The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-24
By JULIA McNINCH SLEAR

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homecoming of Americas fore
most soldier-the nations unspoil-
ed five-starred general with h i S
famous, engaging, face-flooding
smile. Yet this City on the Poto-
mac, which has seen great gen.
erals come and go, is still in
sort of patriotic ecstasy after the
about, if rather inadequate, effort
Monday to let General Eisenhow.
err, and the boys, know how it
feels about them.
Actually nothing quite like the
welcome given this very person
able III r o" has taken place in
Washington before. From the mo-
ment the silver winged plane
swooped to earth at the Airport,
his triumphal tour of the Nations
Capital was one long line of I'm
broken smile that seemed to en-
circle the great man affectionate-
ly. The cheering, flag waving
crowd that lined the street, JAM
ming traffic, was far and away
above record, with virtually every
Washington Tar Heel participating
from some vantage point. And, at
the joint session of Congress Sc
date senators, representatives,
cabinet members, justices of Su-
preme Court, their wives and the
Diplomatic Corps, forgetting all
show of dignity for the moment,
paid an eager. tumultuous tribute
| to the returning conqueror of Hit
ler's legions.
There was little senblance of the
usual parade about the Victory.
olive-drab motorcade as it moved
slowly down the street, without
benefit of fife or drum. But the
sun-scorched standees, represent
ing a grateful nation, greeted il
Justify, proudly-with the m e
ringing ovation they would have
given the Great War President
had he been alive on VIEW Day.
Tears mingled with tears. And the
hope of happiness. To all, the Su-
preme Commander, flashing h
infectious grin, from the battle
SCARED jeep, was the vibrant SYM
boil of our Military Forces-of LOU
lie, Bill, Robin, Pou, Frank, Eddie
and the thousands of other lads
w h return is so impatiently
, awaited.
Among the 1900 guests at the
Eisenhower luncheon that n n
were General and Mrs. Albert L.
Cox, 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. w. Ley
Evans, Larry James of Mount
Olive and his charming wife; Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Harrison; Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert M. Rogers and doubt
less hundreds of other North Car
olinians, lost to us, in the terrific
jam.
Also lunching, en- party, after the
parade were Mrs. Charles H.
Rhyme, Mrs. H AIRY S. Walker,
Mrs. E. L. Mason, Mrs. James F.
Bright and Mrs. Evelyn G r i e r
Hodges, guests of Mrs. j. Davis
Alexander, who was entertaining
for her sister, career-bent r h
Davis, who is en- route TO Chapel
Hill for the University's Com
mencement-and later to do the
research necessary to COM
! plete the book she is writing.
Not missing single thrill of the
Generals rousing reception, Mrs.
R. w. Iseley of Pinetops, who as
house-guest of Mrs. Mary Colvin
Murphy, formerly of Snow Hill,
has been the center of wi1irl of
sightseeing and a ! a entertain
ment that would whip almost any
other visitor down Mrs. Murphy
returned to her duties the first of
the week and will be joined in
July by her daughter, Mary. who
remained at Atlantic Beach as one
of the merry mouse party guests
of Miss Mary Hardy, daughter o.
Mrs. J. S. Hardy.
Other visitors having fun in
Washington this week were attrac-
tive Miss Frances Marie Bird,
dean of the department of civil
engineering at Duke university.
who is visiting her classmate, clev.
er Miss Tribby O'Neil; Mrs. o. L.
Phillips and Miss Doris Funder.
burk, here for a couple of days
for a brief vacation; Miss G
Woodward, who will visit in Raj
eigh before returning to her home
in Charlotte and Misses Betty Hill
and Fannie Mae Pritchard, relax
ing from June Week at West Point
before leaving for Wilmington
where they will engage in war
work. Miss Margaret Willis, sec.
rotary to former Governor Cam.
eron Morrison, motored up with
friends for the weekend and
found Washington still a pleasant
place to visit.
Commander and Mrs. Thurman
Chatham, who slip down home ev.
cry now and then when that we'll
known yen becomes overpowering,
returned to the Capital in the nick
of time. Wednesday morning al
special exercises the Tar Heel of.
ficer who displayed outstanding
gallantry aboard the historic U. S.
S. Phoenix in the South Pacific
was presented a medal. Witness
ing the impressive ceremony were
Representative Robert L. Dough
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