The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08

dt one OF Dr. James F.. Robert
sons apartments on East Raleigh
street at Wrightsville Beach for m.
remainder of the season. Mrs.
aamsaeur is the former Almyeria
stevenson OF Wilmington. Prior to
her marriage Mrs. Wexford was
Betty Ramsaeur of Baltimore.
General and Mrs. Kenneth C..
Royal of Washington, D. c., ar
rived at Wrightsville Beach yester-
day where they are the charming
guests of Mr.. and Ms. Hargrove
Bellamy at their summer home. II
East Columbia street. General Roy
all is U. S. Under-Secretary of War.
and all North Carolinians are lust
ly proud Of the fact that he is a
native o. Goldsbcro dividing his
time in civilian life, before the war.
between Raleigh and Goldsboro.
The beautiful and fascinating Mrs.
royal was formerly Margaret
Fest of Warsaw who attended St.
Mary's school at Raleigh with
many of our own Wilmington girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Grazing
er have returned to their home in
the city at 1907 Market street after
summering at Wrightsville Beach
where together with Alice Grazing
er's brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. William Clark James they
occupied n Of DR.. James F. Rob-
ertson's apartments on East Ra-
leigh street.
Visitors down from New Bern
last Sunday and Monday who spent
the day at Wrightsville Beach with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam C. Sweeny and
their daughter and son-in-law, MI.
and Mrs. Alfred D. Ward of Chapel
Hill, who are their guests for two
t weeks, we're: Mrs. William F.
Ward, Miss Rose Carraway, Miss
Catherine Richardson, Miss Gail
j.. Turnbull, Miss Joan Turnbull, Will
liam F. Ward, Jr., and Kennedy
Ward.
t General John Van B. Nets and
his daughter, Mrs. Spottswood Hunt
nee Josephine Nets, have return
l ed to their home in Raleigh after
spending two weeks at Wrightsville
Beach where they resided at one
of the Hinton apartments on SouN
Lumina avenue.
Miss Lizzie Lee and her niece,
. Nancy Lee Duckett of Raleigh,
have returned to their home after
: a brief visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest Peschau at their Northern ex-
! tension cottage on Wrightsville
Beach.
= Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Vass of Con-
cord, who have recently moved to
our vicinity to live have purchased
DR.. A. d. P. Gilmour's cottage at
20 South Lumina avenue, Wrights
vile Beach, as their year around
home. Mr.. Vass is connected with
the civil service in Greensboro but
visits his family here frequently.
; The Vases had as their attractive
guests over the Labor Day holi-
days; Mrs. J.. W.. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harper Jones and children,
Peggy, Dan, Carolyn, and Wayne
Jones, and Milton Pruitt, all of Ok
tord; and Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Pru-
den and children, Tommy and
Charles of Windsor, Mr.. Pruden re-
Gently received his discharge from
the army with the rank of LieIte-
nant Colonel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur I. Jeffords,
Jr., OF Savannah, returned to their
home last Monday after spending
a week with Jane Durham JET
lords parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. w.
Durham at their home 1876 Orange
street. Jane was the lovely bride
who was married last December at
St. Johns Episcopal church to
Capt. Arthur Jeffords, who is prom
inently connected in Charleston, S.
C. and Savannah. So, it was very
fitting that on her recent visit home
she sans the offertory solo at the
II O'Clock services last Sunday at
St. Johns. Jane Jeffords is a sing
er of note and has done solo work
at almost every church in Whining
ton. She is now the leading soloist
at St. Johns Episcopal church in
Savannah.
Miss Joyce Durham OF 1876 Or
ange street left on Saturday night
to become a member of the faculty
at Dobb's Ferry on the Hudson,
N. Y, an exclusive private school
for boys. Joyce taught French and
Spanish for two years at New Han
over high school, and during the
past summer she was a social case
worker for the Travellers Aid.
Frequently we receive favorable
comments on our letter to you from
former Wilmingtonians who are
now residents of other cities. Such
a note reached us this week from
Mrs. Francis c. Curtzwiler of 2211
Maplewood avenue, Toledo, Ohio,
who tells us how much she enjoys
reading "Slightly Off The Record"
every Tuesday morning. as 1t keeps
her informed of all the gay social
whirl at home, which she would
never hear about otherwise. Com
ing from n so amply qualified
socially and Intellectually as Fran
ces Bailey Curtzwiler, her remarks
are a distinct compliment. Affec-
tionately your friend. VIRGINIA.