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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09
CHAPTER TWO

ROT" TONY hid his eyes.
making great business Of lighting
his pipe after Barbara said that,
because it was true, the town I'D
call the Wisters queer"
They we've right, my DEAR" Bar
bara continued, land they resent
US and 1 don't blame them. They
weren't prepared for US and We
We didn't try to fit into the picture
az we should have. South Whit
ridge is we'll I don't have TO
tell you Its'the perfect New Eng
land town. Conservative, tidy, we'll
ordered. l can see why and how
they think Of Of the Wis
ters
why should you?" he said an
grilv
Because I want TO-" she an
swered simply. you see, I'd like TO
belong, be one Of them instead Of
what tley lnlDk / am.
The voice inside Of him protest
I'd silently. He would not have Bar
bara Wister any different than
she was. Vital, warm-hearted, i'm
pulsive, all these things he had
seen in her the first time that he
had come across the Wisters one
day at the lake year before.
I can look back to when we
first came" she was saying, land
what a shock we must have been!
All Of us brown as gypsies. Mark,
thin, dark and so odd to look at,
with his thatch of black hair and
his skinny legs under white shorts.
The man from Mars he used to
call himself. And /, a woman In
faded Stacks and a brilliant BAN
dana, with a practically naked
baby Graded in books in the back
Of our station wagon"
The old perplexity came back to
him as 1t always did when he
thought Of Barbara and Mark Wis
ter az he saw them together and
he had seen them often, been their
only friend in South Wintridge. He
was familiar with Wister. yet he
never knew him; he would never
know what had drawn them to-
gethcr.
Barbara, he saw, had forgotten
him. Her voice had a faraway quail
ity.
Mark had pneumonia the win
Ter Sonny was born and the doctor
said he'd have to get away from
the city. We couldn't afford trail |
er so we bought a station wagon |
and a tent and went to Florida. |
Then in the summer we came |
here
why did you choose this
place."
I'VE closed our eyes and put a
finger on a map OF New England, |
opened our eyes and saw that Il
was South Wintridge. When Mark
found out that there was no artists
colony, no writer's here, he decided
that this was the place. Mark hated
colonies, groups, hated patterns,
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Queen of Follies
Moroccan RecluSe

Casablanc, Dec. 9-INS Jose
phine Baker, the ST. Louis nearess
who became the toast of the Follies
Bergere in Paris. has been dis.
closed to be living In the little
Moroccan town OF MarrakeCh near
Medina.
Friends describe her "a living
alone in truly Arabian splendor
and in quite good health although
she left a Casablanca clinic only
IS days ago.
She fled TO French Morocco
when France fell and for some
time lived in the Hotel Mamaun-
ia in Marrakoch. Before she
moved ont OF the exclusive hostel
ry three days ago she was seen
frequently. riding I'm beautiful
carriage drawn by two Arabian
horses
One Of her routes OF travel on
these journeys is the picturesque
Marrakcch market place whore
natives bring their produce IN
camel trains from the hills.
The one time dancer who
brought the modern American
dances 10 Vienna is accompanied
by Liyeried Arab servants and is
held in high regard by both the ma
tiyes and the foreign residents.
Mail Christmas Parcels Early
Buy Bonds
TO CANCEL ANNUAL BALL
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SURPRISE FoR MARINEs

Detroit Dec. . ms Special
Marine pIs.oons recently recruited
f-om Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids and
Saginaw and now stationed on the
West Coast had a lot Of good things
aesdeI their NAY Tuesday. Seeking
90 provide tho boys with CHEEKY
Christmas. the Michigan Chain
stores Bureau has shipped almost
three Tons % sweets. shaving kits.
playing cards, barracks bags and
o-lgr u-rtul items 20 the boys from
the Wolverine State. many n
whom are spending their first
chr -rwl- away from home
Nail Christmas Parcels Early
bay Bonds
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I across from her, thinking OF
Mark, and Of Sonny asleep upstairs
and that Mark should have provid-
ed in some way for what lay ahead
Of ner. As if the burden Of her
thoughts was heavy, her head fell
forward.
Tony came to her side and, rails
ing her chin. looked into her face
with a searching professional look.
What have you had to eat to-
day2' he asked grufiy.
u had a cup Of tea a little while
ago"
Tear He snorted. "Of to bed
with you, Barbara. I'll look after
the furnace and lock up for you.
III bring something up to you. Get
into bed and put something warm
around you"
TONY, the neighbors :"
He Snorted
She gave in then and went up
stairs, past the door Of the big
front room that had been hers and
Marks, and into the little room be-
side Sonny's. She undressed hastily
and got into bed with her pajamas
and bathrobe on.
He came up in a few minutes
with a bowl of hot soup and a glass
Of water and said. zone Knockout
pill for you. my girl. and one dish
Of good hot broth. both Of which.
you will down while ] get my coat
on"
The soup was good. Its warmth
spread through her. and the seda-
tive began to work quickly. She
heard him rafting the furnace, his
footsteps going the rounds down.
stairs and then he came back.
Tony, thank you for being so
good. And the others the
neighbors, they've been good, too"
Her voice took on a different note
that was a little desperate. I'm
going TO stay in South Wintridge,
Tony, find some way to live here
He looked at her for a moment.
Then abruptly he said, Good night,
Barbara. Cali me il you need any
thing at all "
All he had 10 offer her was HIM
self, and that he could not do for
a long time, if she would have him.
It seemed little enough now that he
knew she had a desperate, immedi-
ate need. The last thing she said
told him that Mark Wister had left
her penniless.
His day had been a long, hard
one, but he knew that he couldn't
sleep, so he turned the nose Of his
car toward the hills and drove until
the cold air made his eyelids heavy
It was after two when he crossed
the bridge and took the road 10 his
house that led past the railroad
station.
The Boston Express that usually
roared through the sleeping town
had come 10 a stop and the doctor
saw a small group Of people leave
the train and move toward a big.
dark car. He wondered, with little
curiosity, who was arriving. Some
one from the Kilcran mills. some
one with enough influence to have
the express stop. he thought
He left his car In the drive that
ran around the old brick house and
knocked the ashes from his pipe
the wooden sign that had
hung beside the door FOR three gem
Anthony Bradshaw. NJ D.,
it said in letters long since weather
beaten.
10 Be COntlnuedl
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being a part Of a thing, or identi
flying himself with a group.
We thought we were only going e
stay that, one summer, but wher
we came back the next year anC
Mark had sold his book, we bought
| the house and now q"
They both knew what NOW
meant.
Now you'll go back TO the
city?" The forlorn note escaped
him, but when he looked at her
from under his lashes, he saw that
she had not been aware OF It.
She was shaking her head, say.
ing, Il haven't anything to go back
to, Tony"
But your home? The place you
came from ?"
Again she shook her head. 81
never had a home, my dear. Ny
mother died when l was five and
my father, who was a foreign cor
respondent, dragged me around the
world with him. l lived in boarding
schools and hotels until he died
when I was 49, Even then, I always
knew what l wanted. once, when /
was IA, spent a summer in a little
place like this lived with a big
family Of brothers and sisters and
even a grandmother and grand
father I pretended I was one Of
them. I cried when had to 60 back
to school. / never cried when I had
to leave any other place. It was the
first place where l felt where
I wasn't lonely. Do you under
stand ?"
Tony Bradshaw was %, but now
ne felt something queer in his
throat. He nodded. After a moment,
he grumbled, what did you do
after your father died ?"
Il had to 60 to work. Dad didn't
leave nickel. l haven't much edu-
cation, Tony, and I didn't, and still
don't know how to do anything
useful. One Of Dads friends
was a theatrical producer and he
gave me a small walk-on part.
After that l got other small parts.
l never was any good, never want
ed to be. l hate the tinsel part Of
the theater. You have 10 love II 10
see its glamorous side, and 1 never
loved it."
He cleared his throat, being
again without the right words, and
ventured, But it is a way to earn
a living"
Yes" she murmured, her eyes
slipping away from him into the
past, seeing the years when she'd
lived in shabby theatrical board
ing houses. remembering the ever
present fear Of running out Of her
meager funds. Then I met Marx"
she said.
And now she wondered what
Mark had seen in her that he
should have said that night three
weeks after their meeting, Don't
worry about your show closing.
We're going TO get married"
Did you know him long?' Tony
asked.
mot very long" she said aloud,
and TO herself, And never very
we'll" She had never known him
because she never knew what went
on in his mind, so different from
her own. He never talked to her
about the things that he was think
ing, or writing. II seemed impossi-
bic to her now that they could have
lived so Intimately yet be worlds
apart.
She forgot the doctor dttlng
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SYNOPSIS

BARBARA WISTER. former actress.
finds herself a widow at q. when her
husband
MARK, a ncwspaperman-turne -au-
thor dies in South Wintrdge the
small town m which they had taken
Up residence. The evening after the
funeral. she IL visited by young
DIR. TONY BRADSHAW. young ply
stefan OF the town.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09

a visitor at the home OF her par
ents. Mr.. and Mfs. George Howell.
Sunday
Mrs. John Strom and daughter.
Mrs. Robert Young, Npsilanu. Wis
tied Mrs. WIN Royal Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. George Colts accompanied
Mrs. Clarence smith to Ann Arbor
Monday.
Mail Christmas Parcels Early
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09
Willis News
PEpRo Cue MEEIs

Willis. Mich, Dec. six mem.
hers OF the Hi-Fiye Pedro Club
met with Mrs. Fred Marvin for
their regular meeting on Tuesday
afternoon. Progressive pedro was
played with prizes being won by
Mrs. Lester Hall Mrs. Carl Thorne
and Mrs. Elma Williams. Mrs.
Aubrey Hayes has dropped from
the club as she is now employed
in Royal Oak and Is living with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Colder. Mrs. Carl Thurne will
entertain the group at a Christmas
party next Tuesday.
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Two Lose I08 Pounds
to Squeeze in Army

FORT EUSTIS. VANS Pri-
Yates Samuel S. Berger and Muir
ray A Levison, attorneys in New
York City, managed to squeeze into
the Army only after sweating of
Jos pounds of flesh.
When the two men applied at
the New York Army recruiting Of
flee, Berger weighed I'll pounds
and Leyinson 235 5pounds. They
were told that it was too much
weight and both men started to re
duce. Finally, when they arrived
at Fort Eustis last week Berger
weighed 165 and Pvt. Leyinson 173.
Mail Christmas Parcels Early
Buy Bonds
DOUBLE THREAT TO JAPS
Los ANGELES-UP- Russell
and Robert Harding, IS year old
Identical twins, who have just vol
unteered as Naval Aviation cadets.
are hoping ardently that the nick
name by which they were known
all through their high school ca
reer will mean what it says TO the
Japs. 1t was Double Trouble.
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Mrs. Nina Sherman and grand
daughter. Mrs. Ray Stabnau, Belle
vile, were Monday visitors OF Mrs.
VIII Royal.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chaplin,
Ypsilanti, were visitors Sunday Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sherman and
daughter Beverly.
Mrs. r.. r. Burbank, Npsilanti,
visited her daughter. Mrs Fred
Sherman, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cots and
Mrs. Clarence Smith were Dear
born business visitors on Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Lester Hall and son Robert
were Friday supper guests Of the
formers aunt, Mrs. Blanche Ellis
and son Donald, Paint Greek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Graham
Wayne, were Saturday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sher-
man and Beverly.
Mrs. Paul Welker, Detroit. was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09
Home on EurIouah

Torpedo Man Third Glass. Rob
ert Redburn. L. $. n. is spending
a fifteen day furlough at the home
OF his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Redburn, Sr. lie was gradu
sted on Friday November Is.
from the United States Naval Ter
pedo Station az Newport, Rhode
Island. Sailor Redburn will leave
here on Wednesday for the West
Coast
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Suffers Injuries

Mrs. Eugene Staebler received
word on Tuesday that her brother
and sister-in-law. Mr., and Mrs.
Gene Bartlett, Battle Creek, are
in a hospital with face injuries
and suffering from shock resulting
from an automobile accident which
occurred Sunday near Pontiac
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09

Mrs. Clarence Smith. Sr, left
Friday for the East Coast where
she will visit her son, Private
Clarence Smith, for a few days.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09
Vile PreseNers

Take care Of your electrical home
equipment Keep the to-ster free OF
crumbs. on according 20 manufacturer s
directions when toas,gE mechanism
needs 10. and see that WIRING and heating
units are kept out Of water. t
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09
Sunday Dinner Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Felzer and
daughter. Sondra, Detroit, We're
Sunday dinner guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Clarence Smith.
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Mail Christmas Parcels Early
Buy Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-09
DOUBLE THREAT TO JAP

MRlIIEN FOR AND RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Scholarship Offered
In Maryland College
.ByCounty Teachers
Prince Georges Award
To Be Given High School
Student of Ability

The Prince Georges County
Teachers Association yesterday Of
fered an annual student aid scholar
ship of $3.50 for a high school senior
in the county to attend a Maryland
teachers college.
The award will be given on the
basis of the students demonstrated
ability in school work and fitness
to enter teaching career. An at
tempt will be made to have the
institution match the associations
contribution.
T. D. Martin. director of mem
bership of the National Educa-
ton Association, addressed the
group on Our Job in the National
Emergency" He asserted that
teachers could best protect the in
terests of education by adapting
school work to the requirements of
national defense.
Instead of holding their annual
social meeting this year, the teach
ers voted to contribute Sl25 of the
money which would otherwise be
spent in this way to the Red Cross
War Relief Fund. An additional
$l00 was voted to expand the facih-
ties of the Teachers Lending Lii
brary, now located in the Olive
Street School in Hyattsville.
Resolutions of tribute were Of
fered to Nichols Orem, county su-
perintendent of schools, and TO AL
bert S. Cook, retiring state super
intendent of schools.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
-Four Corners Citizens Plan
Drive for Ambulance Funds

A drive for funds to purchase
ambulance equipment for the Mont
gomery County Civilian Defense
Council will be started this week
by the -Four Corners Citizens As
ISOLATION.
Charles w. johnson was named
chairman of the committee direct
ing the campaign. The annual
spring banquet of the association
has been cancelled and instead the
group will devote its efforts to the
ambulance equipment project.
A special committee, headed by
William B Simpson, has been named
by Berry E Clark, president, to urge
the Board of Education to improve
the grounds of the two schools in
the Four Corners area which are
nearing completion so that they
can be used for playground pur-
poses during the summer.
Efforts will be made by the as
sociation to obtain bus service for
residents living along the Old Blad-
ensburg road from Wheaton to -Four
Corners.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Norfolk Launches
Destroyer so Days
After Laying Keel

PORTSMOUTH. Va. April
is.-Named In honor of a rear
admiral, the destroyer Shu-
brick was launched at the Nor
folk Navy Yard today in the
record time of 60 days after
the keel was laid.
Mrs. Grosvenor B Be miss.
great-great granddaughter OF
Rear Admiral Brsndford Shu-
brick. commandant of the Nor
folk Navy Yard a hundred
years ago, christened the YES
sci.
Experience proved a ajor
factor in launching the ship
In such rapid time, yard on
cials stated. The Shubrick is
q sister ship of the destroyer
Herndon, which was launched
here February S, q vessel which
required i6s days for construc-
ton. Many construction prob
lens were ironed out through
experience with the Herndon,
and more men were employed.
The Navy Yards public re-
lations once said the building
Of the Shubrick was the fast
est construction job on record
for q ship Of It's size and de-
sign.
Evening star., 1942-04-19

spections in the junior and senior
high schools because of the large
percentage of service reflections for
dental defects.
In addition to the physical train
ing program, the Los Angeles school
authorities are classifying all high
school boys 16. II and 18 years old
to determine whether they are best
suited for armed forces or industry.
Given Individual Attention.
Individual programs of studies and
planning will be instituted for each
boy, Mr.. Kersey said, on the basis of
questionnaires to be filed out this
week with the aid of guidance coun-
selors.
The city public school system, he
said, is cooperating with the private
and parochial schools in the guild
ance program.
The system will be ready for de-
mands for agricultural or war in
dustry workers." Supt. Kersey said.
Unlike the last war, the youths
with the best training will be placed
in the positions where they can best
serve"
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Prince Georges
Shuttle Bus
Plans Halted
Maryland P. U. c.
Orders Hearing on
Transit Changes

A 1ast-minute order by the Marys
land Public Service Commission yess
terday halted for the tine being
plan to substitute shuttle bus lines
for through service on most of the
FRINGE Georges County Capital
Transit Co. lines.
Under the plan. which would have
become effective today. the come
pany's bus lines which run from
various parts, of Prince oeorges
County to Seventeenth and Pennxyi-
vania avenue Sc. would instead be
run TO the Mount Rainier bus-street
car terminal. where passengers
would have to change to the down.
town buses or street cars. Fred w
Cast of Cheverly. q leader In the
civic fight TO block the plan. said all
of the c. r. G. lines In Prince
Georges. except the Bunker Hin
road route. were affected. &
Because of strenuous civic pro-
tests. Representative Sasscer. Dem.
ocrat. Of Maryland appealed 10 Gov.
O'Conor. Mr.. Sasscer later ans
tlOiuAtru blc NfosGahtA hAApfHtN0
him that the Public Service CONF
mission had suspended temporarily
the authorization for the new syss
tenn and would arrange q public
hearing on the proposal. No date
has been set for the hearing. how.
ever. Civic groups have protested
that the order for the change was
issued without q public hearing
Mr.. Sasscer said.
A Joint committee Of the County
Chamber Of Commerce and Fedora.
ton of Citizens Associations has
been appointed to tight the plan.
The group consists Of Luis 0ras
nados Of East Riverdale. chairman;
Secretary G. d. Anderson Of the
Chamber of Commerce, Mr.. Cast.
who is president Of the Cheverly
Citizens Association; Charles z,
Bentley. Cheveriy: Mrs. N. q. Tays
man, Cheyerly; Louis Day, Rogers
Heights; Charles Sayre. Berwyn,
Daniel Oreene, Avondale: Edward
Miller, Clearwood. and q. w. Moon
Of the Queeris Chapel Cttisens' As-
sociation.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
ST. karys County BIackoui
Will Be Staged tomorrow

PS the Associated Press.
LEONARDTOwN, Md, April lS.-
st. Mary's County will blackout for
the first time Monday night.
The order for the test blackout,
approved by the First Interceptor
Command, was relayed to county
defense authorities by 1t. Col Henry
S. Barrett, State director of air raid
precautions.
Chief Air Raid Warden B. l. Smith
said exhaust whistles which were
to be used as air raid signals had
not yet arrived and that wardens
would depend upon other means to
sound the alarm Many residents
will be notified Of the blackout in
advance.
The fire sirens in Leonardtown
| and Mechanicsville will sound short
blasts to signal the alarm with
church bells and hand-operated
sirens being utilized also.
Evening star., 1942-04-19

Supt. of Schools Vierling Kersey
believes Los Angeles is the first
city to adopt such program. The
work is being done by school doc
tors, nurses, health and physical
education teachers, and medical
groups are cooperating.
Re-Check i'm June.
A re-check is to be made in June
to see if defects noted have been
corrected and health progress GER
tificates will be awarded to those
who have remedied their weak
neSSeS.
The five defects we are studying
are keeping many young men from
the armed forces and hampering
youth in entering war industries, "
Mr.. Kersey said. Our program will
help solve big problem"
District school officials are pre-
pairing detailed estimates calling for
a large stepup in the physical train
ing program here for submission
to the House Appropriations SUBJ
committee holding hearings on the
1943 District budget. They also are
interested in increased dental in
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Noted Librarian 10 Talk
To Silver Spring Club

DR.. sigmund Skard. former IL
brarian of the Royal NorwegiaH
Academy at Trondheim. who ess
capped from that Nazi-captured city
on skis and eventually INSIDE his
WY across Russia. Siberia. the Pa
cific and the Panama Canal u
New York City with his wife and
two sets OF twins, viii be the speaker
tomorrow night at the open forum
Of the Mems Club at Grace Epis-
copal Church In Silver Spring.
DR.. Skard, now consultant In,
Scandinavian culture ut the Library
of Congress, remained In Trond.
helm after the invasion Of More
way, intent on protectingsthe valu-
able books and other property OF
the library, but took his daughters
31a-year- twins. to what he
thought would be safe place in
the country. His wife, at the time.
was In Sweden with the other set
of twins, e-month-old boys.
When the complete overrmning
OF Norway seemed probable three
weeks after the invasion, Or. Skard
made his escape with his daughters
and then began the long trip two
thirds of the way around the world
TO washington.
DR.. Skard's topic will be. Nor
way Still Fights" y
The meeting, open to all men,
will start at 8 pm. and at the
conclusion Of question period. re-
freshments will be served.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
High School Graduates
Warned Of Responsibilities
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, April 18.-High
school graduates this year are fac
ing the greatest responsibility since
the founding of the Republic, Divi-
sion Supt. w. T. Woodson said yes
terday at the annual spring con-
ference for the seniors of Fairfax
High School.
The conference was arranged by
Miss Martha E. Rely, director of
guidance at the high school, to
bring prospective graduates into
contact with representatives of COL
leges and trade and technical in
stitutions.
Careful training before assuming
the responsibilities of life, was urged
by DR.. Mitchell Dreese, president of
the Virginia Guidance Association
j. B. Bariesas of the Virginia
Public Service Co. cited the life of
Thomas jefferson as an example for
pupils to follow.
John Spiess, president of the
senior class, presided and the in
vocation was given by Gordon z.
Smith, former principal. Harold
E. Weller, principal, gave the ad-
dress Of welcome.