The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-12
shortages on the home-front."

shortages on the home-front."
Out of this junket will doubtless
come the Establishment of strong
naval de,enses necessary for or
protection and for the assurance
OF peace in the postwar world.
Things are never at a complete
stardstill in Washington. Scratch
the veneer of listlessness-of pat
ent social lethargy and you will
find exciting events in the making
for the North Carolina Colony.
There's talented Clara Doss, for
instance - to her close friends
"Tandalaya" Coming up from the
State a little while ago she now
heads her own orchestra-conl-
posed OF Is girls, who are famous,
she will tell you, because of beauty
is well as music. Miss Doss. who
has made her home in Raleigh.
High Point and is graduate of
the Greensboro High SC h ool,
serves, in addition to being band
leader, as Washington representa-
tive for Boston Booking agency.
Its a new kind of orchestra that
the lively Tandalaya heads, for
her baton is definitely down on
dance music. Its theatrical Or
chestra," she says, providing
background music for stage shows
and theatrical productions, with
plans in the making for making
a few movie shorts
Meredith Howard
While some time has elapsed
nee its first appearance, the IN
itial issue of the United Nations
Gibbs magazine is often the topic
of discussion, with about credit
being given to Miss Meredith How
ard, one of the founders of the
United Nations Club. The Club, a
unique m di u m for obtaining
world peace, through world under
standing, is now fixed part of
the Washington social scene-a
center where members from all
| the United Nations can meet and
make friends. Meredith, whose
capable hands molds the polio es
and program of the Club includes
many special features in the club 5
! activities b s j les dancing and
dancing. Just now her perfectly
coifed head is buried IN sheafs o.
paper. Soon she will emerge trj-
umphantly, with bigger and better
plans, yet, for the coming season.
That trip so many of us have
wanted to take this SImmer--lS
being taken this week by Mrs.
Macie Sigmon Lowe, secretary Of
the North Carolina Society, who
| leaves for home on the morrow.
Also heading in the same general
d 'rection is Mrs. Balm Doughton,
/ accompanied by Seaman &c and
| Miss Norman Julian who are visit
| ing relatives in the state. Mrs. Will
| liam H. Sanders stopped over a
/ few DAYS this week en- route home
from Columbia university, where
she has been studying for the past
month, to visit her daughter, Miss
Betty Sanders, who holds a posi-
ton here with the Continental Air
Lines. Going down with her Tor
the weekend was Miss Mary Nc
Caslin, former North Carolinian.
Miss Cleo Bowie, weekend visitor
10 Kannapolis has returned to the
CAPITAL and so have Mr.. and Mrs.
John P. Wright and Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin H. Grady, who were guests
Of relatives in Wilmington for the
past fortnight.
Mrs. Fletcher c. Mann vel
comes the quiet of summer-dull
washington after the round OF gay
etv she found in North Carolina,
with many of the parties planned
IN her honor, during her visits to
Raleigh and Pittsboro. Before TAX
no ND her Red Cross duties where
she she left off, Mrs. Mann will trek
down to New Orleans to say good
hvs to her son, Lieut.. Fletcher
Mann U.S.N., who sets OFT soon
fnr the South Pacific.