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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
W~RIGHTSBORO PIT. A.
NOTES FOUNDERS DAY

Founders Day wa observed dl
the February meeting of n
Wrightsboro Parent-Teacher asso-
citation, Monday afternoon by the
planting of a tree, thereby paying
tribute to the local founders.
Those taking part in the tree
planting exercise were: Mrs. Il. L.
Everett, Mrs. Pittman, Mrs. Ed.
Wright, Mrs. o. B. Ives and Mrs.
Leslie Meredith.
Mrs. H. T. Everett told of 1.-THE
Growth of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers" The
scope of the congress work has con-
tinually broadened until its influ-
ence is felt in almost every phase
of education, welfare and general
community work, Mrs. Everett said.
Mrs. Pittman spoke on the "Foun-
ders of the National Congress OF
Parents and Teachers" Mrs. Alice
Birney and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst.
Mrs. Pittman safd, Both Mrs. Rirn'
ey and Mrs. Hearst were alive to
the needs of their lay, and had the
courage to arouse others to a group
effort modern in its scope and i'm
~plication."
Mrs. Ed. Wright spoke in honor
of the founders of the local PIT. A.
She paid tribute to Mrs. ]. P. New
ton, one of the first presidents of
the association. Mrs. Wright said,
1T is fitting that through the SYM
bolism of a tree her contribution to
the success of those first years
should be expressed"
Following Mrs. Wright's talk the
tree was planted. Mrs. Leslie Mere
dith gave a very delightful vocal
rendition of "Trees," during the
planting.
Mrs. O.. B. Ives, bearer of the
scroll, read the deeds of the foun.
ders.
Mrs. Everett read the names of
tie past presidents and extended to
them life membership in the asso.
citation.
Following the tree planting excl
else, Mrs. H. r. Corbett, president,
cut the PIT. A. birthday cake and
a social hour was enjoyed by the
parents and teachers.
The meeting was opened with the
singing of Come, Thou Almighty
King" The Rev. Fisher, pastor of
st. Matthews Lutheran church. con-.
Quoted the devotion.
During the business meeting, the
chairmen of the various commit.
tees gave their reports: secretary,
Miss Anna Clara Baker; treasurer,
Mrs. H. 7. Everett; cafeteria, Mrs.
Rhodes.
Mrs. J.. T. Padgett, chairman of
the membership committee, reported
122 members. She read an article
by Frances S. Pettingil on Mem.
bership in the PIT. A."
Mrs. Martin Swart, chairman of
the Mazazine committee, reported
II paid subscriptions to the Ma
tional Parent-Teacher magazine.
Mrs. Pittman, chairman Of the
Summer Roundup committee, an
nounced that a pre-school clinic
would be held at the school Friday,
April 5, at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. H. R. Corbett asked that
members be present at a meeting
Monday afternoon, February 10. at
the school to begin work on a play.
Miss Fentress announced that a
moving picture, Father Brown, the
Detective" would be shown at the
school Thursday night, February
%. There will be a small admission
fee.
The picture was awarded to Miss
Anna Clara Bakers Fifth grade for
having the largest percentage Of
parents present at the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
GRADE MOTHERS OF
WINTER PARK SCHOOL
TO EVENT

The Grade Mothers of the Win
ter Park school will sponsor an en-
tertainment, George Washington
Jubilee, on Friday evening, Febru-
airy %, at 1870 o'clock at the school.
The public is invited to attend this
entertainment. An interesting pro-
gram has been arranged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Elizabethtown

Mrs. A. r. Bullock and children
of Fairmont, spent Sunday with
Miss Mary McLeod.-A. E. Strand,
of Greensboro, was a visitor here
a short while last week.-Dr. p.
C. Bennett, R. Boring, A. H.
Greene and C. W. Greene left Sun
day to spend several days in Flor
ida.
Boyd Hammer left Monday for
Fayetteville where he accepted a
position.-Miss Ellen Royal Jones
of the local school faculty was
called to her home last Thursday
due to the illness of her brother
who had been seriously hurt. He
is improving and Miss Jones re-
turned on Monday.-Frank Clark
and Mrs. M. G. Haire returned
home Thursday from Florida where
they visited relatives for several
days. Mr.. Clark was i'll while away
but is much improved at this time.
Miss Eugenia Allen, Of East
Carolina Teachers college, in
Greensboro, spent the weekend at
her home.
Norman McCulloch, of Lumber
ton, spent the weekend here with
his mother, Mrs. E. F. McCulloch.
j. D. Beatty spent last Wednes-
day in Raleigh-J. B. Clark, of
Fayetteville, was a visitor in town
Monday.-Mrs. Arthur Robbins, Jr.,
is improving after being quite i'll
at her home during the past week.
David Bostic returned home Fri
day from Lumberton, where ne
was a patient at Thompson hos
pital for several days. He is con-
valescing satisfactorily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Sampson County Youth
Is New 4-H ChomD;;o,

RALEIGH, Feb. 15-CP-cb,r,.
Nick Chestnut, IA, of Sam.
county, is the All horticp,r,,,
champion of North Carolina, a.,
will receive a one-year scbo,,r.>,'
at N. c. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

Silica fluff is said to be the
worlds lightest powder. 1t is one
fortieth the weight of water.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
BEAR PIT. A.
NOTES FOUNDERS
DAY AT MEETING

The Isaac Bear Parent-Teacher
association observed Founders Day
at the regular February meeting at
the school Tuesday afternoon with
the president, Mrs. c. A. Thomas,
presiding at the business session.
Mrs. James Lawson conducted
the devotional. Following the re-
ports of the officers, the attendance
award went to Miss Mallard's
Eighth grade.
Miss Julia Hill, former principal
for twenty-seven years, gave a brle1
history of the school. She stated
that the school was presented to
tie city on october u. 1912, a com.
plete plant with six classrooms and
auditorium of 225 seating capacity
by Sam Bear, honoring his broth
er, Isaac Bear.
The Isaac Bear Parent-Teacher
association was the second organ
lied in the city, beginning in 1922,
tie following presidents have con.
tributed to its development: Mrs.
Carl Render, Mrs. Herbert Kings
bury, Mrs. Seegers, Mrs. H. A.
Lynch, Mrs. F. G. Rose, Mrs. E. L:
Hinton, Mrs. W. A. Fonvielle, Mrs.
W. r. Noe, Mrs. w. P. Roudabush
and Mrs. ]. J. Burney.
The former presidents, with the
exception of airs. Render. Mrs.
Lynch, Mrs. Seegers and Mrs.
Kingsbury, whose combined reports
were given by Mrs. ]. D. Grant and
Mrs. Hinton, whose record was pre-
scented by Mrs. H. C. Byrd, gave in
teresting reports of their years of
service.
Following the program, the hos
pitality chairman, Mrs. T. 7. Hamil-
ton, assisted by Mrs. F. M. Smell,
served punch and a beautiful birth
day cake was cut and served to
those present.
at Party
ACME, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Herbert
Sykes and Mrs. Aron Larkins en-
tertained at a surprise party on
Wednesday evening honoring Roy
Larkins. Those present we're Roy
Larkins, honor guest; Misses Irma
Lewis, Louise Wallace, Mamie
Wallace, Mrs. Ruby Schaar. Mrs.
Thelma Larkins, all of Whining
ton; Miss Thelma White, Miss
Made Rawls, Miss Bonnie Wooten,
Miss Vivian Sykes, Miss Virginia
Ballinger, and Gilbert Harding, Eu-
gene Carroll, Franklin Lee Sykes,
William Broomfield, Dewette Car,
roll, Oliver Collum, Benjamin
Franklin, J.. W. Wooten, Nike
Rawls, Jr., Mrs. Mike Bollinger,
Mrs. Rawls, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Sykes and Mr.. and Mrs. Aron
Larkins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Valentine Party

The Intermediate department Of
St. Andrews Presbyterian church
will have a Valentine party at the
church tonight at 8 o'clock, it was
announced yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Circle Plans Tea

Circle One of the Woman's Coun-
Gil of the First Christian church
will entertain at a tea at the home
of Mrs. W. J. Hogan, All North
Second street, tonight at 8 o'clock
An interesting program has been
prepared and all members of the
church are invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
1IC).l,l.R..|s:..|
Club Clock

The Seminole Council, No. 81.
Degree of Pocahontas, will give
an oyster supper tonight from
$50 o'clock until s o'clock at
the Odd Fellows hall. The public
is invited and a small admls-
sion will be charged.
The Crepe Myrtle Garden club
will hold a meeting this aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock with Mrs.
H. T. Newland, at her home IN
Forest Hills.
District No. 9, North Carolina
Nurses association will hold a
meeting this afternoon at 4
o'clock at the nurses home OF
the James Walker Memorial
hospital at which time MISS
Edna L. Heinzerling, executive
secretary of N. c. State Nurses
association, will be the guest
speaker. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
WHAT Would Your Boss Do?
Continued from pose four

two children with her. She left one at
nursery that charged by the day: the
other she left with her mother. When
she came home of an evening, she
retrieved them and took them to her
one-room fiat. She considered herself
lucky. She had good job and two
lovely children.
Her job was assembling insulators
She felt that if she wanted to make
more money, she would have to do
more than her routine job. The floor
was alive with girls who were doing
exactly what she was doing. She
thought she would see if she could
work out better way to assemble in
sulators. She studied the method used
and finally made suggestion to the
floor boss.
He thought it very amusing A
woman making suggestions about ma
Chinery! In other days the floor boss
would probably have laughed himself
sick telling the other men what Sophie
had been up to.
But Chris Steenstrup had done his
job well. He had impressed on every
foreman the importance of considering
every suggestion. even if it came from
woman. Sophie was told to write her
idea down, and submit it to the sug-
gestions committee.
One of the parts that went into the
insulator was an expensive, copper
plated screw. When the insulator was
completely assembled. the screw was
covered up. Sophie had got to thinking
about this. She had asked the price Of
the copper plated screw and was sur
prsed at how much it cost She had
got to wondering if a cheaper screw
wouldn't do.
That was Sophie's idea, and, when
she had written it down, the sugges-
tions committee liked it. After while
Sophie was sent for.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

ideas in. The floor boss had stopped
being amused.
Another idea was accepted. Thirty
five dollars.
Sophie was sent for again. Another
idea had been grabbed. She didn't feel
so out of place now in the superin-
tendent's office.
One day there was quite to-do. All
the bigwigs were there. speeches we're
made and Sophie was presented with
the Charles A. Coffin Award, which is
bestowed annually on the man or
woman in the company who has done
the most for the progress of industry.
Then Sophie was called on to make
a speech. She wished she was back in
the bakery.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
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Well, to make a true story short.
Sophie has been called to the superin-
tendent's Office fifty-fpur times. No
other woman in the history of the
organization has ever had such a rec
ord. She has bought a four room cot
tage on the outskirts of Schenectady
with this extra money. Virginia and
Sylvia. her two children, are in high
school and all three are in the four
room cottage. Sophie thinks it's about
the incest cottage anyone ever had.
She is glad that Chris Steenstrup
got the idea that every person is, In
some measure, a cornerstone and
should carry some of the load of max
ing the world better place to live.
Tks End
Evening star., 1940-11-10
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

She had never been in the superin-
tendent's office. so she kept her mouth
shut and her eyes open. The superin-
tendent glanced at her sharply.
We've sent for you, Sophie" he
said. because we like your idea. We
think it will work and we are going to
give you an award of thirty dollars"
Sophie hung onto her chair tight.
But there wasn't any catch to it and
che had heard correctly.
The superintendent shook her hand
and said he wished there were more
like her. When it was all over, Sophie
fioated back to her insulator machine.
She kept on keeping on. She watched
for other ways to shorten work and
increase efficiency and turned her
Evening star., 1940-11-10

had made that fight, was able to give
her ideas to the world; was able, too, to
become cornerstone in something
bigger than herself.
Her name was Sophie Baikusis. To
begin with. Sophie didn't have very
good chance The reason was that her
father and mother could hardly speak
English; on top of this she had eleven
brothers and sisters She was the sec
ond oldest, so it was up to her to help
take care of the others.
Because there were so many mouths
around the dining room table. Sophie
had to leave school when she was in
the eighth grade to help her mother.
She helped as best she could. but it
was seen she would have to go out and
earn money And that is what Sophie
did. She got a job in bakery. She was
sixteen. She worked ten hours a day.
then came home and helped with the
younger children. Not much chance
for Sophie. as you can see.
A chef in restaurant who came to
the bakery to get bread and cakes got
acquainted with Sophie. He liked
Sophie and Sophie thought he was
nice. The first thing anyone knew,
they were married. Sophie was eight
cen. 1t was not long before she had
two children of her own to look after
When she was twenty she was a
widow That was how fast things were
moving for Sophie.
Sophie had to earn money to sup
port her own children. She couldn't
get back her bakery job; so she looked
around. Finally she got a job in a
factory which paid better wages than
the bakery and had shorter hours. A
bit of luck here, for it was the factory
in which Chris Steenstrup had made
his fight.
When she left home of morning on
the way to the factory, she took her
Evening star., 1940-11-10

- ROTHER, you can talk about
rugged indivlduallsm and
- independence of spirit all
you want, but Orley Hicks has
got it in person.
Orley's an auto mechanic, and
a good one, He's got little gar
age up the road ways from
here. Last Sunday afternoon a
couple oflmportant -lookin gents,
in about thirty feet of high
powered automobile, got stuck
outside the Wagon and come in
to ask me about gettin' the Car
repaired. | told 'em about Orley
and they had me phone him.
I'm just settin' down to din
ner," says Orley, when got him.
They'll have to wait"
Tell him to let his blankety-
blank dinner wait - well pay
him for missing it. We're in a
hurry" these guys told me, sore
as postman's corn.
Now, | know better than to try
that on Orley. He is high-spIrlted.
He would only say they could go
to blazes and not come at all. So
went back to the phone and
just kind of gently urged Orley to
come as quick as he could.
Well, while these big shots was
waitin' | find one is newspaper
Evening star., 1940-11-10
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OrleY Takes His Time

publisher and the other is a gen
eral or somethin' in the Army.
They chafed some, but when
Orley come in pickin' his teeth
they kept their tempers and
grinned.
1t took Orley about twenty
minutes and he charged 'em fifty
cents. They tried to give him a
dollar but he wouldn't take it.
"I'm already chargin' you dou-
bic time - fer Sunday" says
Orley, dignihed-like, as he gets
into his Car. The brass-hats ac-
tually waved good-by to him!
You know. l got to thinkin'
about the whole thing a little
later. | guess nothin' like that
could take place except in the
U. S.
Can you imagine what would
of happened to Orley Hicks if
he'd of made a German general
and the Minister of Propaganda
wait while he finished his dinner?
You can't afford to be tempera-
mental when there's liable to be
a concentration camp around the
corner.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

most popular of the blonde shades be-
cause it tones in so perfectly with the
average blonde skin. Many. very many,
darker blondes use it to add delcacy and
lightness to their coloring. Red blondes
who want to tone down their color use it
to add needed creamy glow to their skin.
A worm, sunny shade with a rosy
glow over it-Sunlight. Girls who are not
quite sure whether they are blondes or
brunettes find it matches their skin. Other
blondes use it because it gives warmth.
Sophisticated blondes are particularly fond
of the exotic depth it gives their skin
Ponds Powders give a asmooth-as-baby-skin
Evening star., 1940-11-10
MRS. ASTOR

MRS. ASTOR
is lovely ash blonde soish golden
OUertOnes in her hair. Her eyes are
deep blue. She chooses Ponds
Light Natural because It matches
her complexion perfectly.
Mrs. AstOr deu0ses much Of her
time to the cause ofshe Musicians'
Emergency Fund.
Evening star., 1940-06-04

It's members, If the worst comes, will
pay the penalty of all unframed SOL
diers. They will be massacred by the
thousands because they were not
ready, and the responsibility will rest
squarely upon those of our leaders
who today are opposed to the taking
of elemental precautions.
This outcry on the part of the
short-sighted against reasonable and
sensible preparedness probably will
grow louder as we move forward, and
through 1t all the American people
should keep clearly in mind the trag-
edy of France and Britain. They
were not ready when their zero hour
arrived and they are paying for the
folly of their politicians in blood and
misery which is almost beyond COM
prehension. Let us not deceive our
selves. Their dreadful experience
will be repeated here unless political
opportunism is recognized and repu-
dated whenever it shows itself in the
policies of our leaders, whether Re-
publicanS or Democrats.
Evening star., 1940-06-04
Bay Ferry Fares

WashingtonianS as we'll as Mary
landers who use the Claiborne An
napolis Ferry will regard the rate
cut ordered by the Maryland Public
Service Commission as inadequate.
The cut provides for a reduction of
40 per cent in the passenger fares
charged by the ferry company. It
makes no change in the rates charged
for automobiles, which constitute the
bulk Of the firms business.
This means that motorists who use
the ferry to reach Maryland's East
ern Shore will continue to pay a
minimum of $l50 one way, which Is
the rate charged for a light car and
driver. A fee of So is charged for a
heavy car and driver If the motor
ist has one or more passengers along
they will now be charged thirty cents
each for one-way trip and fifty
cents a round trip. The former rate
for passengers was fifty cents one
way and eighty-five cents a round
trip. It is estimated that the reduc-
ton ordered will reduce the COM
pany's income about $4,000 a year,
but from the public's standpoint a
rate reduction that does not apply to
Evening star., 1940-06-04

America" said DR.. Sullivan, "is particu-
larly difficult because there was never
time which called for such intelligent
alertness as the present, such constant
vigilance for the slightest indication of
subversive activity. Balanced against
this is the vital necessity of preserving
our own form of society.
Dealing with an individual mild para
mold reaction, such as is met with almost
daily, is simple matter. The usual
technique would be simply to present an
opposite hypothesis. If somebody is
berating another person as the cause of
some misfortune, and his complaints do
not seem to be very logical, you have
heart-to-heart talk with the fellow and
try to present him with an opposite
hypothesis. 1t might have happened
some other way, you tell him, without
the individual who is blamed being in
the least culpable. But how are you 60
ing to sit down and have such heart
to-heart talk with the American people,
knowing all the time that the utmost
care must be used not to cause any re-
laxing Of vigilance?"
The impact of the war on the mind
of Europe, DR.. Sullivan believes, still is
impossible to assess. Its victims, for the
most part, have been too busy to go
crazy. One doesn't develop delusions
running from an enemy, but only in the
more terrible aftermath when there Is
time to think about 1t.
Evening star., 1940-06-04
Dr.. Motion

There are many famous names
which must be mentioned in any
deflnitive history of the Negro race
In America, and among the number
that of Robert Russa Motion should
be included. He was the protege of
Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee
Institute and succeeded him as presi-
dent there in 1915. But he also was
closely associated with the pioneer
work at Hampton, where he had
the guidance of Brigadier General
Samuel Chapman Armstrong and of
the Rev. DR.. Hollis Burke Frissell.
From these friends, as we'll as
from the most gifted and distin-
guished leader of his own people, he
acquired a practical philosophy for
the advancement Of the colored
community in the United States.
"You and l." DR.. Motion told his
students, belong to an undeveloped,
backward race that is rarely for its
own sake taken into account in the
adjustment of mans relation to man,
but is considered largely with ref
erence to the impression which it
makes upon the dominant Anglo
Saxon. The question which the
Nation must face and the Negro, as
part of the Nation, must soberly
and dispassionately consider, is the
mutual, social, civic and industrial
adjustment of two races, differing
widely in characteristics and diverse
in physical peculiarities, but alike
suspicious and alike jealous and
more or less prejudiced each toward
the other. believe that, unless
democracy is failure, it is entirely
practicable for the white and the
black races of America to develop
side by side in mutual helpfulness
toward each other, each making its
own contributions to the wealth and
culture of our beloved country"
This, surely, is an honorable doc
trine. From it vast good already has
come. No other race anywhere at
any time has made more rapid or
more convincing progress in health,
wealth, culture, spiritual evolution.
It is evidence of the essential
strength and vigor of the African
stock in the new world that 1t has
prospered, and it likewise is testi-
mony to the elemental liberality of
the white majority that its growth
has been aided so generously and so
consistently.
DR.. Motion was a bridge between his
people and their neighbors. He will
be remembered by both groups for
his services to the ideals which they
share.
Evening star., 1940-06-04
Stresses Importance of
Training for War.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have read that the C. c. C. bows are
to be trained as non -combatant work.
ers IN the armament program. What
lnsidlous whispering has reached the
ears of Congress and our President which
causes them to believe that they are
catering to our desires in not insisting
on military training?
am wife and mother. Like everv
other right thinking American, I hate
war, but If my choice is to be war or a
Nazi world I will choose war. If my
sacrifice is to be my husband and my
sons pray God will make it as bravelv
as the women of France and England
are making it now. But as a mother I
want my sons trained and I feel sure
that other women share my desire.
Millions are being raised for guns
and planes, but who is to use them?
Enough of this namby- -pamby talk of
non-combatant training. We have al
ready faced the fact that war for us is
probable, and when it comes our men
will have to fight. be they college boys.
c. c. c., w. P. A. or farmers. We need
an army, so why not have good one?
To whose advantage is the last-minute
drafting of unframed soldiers? Why
not give our men fighting chance and
train them? MRS. Ell,
May 81
Evening star., 1940-06-04

government is punished Just as certainly
as is wrong doing by an individual.
Had the foundation for the Versailles
Treaty been laid in justice instead of
hatred and vindicativeness and had the
United States of America become a
member Of the League of Nations at
an expense of a few thousand dollars
the billions now being expended for
armament would doubtless have been
saved. AS it was, the league without
the United States was like the play of
Hamlet without Hamlet, like an arch
without a keystone. The truth is that
we were pikers, and all because of
political animosity against President
Wilson on the part of a few United
States Senators. 1t will be we'll if the
government shall make the test of
justice the rule in all future legislation.
This would involve an immense amount
Of repeal legislation
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita, Kans.
May %.