The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-28
nv JULIA McNINCH sLEAR

BY JULIA MCNANN0 0AGAh
Things are getting underway
with verve and enthusiasm for the
fall schedule Of festivities among
the Washington Tar Heels. and
measured by the first yardstick
(the North Carolina Society's re-
ception and dance last Saturday
night the Capital will be over.
whelmingly gay for them this VIM
ter. And there is nothing much
one can do about it! Caught in
the crowd, you just change gears
and it's full speed ahead.
The function which opened the
season for the North Carolina So
ciety, oldest State group in Wash
ington, this fall was truly one Ct
thrilling superlatives, with the
well beloved statesman, Senator
Clyde r. Hoey, guest Of honor and
North Carolina hero
and Congressional Medal wearer,
Marine Jacklyn Guke) Lucas
and his ''honey," pretty Carolyn
Brown Of Plymouth, N. c., adding
glowing color and sweet romance
to the occasion. Moving through
the merry masses Of downhomers,
the distinguished Senator created
a pleasant sensation, chatting with
group after group, preferring to
greet friends and admirers in this
friendly manner, rather than in
the usual formal receiving line.
Also vending their way through
the merrymakers during the fore
part of the evening in order to
greet all guests, were former Gov
ernor Gardner and his handsome
wife. who make any party a sue
cess; Brig. General Kenneth c.
Royal, vice president of the So
ciety. whose appointment as I'm
dersecretary Of War on Monday
was being hailed as an accepted
glorious certainty by the members
that night, and his beautiful lady,
Margaret; sparkling Mrs. Lindsay
Warren, whose husband, one of the
highest Of the government officials
was in Baltimore with Represen-
tative Herbert Bonner and Dudley
Bagley for the Navy-Tech 'kick-
off, was with Mrs. Dudley Bagley
and Judge and Mrs. Newman A.
Townsend; and the genial Captain
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, COM
pletely surrounded at all times
with friends wanting to make the
most Of this, very likely the
Daniels last North Carolina party
as Washington residents and mem
bers Of the North Carolina Colony.
There in the midst Of the melee,
too, were DR.. and Mrs. Fred Nor
rison-the latter, as chairman OF
the reception committee keeping
the crowd stirring happily.
Beauties
"Blue ribbon" b auties that
night included Carolyn Langston,
vivacious Julia Hedrick, Jean
Lyon, Betty Morrison, Ida Harper,
Tom Tomlinson, Lorraine Great
house, IN ickie" Macdonald,
daughter of the DR.. Ralph Mac
Donalds, Faith Brewer, and lovely
Gail Griffith, Zone Of the most at
tractivs Of Tar Heel Wave OF.
ficers), Lieut.. Barbara Wingo, re-
Gently home from the South East
ern trouble zones and Anna Lois
Tufts, who were all wearing jun
Tor hostess badges! Verbally pin.
ming orchids" on Mrs. w. o. Bur
gin. wife of Representative Bur.
gin, and Mrs. A. D. McFadyen,
co-chairmen Of the card party that
preluded the fete; Jack Spain,
membership chairman; Mrs. Her
man Bailey, chairman Of door
prizes and Miss Evelyn Cordell,
general attendance chairman, was
John X. Slear. president Of the
Society who boasts aloud the vir-
tues Of his cohorts-and who IN
turn was taking a "gay ribbinx'
from witty Jane Pratt. because,
she declared he had Judge Charlie
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