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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
AREA WORKSHOPS
TO TRAIN LEADERS
p,creational Groups Will
Receive Courses Four
Cities OF State

pscreation leadership training
,.ttitItes will be held in four area
tsh trtehops on training for skills in
su"lreation,a ccording to Jesse Rey.
''S .,ds superintendent Of City re.
ersation'
;. RI Rocky Mount, February 1922;
u D., .,an a sboro. February 25-March l;
SS.orlotte, March 4-S; and Ashe-
;IIe, yt March Ills
norrses in nature recreation and
.4s viii be the main features OF
&c ea- Institutes while other subjects
pe ..sb as music, dramatics, story
'sIIine 'aI folk dancing, social recrea-
XVI ean will be taught. The selection
W. y activities will be built around
" needs in specific areas.
According to Reynolds, registra-
san M blanks for the area training
ag,- aaporkshop, were mailed to local
'.olns tu last week and anyone in
ssrocted in attending may do so by
a1l;no the recreation department,
s8s2.
This training for skills in recrea-
son is open to professional and
E,otr+eer leaders Of recreation and
!, specially planned for church,
sobod civic groups and social
hub leaders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
AVERA REQUESTS
CLAIMS BE- FILED
Workers AT IS May Peg
Benefits, Social Security
Official States

The Social Security board is Of
fering its full cooperation to work
ers and former workers who have
reached the age of IS in an effort
to help them avoid any loss OF
benefits through delay in filing
claims, it was announced Saturday
by N. A. Avera, manager of the
Boards office in Wilmington.
ANY person who has worked
enough in private industry and
commerce to be insured under the
old-age and survivors insurance
program can file a claim at age
IS to peg his benefits at a point
below which they cannot fail,''
Avera said. "Then, if. he keeps on
working, or if he gets a new job,
and his wage record would produce
higher benefits at a later date, he
may file request to have his
benefit recalculated to give him the
higher rate.''
The manager pointed out that his
office has been urging workers
for some time to confer with the
board officials upon reaching age
IS, in order to protect full benefit
rights.
"a great many workers have
done just that, Avera said, but
many have not. They have been
under the impression that once a
claim was filed, the benefit could
not be changed even though SUBJ
sequent work might produce a
higher potential benefit figure.
THAT was true for a time, but
last year the board inaugurated a
method of recalculation which will
keep benefits from going down,
once a claim is filed, but will not
keep them from going up. If
workers and former workers In
private industry and commerce,
who have passed the age of IS, will
just come in to see us, we will
give them the information and help
necessary to protect their full
benefit rights
Avera pointed out that his state
ment does not mean that a per-
son can draw benefits while work
ing in jobs covered by the Social
Security act The law, he ex.
planned, provides that benefits
must be given up for any month in
which the worker earns more than
$1499 in covered employment, but
benefits can be stopped and re-
suned as often as the worker
moves in and out of covered jobs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
COST OF FEEDING
DOGS RUNS HIGH:
DIAMOND MISSING

Mrs. Harold Alexius learned
yesterday just how expensive
feeding a dog can be.
Police, to whom an appeal
has been made for help in To-
eating a diamond ring valued
at $1,500 belonging to Mrs.
Alexius, said last night they
had no trace of the missing
sparkler.
Mrs. Alexius said the ring
and another fell from her hand
while she was feeding her dogs.
She found one of the rings but
the one with a large diamond
center and two small Stones
on each side was still missing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
MRS. MILDRED GENEVA
THOMAS

Mrs. Mildred Geneva Thomas
16, 809 North Third street, dice
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock ir
James Walker Memorial hospital
Surviving are her husband, q
R. Thomas, Wilmington; parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. White; siz
brothers, Wayne White, Clarence
White, Junie White, Earl White.
Frank White, and Maynard White;
and one sister, Ella Mae White.
all of Memoir, N. c.
The remains will be sent to lie
noir for burial by Yopp Funeral
home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
SHEPPARD L. PURVIS

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 10-Shep-
pard L. Purvis, of Whiteville, %,
died Saturday afternoon at .
o'clock in the Columbus county
hospital.
Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock at
the Porter Swamp Baptist church
with Rev. Cadge Deever, OF Laur- -
inburg, officiating. Interment Will
be in the Porter Swamp cemetery
Surviving are one brother, F. F.
Purvis, of Fairmont; one sister
Mrs. Lizzie Leggette, OF Taoor
City; one son, H. H. Purvls, OF
Cerro Gordo; six daughters, Mrs.
Lora Stephens, of Whiteville; Mrs
Zera johnson, of Galivants Ferry
is. c.; Mrs. Nena Benton, Mrs.
Aline Stephens, Mrs. Esselle Ham
monds, Mrs. Esther Edwards, all
OF Cerro Gordo, also by 80 grand
children and one great grandchlld. d.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Obituaries
WILLIAM A. BROWN

ROCKY POINT, Feb. 10.-Wil-
liam A. Brown, 10, died today at
$40 pm. in his home after four
months illness.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock from the home with the
Rev. p. L. Clark, officiating.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
George Emmett Brown; seven chill
dren, Mrs. r. j. Williams, Char
lotte; Mrs. J. Randolph Baker,
Goldsboro; and Mrs. E. L. Dur
ham, Burgaw; w. E. Brown, Colds
boro, J. Bryan Brown, Greenville;
c. E. Brown, Wilmington; and c.
S. Brown, Rocky Point, and II
grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
MRS. RHYME INJURED

MRS, RHYME INJURED
Word has been received from
Miss Mary Rhyme, Program
Director of Younger Girls
Work at the Wilmington YWCA,
that she will be confined to
bed at DR.. Reid's Hospital in
Greensboro for bout six
weeks. She was injured in an
auto accident while visiting
friends in Greensboro last
weekend. FEB. 81. Miss Rhyme
was x-rayed to determine the
extent of her injuries, and it
was found that a right lumbar
vertibrae was shattered. She
could not be moved, and will
therefore spend the time In
Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
In And Out
OF Service
WILLIAM 81. EASTERLN

Pvt. William H. Easterlin re-
Gently received his discharge from
the Army at Camp Gordan's Sepa.
ration center, after serving two
years and five months with one
year overseas In the European
theater. Easterlin, a radio nnecha.
aic, took part in the Rhineland
Central Europe activities. His home
address is 205 North Fourth
street, Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Dutch Marines Remember
Kind Wilmington Friend

Despite wars. strikes. and
general human pestiferous-
ness, there are people whose
hearts remain in the right
place, people who believe that
mans first allegiance is to his
fellows.
Last year four Dutch Ma
rines, homesick for Holland
and their families, used to
come up from Camp Davis and
drop in on Mrs. Helen Gallo
way at the Travellers Aid So
ciety in the ACL station. When
you're a long way from home
the next best thing to being
there is to talk about it, and
the four Marines liked to talk
to Mrs. Galloway because she
always had a kindly and sym.
pathetic ear for them.
Chats Cheerful
They tried to keep their chats
cheerful with news about their
little children and their wives
and their old folks. But the
human heart, when it finds a
sympathetic listener, cannot
help from spilling out it's sor-
rows as well as it's joys.
1t wasn't long before Mrs.
Galloway had the whole story
of the poverty and misery that
had befallen Holland. The four
Marines brought it lot closer
to home than the biggest news
paper headlines could ever
hope to.
Mrs. Galloway, who gets up
boxes Of food and clothing for
poor families in Wilmington at
Christmas every year, decided
that there wasn't a nicer thing
she could do than get up some
fer the four Marines and their
families.
One night shortly before
Christmas when the Marines
came In the Travellers Aid
station, they found a box for
each of them, a box full Of
canned food and clothing for
their wives and babies.
They were overwhelmed,
speechless. One of them pick
ed up a pair of shoes, and
though he tried not to cry,
there were tears in his eyes
as he finally managed to say,
''These will just fit my wife.
She hasn't had pair of new
shoes in :" and he couldn't
finish what he was saying.
The boys wouldn't risk send
ing the boxes home to Holland.
They carried them along with
their baggage when they sailed
and guarded them as though
they contained gold and pre-
cious stones.
"Dutschie" Writes
And the boys didn't forget Mrs.
Galloway. A few days ago she
received a letter from Rotter-
dam. ''Dutschie" one of the
four, wanted to thank her
again. And he paid her a great
compliment, one she certainly
deserves:
you're the American how
every one of the United Ma
tions should be-"
"Dutschie's" English, though
not perfect, speaks the univer-
sal tongue of human kindness
and understanding.
But that Isn't all he had to
say. He enclosed letter from
a friend, young French
teacher in Rotterdam who en-
dured the German occupation,
living elbow to elbow with fear
throughout the war.
The French teacher explained
that he and his wife now had a
baby, and though they had
finally gotten a permit to buy
the child it's first clothes-"6
swaddling clothes and / pound
of wooP'-they were desper-
ately in need of more.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
BRUNSWICK TEACHERS
APPROVE STUDY PLAN
ON SALARY SCHEDULE

Brunswick county teachers have
approved the recommendation OF
the governors commission for
study in the field Of salary sche-
dulles in schools where the merit
system is now being practiced.
The recommendation also held a
request that every precautlon be
taken that would make the system,
if and when practiced, the best that
could be offered to the teachers,
Glenn M. ucker, president OF the
Brunswick county unit announced
yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
HEALTH PROGRAMS

Health month is being OBJ
served by the Wilmington
Young Women's Christian As
sOciation with all clubs holding
programs centered around the
subject of better health meas
ures. Sound movies will be
presented on Tuesday after
noon, February IL, at 4 o'clock
and all club girls are invited
to attend and to bring their
friends. The film 'Lease On
Life' will be shown. The
Freshman Girl Reserve Club
will be in charge of the pro-
gram under the leadership of
their adviser, Mrs. w. S. Pull
len.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Nursery Schools Close
Feb. 28 When Funds End
Four OF Five Units Ir
New Hanover To Shut
Down

As Federal appropriation funds
to cover nursery school operations
will close out the end of February
all but one of the five New Han.
over county nursery schools will.
be discontinued February %.
According to H. M. Roland,
superintendent OF schools, the clos.
ing of nursery schools was the re.
cult of conferences with R. G.. Nc
liver, FWA representative, who has
completed a final service audit
preparatory to the withdrawal Of
federal funds.
Attempts have been made to
continue the schools under the
sponsorship Of other organizations,
Roland disclosed, but to-date moth.
ing definite has been accomplished
to assure the continuation Of the
nursery classes located in the fed.
eral housing units.
The board Of education. he an
nounced, will re-assume ia re
sponsibility OF the nursery schoo
at. New Hanover High school. Tha1
course, he explained, already is
partially supported by state funds
through the High school Home
Economics department. Other
than that, the superintendent add
ed. the responsibility of the schoo.
board for nursery schools ends or
Feb. Is.
No County Funds
The High school nursery schoo,
has been financed by federal anc
state funds in addition to contri
buttons by mothers, and involved
no expense to the board, ROLAND
said.
The witt drawal of fedora
monies will necessitate an in
crease in the cost to parents, o.
enrollees at the High school unit
he revealed.
All members Of nursery schoo
classes now are children Of work
ing mothers, Roland reported. One
probable reason why the FWA j.
discontinuing its support, ne com
meHted, lies in the fact tina: {
number of the mothers have lef
their jobs and returned to theil
homes since the wars end.
The chief reason, however, i!
the end of congressional appro
priatioa for such schools, it was
stated.
Flooded From OOuOtOside
During the height of the war
when New Hanover was flooded
with outsiders and mothers were
finding employment outside the
home, eight nursery schools were
in operation in the county, records
showed, while disbursements fol-
the eight during the last fisca
year totaled $66, 1855.
Three of the schools were dis
continued in September, 1945.
since the nursery schools Wers
begun in 1941, an average of from
300 to 500 children have been en-
rolled yearly.
Ages of the youngsters range
from two to six years.
The High school homemakins
department for many years has
maintained a nursery school as q
laboratory for its homemakins
course.
A director is provided by state
and federal vocational funds anc
the pupils in the homemaking de-
partment act as student assistants
in the nursery school. Training ir
child care, Roland said, is one o1
the major items in their home
making course.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
WILTON o. JUsTICr

With Is months in the Navy, Sic
Wilton 0. Justice was recently dis
charged from the service at u. s.
Naval separation center in Charles
ton. He is the son OF J. ". Justice
OF Purvis, N. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
DEXTER W, HUCHEs

With a total Navy service of four
years and Is days, W.T. SC Dexter
W. Hughes was recently released
from the Navy after serving So
months overseas. He is the son Of
W. L. Hughes, Of Ash, N. G.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11

North Carolina observance OF
National All club work, March z.
III, will uncover many new plans
by state farm youngsters to defeat
world poverty and to improve
things at home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
NAMON b. BATS

On February /, S 1-c Namon B.
Bats OF Hampstead, was honorably
discharged from the U. S. Navy
at the Naval Personnel Separation
center IN Shoemaker, California.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
JOHN w. MILLNOR

Among the 1853 enlisted men who
were released to inactive duty at
the U. S. Navy Personnel separa-
ton center in Charleston Saturday
was John W. Millinor, Box 65 Of
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11

MINISTER'S TO MEET
The reular monthly meeting
Of the Wilmington Minister'S
association will be held this
morning at IL o'clock at the
Y. M. C. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
City Briefs
CLASS TO MEET

The Mcclure Fellowship
Bible class will meet tonight
at $3.50 O'Clock for a supper
meeting to be followed by a
review of the International
Sunday school lesson for next
Sunday by the Rev. w. J.
Stephenson, pastor of Temple
Baptist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
MRS. P. X WOODY I'LL

MRS. p. X. WOODY ILL
Mrs. p. X. Woody, wife of the
clerk Of New Hanover county
board of commissioners, was
taken from her home at Har-
Dor Island, yesterday to Bull
luck's hospital, where she will
undergo observation and treat
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
KOONCE IMPROVED

G. L. Koonce, deputy sheriff,
is expected to return home
early this week following an
appendectomy recently at Bull
luck's hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11

Farmers can always borrow
from the bank of the soil by max
ing small yearly deposits Of humus
building materials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
OAR MEETING

The Cape Fear Council No.
"a. OAR, will hold its regular
meeting at eight o'clock to-
night in the Junior Order hall.
All members are urged to at
tend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Gentle Chest Rub Advised
For ChiLd's Thinner Skin

time of when chest colds widely prevalent Mothers
than
adults Mehou the MODERN gentle chest
gently qens the circulation and oosens
edcated through
upper bronchial passages coughing
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11

Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
Evening star., 1946-07-21

11OWcfCIs tllc CclcUIdtlIlk O1 tluo
event, in this country, will precede
the Monrovia celebration, and the
exercises will fittingly take place in
Washington, where the American
Colonization Society was formed in
1916, which led to the establishing Of
the colony at Liberia. In this city
the exercises will be held at Howard
University, on July 26, when the Re-
public of Liberia will be extolled and
praised by a number of outstanding
Americans, who have visited Liberia
since 1909.
The American Colonization So
ciety received its early impetus from
the efforts of Rev. Robert Finley
Of Basking Ridge. N. j., who came
to Washington in the autumn OF
1916, and with the help OF his broth
er-in-law, Elias Boudinot Caldwell,
succeeded in holding the first pre-
liminary meeting for establishing the
society, December 16, 1916.
At this meeting, Associate Justice
Bushrod Washington, of the su-
preme Court of the United States,
and q nephew of Gen. Wash
Evening star., 1946-07-21

Julio Tello, himself an Indian, has
after many years efforts persuaded
the Peruvian government to back
him in archaeological expeditions
and results have been beyond any
ones most sanguine dreams.
The museum in Lima now pos
sesses the most extended collection
imaginable and OF fabulous value
According to DR.. Tello, who very
kindly showed me all the special
treasures, "the surface has barely
been scratched" A school is con-
nected with the museum. Here one
finds young Indians polishing and
glazing and arranging these works
of art which were in daily use
thousands Of years ago, probably
just as their forefathers did. 1t is
curious to see how utterly content
they are in this manual and artistic
activity. 1t shows in their smiling
faces and in their eagerness to show
you what they like best. And these
people, when they made these
treasures, did not know the wheel!
Are We maybe wrong in our So
called civilization, which has now
finally led us to the atomic bomb?
The natural phenomena of Peru
are superb, too. Within 100 kilo-
meters from Lima there is a place
in the mountains called "Infermillo'
or little hell" and it consists of
break in the mountains so high
Evening star., 1946-07-21

urer and a board Of managers were
also named. OF the latter, Francis
Scott Keys name appeared first.
Many Of these names are Of ma
tional significance, although num-
Der of them are historically well
known to Washingtonians. Henry
Clay, for instance, resided here Tor
long while and died in 1852 in the
old National Hotel, which stood un-
til recently at the northeast corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street. william H. Crawford once
resided at the northwest corner Of
Massachusetts, avenue and Four
teenth street. Gen. John Mason
was an early owner of Theodore
Roosevelt Island Cor Analostan Is
land, and was once in command of
the District Militia. Richard Rush
resided in one Of the six buildings.
John Tayloe, reputed to be the
wealthiest man in Virginia, built,
and resided in the Octagon House,
at the northeast corner Of Eight
eenth street and New York avenue
and died there March %. 1928. He
once owned the subdivision Pet
worth, where he had a private race
track.
Evening star., 1946-07-21

John H. B. Latrobe, who was still
serving in 1885. In 1899 the office
Of president seems to have been
vacant. j. Ormond Wilson was
serving as secretary and James l.
Norris as treasurer, with the Execu-
tive Committee consisting OF the
Rev. Bryan Sunderland, chairman;
Judge Charles G. Knott, Mr.. Norris
William w. Godding, M. D.; the Rev
A. J. Huntington, Mr.. Wilson and
the Rev. Alexander Mackay-smith
D. D.
| In 1859, construction Of its Later
headquarters was begun. but it wa,
not finished and occupied until g
year later. An old description tell.
us: The Colonization Society ha.
erected on the corner of Pennsyl.
vania avenue and Four-and-a- hall
street (now Fourth street, a larg.
and beautiful four-story building
The lower story Is Of iron, divided
for stores; above, 1t is of light.
colored stone and ornamented win
dows, with balustrade on the tor
and iron castings and moldings."
Back in its very early days the
society met in building on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue
Evening star., 1946-07-21

fully. For the first time In my
disorganized life 7. found sufficient
time to do the things I liked to do
plus the things I had to do-and
perform them all much more ef-
ficiently.
For instance, six months ago my
guests would have gotten their
Sunday night supper three-quarters
of an hour late. The hardboiled egg
probably would have been missing
from the tomato aspic, the curried
chicken and rice sticky and over
cooked, the rolls sufficiently burned
to resemble Jumps or coal and
worst of all, the hostess harried,
perspiring, and lacking in charm.
How has the picture changed?
When planning a Sunday night
supper now make out a complete
menu and place 1t prominently on
the kitchen table. Not only is the
tomato aspic listed, but all its en-
bellishments, such as hardboiled
egg, mayonnaise, lettuce.
Then a list Of the necessary
plates-four salad plates, four
bread-and-butter plates, two jelly
dishes, etc. While the hostess does
not emerge from the kitchen a
raving beauty, at least she's not hys-
terical enough to throw the whole
mess she's cooked into the kitchen
sink.
Please don't think I'm trying to
sound like a before-and-after ad.
AS matter of fact, I still occa-
sionally burn the peas and run out
of things-only to lesser degree.
Not long ago I would have given
the good old Bronx cheer to any
one who pulled that nonsense about
everybody needing routine and dis
cipline.
I classed those people with the
sweet souls who always tossed
around mottos like that stitch in
time" business, or the "see a pin
and pick 1t up and all the day you'll
have good luck" type. My argu-
ments were always the same: That
some people were different and
didn't need to follow all those silly
rules.
But now guess I've gotta admit
1t. I have become an addict. Not
for drugs or drink or candy. have
become one of those stuffy creatures
An addict of schedule. The worm
has really turned!
Evening star., 1946-07-21

The President of the Republic OF
Peru, His Excellency Jose Luis
Bustamante, asked me to call. He
is a delightfully."- sensitive and schol-
arly man, with a great love OF
music. The next day he came to
my first concert in Lima and re-
ceived an ovation from the public,
as he Is very much beloved.
Lima itself is more interesting
than Santiago, as it has kept much
of its Spanish colonial style. But
the winter climate, with its perpet-
ual fog and lack of sunshine, Is
depressing. So 1t is small wonder
that the people long for special
feast days, which the government
and the church arrange. 1t does
interfere with work, however, as ]
found to my cost. Out Of five re-
hearsals, one was Cancelled and an
other one halved as it came on a
half holiday. No wonder that there
lis a saying, In Peru there Is
always manana, and manana Il
always fiesta!"
X
EN- ROUTE.
~ RADUALLY on the way home
III I am now an entire week
~ late. due to delays in the
plane service and also chap.
pier reason) to the extra concert:
which both the Chileans and Peru.
yians insisted upon. may yet have
Evening star., 1946-07-21

was perfected on January I, 1877,
when Justice Washington was elect
ed president. The vice presidents
selected were: William H. Crawford
Secretary Of the Treasury; Henry
Clary, Speaker of the House of Rep.
resentatives; William Phillips oi
Massachusetts,, former Governor
John Edgar Howard, Samuel Smith
and John c. Herbert of Maryland
Col. Henry Rutger of New York
John Tayloe of Caroline, Va; Gen
Andrew Jackson OF Tennessee, At
torney General Richard Rush, Rob.
ert Ralston Of Pennsylvania, Gen
John Mason and Rev. Robert Finley
The recording secretary and treas