NJ, oa
Entries for flower show viii ~
received from nine until W W
O'Clock. A picnic lunch will -
spread at 1890 and the progrs We
will begin at 100 p. m. 90'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
HOOPER
PIT. A. HOLDS MEET

The William Hooper PIT. A. held
the regular meeting on Thursday
evening. A delightful musical pro-
gram was presented under the di-
rection of Mrs. Lois Burkheimer.
There were several selections by the
glee club, a duet by Mary Rather
inc Sellars and Bernice Kaplan and
a duet by Dorothy Melton and Eliza
beth Wettig, and a Swedish dance
by the boys and girls who were to
have taken part in the May Day
festival at the Legion stadium last
week. Mrs. Jean Joyce gave severa
violin numbers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Hospital Group
To Hold Meeting
On Wednesday

There will be an important meet
ing of the Woman's Hospital com
mittee on Wednesday morning,
May %, at II o'clock at the Nurses
home.
Mrs. J. Henry Gerdes, chairman,
has requested that all chairmer
and members be present as this
will be the last meeting before fall
and matters of Importance will
take place at this time.
Those interested in joining the
committee are invited to attend
this meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

Dean Hudson and his Florida
Clubmen will provide soft swing
syncopation for the annual June
Frolic" of the Winoca Cotilllon CLUB
on Friday night, June 7, at Lumlna'
Vocal interpretations will be han
died by charming, lovable FRANCIS
Colwell. Francis has been singing
with Dean Hudson's band for over
five years. Her deep contralto voice
is well suited for blues ballads as
well as sweet swing. Her version
of her own number, You Set Me
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
GRIMSLEY-PLESS
MARRIAGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pless, of Sails
bury, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Nyda, to j. N. Grimsley,
of Wilmington. The wedding was
solemnized July l, 1889, at Eliza
BEETHOVEN.
Mrs. Grimsley is a graduate of
the 1910 class Of James Walker Me-
mortal hospital.
Mr.. Grimsley is the son of Mrs.
E. J. Grimsley Of Wilmington. He
holds a position of assistant chief
of the Wilmington Fire department.
They will make their home in
Wilmington at 1913 Church street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
tune Frolic' Will Be Given
At Lumina By Cotillion Club

On Fire. is something YOU will long
remember.
This will be the formal opening
of a varied program of social &C
tivities planned by the club for the
coming summer season. Bids have
been forwarded to many social or
carnations throughout Eastern
North Carolina. On this occasion
the club will act as host to many
of their out-of-town guests.
Dress will be formal, and admls-
sion only by invitation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
MCCLURE CHURCH
WOMEN TO HAVE
PARTY ON TUESDAY

The women of the Mcclure Pres
byterian church invited the COM
munity of Castle Hayne and the
friends of the following graduates
of the New Hanover High school;
Laura Webb, Louise Ketchum, Ger
trude Marshburn, Mary Gmytruk,
William Eason, Peter Braak and
Bobby Meyer, to a party to be held
on the church lawn on Tuesday
evening May 21, from 8 until 1890
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
PERSONALS

EN6ONAAH
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Raglan are
spending the weekend at Ginshaw
cottage at Swansboro as guests OF
Miss Phebe Harlan of Trenton.
Mrs. Roger Kingsbury and Miss
Margaret Kingsbury, of Washing
ton, D. c., arrived Saturday night
to visit Miss Maude Kingsbury at
her home on South Fifth street.
Friends of Mrs. S. K. Williams
will be glad to learn she is getting
along nicely following an operation
at the James Walker Memorial
hospital.
Mrs. William D. Montgomery left
Friday night or Boston to attend
the annual convention Of the Boys
club of America. Mrs. Montgom-
cry will attend the Worlds Fair in
New York before returning home.
Friends of Mrs. Catherine Fret.
muth, of lis North Ninth street,
will regret to learn she is a patient
at James Walker Memorial hos
pital.
Friends of Mrs. John w. Frede-
ricks, ST., will be glad to learn she
is improving and has been removed
to her home from the James Walk
er Memorial hospital.
r. r. Christie, Jr., of Charlotte,
is spending the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Chri-
tie at Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs. James L. Duffy has return
ed from a weeks visit in Atlanta.
Ga, with her sister, Mrs. Frank
McGlaughon.
Miss Margaret Barber, Of Rich
mond, Va, is visiting her parents at
their home on Perry avenue.
George M. White has returned to
his home on Nun street after a two
week illness at the Mary Elizabeth
hospital in Raleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Daniel have
as their guest at their home on Har-
Dor Island, Miss Margit Svedlund,
of Stockholm, Sweden.
A. N. Daniel, Jr., will sail today
from Italy aboard the S. S. Wash
ington for New York. Mr.. Daniel
has been in Florence, Italy for the
past month.
Friends of DR.. J. o. B%roughtor
will be interested to learn that he
is resting comfortably following ar
operation at the James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Watts Farthing left Satur
day for Minneapolis and Rocheste,
where she will spend severa.
weeks with friends and relatives.
H. Edmund Rodgers has return
ed from Washington, where he at.
tended the sessions of the Ameri.
can Law Institute.
Mrs. Warren Jones has returned
from a visit TO Chattanooga. She
was accompanied by her sister, Mrs
7. Y. Morris, who will visit hel
mother, Mrs. Laura D. Harris al
116 Grace street.
Mrs. Louise D. HaZelhurst, of Ma
con, Ca, and Dunedin, Fla, is the
guest of her brother and sister-in'
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Du.
Bose on North 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy B. Snipes
have as their guests at their home
in Forest Hills for the weekend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Player and
son, Dickie, of Fayetteville.
Colonel and Mrs. Henry R. Rich
mond, of Fort Mcpherson, will ar
rive today to spend several days as
the guests of Major and Mrs. W. D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
SUMMER CAMP

JACKSONVILLE, May 18.-Thret
Wilson men have purchased IS acres
Of land on New river near here fol
a summer camp. They are T. A
and S. n. Cozart and n. n. Schaum
The purchase was made from W
B. Morton and wife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Club Clock

The Wrightsboro Home Dem
onstration club will hold a meet
ing Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the clubhouse. All
members are urged to be pres
ent.
Circle 1 of the Woman's Coun-
Gil of the First Christian
church will sponsor a bingo
party on Monday evening at 8
o'clock at Whites hostess room.
The Ladies auxiliary Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold a meeting Tuesday night at
8 o'clock in the dug-out. All
members are urged to attend.
Mrs. A. G.. Ahrens and Mrs.
w. B. Evans will be joint hos
tesses to the meeting of the
Kings Daughters on Thursday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. w. B. Evans,
226 South Fourth street. All
members are invited to attend.
The Winter Park Home Dern-
onstration club will meet Fri
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock at
the home of Miss Sudie Middle
ton. Mrs. r. w. Mason and Mrs.
H. T. Newland will be hostess
es. All members are urged to
be present.
The final meeting of the Win
ter Park P T. A. will be held
on Tuesday afternoon at 8
o'clock at the school. Mrs. w. P.
Roudabush will install the new
officers. New Grapes for the
auditorium will be on display at
this meeting. A social hour Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
by A Porter

follow the meeting. A full at
ance is desired.
The Children of st. Paul's
Lutheran church will meet on
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the church.
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of Gibson Avenue Baptist
church will hold it's regular
meeting Monday night at 7:30
o'clock at the church. Miss
Vivian Grant will be guest
speaker. AS a part of t h e
meeting there will be a white
shower for the state Baptist
hospital in Winston-Salem. All
members are urged to attend
and visitors are welcome.
THERE is A SILVER LINING
Who knew that Nazi hearts wer,
as black
AS the pagan emblem they wore
That a scourge of hell would fol
low
The flag they proudly bore?
Until the world was filed with
violence
AS the waters cover the sea,
And a cry went up to the throne
of God
From men who were born to be
free.
Now life is a seething cauldror
SpeWing hate, cupidity and fear
Civilization sheer moral leprosy
With a day of reckoning near
AUGUSTA MOORE GIBBLE
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dosher, Jr.,
announce the birth of a son, Frede-
rick Guthrie, III, M a 2, at
Marion Sprunt annex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
ONSLOW TAXART,E S

JACKSONVILLE, May 1s.-Prop.
erty valuation in Onslow county
this year is $7,2s6,572, it was an.
nounced this week by Auditor J.. J.
Cole.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
ROLAND ADDRESSES
BOLIVIA GRADUATES

BOLIVIA, May 18Th. M. Ro-
land, superintendent of New Han
over schools, delivered the COM
mencement address to the grad
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
COOKING SCHOOL,

JACKSONVILLE, MAY N-v.
Lois Shelton, foods economist r,'
conduct a cooking school here nov,
Tuesday and wednesday, Nav 21.oo
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

Machinery used or the mann,
facture of cigarets in the BritiSh
Isles is capable of turning out I3a
cigarets a minute. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

st. Mary's school will present the
annual entertainment on Friday
evening, May "a, at 8 o'clock. "Tbun-
der in the Air. a mystery comedy
in three acts will be staged.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Compromise Needed

s1t is reaSSuring to the residents OF
the Bethesda area to learn that
efforts are under way to reconcile
the differences between the volun-
teer and paid fire departments Of
Bethesda. An unpleasant situation
has existed in the area for more than
year-ever since the paid force was
established in May, 1899, and the
volunteers, displeased because their
candidate for chief was not Sc
lected, formed separate organiza-
ton.
The unpleasantness already has
resulted in litigation, in the erection
Of second firehouse in the town
and in the purchase of new equip
ment for the volunteers.
In spite Of such developments
there is a possibility that the two
groups could cooperate to their mu-
tual advantage and the welfare of
the community. One of the plans
under consideration, for example,
would put the volunteers in complete
charge of the rescue squad and am
bulance and make them the reserve
organization, subject to call on sec
ond alarm fires.
The public interest requires that
both sides approach the plans for
reconciliation with an attitude of
tolerance. Bethesda has progressed
to the point where paid firemen are
necessary. The volunteers, however,
have rendered the community dis
tinguiShed service and laid the
foundation on which the paid COM
pany is built.
Nevertheless, no community in
suburban Washington is enjoying a
more rapid or high-class develop
ment than Bethesda. The citizens
there have right to demand that
cooperation be substituted for fric-
tion among those who afford the
town a service so essential as fire
protection.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Revere on Italian?

From time to time during the past
twenty years it has been suggested
that Italians played important parts
in the struggle by which the Amer
lean Colonies of Great Britain OBJ
tanned their freedom. The late
Richard Washburn Child on more
than one occasion wrote in support
of these claims, believed in them and
hoped to prove them by research.
But he died in 1885 with the work
yet has appeared to take up the
task.
The Fascist press, however, con-
tinues to insist upon the Italian
origin of certain leaders in the revo-
lutionary strife of 1775-1783 II Mes
saggero, a Roman newspaper, cur
rently contends that Paul Revere
was born in Italy. His legendary
hatred of England, it is argued, was
a Latin inheritance. 1t travelled with
him to Massachusetts, as intellectual
boSSdSC vi d SOI 1. ENluSllCc W SSIdD-
lish the truth of the theory is not
included in cable dispatches, but it
is not altogether impossible that
records worthy of examination exist.
In Boston, meanwhile, the patriot
craftsman who reused the country
folk ito be up and to arm" on the
eve of the Battle of Lexington COM
monty is believed to haye been a son
of Apollos De Revoire, a French
Huguenot who came to the Western
World by way of the island of Guern-
sey and who anglicized his name
merely on account that the Bump
kins should pronounce it easier" For
purposes of argument it might be
conceded that II Messaggero is cor
rect in thinking of the son of this
immigrant silversmith as being of
Italian descent. The spirit of the
Renaissance was not entirely extin-
guished in the early portion of the
eighteenth century. Some bright
shadow of the fame which had
illumined the soul of Dante still
burned under the Mediterranean sky.
1t is conceivable that the hero of
Longfellow's ballad might have
acquired, his love of liberty through
the processes of inheritance from an
ancestor in Italy.
Such a concession could y made
if 1t were required by demon trated
Evening star., 1940-09-14

facts. But an equally important
question would remain unanswered.
Even in the Fascist realm there
might be inquirers who would wish
to know why Revere is praised by II
Messaggero in a period when the
democracy of which he was founder
is so bitterly hated by Italians and
Nby their German allies. What point
is there in claiming for Italy the
midnight courier of the American
Revolution at time when the Nation
which developed from that event is
contemned by Mussolini and his
faithful comrade, Adolf Hitler?
Rather it would seem that the whole
legend should be rejected by the
disciples of II Duce. He surely would
not desire to be associated with any
body who had agitated for the
adoption of the Constitution of the
United States.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdcelDeI.

Throw open all the windows
That long have shuttered been,
And let the golden glory
OF Gods sweet sunshine in.
old Hymn.
A whole week of sunshiny weather,
after an entire week Of rainy weather.
That was something. wasn't it?
The contrast made the sun seem bet
ter than usual, but it still was the same
old sunshine, making the grass look
greener and white houses whittier, and
everything as it should be.
There is enough gloom in the world,
what with the twin terrors Of treachery
and war, without rainy, gray days fast
ening themselves down on us before the
time comes.
In winter we can expect them, but
those last days of August were not ex-
actly the right days. it seemed to many
When the sun comes out again, and
stays out it is just like opening shutters.
Sunshine is a welcome friend, within
reason.
One Of mankinds saner aspects, in
recent years. has been sun worship.
1t Is no longer question of bowling
down to the orb itself, as in ancient
Egyptian times, but rather of keen
scientific knowledge of what sunshine is
and can do.
We know that 1t can no longer be re-
garded as simple sort of gliding. but is
a component mixture of various rays of
different lengths and intensities. The
two most important are the ultraviolet
rays, or light rays, and the infrared, or
heat rays.
These two make the biggest impress
sions on us, especially If we expose our
selves to them for too long a time.
Most persons today know that 1t is the
light rays which do the burning, not
the heat rays. That is why it is so easy
to overdo, in regard to sunbathing. The
heat Is not extreme, and one is fiercelv
burned before it is realized The burn
does not show up right away, but later.
as all persons know Sunburn can be a
very bad thing, as bad as any burn, ex-
cept that nature is trying all the time to
heal, even as she permits the burn. This
is the great difference between burning
skin and inanimate substances.
Sunshine seems to have two main ac-
tions, insofar as humans are concerned.
1t builds up the physical health and
cheers the mind
The first is achieved through the Gre
alton OF tan, which. in some mysterious
way. goes on to create vitamin D in the
body.
This is the sunshine vitamin," now
perhaps the most famous of the vitamin
alphabet. At least it has had more pub
licity than any of the others.
The curious thing is that this vitamin
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Mr.. Currun's Experiment

United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran is inaugurating an interest
ing experiment, so far as Washington
is concerned, in establishing an in
veStigating unit in his office that is
designed to obtain redress for
aggrieved persons without necessarily
Subjecting them to the publicity that
could be expected to follow if they
pressed their complaints through
police channels.
The idea is not new. 1t has been
put into effect in New York and De-
troit with a degree of success that
leads Mr.. Curran to believe it both
feasible and desirable, and he is con-
fident that with the hearty cO-opera-
ton that has been pledged by the
Metropolitan Police Department, the
wisdom of the venture will be proved
The basic principle of the pro-
gram is the privacy that may be
afforded complainants in certain
cases. Mr.. Curran is convinced that
often persons who have been wronged
are reluctant to seek relief because
they dread publicity, and it is in such
circumstances that he is hopeful that
advantage will be taken Of the new
facilities of his office, in order that
justice may be done.
1t goes without saying that such a
system will have to be administered
with great amount of discretion. In
explaining the plan, Mr.. Curran cited
as an example OF its possibilities a
hypothetical case involving a swim
die, in which settlement would be
effected by forcing reimbursement of
the victim instead of instituting
criminal proceedings against the
SWindler. What is best for the gen.
eral public interest, of course, should
be the guide in such cases. 1t is true
that there are times when prosecutive
action would serve no useful purpose,
but the good in one case easily might
be nullified by the evil of another, if
this failure to prosecute simply
opened the way for the public to be
victimized further.
The outstanding advantage of the
plan is that it will bring to attention
of law enforcement authorities pos
sible criminal acts which otherwise
might escape notice of the law, and,
in such instances, will place RESPONSE
bility for decisions as to prosecution
on authorized officials rather than on
the victims themselves. For this
reason, if for no other, the new
plan marks a forward step in Wash
ington's program of intelligent and
efficient law enforcement.
Evening star., 1940-09-14
Questions IndispenSability
OF Any Executive.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t seems that Mr.. Hitler has succeeded
in striking Buckingham Palace. Were
it entirely destroyed, the British nation
would still survive, for the kingship is
but symbol. The real sovereignty is in
the Parliament and exercised through
the ministry-an executive which is re-
sponsible and responsive to the parlia-
mertary will.
1t is this country. rather than Britain
which still maintains kingship which
is other than symbolical.
Until we adopt the British system of
an executive responsible to Congress we
are bound to have occurrences (aSSllrrl-
ing the continuation of the Republic) of
indispensable men and an attempt to
concentrate all power in the tenant of
the local palace.
The American Bar Association Gin
which I hold membership is in conven-
tion in Philadelphia and seemingly hav-
ing some difficulty with proposal direct
ed against ambition to hold the presi-
dency for longer than the customary
two terms of four years each. Jeffer-
son long since pointed out the menace
inherent in perpetual eligibility to the
presidency. He also considered the pro-
p0Sal for a SiX-year term, and appears to
have regarded it, too, as an imperfect
plan-even when connected with nom
re-eligibility.
HARRISON TILGHMAN.