The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25

proudly say, america, my count.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Young
Bidgood with their daughter and
son, Miss Betty Bidgood and Car
rington B i d g o 0 d, Of Hartford,
Conn. are expected to arrive this
week, for a five day visit with
DR.. Bidgood's mother, Mrs. J. W.
Murchison of 8 IL South 7th street,
ard will stop at the Ocean Ter
race hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
DR.. Eidgood grew up in Whining
ton and attended the public
schools here, after which he re-
ceived his MD. degree at Johns
Hopkins hospital in Baltimore,
later specializing in surgery under
the expert guidance of his cousin,
the late DR.. Hugh Young, inter-
nationally f a m o S surgeon and
neurologist. Moving to Hartford
Conn, where he established a pri-
vate practise, DR.. Bidgood became
n of the emminent specialists in
surgery and neurology in the New
England states and made quite a
name for himself, in his pro-
f%ession, by lecturing in New York
CITY before the ranking medical
authorities of this country. During
World War 2 Dr.. Bidgood spent
four years in the Pacific, as a
navy surgeon with the rank of
captain, having only recently re-
turned to Hartford to resume his
practise. c h a + l e S Bidgood has
many old friends in the city who
will warmly welcome his return,
with his charming family, and
Wilmington can be justly proud of
her native son, who made good"
Tor he is one of Americas top
flight medical men. The attractive
and good looking Mrs. Bidgood is
the former Mary Darlington of
Danvllle, Va. She is the daughter
OF the former President of the To-
bacco Association Of America. The
Bldgood's lovely debutante daugh-
Ter, Betty, comes to Wilmington
from Birmingham where she has
been visiting friends. Darlington
Bldgood returned a short while
ago from the Pacific where for
eighteen months he saw service
with the Marine Corps.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Leslie Marbury
beautifully entertained at a cock.
lall-Supper on Tuesday evening
from 7 until 10 o'clock at their
handsome new summer home on
East Fayetteville tt e e t, at
"rlghtsville Beach. The charming
affair was in the nature OF a
houSe-Warming and to honor their
guests, Mrs. Lee Merriweather
and her daughter, Miss Anne Mer-
lIWeather of Montgomery, Ala.
hathryn Marbury received her
guests in a becoming gown of
sheer black crepe with which she
wore a single pink perfection ca
lnellla. Mrs. Carl M. Allen, Jr.,
lne former Kathryn Snow of this
CITY niece of Mrs. Marbury who
assisted IN receiving, wore a
smart cocktail dress of black chit
ION combined with black net.
Numerous arrangements of mid
summer flowers were tastefully
paced in the living room and din
ing room, and cocktails were
SeIVed on the spacious porches. A
generous buffet supper was served
M me dining room, the table be-
Ing pfettly decorated in pink and
VINE, Around one hundred guests
ealIeo during the evening.
hlghlighting the daytime parties
" me past week was the delight
I D pfloge luncheon given by Mrs.
h. Smith and Mrs. David R.
mulChlson at Wrightsville Beach's
popular Sur club on Wednesday.
poh the arrival of the guests at
~ clock, they we're seated at
twenty bridge tables in the ball
-o0n4, where the game was in
%osfess ur ng the morning
b aooIs' Summer flowers of varied
nb:S ranging in tone from pure
%'"'e 10 autumn's brilliant shades
scarlet and orange, were ar
asllca!ly gr d at intervals
oLg ouAo the ballroom. At the con-
dr" Slon OF the game, prizes were
@"h lor high and low numbers
orS pecllVely by Mrs. Arthur Greg
~ Of Halifax, and Mrs. ]. Irving
CIV 'e'l' A tempting seated lunch
Al was served in the dining room
owe conferred tables where
overs were laid for eight or ter