The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-23
Capitals Tar Heels Head
For Home To Spend
Yule With "Returnees'
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+ion,s First Family will be half
so wonderful to the President S
sprightly little mother, as the re-
turn of her son, Harry, his good
+ vise. Bess, and their daughter
y Mary Margaret, for the Christmas
tide. For the Trumans are ap-
preaching Christmas as ratlonally
and as happily as they have met
new experiences and responslolll-
ties of late-and evidently 'ne
glamour of 1.-The first Christmas In
the White House" does not nave
the same appeal as the CHEEKY o!o-
time gathering around the family
k,.srtf. Also under their own ROOF
tree in North Carolina are Con
gressman and Mrs. Doughton, VINO
will have their children with them
On Christmas day. And it Will be
carolina Christmas for Repre-
sentative A. L. Bulwinkle, who Will
ioin his family in Gastonla to-day
for Representatives Graham Bar,
den and John Folger, who set OIL
for home last Friday and for Sena-
tor and Mrs. Josiah w. Bailey
who plan to return to their nome
on Massachusetts avenue a1ter tlle
Yule holidays with Their family
christmas Eve will find the JACK
Snains in their Greenville nome
and going down for santa's Visit
will be the Albert Harris, who Will
he in High Point and Edith ana
Dudley Gordon, off today for East a
ern Carolina. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Riley will light candles on
their tree in Burlington this year
and down for one Of the ,dellght-
f,,l Oxford Christmas seasons IS
clever Miss Naomi Brown. d.
Vera Milsap will join her family
in statesville this year for the tlrst
time since Pearl Harbor; Mrs. Al
bert Sigmund Miss Helen ochlll1
will open her Christmas packages
in Charlotte, while Mrs. oarah
Smithson and daughter, MISS
sarah Jr.. are awaiting the apple
checked little old fellow IN Ashe-
vile.
Don't waste your sympathles
however. on the stay-in-Washlng-
ton North Carolinians. The social
christmas tree is glamorous al
ready with holly wreathed party
packages for every age - tnat
must in part take place OF lhe
honoe-fires. Their was all OF the
Chr: stmas flavor in the party CIV
en- Sunday afterno I by the lovely
Miss Meredith Howard Who was
entertaining at the United Nations
club in honor of North Carolina
very distinguished Undersecretary
of War and Mrs. Kenneth Z:
Rovall. Assisting Miss Howard
with her hostess duties was her
equally beautiful twin sister .aho
well-known movie star Miss Anne
Howard of New York. Every oe-
tail of the afternoon party (whlcn
incidentally lasted well onto
o,clock) was perfect. The ladies
blossomed out in full postwar
finery. and were charming TO look
at The men were IN a memo"
mood. finding the beautifully deco
rated clubhouse, with the elaoo-
rate buffet stretching across one
end of the room, quite to their
taste after the biting cold OUTSIDE
An interesting feature OF MISS
Meredith's function was the stroll
ling musician W h strummeo
plea sing- and nostalgia tunes IN
milady's ear as she chatted with
some handsome high ranking Of
ficer or Government official. The
Undersecretary of War and his
wife looked particularly well that
afternoon, Mrs. Royal wearing a
stunning black gown, profusely
embroidered in Sc uln S and
frightened further by tn usual
enormous orchid corsage. Jack
Thorpe was pretty well surround
ed by friends throughout the aft
ernoon, who are still talking about
the cocktail party he and his
gracious wife gave at the Carlton
hotel for the Royals as a preface
to the dinner and dance given by
them by the North Carolina Socie-
ty more than a month ago. AS
s:stant to the Attorney General J.
Lamar Clark and his pretty wife
brought Mrs. Tom Clark with
them, coming through the ice and
snow from the John K. McKee's
party and were waiting to be
Joined by Attorney General Clark,
who was in Florida this week.
Congratulations were b in g
showered on Attorney Caudle who
had done some excellent pinch-hit-
ting for Mr.. Clark up New York