The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18

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broadcast, that nothing will
the full cooperation of eat
pointed out, that, though W
must continue to improve all oul
resources if we are to compete
with other cities of like size and
population.
He stressed the fact that we can
and should develop the facilities al
the airport to a greater degree.
Wilmington is on the march
White said, land it must stay on
the march if We are to keep from
going backwards. There is nc
middle road. We will either &C
forward or backwards. We mus
be prepared to compete with any.
one on comparable terms. Right
now our future prosperity, health
and well-being is at stake. Viii
mington is a natural for growth.
We have all the resources-it is up
to us to see that these resources
are put to full use. With the de-
velopment OF a sound long range
plan Wilmington and its trading
area can and will take its place
among the leaders In the post-wa.
era"
In short but effective appear.
ance E. P. Dudley, retiring presi-
cent, Old Boys Brigade Club, and
Newton Kelly, president of the
Senior Fraternity, gave out with
some important and interesting
facts concerning their respective
organizations.
GOING MY WAY
1t. Col. Joseph G.. Howe is back
in Wilmington and will be civilian
any day now. incidentally his son
IS also on the way home Miss
Stella Pettaway, ex-Warld War II
nurse. is on the mend I have just
been informed by one of her many
friends -. By the way, that name
OF the neighbor who so kindly
drives me up from the beach which
appeared somewhat mis-spelled in
yesterdays column is Miss Fanny
Symmes William B. Holmes
Jr., who was a prisoner Of war for
such a long time, is back in circu-
lation William A. Hooker and
his wife dropped by to say hello.
They were down from Havelock for
the weekend Fulton and Dottie
Garron were in the audience at
yesterdays broadcast. Good to zee
them back in Wilmington after
their long absence The Bride"
gets better with each performance
It's Wilmington's MAN On The
Street, program today at 1:45 D.
m. in front of Belk- Williams. Make
it point to be on hand for this
broadcast.
BREVIITES
In the Readers mail: Some peo-
pie are so prejudiced they will not
even listen to both sides of a phono-
graph record Poem: Hush,
little atom, Don't you cry, You'll
be a big shot, BY and by A
mint julep is depth bomb with
a Southern drawl Tom Wilson
sends this one along and calls it
his short short story: Three gener-
atoms: Grandfather had a farm.
Father had a garden. Son has a
can opener Mrs. Holmes says,
violent exercise after &c is es-
peclally harmful if done with a
knife and fork' If apartments
get any scarcer there'll be two
wolves for every door.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME
How about this for a radio idea.
At least that is what Dick McDon-
aid said when he stopped me on
the street yesterday and handed
me some tibbits. I think the idea
is great. Let's have a general opin-
ion. Well, anyway, Dick would
like to hear someone add things
like this to their progrann-can it.,
he says, DID YOU KNOW
THAT. Try cotton instead of
cheese in your mouse trap
mice like it for nesting purposes
The square collar on our
Navy uniform was originally de-
signed to protect the blouse from
tarred pigtails-the black necker-
chief, to mourn the death of Lord
Nelson-the bellbottom trousers to
roll up easily for swabbing decks
=. Washington, D. c. is closer
to London than to Calf. :. Multi
colored skywriting is a promise OF
the near future-there may even
be luminous for night purposes.
Sounds like a good idea. What &c
you think?
AND
Remember, for spot news from
Wilmington and vicinity listen u
the STAR-NEWS Round-The-Town'
Reporter at 1:25 and 6:25. p. m
every day. .-..