The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-25
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BY BY glorious year for the
what .o;1ing season. For family
Thanksssaa FOR outward expires
sathsf ri Good will, affection-gradi-
siens o. 2l,e renewals of friendship
ude. Ine making. A time relega-
And NJ n0i 4he past all bitterness and !
ting TO ln troent of t h war filled
disappon'..' time to begin joyously,
years 10 that beckons ahead so
the . int - so perfectly.
pleasantly sssinaton, always a home-city
N vsr+ has been in the throes OF
family ' to- be- sure u on Thursday.
accent ,rss the day Judy and Jack
Thai We" snd Mrs. E. J.) Thompson
lMr' t and the fire in their new
IT'S. o AD with eight of heir closest
non ho,.'T Heel friends invited % share
la tbe thrilling ceremonial w ne n
IN ns a,a and Louise Clickner mad
"Edale dozen or more friends to
hat issv dinner to celebrate their
r rIst thanksgiving together since
MS ., uarbor, and the day when,
Pesii ,a IT, dinner hour, the Harold
a Al spread their traditional
D '.hsv feast, with real "yum-yum'
tuIAr ayin from their victory gar
p pun ME. special cranberry sauce
s asd ali the ''fixin's, with their son
anu anu hi, wife, Mr.. and Mrs. James
a silu n 7 and their daughter,
Nice Maribel Dickson, coming up
nv the celebration. That was the
..r also. when the Robert Ora
e ssyos. leisurely at home in the aft
srnoon. suddenly found themselves
sosts at a surprise tea or cock
4 l.iy % many people dropped in
t .a the Jolly twilight hour one Is
~, s"re to find in the Graham's at
tractive home.
like virtually every other
American. the Trumans ate Tur :
bsv and pumpkin pie on Thanks
GIVING Day, at family diner in
tbeir home 1900 Pennsylvania
@the White House, in case you
don't know!). So did Federal Trade
Commissioner and the lovely Mrs.
Garland S. Ferguson, Jr., whose
beautiful daughter, Sally (Mrs.
Buck Snow has recently recover
ID from severe illness. Likewise
drawing their family around them
for the customary Thanksgiving
reunion were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
R McNinch, whose children, F. R.
IT., and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Marv Groome) Hunter, Mrs. Ariel
McNinch Splitter, Miss Hulda and
Robert were home for the holt
days. Others finding Thanksgiving
happiness around the family
hearth were Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Green (she was Meredith Fore
from WilmingtonD who had dinner
guests and Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Meares. who had half a dozen
young North Carolina officers In to
share their huge rosted Bird
also a native of the Old North
State! Still other family parties
took place at Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Dennys and Mrs. Kenneth Wal
lace's, with guests for the sump-
tous meals being invited from the
groups of Carolina veterans hospi-
talized at Walter Reed and Forest
Glen, to enjoy with their own re-
turned sons, the gala Thanksgiving
feast
N. c. SOCIETY
Practically every one found an
old friend at last Saturdays party
at the Shoreha.n for the Undersec-
rotary Of War and Mrs. Kenneth
c. Royal. The hosts, members of
the mushrooming North Carolina
Society had apparently combed the
town for former North Carolinians
and they were All there, eager to
meet tn e very distinguished I'm
derSecretarv and his most charm
ing wife. 1t seemed at a glance
mat no one was stranger in the
ballroom that was brilliantly light
ed and gaily thronged during the
party hours, and cleaning white
shoulders above the wonen's de-
eolette evening gowns provoked
me comment Nov we know the
war is over! Mrs. Royal, who
was the States beautiful Margaret
Best was unusually lovely in
crepe gown studded with brilliants,
a perfect background for the
cream orchids, which worn to the
olnner' were placed later by a
custer Of lavandar beauties. Mr..
ana Mrs. W. E. Stroud arrived
carry and were at once surrounded
w helr many friends. Miss Flor
sace Jones', of Raleigh who was
uSl'lhg her sister, Mrs. A. P. Bau-
. man, and who has been widely
.e'eo during the past week, found
M ,.Otes OF old friends. Also with
WY. bauman were Mrs. Rhett