The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-24

oAi0 POooAUly ScVcIdl .OIu6f COUNT
Queen Elizabeth, which sails from
Mrs. Tom Wiley of Miami, Fl
extended visit with her parents, M
Audubon. Mrs. Wiley was formerly
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L.. Taylor
let last Monday for a three weeks
motor trip through the Carolinas,
Georgia and Florida. Henry Tay-
lor is making the trip on business
and Alice is accompanying him.
An amusing yarn is going the
rounds which you might enjoy
hearing. 1t seems that three of ou-
most attractive young matrons
while on a shopping tour in a near
by city recently, attended the the
atre one evening while there, think
ing they. were going to see a
smash-hit OF the legitimate stage.
Instead they stumbled into a home
town production, which was not
conducive to alert wakefulness.
Added to this they were exhausted
from their intensive shopping, so
the sand man" overcame two of
them while the play was in prog.
ress. AS the final curtain came
down and the bright lights flared
up, one of the girls awakened with
a start and asked excitedly; els
This The Half? Lets get out our
dream book and read up on why
her sub-conscious mind reverted so
quickly to football games.
Mrs. John Russell Pope Of New
York city spent a day last week
at her estate, S'Airlie" on-the-
sound. She had with her as her
guest, Mrs. Gordon Wilson of Bal
timore. Mrs. Pope is the former
Miss Sadie Jones, daughter of the
late Mrs. Henry Walters and the
late Pembroke Jones of New York,
Newport, and Wilmington. Mrs.
Wilson was formerly Miss Eliza
beth Elliott Of Baltimore and Will
mington. Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Will
son returned to their homes on
Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. David S. Harriss,
who have been making their home
this fall with Mrs. Harriss's par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. John T. Hog
gard at 504 Orange ST., are build
ing an attractive new home in
Country Club Pines, which is near
ing completion and which they
hope to occupy by Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Robert
son, Jr., and two children of Gait
ney, S. c., spent last weekend here
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robertson at their home, 28
Mimosa Place. Billy Robertson, Jr.
is a naval aviator stationed at
Spartanburg, S. C., but expects
soon to be released from the serv-
ice. at which time he and his fam
lily plan to return to Wilmington
to live.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. 'McEachern,
Jr., are now occupying the hand
some home in Oleander which they
recently purchased from Mrs. Bess
Saunders. The McEacherns resided
1or several years past at 1917 Wool
colt avenue in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thornton
who made Wrightsville Beach their
year-around home for the past. year
or so, moved recently into their
attractive new home at 1870 Forest
Hills, Drive. Lovely blonde, Fran
ces Thornton was, prior to he
marriage, Frances Taylor, daught-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Tay-
lor. Billy Thornton is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Goodlett Thorn
ton.
Peg, it is rumored that the local
Social Service League is contem-
plating opening q Tea Room on
the ground floor Of the old Corn
wallis headquarters, corner Of
Third and Market streets, which
was used as an officers club dur
ing World War II. If there is au-
thenticity in the report, the League
is to be commended for inaugural
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great value to the public at large.
We are the only city of it's size
that I ever heard of where there
is no Tea Room or Snack Bar,
situated in "a convenient location
for both shoppers and tourists,
where light lunches Of home cook
ing, carefully prepared and well
served can be procured quickly>at
our Social Service League which is
composed Of a group of socially
prominent debutantes and young
matrons, well known for their char
table and benevolent deeds, plans
to prepare all the food themselves,
keeping the menus simple and ap-
petizing, with an eye to light,
tempting dishes, such as soups,
salads, sandwiches, and desert.
which can be served quickly and