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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
By DWIGHT LONG


Before the end of our first
week at sea, Madame showed
indications of becoming quite
q sailor.
She was born in Trinidad and
her Portuguese heritage from gen.
erations OF sailors and early dis
eoverers stood her in good stead.
She stood her watch regularly.
Max, her husband, got breakfast
while she prepared lunch. filled
all the lamps and made up the
hunks.
! had the evening meal TO pre-
pare and the navigating and
changing of sails to do, besides,
of course, my watch to stan d.
Max was keen on navigation as
he was planning a similar ocean
voyage within a year in his new
boat. Being a bank examiner by
profession, Max was clever with
figures and took TO navigating
like a duck takes to water.
This was fortunate for me as !
was trying to teach myself a new
method OF Notwithstanding
q little more accurate than that
which ! had been using.
Vacation Idea
I did learn a little about my
crew before leaving New York.
During the past four summers
Max and Madame had taken their
vacations in a most unusual fash
ion for a newly married couple.
They would motor to Toronto.
Canada, hire a canoe and stock 1t
with provisions to last for six
weeks. Padding the canoe through
lakes and along streams was fair
ly simple, but to make portages
between the lakes, sometimes
three, four or five miles long, and
carrying their canoe, food, cloth
ing and equipment-well, that was
something.
At first they would have so
much gear they would have to
make two portages. Madame car
ried 65-pound packs and she
weighs only ITO pounds. SO Idle
Hours cabin was a welcome haven
to her after such rigorous tasks.
Madame. who worked at Best's
swanky Fifth Avenue Beauty
Shoppe in New York, told me of
the excitement in the store when
she told some of the girls that she
was going on a private yacht"
for her vacation. The girls start
ed planning her wardrobe, trying
10 pick out clothes for tea dance
in the afternoon, a flashy sport
number for the cocktail hour and
then evening clothes, etc. Then
she laughed:
IF they could only see me on
the tiny Idle Hour wrapped in a
huge oil skim"
Fishing Technique
Max was intrigued by the flying
fish we saw along our course and
was trying to lure them aboard.
/ told him the fish really had some
sense and wouldn't fly during the
day. Remembering what I had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
DOCTORS FORMULA
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N CURTIS

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pains. 4snY have written a. grzfef8l
letters 81 appreciation ~ ffs help they
have rscslxed from taking Espa Ns Is
AK yoyr Druggist today for bottle %
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15

Songs descriptive of the rugged
spirit of the Finnish people, their
strength and courage, will be sung
Saturday night at the "Finn-Har-
monte" concert in the Armory by
the Sibelians, 16-voiee male chorus
The concert is being given by the
Tacoma Philharmonic in coopera-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
Fishing Technique

Max was intrigued by the flying
fish we saw along our course and
was trying to lure them aboard.
! told him the fish really had some
sense and wouldn't fly during the
day. Remembering what I had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
CREW LEARNING.
LIFE ON YACHT
Good Food and Good
Time for idle
Hour" Crew

EDITORS NoTE--Dwight
Long 10 a as-year-old seattle
lad who Is sailing his ss-fcot
ketch Idle Hour westward
around the world. His arti-
eles. written en- route homo
ward TO Puget Sound. bring
his adventures 10 Times read
ers while the trip IL still in
progress. Long has been ad-
vcnturing for 66 months, 80
far. This Is the fourth article.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15

When you need few extra dol
lars. look around the basemen, or
attic for discarded articles This
win bring you cash from some
one II you advertise them with
an inexpensive Times Want Ad.
just Phone Main 3I5i.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
20 Youths Enlisted
Here For U. S. Arm,

Twenty young men Of southeast
ern North Carolina enlisted during
February at the Wilmington dis
trict office of the army recruiting
service with service with units in
Hawaii, Panama, Fort Bragg, anG
Camp Jackson, S. c., Sergeant S
w. D. Bennett, local recruiting Of
ficer, reported yesterday.
They include: Ray F. Dixon, Of
Wallace; Ralph E. Woodell, Of
Dublin; William A. Hamilton, OF
Whiteville; William o. Grissett, o.
Shallotte; Zeb V. Burney, o.
Whiteville; David B. Wallace, Jr.
of Wallace; John D. Parks, Of
Council; Ira H. Ezzell, of Kerr.
Justus M. Sistrunk, of Whining
ton; Bryant S. Mathis, Of Clinton
Oliver H. Powell, of Hallsboro; Pau
J. Benton, of Whiteville; Henry w
Blackburn, of Magnolia; James P
Russ, of Wilmington.
John S. Looper, Jr., of Claren'
don; Robert B. Becton, of Clinton
Stacy L. Bachelor, of Richards
William F. King, of Wilmington
Jacob L. Caison, of Hallsboro; and
Albert J. Ward, Of Clarendon.
They were transferred to the
army recruit training centers at
Fort Bragg and Fort Moultrie, S. c..
for preliminary training prior tc
assignment to their posts for three
years of service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Fiue More Vacancies
Allowed Army Bureau

An additional March quota of
five vacancies was assigned yester.
day to the Wilmington district Of
flee Of the army recruiting service,
Sergeant S. W. D. Bennett, local
recruiting officer, reported.
The vacancies include: two for
the field artillery, sixth division,
at Camp Jackson, S. c., and three
for the field artillery at Fort Bragg.
Qualifications for enlistment were
listed by Sergeant Bennett as fol-
lows: between the ages of IS and
IS, unmarried, no dependents. of
good moral character, and in good
physical condition.
Applicants will be examined and
accepted at the local station, To-
Gated on the second floor of the
postoffice building, from the fol-
lowing counties: New Hanover,
Brunswick, Bladen, Onslow, Samp.
son, Duplin, Columbus, Jones, Robe
son, and Fender.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
SEVERAL WILLS
PR0BATED HERE
Burnett, Cazaux, Bagg And
Lord Testaments Are
Filed With Clerk

The wills of r. A. Burnett, Rosa
CazauX, Maggie 2. Bags, and Fred
erick Ancrum Lord have been filed
for probate, records at the office of
T. A. Henderson, clerk of court,
disclosed yesterday.
The widow, Ida May Burnett, is
named the sole beneficiary of the
estate of r. A. Burnett, who died
December q, and including person
al property valued at $4,000 and
real estate valued at $4,000.
ara Cazaux and Carolina John
son were among the beneficiaries
named for the estate of Rosa Ca.
FAUX, who died August 10, and
comprising personal property val.
ued at 5000 and real estate valued
at $3.50.
The estate Of Maggie E. Bagg,
who died January IA, includes per.
sonal property valued at $25 and
real estate valued at $2,337, com.
prising one-half interest in farm
No. rs at Winter Park Gardens
and a house and lot at ia North
Sixth street. Bennetta P. Bagg, a
sister, and Julia McLaurin, a niece,
were named beneficiaries of the
estate.
Two children, William C. Lord
and Amoret l.. James, were named
beneficiaries of the estate of Fred
erick Ancrum Lord, who died Jan.
uary 10, and including personal
property valued at $500 and real
estate consisting Of a house and lot
on the southwest corner of Front
and Ann streets, a lot near Green
field Lake, and a house and lot at
Wrightsville Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
$500
LUTHERAN CIRCLES
WILL HOLD MEETS

The circles of st. Pauls Lutheran
church will meet as follows:
Mrs. Henry Habernicht, leader
with Mrs. ]. H. Render, SOL Market
street Monday at $3.50.
2-Mrs. VIM. Kamer, leader, with
Mrs. J. B. Lynch, POI No. 18th
street, Thursday morning at 1880
a. m.
3-Mrs. Anna B. PEPPER, leader,
with Mrs. H. H. Merritt, l01 NO
18th street, Monday at $3.50.
Mrs. jamie Render. leader with
Mrs. Annie F%iencken, 116 So. 9Th
street, Monday night at 8.
Mrs. Will Render, leader, with
Mrs. D. B. Branch, 1904 Market
street, Monday at 4 o'clocvk.
6-Mrs. Conrad VESSEL. leader,
with Misses Emma and Sina Oter-
sen, Castle Hayne road, Monday at
$3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Program Meeting
Donations To Kennedy
Home Are Acknowledged

Recent gifts to the katherine
Kennedy home were acknowledged
yesterday.
They were:
"a glasses of marmalade by Miss
Margaret Wood; II collards. two
bushels of potatoes and a gallon
of milk by J. e. Long: two sub
scriptions of magazines. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Sumner; tuning piano,
"a friend; dishes, a friend; wood,
D. J. Herring; radio, clothes and
linens, by friends: drinks and cakes,
Circle One, st. Paul's church
oranges, First Baptist church; sug.
ar, meal and oranges, Mrs. S. D,
Hurst; three oak trees planted by
the city; candy, the Italians
laundry service, Ideal and Sunshine
laundries; musical programs, St
Andrews, Presbyterian and Temple
Baptist churches; bread, North
Carolina Sorosis club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Mr.. And Mrs. William Timberlake
Hosts At Parties In Lumberton

Andrews associate ~hostesses. Fea'
ture of the meeting was an i'm
promptu program presented by
members which consisted of vocal
and piano solos and choruses. Re
freshments were served.
Mrs. Wilton Barnes was hostess
to members of her bridge club at
her home. High score rrize was
won by Mrs. Edwin Whiting and
low score by Mrs. Leslie Huntley
A dessert course was served after
the game to Mmes. Whiting, Hunt
ley, J.. R. Barnes, E. A. Allen, Jr.
\. o. Benson, Graham McKinnon
Jr., B. G. French, Chalmers Biggs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
EMMANUEL CIRCLES
WILL HOLD MEETS

The circles of Emmanuel Presby.
terrain churches will meet as fol.
lows:
Mrs. A. E. Cumber, 61S South
Fourth street, Tuesday evening al
s o'clock.
2.-Mrs. Jordon Branch, 2O3 Kid
der street, Tuesday at $3.50 o'clock
3.-Mrs. Mary Hart, 706 South
Second street, Monday night at s
o'clock.
AIRS. Malcolm Hall. 612 Woos.
ter street Tuesday afternoon al
$3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
WINOCA C|OTILLION
WILL HOLD
MEETING WEDNESDAY

The Winoca CoJiI.,.o crrb vi
hold a meeting on "Wednesday es
ing at 8 O'Clock at Whites.
All members are urged 10 he =,
sent as final plans for a daace 10
given by the club during April W
be announced at this meeting,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

LUMBERTOl-, March 2.-Mr.
and Mrs. William Timberlake were
hosts at two parties during the
week, entertaining their bridge
club Tuesday evening and a group
of friends Thursday evening at
their home. A two-course dinner
was served at the club and prizes
were won by Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Weinstein, club members and Mrs.
Marie Carter and John Rhodes
Barnes, visitors. Prizes at Thurs
days party were Won by Mrs. W.
n. Parmele, Graham Mckinnon and
W. F. Scarborough. Refreshments
were served in two courses with the
st. Pa-rick's Day motif carried out
in decorations and refreshments.
Mrs. r. A. Mcintyre entertained
her bridge club at her home with
two tables in play and prizes Won
by Mrs. Colin Phillips and Mrs.
George Allen. Guests were Mines.
Phillips, Allen, H. NJ. Rutledge,
James Seay, Hazel C. Powell,
Stephen Mcintyre, Jr., and Lewis
Wicker.
Mrs. David Lambeth, Jr., enter
tanned her club at a st. Patrick's
Day party at her home. Prizes were
o by Mines. F. Eli Wishart and
Walter Watts for members and Mrs.
Lansing Norment for visitors. Mrs.
Normant, bride of the winter, was
given a gift also. Refreshments
were served i'll two courses with
the color motif emphasized in both
salad and sweet courses. Other visi-
tors were Mines. D a Costin.
Osborne Lee, Lillian C. Edmund
son.
Lumberton Music club met at
the home of Mrs. M. r. Townsend
with Mrs. R. c. Ivev presiding, and
Mmac NJ A NUoKeitba, o.d d II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
V. F. w. AUXILIARY
WILL MEET TUESDAY

The regular meeting of the Ladies
auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars will be conducted Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock in the dug-out.
All members are urged to be pre-
sent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
MISS INA
BRIDE OF
EDWARD MOORE ELKS

Mrs. Paulette Sherman announces
the marriage of her daughter, Ina
Lee, to Edward Moore Elks, on jan
uary Is.
MI. Elks is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. E. Elks, of this city.
The couple is making their home
at 507 South 18th street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
PRIVATE DUTY R
WILL MEET MONDAY

The regular meeting of the Pri.
vate Duty Nurses will be held Mon.
day afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at the
Nurses Home. A full attendance is
desired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
WOMAN'S COUNCIL TO
HOLD MEETING MONDAY

The Woman's Council Of the First
Christian church will meet with
Mrs. George B. Canady, 209 Dock
street Monday evening at 8 o'clock
The French Foreign Legion fought
one of it's greatest battles in Mexi
leo, April 80, 1868.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
PERSONALS

Lieut.. AL Nelson. U.S.N.R., of
this city, left Raleigh Sunday by
plane, to fly to Mare Island, Calf,
for active duty.
Z Friends of Mrs. F. H. Coleman
will be sorry to learn that she is
a patient at the James Walker Mem
orial hospital.
p Friends of Mrs. r. NJ. kermon,
of Harbor Island, will be sorry TO
learn that she is a patient at the
Rex hospital in Raleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Farriss and
young son and Mrs. Charles Pearce,
of Greensboro, are spending the
weekend in the city with relatives.
Edwin J. Farrelly has left for a
business trip to New York city. Mrs.
Farrelly has gone to Fayetteville
to visit Mrs. James T. Harris for
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Horne and Mrs.
Aida kuhl Jordan have returned
to the city from Charlotte, where
they attended the National Beauti-
clans Forum at the Charlotte hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Doyle, who
have been the guests in the home
of Mrs. Allie Morris Whitfield, have
left for New York City, where Mr.,
Doyle will be at st. Luke's hospital
for several days before returning to
their home in Mount kisco. Mr..
Doyle was a patient at the James
Walker Memorial hospital for some
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
FOREST HILLS PIT. A.
MEETING WILL BE HELD
TUESDAY AFTERNOON

The regular meeting of the Forest
Hills Parent-Teacher association
will be held in the school auditor
ium on Tuesday, March S, at
o'clock.
Mrs. B. H. Thomson will have
charge of the program. Lieutenant
John Davis, of the police department,
will talk on Safety. A musical pro-
gram has also been arranged.
All mothers and interested friends
are urged to attend.
Birth Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Farrell, of
San Diego, Calf, announce the
birth of a daughter, 10 Ann, on
February "a. Mrs. Farrell is the
former Miss Eleanor Loughlin, of
Wilmington.
Program Meeting
The Junior Y. W. A. of the
Temple Baptist church will hold its
annua, Annie Armstrong program
at the home of Dorothy Marshburn,
SO7 South 10th street, Monday eve
ming at s o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

Copenhagen, Denmark, has AGO..
900 bicycles, or one for every two
persons in the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
FRAMING INSTITUTE
WILL BE HELD THIS
WEEK AT ST. PAUL'S

The Episcopal churches Of Will
mington will have a Woman auxi
liary training institute at st. Paul's
Episcopal parish house beginning
Monday afternoon, March 4, at $3.50
o'clock and continuing through Fri.
day afternoon.
Miss Margaret I. Marston, of New
York city, national education secre.
tary for the Woman's auxiliary to
the Episcopal church, will conduct
the institute and will use as her sub
ject, Personal Religious Living"
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

Lumberton Music club met at
the home of Mrs. M. r. Townsend
with Mrs. r. C. Ivev presiding, and
Mines. N. A. McKeithan and r. K.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

Friends of Mrs. r. NJ. kermon,
of Harbor Island, will be sorry TO
learn that she is a patient at the
Rex hospital in Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

Friends of Mrs. F. H. Coleman
will be sorry to learn that she is
a patient at the James Walker Mem
orial hospital.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

caught Tempe myself. Planted d
borrowed diamond pin-apparently
it. was left carelessly on a girls
Wrap-dnd waited III q closet for
her. There's no time to talk de-
tails now, hut 1 wanted Jeremy
to know, aud T. wanted all of you to
hear lue apologize to Lola. / am
truly sorry, I,ola. u il hadn't been
tor ""ur disry--fncglG3 me: i"r
Snntplus' inrr9, iuu!''
Glss nothing, keei. IS I'll IL Il.
Aad Beei.--tOnisht / Weet not hatf
to do What i DO ihat other party
night. ! write about that IN my
diary; is what you read"
eyes ?" They Ill looked curiol.sly
AZ the dark girl.
eth huh. J. Mass stranger, J.
have 10 boy friends, but you say
We nusi invite escort for that
partee. So Beel--I Was3 n"ld. l.
hired II noy to ra ~ escort that
night, is keep my job! fss What J.
put III my diary. Tnnight--no: l.
do not hire thee escort. I 10 MT
have to! Four days ago comes a
boy and ask me 10 be hiss date TO-
night for dancing, after thee play
did you not, my ference
:: s:
The Chronicle-POSt next morning
decided that LOO people at n char"
ity drama and a. ball At The Oaks
was worth tirst-page attention,
and so gave it position beside the
current murder, the national po-
litical news and the European war.
But in his private and wholly un-
inhibited column, Mr.. Cholly Far
rington revealed his gleanings in
his own way
"Relax, everybody. The Wit to
Woo is over" wrote he. Il didn't
scalp my scat after all. I used it.
All of Us Who Are Anybody were
there. Some of Us were still there
when I had to hasten away for
press time. For all I know, they're
still dancing, now that it's another
dawn.
az saw the estimable Mr.. Merri-
field beaming brightly at midnight.
Grand old soul. When I'm aged 70,
I hope I'm half as happy as he.
"I tried after the play to find
that beauteous Gayle person-she
and the Montesa girl quite stole the
show, both of them doing their
part with remarkable feeling and
yet with just the correct restraint.
I am, personally, in love with both
of them, but the inference from
sundry observations is that am
away down the waiting line. can't
believe that Miss Gayle and Mr..
Bill Bailey We're merely acting, in
their excellent love scenes. And
neither of them was present for the
after party. don't know what
think I know, but I suspect what
I suspect.
"I shall investigate this matter,
friend public, and report to you at
the earl.cct opportunity. Stand by"
-. The End ''F--:;1 q: -
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

Mrs. Elizabeth ". Pigeon
;TTriin.iy emphasizing her point, Mrs,
rl'.ah::h w. Pigeon, Of Boston,
,rempec Of the Massachusetts dele
ga!ion. addresses The Republican
national convention in Philadelphia.
80 'ylG ilc first woman delegate
s., ,ral, a SDcpch
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

spend $500 for flowers on each OF
the girls had, Of course, been scaled
down by the efficient MI. Weems.)
She looked so pretty there, so
extremely colorful and dainty in
the soft light from the desk lamp,
and from the Pickering fire, that
the others just stood admirin& her
for long moment. During The III
terval, she, too, was appraislnE
them, studying their faces. She seC-
tied on Jeremy.
Somebody bass make you On
llappee, Jeremec! Weel mot have
that"
Quick fire had sIicne IN Ioia's
eyes. A sudden flash of determine
ton or of anger, a sudden pro
nouncement that she would spring
to Jcremy'S defense. Her manner
and tone conuUted far more Than
her words.
mo! No, lola" Jeremy saiti,
ever SO gently. 'NO, but 1 almost
made some people unhappy myself
I'm glad you came. YOu-yOu look
so beautiful, Lola! You do!'
She smiled her thanks. "You naft
say that before, Jeremeei When
wass not in evening dress. I theenk
it is so, maybee, that you like me!''
The fire III her eyes was gore.
The innate gentllity OF her WAS
evident again, and the sheer Ie1ni'
nine sweetness which moi even shy
ness could dir. Her very pHasenCe
had, somehow, served 10 relax the
others. Her Fortunate interruption
had served exactly right to break
the tension of these four, and her
soft musical voice, lacking moth
ing of strength therefor, had woven
a contrasting mood.
Gayle misunderstanding in sud-
den release and relief. Bill still held
one arm around her and his fingers
clutchcd at her side now, quite I'M
consciously drawing her closer to
him. He was a very serious-faced
young man.
"Whatever is done, is DONE"
Gayle said, soberly. There is love
here, Mr.. Merrifield. Happiness.
Happiness more than you can ever
know, I believe, even though it
didn't come exactly as you planned.
But we have another obligation,
too, and it is urgent. Jeremy, Lola,
and Bill, clearinghouse on"
She led them toward the door,
thence down onto the lawn toward
the waiting people. She glanced at
her wrist watch. Events had moved
swiftly, for it was yet only quar-
ter of nine.
81 must tell you something else,
Bill" Gayle said, land all of you.
Tempe Hyde will not be in the
play"
Bill looked closely at her. "You
you know? Already"
She nodded. Did you see Mrs.
Eoimquist also?"
yes, Gayle. She hoped you
wouldn't have to be disturbed to-
night. well, the truth is, I