The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-27
Bv JACK C, LUNAN


Hobby-riders, young and old o
both sexes, put their collections or
view. at the Second and Orange
USO yesterday and up to closing
time last night, upwards of 20(
people had viewed with interest
almost everything dear to the hob
byist's heart from arrow heads
stamps, coins and guns, to figur
ines and exquisite lace.
The occasion marked the open.
ing of the three-day Hobby Show
being jointly sponsored by the City
Recreation department and the
Junior Sorosis and the committee
in charge was well pleased with
the initial attendance.
Well Arranged
Nicely arranged on four sides o
the large auditorium, collection
after collection caught the eye O.
visitors and expressions of ap
proval were voiced by everyone
Each entry neatly ticketed will
the scope of the collection ane
name of exhibitor, made it easy
for the public to know what wa
what and who was who.
Special interest of many parent!
who visited the show was center
ed on the hobby collections O.
students of Forest Hills school ane
consisting of butterflies, shells ane
Indian trinkets Vieing with them
for top attention was the hobby
collection of siX-year-old girl
some nicely carved figures ir
soap.
Indian Relics
S. F. Alexander, whose hobby
is the collection of Indian relics
has nice display on view, while
flower arrangement by Mrs.
Vernon Avery drew much praise
Frances Bellamy of Troop No.
80, Girl Scouts, who has picked
up a number of japanese trinkets
and hat, has them on display at
the show at a spot close to where
Mrs. E. E. Erle's collection OF
china, nut spoons, plate and gin
ger jars are on view.
A small collection of Belgian
lace and pictures, the hobby OF
Mrs. C. B. Bergen delighted wom'
en- visitors to the show yesterday,
while the men folk were interested
in Courtland w. Bakers collection
of Indian relics and Paul Gar
trell's card collection. Miss Elsie
Burke, collector Of items arts
tic, has novel china trinket dis
play at the show, while Mrs. R
W. Browder's hobby, collecting
rag dolls was represented by
small number of them.
Doll Collection
Mrs. ]. Irving Corbett, has a
most interesting collection of dolls
dressed to represent many nations
of the world and all of them about
the same size and they drew much
favorable comment from the hob
byists who wended their way
through the. exhibit hall. Mrs.
Virginia Davis of the Vance Rec
reation Center has on view a col
lection of dolls, airplanes, shells,
war relics, scrapbooks, stamps,
embroidery, crocheting and cur
tains.
Mrs. c. L. Efird's collection o1
handmade dolls are on display
as are eight pieces of crochetine
collected by Mrs. Helen Giether
H. H. Heard makes a hobby O.
carving dogs and he had few
from his collection on view, while
C. E. Hill added to the fine hobb.
display with some fine specimen!
of photography. Quilts are showl
by Mrs. Ida Harkins and Mrs. ]
E. Hall has nice flower arrange
ment on display.
Embroidery Pieces
Embroidery embraces the hobb,
exhibit of Mrs. B. M. Jones, Jr.
while Ralph Kennel, Jr., has thre'
of his collection of model plane
at the show. Items from Norwa.
are the hobby Of Mrs. Jane
Lounsbury and she is showing
| Norwegian costume, ash trays
books and miniature animals
while Mrs. T. E. Moody has a par
of her butterfly collection on ex
hibition.
Delicate is the word describin
the miniature glass animals an
birds which Miss Peggy Nigh ha
collected and they drew more tha7
a little attention from women Wis
itors as did the lace spread ey
hibited by Mrs. ]. D. Proctor
Scrap Books
Jess Reynolds, city recreatio,