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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers be-
low:
l. Is it all right for woman rid
ing bicycle into town to wear
slacks?
2. Is it undisnified for a grown.
up to ride a bicycle?
3. Should parents tr yto keep
children's toys off the sidewalks to
the house when they are not being
used?
4. If possible, should children keep
their big play toys in some room
other than the living room?
5. If you call on the mother of a
small baby, and the baby seems fret
full, should you cut your visit short?
What would you do if
You are shown the picture of two
children by parent
(a) Say "The little one is a
beauty?
(b) Don't praise one child's ap-
pearance more than the other?
Answers
1. Yes. That is an appropriate cos
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Elizabethtown Bride
Entertained At Party

ELIZABETHTOWN, May -
Mrs. D. Mcqueen Campbell, recent
bride, was honored at a bridge
party Saturday at the home Of
Mrs. K. V. Lyon when Mrs. Lyon,
Misses Billie Case and K Ell ! y
Moseley entertained at bridge.
The living and dining rooms OF
the home were arranged wi h
spring flowers.
Travelling and high score prizes
were awarded to Mrs. Edward B.
Clark, recent bride. The b in 6 Q
prize was awarded to Mrs. W. B.
Kay. Mrs. Campbell was awarded
an honor guest gift,a and Mrs.
Guy V. Harriss, recent bride,
and Mrs Edward Clark were pre-
'sented gifts.
A salad course with tea was
served.
Those playing were:
Mrs. Campbell, honoree, M S
Harriss, Mrs. Clark, Mesdames J..
S. Blair, w. B. Kay, Cog I'd l
Thompson, Leon D. Smith, Herman
Greene; Misses Patricia Sturdivant
Frances Person, Louise Y oung,
Margie Spivey, Mary Ellen Mat
thews and Mary Flournoy Guests
invited for refreshments were e.:
Mesde es R. H. Poole, c. M. Cal
houn, E. F. McCulloch and Miss
Rachel Hurst.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
BY MARGARET KERNODLE
Wide World Features Writer

Somewhere in the U. S. Al
have been pinch-hitting for Paul
Revere.
I didn't need horse or lantern
as 1 took my post with the modern
minute women who work in Sc
cret bombproof building of t h e
U. S. Army First Interceptor Com
mand. l was one of $4,000 Amer
lean women charting the course of
every plane in the American skies.
The technique involves three weeks
of intensive training for w m n
volunteers and uses mans m o S
modern inventions in electricity,
radio, telephone, and strictly mil
itary matters.
In a gigantic room we worked
around a table map while Army
representative watched from an
observation platform. l was a
stand-in but the other girls - the
Hollywood actress, the girl look
ing for a job and the housewife
we're there to complete the course
which will enable them to serve
effectively in this immense anti
aircraft system of the Interceptor
Command. Hundreds of tn e
modern Molly Pitchers volunteer
to work free daily, and they are
needed.
Applications go to Post o if e
Box SO Sub-station mot zero) ~.
By return mail comes a call to
report at a certain secret spot. I
had to bring my birth certificate
to show to a gas masked guard
before could enter. Another
guard scrutinized my b u 6 N 6
pocketbook. (He couldn't believe
the thing could hold SO m u c h
until he looked into it.)
Then an Army escort took me
to the training school. There I
filled out a QUESTIONABLE which
includes questions like this:
'sHave you close relatives in a
foreign country? Are you an air
raid warden? How do you travel
to get here? Do you have a COM
petent person in charge of your
children?"
Not until then did I get per-
sonal interview. An Army Off
GERS daughter, Mrs, Barbara B.
Caldwell, cross-examined me. Sgt.
A. Chiaravalle fingerprinted me.
Next I got an aptitude test
which seemed chiefly a check-up
on concentration (what a check
up!), coordination and eye sight.
It was hard for me. I scored only
16 out of %. The instructor said
the average score is II.
For initial instruction I sat in
an observation gallery above the
practice map area opposite
group of Army observers.
Finally we worked. Our head
sets inluded bot tn mouthpiece
and earphones and were plugged
into the map table for connection
with human or mechanical spot
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Chadbourn School
Exercises Planned

CHADBOURN, May 1-Chad-
pourn High school graduating ex-
ercises began with the baccalau-
reate sermon preached Sunday
morning by Capt. Charlie E. Hill,
assistant chaplain at Fort Bragg,
to the 80 members of the senior
class.
Betty Elliott was president OF the
class. and the mascotS were Vim
cent Lowe and Patricia Currie.
Lera Britt was chief marshal. the
other marshals were: Louise Mer-
Ger. Stenziles Ellis. Leo Mercer
and Woodrow Fowler. Rev. B. F.
Ornand, pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church, conducted the worship
exercises and Mss Macie Hendren
was in charge of the music. Capt.
Hill took for his theme, Building
upon Rock.
Monday night, April 27. was
graduation night: DR.. Carlyle
Campbell, president of Meredith
of the evening.
John Strole presented the Legion
award for citizenship to Hannah
college, Raleigh, was the speaker
The Collier Memorial English
award was won by Woodrow FoW-
ler. The Good Citizenship cup was
awarded to Betty Elliott.
The senior class made a gift of
$40 to the Educational Loan fund,
a gift to Supt. E. L. Derrick and
a gift to school equipment.
Salutatorians were: Betty ELI
OFT, Eileen Johnson, and Merlin
Meares Grace Hobbs was valedic-
torlan. Glenn Strole a member of
the local school board presented
the diplomas to the class following
the class song,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02

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may have plenty of cotton house
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Mrs. Walter P. Sprunt
Church Group Speaker

GOLDSBORO, May Mrs. Wal
ter P. Sprunt of Wilmington will
be the speaker for the annual
May luncheon of the Goldsboro
Council of Church Women, it was
announced by Mrs. Marvin j.
Cowell, president of the council.
Mrs. Sprunt, a prominent Pres
byterian, will speak on "The
Teaching of the Bible in the Pub
lie Schools" Her home town has
course in the Bible in public
schools. Mrs. Sprunt is known
throughout the state in the field
of religious instruction. and re.
Gently represented the North Car
olina Council of Churches at a
meeting of the National Commit
tee of Church Women in Atlantic
| City. N, J,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Katherine Harris
Wins First Prize
In Poster Contest

The first prize in the S a f e y
Poster contest sponsored by the
United Commercial Travellers
association was awarded to Kath-
crime Harris of the eighth grade
at the Isaac Bear school.
The judges met at the Whining
ton WPA Museum of Art Friday
afternoon to choose the prize win
ners from the 81 posters submit
ted from the New Hanover High
school the Isaac Bear school and
one of the private schools in the
city. J. E. Allegood, representing
the Chamber of Commerce, Lieut..
Davis, representing the P oil C e
Force of the City and Miss Mar
garet T. Hall of the Museum of
Art composed the jury of awards.
There were four other prizes
awarded, second prize going to
Joe Glover, a sophomore at the
High school, third prize to Vera
Smith, a senior at the High school,
fourth prize to Gene Warren in the
seventh grade at the Isaac Bear
school and fifth prize to Jane Rey-
nolds of the eighth grade Isaac
Bear school.
These prize posters will be sent
to Anderson, S. C. next month to
compete with work from all ovel
North and South Carolina before
they 60 to Columbus, Ohio, for the
National Competition W here a
grand prize of $50 will be award.
ed.
All of the posters in the com.
petition will remain on display al
the Wilmington WPA Museum o1
Art through next week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Miss Revere Rides Again.
This Time Without A Horse

ters along coastal areas. For prac-
tice we first caught canned"
coded reports previously phoned
in by observers.
Within three minutes from h e
time a plane is spotted in our
skies its course is plotted and our
pursuit planes can be in the air.
Here is how it is done:
An observer sights a pl a n e.
every unidentified plane is con-
sidered an enemy plane.) He re-
ports to a plotter like me. I pick
up a little thing, that looks like
miniature building block or in
tersection street sign, called a pip.
l place the pip on map area
exactly corresponding to the area
where the observer sees h e
plane. The pip shows the kind of
plane, how high it flies, etc. From
the pip l plot the course of the
plane with arrows, whose color
tell the time, as the spotter de-
scribes the flight. Never a plane
goes across our skies but an OBJ
server and plotter follow it like
this. Three people must see the
plane before the sighting counts
It's check and double check in
this Interceptor Command be-
cause war is no time for mistakes.
Women tellers take my report
to filter board where military
experts weed out incorrect infor-
nation, identify the plane as
American or call out the air force
the anti-aircraft and Civilian De-
tense authorities for immediate
action. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
St. James Episcopal
Church To Hold Special
Family Service Sunday

Sunday, May 8, in observance
of Christian Family Week, all the
members of St. James church will
come in family groups to make
their Communion at the II o'clock
service. This is in response to the
Presiding Bishops call, in his pro-
gram of Forward in Service, that
the week IIay 3 to 10 throughout
the Episcopal church be observed
as Christian Family Week. To this,
as to all services of the church,
visitors are cordially invited. 5
Nearly twice as many people
we're killed in home accidents last
year as in occupational accidents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. M. White and
daughter, Betty Marie, Of Colum-
bia, S. c., are visiting Mr.. White s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. P. White
over the weekend. 5
Mrs. Ben Adams, Jr., and two
children recently arrived in San
Francisco, Calf, from Honolulu,
and are now making their home
with Mrs. Adams mother, Mrs.
Sam Cantwell at her home in Will.
mington. Lieut.. Adams, U. S. Navy
is with the Pacific fleet. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
AT 7 ION

Because war conditions have
reached into this office as into
all business and industry in
the country, it has become
necessary for the Star-News to
place new "deadline" for So
cial news to appear in the Sun
day issues.
Please be advised that no
items for this section of the
Star-NeWs can be accepted
later than IL o'clock noon on
Saturday. This applies to tele-
phone communications as well
as written articles.
Any written communications
left at the Star-NeWs office af-
ter u noon on Saturday will
be held for publication in Mon
day afternoon edition of the
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Miss Alma Blake,
Ernest Whitaker
Will Wed Today

rae First Baptist church will be
scsne of the wedding of Miss
,,,, Rake, daughter of Mr.. and
,,rs william Henry Blake. and
--.os+ Hines Whitaker, Jr., son OF
and Mrs. E. H. Whitaker OF
this city,
,rbe ceremony will be solemnized
s,,nrdav afternoon at 5 o'clock
=, the Rev. Sanky Lee Blanton,
,o- of the church, as the official
jns minister
Miss Blake will be given in mar.
.;ano hv her father. She has chosen
rrs Beverly Mintz, Jr., her sister
bay matron-of- honor and Mrs
Toe Fulbright, Jr., as her brides
maid.
M, Whitaker will have as his
host man mis- brother, Robert Viii
1sker of Norfolk. Groomsmen will
he owen Jones, of Charlotte, Win
ston GRAY, Garvin Faulkner, and
MARION Spencer, all of Wilmington.
Prior to the ceremony a program
of organ music will be rendered by
Mrs Lila Head with Miss Dorothy
Haarn as soloist Immediately after
Tho ceremony a receDtion will be
Given by the brides parents at their
home.
A number of out-of-town guests
are expected for the wedding and
friends of the couple in the city
are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
St. Johns Episcopal
Church Plans Service

The families of st. Johns Epis-
copal church are requested to be
present for the II o'clock service
Sunday morning to receive the
Holy Communion. The Presiding
Bishop has requested that this
service be held, and the Home,
the Bulwark of Society, will be
emphasized. Parish notes have
been issued to all members and
cards with suggestions for home
worship enclosed to be used regu-
larly each day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Nutrition Teachers
Needed In Wilmington

Nutrition teachers are badly
needed in Wilmington for instruc
tors in the American Red Cross nu
triton classes now being formed ir
the city. Glasses are increasing ir
membership daily and the need fol
more instructors in this work Ii
urgent.
All interested nutrition teachers
who have B. S. degrees and who
have been active in the past two
years are urged to call Mrs. P. r
Smith at telephone 21557.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Increased Fund Asked
For Low-lncome Farmers

WASHINGTON, May l. Up -
President Roosevelt today asked
Congress to increase from $125, ,000,-
coo to s245 900 900, 900 the sum pro.
posed to be made available to low.
income farmers for stepping up pro.
duction under the Food for
Freedom program.
The money will so to farmers in
the form of loans and grants by the
Farm Security administration, and
would be appropriated in the Aer-
culture department supply bill
pending now before Senate appro-
priations subcommittee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Six Enemy Planes
Downed At Malta

VALLETTA, Malta, May 1.-LP-
Six enemy planes We're DESTROYED and
eight damaged during raids on Malta
in the last "a hours, a British head
quarters communique said tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
Preseason Dance
Planned Tonight
At Lumina Pavilion

The first Of the preseason dances
VIII be staged Saturday evening
at Wrlghtsville Beach's popular
nance spot. Lumina pavilion.
Royce Stoenner and his Midwest
sfh orchestra will play for dancing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02

New York state prisons are
making first-aid stretchers in the
war emergency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
tune for cycling.
2. Certainly not.

8. Yes, otherwise everyone who
comes up the walk has to step over
them or walk around them.
4. Yes.
5. Yes. AS she can't possibly en-.
joy your visit, and is probably anx.
ious to give the baby all her atten-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-05-02
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE

IS. That IS an appropriate cos:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
NeIUs From Milan

be spent in improving existing
libraries In the state and 10 de
velop new service. For the local
library to be eligible for this fund
It had to have an appropriation
during its last fiscal year proceed,
ing July /. 1871, greater than the
average OF the last three fiscal
years.
Because the circulation OF the
local library has increased by 1000
books over the figure OF this time
last year it was voted by the
board TO spend the money in Civ
ing greater service to its patrons.
to redecorate the interior Of the
building TO make a more attract
i've setting to provide many small
items essential TO the increased
work at the desk. The remainder
OF the sum will be spent for books.
The allotment received before
July /, was used to purchase 500
worth of new books, mostly re-
placements OF worn out volumes
and 10 buy several magazine sub
scriptions for long terms.
In addition TO the State Aid
Fund. the library each year re-
ceives 800 in books from the Mon
roe County Library Board which
under the direction OF Mrs. Lillian
Navarro, has become one OF the
most active and essential county
libraries in the state. In return
for the books received through the
county allotment the local library
serves patrons from Milan and
London Townships, including the
rural schools.
Mrs. Robert Button will head
the committee OF officers OF the
board who will have charge of
the redecorating.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
MILTON ROYALS OBSERVE
Sill WEB ANNINEQ0AP

SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Milan, Mich. Aug. 6-Their sill
yer wedding anniversary was OBJ.
served al a lovely party given Sat.
urdSy evening by the Milton
Royals at their home on Ideal 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal, who were
married in 1917. have spent their
entire married life in Milan with
the exception OF the months az.
ter their marriage when Mr..
Royal was in the Navy and sta.
toned at the Great Lakes Train
Ing Station.
Bouquets OF gladioli and other
flowers, in shades of peach and
salmon, the gifts OF friends. dec
GRATED the living room. and three
lace-coyered tables in the dining
room were arranged from which
TO serve the buffet lunch. One
table was centered with beauti.
ful arrangement of white gladioli
in a low white bowl aud a second
table held the TERED wedding cake
with tiny bride and groom and
the number "25" in silver ribbon
on the top. Tall white tapers in
silver candlestick holders lighted
the room and so far as possible
the entire service was carried out
in silver and white.
Invitations had been sent to so
friends OF the couple who came
TO wish them many more happy
years and presented them with a
chest of silver, several other sill.
yer pieces and a gift OF money.
Among those from out OF town
were Mrs Royals sister and her
husband. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Arndt
Evanston. ILL.,, who were also their
guests over the week end, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Haner and Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Loveland. Ann
Arbor.
On Sunday. Mr.. Royals parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Royal. whose
forty eighth anniversary OF their
marriage was also on the first of
August were entertained at din.
ner, out OF town, by Mr.. and Mrs
Royal, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Arndt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
STATE WON'T COLLECT

Detroit. Mich. Aug. 6-The State
OF Michigan will not try TO collect
from George Olsen, orchestra lead
er. for the use last month OF Fair
grounds property as an open-air
casino C. Donald Kennedy. highway
commissioner, has announced. Ken
nedy was appointed by Gov. Van
Wagner to handle negotiations
with the Army. giving Uncle Sam
formal possession OF the grounds as
a supply depot at a sl-a-year lease
price
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
Workers Needed

Anyone who wishes to assist in
making bandages for the Red
Cross may go TO the Legion Hall
on Tuesday evenings where the
work is in progress. For those
who wish to sew for the Red
Cross the York Township Hall is
open on Wednesday afternoons.
II is under the direction of Mrs.
Lemuel Fox who is in charge of
knitting and Mrs. Luther Smith.
in charge of sewing Seventy
five hospital gowns are being
made and the group will soon
start on heavy lap covers for con-
valescent patients. More workers
are needed both in the Legion
Hall and in the sewing group.
Mrs. Fay Ross and daughter
Miss Corinne Ross have returned
from two weeks stay at Mack
mac Island
Miss Doris Anne Taylor is
spending this week at the home
of a friend in Ferndale
Louis McMullen who has been
employed at the Milan Federal
Correctional Institution has taken
a position at the Ford bomber
plant An ever increasing num-
Der OF men and women from this
community are finding work at
this plant, the number having
grown much larger since the bus
service has been established.
Mrs. Herman Braun and daugh-
tiers, jeanette and Kathryn, are
spending this week at their Mi
Ian home after having been in
Monroe for some time with Mrs.
Braun's mother. Mrs. b. J. Kreise-
leier. While in Monroe Kathryn
had her tonsils removed in Mercy
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Long and
daughters Joan and Judy Kay
Plan to spend part OF this week
at the trailer camp on the south
shore of Wamplers Lake where
Mr. and Mrs Walter Long are
spending several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow Bodley
and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Tooman
left Friday to spend a few days
at Long Lake near Hale. Dean
Bodley has been visiting his grand
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
BROWNS TO SPEND
DURATION In EAST


Mrs. Warren Brown. daughter
Dorothy, and sons. Warren and
Daniel, have left their home on
Lee Street to live with Mrs.
Browns mother in Hawley, Pa,
for the duration OF the war. Mr..
Brown. who until a few months
ago was member OF the corps at
the Milan Federal Correctional
Institution, is in the Navy and is
stationed near New York City.
Dorothy, who was graduated
from Milan High School this past
June and has recently been en-
ployed as bookkeeper at the Mi
Ian office OF the telephone com
pany, plans to be in New York
City this fall. where she has reg
istered at the Methodist Hospital
for a course in nursing. A fare
we'll party was given for her in
the Milan Hotel by the Murtagh
family Thursday evening. and she
was presented with several love
ly gifts.
Daniel also was presented with
farewell eift by group OF his
school friends at a party at the
home of Isabelle Bruckner Thurs
day evening A swimming party
had been planned by the hostess
but the rain turned the party into
an inside affair and the group en-.
1oyed games after which refresh
ments were served. The guests
included Carol Jones. Eileen Ed
wards Marjorie Taylor. Norma
Smith, Donna Colts. Ronald Beck.
Lee Sanford, Alan Conklin. Dane
Greashaber Bobby Mcleod, Dan
lei Bruckner and Donald Lidgard.
The Brown family have resid-
ed in Milan since the opening Of
the Correctional Institution.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
STATE LIBRARY MONEY TO
GO FOR IMPROVEMENT

Members OF the local library
board convened Wednesday eve
ming in the Milan Free Library
TO make plans for spending the
State Aid allotment OF s5S556.
This money came from the State
Aid grant to the Public Libraries
Fund and for the year 1s41-42 the
legislature provided S250,000 to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06

mother in Whitaker while his
parents are away.
Mr.. and Mrs Elwyn Bodley
plan TO return 10 Bronson next
week where Mr. Bodley is super
intendent Of the Bronson School.
During the summer he has been
employed in Milan and the family
has spent much OF the time at the
Bodley home in Whitaker.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
Filler KILLED

Mt Clemens. Mich. Aug. Sins
An Army board or inquiry was
formed here to probe the tragic
airplane crash in which an air force
pilot was killed when his pursuit
plane plunged more than a mile 10
earth near Mt Clemens. The vic
tim was Lieut.. T. II. Beville OF
Gainesville, Fla. who was on a rou-
tine flight from Wayne County air
mort
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-06
SUGAR Rationlna Starts

The local board on sugar ration
ing OF which Mrs Fred Neff is in
charge, will meet next week on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday in
the York Township Hall on w
Main St to allot sugar for fall
canning.