The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-10

where they will spend a few DAYS.
On Thursday Mrs. Raymond H,
Holland, Mrs. Dan H. Penton and
Miss Frances Penton motored uu
to join them and they will all re.
turn to the city together this
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robert An
thoay Beatty, Jr., of New York
City announce the birth of a son
on Friday, November 1 at Toledo,
Chic. Mrs. Beatty is the former
Anne Empie Kidder of Whining
ton, daughter of Mrs. Francis
Curtzwiler of Toledo and the late
George E. Kidder of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Wright
entertained a few friends at cock
tails at their home 10 North 18th
street last Sunday at l O'Clock in
compliment to Mrs. Ray Taylor of
Greensboro who is visiting her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas H. Wright, Jr., at
their home in Country Club Pines.
Mrs. John Stanley Jervis of
Crosse Pointe, Mich, and Mrs.
Robert B. Rock of East Orange,
N. j., have returned to their
homes after spending a week here
with their sisters, Mrs. Walter P.
Sprunt, Mrs. George Mitchell, and
Mrs. Ben M. Washburn, because
of the illness of their mother, Mrs.
c. w. Worth.
Mr., and Mrs. John Bright Hill
delightfully."- e n e r t aimed a few
friends most informally at cock
tails yesterday afternoon from
$50 until 7 o'clock at their home
in Oleander, the occasion being
the celebration of their twentieth
wedding anniversary. Around thir-
ty guests called during the cock
tail hour.
Stephenson Peck of Baltimore,
formerly of Wilmington, spent last
week here with his mother, Mrs.
Oscar Peck at her home 141O
Grace street. and attended the
Taylor-Crawford wedding on Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James K. Paul Of
Winston-Salem, formerly of this
city, are the. weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy Snipes at
their home oil Colonial Drive.
Jimmy" Paul will return to his
new home tomorrow and Irma
will remain here for several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wellott
at their home in Pine Grove.
The first Duplicate contract
bridge tournament of the season
at the Cape Fear Country club got
off to a most suspicious beginning
on Tuesday evening, November 5
at 8 o'clock. The game was in
progress at eleven tables until II
o'clock, when the scores were
tabulated by J. Neveland Brand,
Jr., the official score keeper. Mr..
and Mrs. E. C. Hines won high
score for north and south, and
Miss Marguerite Walker and Miss
Jennie Murchison were the win
ners for east and west. Two pro-
fessional instructresses, Mrs.
Neva Wright and Miss Laeke
Lentz came down from Raleigh on
Tuesday to start the tournament
off on the right foot, and they
were accompanied by two friends,
Mrs. Frank Thompson and Mrs.
John Bike, outstanding bridge
players in Raleigh, W h o partici-
pated. in. our tournament. Judging
from the amount of enthusiasm
shown at the first tournament, the
number of players will, in all
probability, steadily increase.
Mrs. Sam Nash. Jr., who has had
a world of experience in such
work, will conduct the games
starting with next Tuesday. No
vember IL, and C o n n u n 6
throughout the winter. Before the
game starts this week explicit in
struction will be given in how to
score the hands so it will be nee
essary for all players to arrive
shortly before 8 o'clock. W. are
told that a stop watch is to be
used allowing exactly twenty min
utes for the playing of each board,
with penalties imposed on those
who do not finish on time, which
will accelerate the game and
abolish any lost m n. The
Mitchell system is being used,
which is usually the case when
nine or more tables are playing.
Mrs. r. Bryant Hare, Jr., Mrs.
Alice Morrow and Mrs. Royce S.
McClelland members of the COM
mittee, will assist the instructress,
the score keeper, and the players
in any way possible. No reser-
vations are necessary in future
and no charge is made for play
ing in the weekly games.
Mrs. George G. Carey of Baltl-
ynoro rntyrnod tn her home on