The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-22
JULIA McNINCH SLEAR

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few short summers ago everyone
was dashing over the country in
wild vacation mood. Today, with
the magic carpet looms busily en-
gagged with war materials and
trains speeding soldiers home
ward, en- furlough, Washington ans
are still going places, with traf-
fic channelized into one main
stream-down tae road to North
Carolina. Glorious holiday plans
are being made over breakfast,
lunch and dinner. On trolley or
bus, fellow passengers pore over
time tables or-believe it or not
road maps. Tea-time conversation
sparkles with talk of beaches, Car
olina-flung, tra-la-la! and lively
cocktail chatter whets the urge to
shake off the city's dust-and
oops, before you know it-they're
off.
But Everybody talkin' bout
Carolina, amt goin' there this
summer-even if it does look like
every single Tar Heel in the Cap
ital is leaving for Somewhere-ex-
cept Us. We were doing okey, too,
with all the other war-anchored
folk till Nancy Mrs. R. HI WAL
tiers returned Wednesday with a
heavenly tan and thrilling tales of
the golden haze of North Caro-
lina's vacation spots. And Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe G. Butts came back to
Washington after a fortnight down
in the State with relatives and
friends, bringing with them the
freshness and joy one acquires
from contacts in the home-State.
And-the House of Representa-
t.ves-with the blueprinting of an
early Victory over the little Nip
ponese just about completed, fold
ed up and slipped away today for
Well-earned bit of relaxation In
til October g.
Representative Kerr, who will
fly to Europe soon, with some OF
the members of his Congressional
committee left for his Warrenton
home last Saturday, while Miss
Louise Whitehurst, member of his
office staff is visiting friends at
Ocean City, N. ]. Miss Georgia
Davis, in Representative Graham
Barden's office is getting her sun
burn at Morehead City at the mo-
ment, and when she gets back to
Washington vivacious Jean Harri-
son will be off for a couple Of
weeks. Mrs. Herbert Bonner is Wis.
iting her father, w. c. Hassell in
Norfolk, viii e Representative
Bonner is on a mission to the Phil
ippines. When Representative Bay
ard Clark set out for Fayetteville
Friday he was loaded with friend
ly good wishes for Mrs. Clark whe
is recovering from a very painful
accident early in the spring, ane
has been missed from the Con
gressional wives gatherings re
Gently. The Hal Thomerson family
is in Carolina, bag and baggage
and in Lexington is Mrs. Alder
Hart, secretary to Representative
Carl Durham, who is spending
sometime at his home in Chape
Hill. Today was the date set fol
the departure of Representativ,
Harold D. Cooley and his attrac
tive wife, who will spend tn,
greater part of their vacation il
Nashville, N. C. Mrs. Mabel Cool
ey DoWney plans to leave Wash
ington the first of August, and aft
er brief visit at home, will swim!
down to Montgomery, Ala, to Sc
her husband, Bruce Downey, VIII
is doing some special war work
and her son, Major Bruce Downey
stationed close by.
Clever Isabelle Armour couldn'
stand the holiday urge any longe
and Sc she sped down to Carolin
Shelby, to be exact-for a littl
fun; and as you read this, Mis-
Helen Whitaker will be on her wa
to some nearby beach in Virginia
Miss Irene Whisenant will foreg
a visit home just now. bit Judg
Charles Gold headed South today
with plans to remain a month o
more. Others turning SoCthwar
were Representative and Mr..
Robert L. Doughton and thei
daughter, Miss Reba Doughtor
Representative. John Folger an
Mrs. Charles dois) Riley of Bun
Engton. Mrs. Neville Pratt Smit
whipped in today after a tw
weeks stay with her mother. an
Miss Marjorie Halsey of Spart
leave tonight for two weeks visi
at home and off again for a long
contemplated sun-fest was Mis-
Lucy Marshall who has also bee
visiting in Long Island. Mr.. an
Mrs. Lawrence G. Newman VIII
ambled about New York, findin
holiday happiness are b ack a
desks, while it looks like Washing
ton is going to have to get alon
somehow without the handso1n
Mrs. O. Max Gardner for the mex
month as words has it that SIT
will remain in her Shelby HON
until Fall. It's nice to know tina
the alert and attractive Mrs. Lor
raine Greenhouse, one of thos
war-effort girls WHO will not &c
home this summer, has just re
ceived a nice promotion and tina
Mrs. Paul (Gertrudel Stewart ha
closed her desk at the Nationa
Democratic headquarters and i
enjoying all over again the com
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