The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

emptied for you. Yes; I'LL 1t w
buyer!" Such was n of the m
White Elephant Auction at the sc
nasium Saturday night. The dan
makers Of America clubs at NH
the freak auction. During the Ho
dance and provided lots Of fun {
there.
J.. C. Price especially was thr'
there as his thirty-eight cent rewa
light by shooting the play toy
across the dance floor ond wa!
heartily joined by admiring bud
dies.
Patty Switzerland and Rand,
McIver stopped autographing'
bounding only when the blue stuff
ed dog made by the Home Eco
nomics department had been com.
pletely covered.
Jimmy Kraus seemed to really
enjoy his nickel" candy bar, all
forty-six cents worth of it. And
Richard Galpllin was not a Stacker
as he calmly bid for, won and
dished out two bits for a perky pin
cushion. Yes high prices have
even hit us at our school dances;
but it was a swell dance!
Miriam Anderson and her COM
mittees deserve carloads of con-
gratulations for putting over such
a fine and FULFILLED dance! 1t will
long be remembered as. one of the
most unusual and successful dances
of the year.
The Shrine Bowl game. in which
selected boys from North and
South Carolina high schools make
up e,'oosing football elevens. at
tracted some Of the gang up that
way to see the South Carolina
eleven defeat the hard-hitting North
Carolina boys 1913 this past Satur-
day in Charlotte. Even though the
old North State wasn't represent
ed by a couple of Jul own deser-
wing Wildcat fellas it was a good
game, nevertheless.
Watching closely were Marilyn
Goodman, Bill Huffman, Betty
Davis, and Billy Stewart, who
headed Charlotte way for the big
game. Liston Mills, one of last
years graduates Of MINIS. had
wandered in from Davidson college
to see the game and Bobby Calhoun
came in from Presbyterian Junior
college. Donald Doxey was another
that turned out from Wilmington,
and Buster Rose hustled over there
too.
Bobby Neal headed back home
town way Friday from cambridge,
Maryland. where he has just COM
pleted his boot training in the
Navy. Bobby will be here for ten
days, and he looks great in those
Navy blues! Glad to see you home
again, Bobby!
Bobby Asheworth and Irwin Bob
bitt. graduates of As of MINIS,
rank beside Ned Dowd as lieu
tenants in the United States Army
as OF December 9th. AL three of
these Wilmington boys graduated
recently from the Officers Candi-
date school in Fort Benning, Geor-
gia. incidentally, these three swell
fellas from here were all officers
in the ROTC Battalion their senior
year.
I saw June Andrews a little
while ago, she was telling me about
her swell trip to Wa shington, o.. c.,
last weekend. and about the
wonderful work that Billy Nc
Eachern is doing with his horse
showing. Billy's horse took blue
ribbon at the annual horse show
in Wa shington Thursday in one of
the first classes. We're mighty
proud of Billy down this way; last
month his horses were shown in
Madison Square Gardens in New
York.
Belated, but nevertheless the
same warm congratulations r
headed Janet Yolk's way on her
recent honor. About two weeks ago
the Barons club elecetl Janet as
the sweetheart of the Barons."
she vas presented a lovely corsage
OR deep red roses and entertained
at a supper.
Only two more weeks until Christ
mas! Time surely does whiz by!
Exactly two. weeks from today
we'll all be surrounded by scatter
ed Christmas paper, colorful rib
bon, and all the other wonderful
things that come with Christmas.
All the past students we've all
known will be streaming in for the
holidays, there will be parties
galore, and it looks as if the season
this year will indeed be a gay
one! In our haste to buy that last
minute present, or to rush to
the .postoffice before it closes,
everything is still and beautiful
as the chimes ring out and the
merry Christmas carols fill the
land. There are some who are
not as fortunate as others, perhaps
mt in Gifts and hn11nfv HIT we all