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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-07
Wilmington Community Concert
Workers Open Drive With Luncheon
Headquarters Will Be Located
At St. James Parish House
October 8-12.

The annual membership cam
paign of the Wilmington Commun-
ity Concert association will open
on Monday with luncheon meet
ing for active workers in the cam
paign.
The luncheon will be served at
l o'clock in the Great Hall OF St.
James parish house on Third and
Market streets. Workers are asked
to be on time as short program
will be held followed by the dis
tribution of cards and literature
for the drive.
Headquarters will again be
located in. the parish house where
special telephones will be in
stalled, numbers to be announced
later, and will be open immediate
lv following the luncheon with the
secretary and her staff on hand to
aid all persons interested in be-
coming members of h e associa'
ton. The campaign will close at s
pm. Friday, October II. There is
still a need for several more &C:
tive campaign workers and those
interested in aiding the association
may call Mrs. Miriam Burns, cam
paign chairman, at telephone
2-3449.
Members from last year who
were not contacted during the pas
week will be able to renew their
memberships by calling by the
headquarters ON their workers las
year, but are urged to do so as
soon as possible. For the past two
season the association has had {
complete "sell-out'' of member
ships and no single admission i.
ever sold to a concert following
the close of the drive. Member
ships are transferable.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-07
VerveSt-Lee
Vows Spoken

The marriage of Miss Emily
Lee, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. R.
T. Lee of this city, and Pvt. Jo-
seph Francis Vervest, of the Meth
erland Marines, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. J. Vervest, Eindhoven.
Holland, was solemnized in the
First Baptist h u CHI, at $50
o'clock Saturday afternoon, Sep
TENDER %. DR.. Sanky Lee Blanton,
pastor of the church, officiated,
using the double ring ceremony.
The church was decorated with
palms, ferns, white gladioli and
candelabra. Prior to the ceremony
Henry Emurian,. minister of mI-
sic, rendered a program of nuptial
music. A. j. Smith, Jr., sang If
God Left Only YOU and BE.
cause" The traditional wedding
marches of MendelssoAn and Wag-
ner were used.
The bride entered the church with
her father by whom she was given
in marriage. Her. wedding gown
was Of silk marquisette, fashioned
with long fitting bodice of en-
broidered marquisette, sweetheart
r ockline an long sleeves which
extended to points over the hands.
The full skirt tapered into a medi-
UNI train. The bridal veil of net
and lace was fastened with coro-
net of orange blossoms made Of
pearls. The bri d e carried a
bouquet of white carnations and
tuberoses. Her only ornament was
a string of pearls.
Mrs. Isabel Woodbury. attended
Miss Lee as matron- She
wore an aqua sheer crepe dress
with sweetheart neckliie. She car
ried an arm bouquet of pink rose:
and carnations and wore an ar
tistic arrangement of natural flow
ers in her hair. -
The bridegroom was attended b,
Henry Foreman, as best man
ushers. We're Corp. Richard Wool
ey and Pvt. Hendrick D. Hartog
The BRIDES mother wore dres
Of black sheer and corsage of pin
rose buds. Her maternal grand
mother wore dress of medium
blue crepe and. corsage of whit
carnations.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held at h bride
home, with Miss Virg mia McCle1
ny serving cake and Miss Sadi
Lee, Miss Pat McClenny presidin
at the punch bowl. ,',.Y..
Mrs. Vervest chose as her goin
away outfit a wool suit of toma1
red, with black accessories, an
:. wore a corsage taken from hi
wedding bouquet.
Mrs. Vervest is a graduate
- New Hanover High school, wAe1
she was very active in sports. ST
i, is. employed in the personnel d
! partment Of the North Carolir
bodybuilding company.
Pvt. Vervest is member of IL
Netherland Marines now statione
at Camp Davis. He is a native
Eindhoven, Holland, and aft
, graduation from high school {
7 tended Poly technical school
= Arnheim, Holland. Prior to ente
ing the Marine Corps he works
sir as architect with the firm of F.
of Vervest, his father.
II Among those who entertained
es honor of the bride were: Miss
an Sadie Lee and Virginia McCle
d. ney, Misses Lola Male Johnso
en- Mary Lee Thompson and Mi
lone M Primer, and Mr.. and Mr.
re W. r. Pape.
II. Out-of-toWn guests included A.
=. Smith, Jr., Appalachian State &C
lege, Boone, Mrs. A. j. Smith, 81
Mrs. w. S. Jolly, Roy Allen Jol
e. of Whiteville, and a number of Il
lc- Netherlands Marines from Can
Davis, NJ, c.
a; s.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-07
Judy Johnston
H0nored At Party

A birthday party was given on
Thursday evening at St. John s
Tavern in honor of Miss Judy
Johnston. Following course din
ner a beautifully decorated birth
day cake was cut by the honoree.
Guest attending were: Misses
Ann Johnston, Dean Canady
Debbie Bradley, Bonnie Smith
Agnes Blanchard, Carolyn Mintz
Gloria Nichols, Lota Cain and
Ann Williams; Mesdames c. K.
Hayes and Viola Finger.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-07
Bradley's Creek
School To Sponsor
Event Tuesday Night

The Bradlsy's Creek school will
sponsor benefit bingo party on
Tuesday evening at Wrightsville
Beach. Funds raised from this
event will be used by the school
to asphalt the new tennis and bas-
ketball courts. The event will be
held at Wrightsville Beach near
Station One at Womble's place.
A small charge will be made.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-07
First Christian
Society To Give
Play Wednesday

A two-act play will be present
ed on Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock at the First Christian
church, Sixth and Church streets,
by members of the w. H. and F..
M. Society.
A silver offering will be taken
taken for the benefit of the foreign
missions. The public is invited.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-07
Miss Virginia Jacobs
Glen Lingle Engaged

Commander and Mrs. ID. H.
Courtney of New York city, an
nounce the engagement and ap-
preaching marriage Of their sister,
Virginia Irene Jacobs, to Glenn
Wesley Lingle.
The wedding will take place with
in the near future.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Picketing at Ward S
To End Monday

The week-long strike demon
stration against Montgomery
Ward e. Co. s four Greater Detroit
stores and outlets in other sec
tions OF the state and nation Will
end Monday the Go said Sat-
urday
More strike demonstrations will
follow here, however. Roy Scog-
gins. Michigan director Of the
United Retail, Wholesale and De
partment Store Employees of
America, predicted.
ScogginS said the company's
offer Of so cents an hour 10 Al
hany and Chicago workers during
the strike meant that the demon
Stration was a success and assured
new strikes here untll the Ward
workers win job security, A living
wage and machinery for settle
ment Of grievances.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Laski Now in u.s.,
Goes in Hiding
SPECIAL 10 TIE DETROIT IINIs

NEW YORK, Dec. Harold
J. LaSh. English Labor party
leader whose recent attack on the
Catholic church aroused nation
wide protest has arrived IN tho
United States but has gone into
hiding
Scheduled 20 speak a, q LcftIst
dinner Monday night. Laski en-
try 10 this country was fought
by prominent Catholic groups.
The subject of tho dinner is
The Atomic Bomb ID with Leon
Henderson. Mrs Eleanor Roose-
volt Philip Murray and other
New Dealers are on the sponsor
ing committee AL>o listed as
sponsors are a number OF Com
ffftififsts-
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Ndsh-Ke|vindtor
Promotes Black

Fred L. Black former public
relations and sdvsTtising eXecu-
tive for Ford Motor go has been
named director Of public relations
for Nash-Kelvinator Corp. George
w. Mason, president, announced
Saturday.
Black joined the NaSh-Kclvina-
tor organization IN 1913 and has
been associated with Vice Presi-
dent a NJ Wibel IN government
contract and hasOn work.
lie served with the Ford com.
panY q years and uas Fard ad.
vcrtls!ng director from 1927 tc
1888.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Ford Building
Big Office Annex

Construction begins this week
on an air-conditioned, F-shaped
two-story concrete annex, having
&c 900 square feet of floor space
and accommodating 1000 en-
ployes, which will be joined 10 the
Ford Motor Co administration
building by 76-foot overhead
ramp.
President Henry Ford II, in
making the announcement Satur-
day, said the building Will occupy
the site east OF the administration
building currently used as park
ing lot The north side parking
lot along Rotunda Drive viii be
doubled Ia accommodate $50 cars.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
4 Vets Swiindt ed

LONG BEACH. Cal. Dec. !
fUP)-Four navy veterans were
stranded today when travel
bureau driver collected $50 from
them 10 drive them 10 Louisville
Ky, and then left them sitting in
his stolen car police said
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
'One-Stop Service
AT Vet Center
By MARGARET RUSSELL

The now Veterans Employment
Center ~ 2glJ Park IS actually
much wore than tho name implies
Is father ConfoSSor, a prob
leu-Str7ICr'cnCr-ol'cr. morale
builder and "a tremendous hi with
the Vet themselves.
Further n is the only center Of
IS kind in the country that IS
maintained hy the L. 5. Employ
mont Service exclusively for rc-
turning Sorl1CCWCn and stated
Amos crurc' Tshy veterans.
There rho S,aF which now num-
Srs - bar W.'. grow 10 100 treats
zach veteran as an individual not
as number or a case.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Hill Health Plan

CHICAGO, Dec. ! up - The
Association Of American Physi-
clans and Surgeons today regis
tered sharp protest 10 President
Truman's federal health insurance
program
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
OTHERS ARRESTED HERE

Trupiano and his wife, Bridget;
Sam Vitale. %. Of 1923 Mcclellan.
and Salvatore l. -Palazzolo.- Is OF
149O3 Flanders. were the others
arrested IN Detroit.
The two arrested in Grand
RAPIDS are Frank Malazzo So
who came 10 tho United States
81 years ago from Sicily, and
Vincent Barone. 80. a native Of
Detroit who moved 10 Grand
Rapids -four years ago. Malazzo,
an uncle OF TaoruIna was CON
victed Of prohibition law viola
tons IN 1921 and 1928 FBI agents
WThe group is charged with hid-
Ing the prisoners IN Detroit for
three weeks after which Taormina
was driven 70 Grand Rapids The
other prisoners were Giovanni De
Rlcnzo, y and Erminio Ambrosio,
Is
The FBI also is searching for
several women with whom the
Italian prisoners had dates One
OF these. Gucrln SAID IS the wife
of an American solder sull over
Seas
Cracchlolo and Nalazzo are the
CTfy Aliens IN ne group and lace
deportation, SAID |. S. Atty John
{. Lchr
Mrs. Trupano is naturalized
citizen. Her case was referred TO
the immI grafton authorities who
also VIII study the case OF Nitale
VINO served IN the Italian army in
1o27.3S.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Noman Finds Father
After 1877. Search

AUBURN, y Y. Dec I GNS)
"A l6-ycar search for her father
ended successfully TO-DAY when
Mrs Jack Scoiicld ~ Rcd Creek
located Claude La Fcbcre in SYRIA
Cusc
The daughter had not seen her
father In - years La FCbere
moved 20 Syracuse last June from
Saginaw, Mich.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
'ONE.sToP SERVICE

The motto is "Oue.Stop Serv-
ics and for most ot the 1000
weekly applicants that is true.
Mos applicants are handled
quickly
They know What kind Of a Job
they want and referra. IS made
Immediately Use Of 4 master
file, center pool Of all available
Job opening, in the area, facili-
tateS TINS Job.
Others. points out Manager c.
r. Collins. have individual prob
lens They do not wish 10 reWrn
10 their former occupations, or
they did not work before entering
service These are given counsel
ing apDOIDimcntC
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
VET TALKS TO THEM

First they are interviewed by q
man who talks the same language.
for he's veteran himself Then
an aptitude test. oral written and
manual. Us gwen Results Of the
tests and interview are tahulated
As ore result Of this counsehng.
q 23.&oar-old who was a cook in
the army hgt always wanted 10
be An auto mechanic found he had
n high mechanical aptitude and
was placed IN an apprenticeship.
Another 20-year-old. A former
bomhardIcr who sold meat retail
before entering the Air force, took
tho tests and is now working for
his degree in mechanical engineer
ing.
a youth Of u who thought he
was interested IN landscapine and
forestry discovered he had clerical
and selling abilities and is now a
clothing merchant
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
PICKED UP IN AUTO

The prisoners we're picked up
In an auto by two Detrolters
near the Camp Perry stockade
and driven 10 Detroit. The De-
trolters are Joseph Evola, 2S, Of
1928 Woodlawn, and Jerome
Cracchiolo, 25, OF 1928 Wilfred.
Robert l.. Guerin, Detroit FBl
chief said he was also trying 10
learn how Leonard Taormina, %,
succeeded in getting a letter out
of the Stockade 10 Stephen Tru-
piano. rs. Of 1852 Gladwin. The
letter. GuerIn aid, apparently
discussed details Of the escape
plot.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02
Army,FBI Grill 8
In. ..P0Ws' Escape

Eight Italians, six OF them De-
troiters, arrested for aiding in
the escape of three prisoners Of
war from Camp Perry o., were
Aestioned by federal agents
- Nurday in an effort TO learn
TIE extent of their subversive
activities.
All have been released on bond,
after arraignment before u. S.
commissioners.
Two of the Italian prisoners,
recaptured in Detroit, have been
turned over 10 military authori-
ties here. The other, taken in
Grand Rapids was put in the
prisoner of war compound al Fort
Custer.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Edwin {. Bartlett, IS,
Former Examiner Of
Civil Service, Dies

Edwin Chapman Bartlett, 86, for
mer member of the Board of Civil
Service Examiners, died Wednesday
after long illness in his apart
ment in the Broadmoor, 3601 Con-
necticut avenue NV. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at / pm. tomorrow
at the S. H. Hines funeral home
2901 Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr.. Bartlett was in charge of all
civil service examinations for Dis
trict government employment when
he retired 10 years ago after 48
years service with the Government
His wife, Mrs. Drusie Bartlett, to
whom he had been married go years,
died last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett were ma
tives of Washington. His father
also native. was Isaac Cook Bart
lett, an architect with the Treasury
Department.
Mr.. Bartlett was a descendant o1
Robert Bartlett, who landed ir
Plymouth, Mass, in 1923. A men,
ber of the family, Josiah Bartlett OF
New Hampshire. signed the Declara-
ton of independence.
Mr.. Bartlett was membe; of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the District
He had been a Mason for IS years
and was the oldest member of the
B. B. French Lodge, No. Is, F. A
A. M. He also was a member OF
Washington Chapter, No. 2, Roya
Arch Masons; Columbia Command.
cry, No. 2. Knights Templar; NTH
ras Lodge of Perfection and Rose
Croix Chapter, 32d Degree, Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rites.
He took an active interest in the
mems classes of Calvary Methodist
Church before his retirement.
Survivors include two daughters
Miss Ethel H. Bartlett and Mrs. Ed
mund L. Finch, and two grand
daughters, Mrs. Lawrence l.. Epper-
son and Miss Regina Bartlett Finch
all of Washington.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Christian Heurich
Rites Will Be Held
Al I pm. Tomorrow

Funeral services for Christian
Heurich. 102. veteran brewer and
civic worker, who died "Wednesday
night at his home, 1907 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, will be held at
the residence at 2 pm tomorrow.
The Rev. Charles Enders, pastor
of Concordia Lutheran Church, will
officiate. Burial will be in the fam
lily mausoleum at Hyattsville, Md.
The Association of Oldest In
habitants, of which Mr.. Heurich
was the Oldest member, has ap-
pointed the following committee to
attend his funeral: John Clagett
Proctor, chairman; Frank B. Moves,
Fred A. Emery, Charles H. Bates,
Judge William E. Richardson, Evan
H. Tucker and Orrin J. Davy.
The Christian Heurich Brewing Co.
will remained closed tomorrow in
tribute to its founder.
During his long residence here Mr..
Heurich was esteemed for his parti-
cipation in public affairs and chari-
table enterprises in the District. He
served as a director of the Christian
and Eleanora Rupert Home for
Aged and INDECENT Residents and
the German Orphan Home. He also
was a member of the Board of Trade,
the Columbia Historical Society and
the Chemical Society of America.
! He was born at Hama, near
Roemhild, in Saxon -Meininger, Ger
many, and travelled extensively In
Europe before coming to this coun-
try in 1866. He came to Washing
ton five years later.
| Mr.. Heurich is survived by his
widow, the former Amelia Louise
Keyser: son, Christian Heurich,
jr., and two daughters, Mrs. Charles
E. Eckles and Mrs Charles B. King,
! all of Washington.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
BY W. H. sHIPPEN,. Jr.,

A NAVAL BASE, Greenland, Feb.
Delayed Only the Eskimos in
their kayak at the mouth of the
frozen ford saw our new patrol
gunboat turn In from the Atlantic
today and go blowing inland with
undiminished speed through ice al
most three feet thick.
The primitive fishermen in their
skin canoes obviously were aston
ished at this performance-aston-
ished and disappointed.
They had expected the icebreaker,
like many another in the past, to
slow down and begin to hack her
way through. So they padded with
enthusiasm toward the point of en-
try. expecting handout.
- But the Coast Guards new null
tiple-duty cutter was far ahead of
them when her cut-aWay bow began
to crack through shore-fast ice be-
tween granite headlands. Sailors at
the rail had no time to toss the
hungry boatmen a few gifts as
sailors will whenever they get the
chance on this desolate coast.
Obviously Impressed.
The Eskimos bobbing in our wake
were disappointed, but they obvious
ly were impressed by the driving
force that sent so much weight
tearing along at an even 10 knots
through ice which must have seemed
a permanent part of / II mid
winter environment
The big cutter, which packs as
Evening star., 1945-03-09
William {. Ellis Dies al 80;
Resident Here so Years

william E. Ellis. 80, of 6136 North
Dakota avenue NV. resident of
Washington for more than so years,
died yesterday in Georgetown Hos
pital after an illness of 10 days.
Before his retirement Is years
ago, Mr.. Ellis was assistant station
master at Union Station. He was a
native of Charles County, Md.
He is survived by daughter, Mrs.
Marjorie Wallop. and three grand
children, all of Washington. His
wife, Celestia w. Ellis, died in 1941.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at $50 am. tomorrow,
with requiem mass at 10 am. at the
Church of the Nativity. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
c. S. Van Deusen Dies

KENT, Ohio, Mar. 9 (P).-Clinton
S. Van Deusen, 73, retired head of
the industrial arts department at
Kent State University, died last
night. A graduate of Western Re-
serve and Cornell Universities, he
formerly was president of the Man
ual Arts Conference of the Missis-
Sippi Valley,
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Denver & Rio Gronde
Strike Is Postponed

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Mar. 9-Ofhcials of the
five railroad operating brotherhoods
last night postponed the threatened
strike of more than $500 operating
employees of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad.
On receipt of word from union
headquarters that President Roose-
welt had established an emergency
board to consider their dispute with
the railroad management, the
brotherhood representatives notified
local chairmen to postpone the
strike.
Evening star., 1945-03-09

much fire power as medium de-
stroyer, and is rated with her sister
ships as the worlds newest and
finest icebreaker, rode through the
level. snow-topped floor in her white
and blue Arctic camoufage with six
Diesels turning up some 10000
horsepower and her wind-frayed en-
sign peeping from the battle gaf.
We must have been pretty sight,
even to the hungry Eskimos, on such
a clear, bright morning.
The ship was still coated with
frosty spray from rough night on
the North Atlantic as we twisted
into the deep ford between tower
ing, snow-streaked cliffs. A frozen
stiffness lay ahead where the ice
spread white pathway from shore
to shore. Behind us the ice chopped
through by our bow rolled up thick
acquamarine edges in the wake.
No Pitch or Roll.
Standing on the bow, I got the i'm
preston the ship was a huge sled
sweeping over a level field of snow.
There was jolting motion, like an
express train at full throttle, but no
pitch, roll or sharp impacts. 1t be-
came APPARENT what the old-timers
meant when they said last night:
1T won't be long now; it won't be
long until ge get into the ice-we
hopel"
We were hove to then at the edge
of the coastal ice field-hove to and
rolling in wind of hurricane force
that carried gusts up to IS knots.
1t would take heavier wind to roll
a sailor out of his sack, but even
old timers braced themselves against
something stationary last night.
Officers off duty were playing
penny ante around wardroom
table welded to the deck. Their
chairs were lashed to the table, and
the ash trays were secured, but now
and then it was the man who held
the low end of the table rather than
the high cards who collected the
chips.
Got Lots of Information.
One junior officer who felt he
could profit more from good book
than a poker hand unbelted the book
cabinet and gathered an avalanche
lof information, including set of
Encyclopedia Britannica, an un-
abridged dictionary and several
shelf loads of pocket editions for the
armed services.
Juniors learning fast" remarked
poker player.
Yeah, he's practically knee deep
in that circulating library he's start
ed said another. IF you ask me
Id say he's bit beyond his depth. -
THE busiest guy on board. aside
from Junior over there" cut in a
third lis that canteen operator for
ward. Twelve cartons of his best
soap just came adrift If anything
wet comes down the ventilators he II
get bubble bath"
DeptH SudTScS Lose.
! An ominous boom and jar began
to develop against the bulkhead.
gathering violence with each roll
of the ship, An officer unlashed his
chair, donned parka and went out
side to investigate. In moment
he returned and grinned at me.
| Nothing to worry about" he said
- only the depth charges rolling
around. For a moment I thought
that canteen operator had let his
candy bars get away from him"
Think I'll cash in my chips and
go below I said.
What chips?" asked the banker.
land, by the way, do you correspond
ents get seasick?"
Not seasick," said somebody
l"--just sick of the sea. But wait
until We hit the ice. Well ride bet
ter them
And ride better we did-it could
| \, I.o
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Mrs. MiIenu GosseIin, Kin
OF YuqosIuv King, Dies

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 9.-Mrs. Milena
Pavlovitch- -Barilli Gosselin, "a, art
ist and cousin of King Peter II of
Yugoslavia, died Tuesday at her
home here.
Born in Belgrade and reared In
the royal palace. she came to the
United States shortly before the
start of the war in 1899.
Evening star., 1945-03-09

fTraDeling By Many and Army
planes, patrol gunboat and ice
breaker, Mr.. Shipper OF The
Star staff is UiSiting Advanced
Navy bases as far North as
Greenland under the commander
in chief OF the Atlantic Fleet to
report on sea-air operations as
a correspondent assigned to the
Coast Guard.
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