The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-24
North Carolinians
Attend Festive

a swing around the country on
business.
There was much to make one
proud of the heme-state in looking
over the elegantly dressed and
colorful assembly. Three hand
somer women have never received
together, nor three more stylish,
than Mrs. Walden, who topped
her black uncut velvet gown with
a small hat of pink tips, and Mrs.
Gardner and Mrs. Royal, whose
very tall and attractive black
chapeaux caused pleasant CONVEX
sation to hum in scores OF Ian
guages! Assisting generally were
Mrs. Garland S. Ferguson, ST.;
Mrs. Berkeley Simmons, Mrs. e.
B. Gibson and Mrs. John K. Slear.
Taking turns presiding over the
tea cups were Mrs. Fred Vinsons
wife of the Chief Justice of the
United States; Mrs. Harold Bur-
ton, Mrs. Tom Clark, wife OF the
Attorney General, Sonora de Ca
ceuas, Sonora de Monteres, Sonora
de t zmarria of Columbia,
Nine. Thors of Iceland; Mrs. Rob
ert Patterson, Mrs. IsenhoWer and
Mrs. William Morgan whose hus-
band is a native of Smithtield. AS
sisting with coffee r. Mrs. Thad
Page, (niece : in-law of Walter
Hines Page, the Ambassador to
the Court Of St. James during
World War d; Mrs. John M.
Rails, Mrs. James Webb, wife of
the Director of the Budget and
Mrs. Albert L. Cox. Serving tur-
key and the accessories were Mrs.
Nat Townsend, Mrs. Fred Morri-
son, Mrs. Gary Hughes, Mrs.
Daniel Shewbrooks OF Philadel-
phia; Mrs. Carrie Robinson, and
Mrs. E. B. Gibson. Also assisting
were Mrs. w. E. Stroud, Mrs.
Robert H. Mcneil, and a number
of others.
Something like 1C Ambassadors,
ministers and their wives came tc
the party that afternoon. Oc-
casionally you would meet one or
more of the coming Big Seasons
Debutantes. M EdWina Pou
Walden a 1916 deb, received with
her sister, Mrs. Thomas Drake
Durrance and her husband, Mr..
Durrance in the upstairs ballroom.
Among those who dropped by.
with their wives, were General Al
len H. Turnage, who will leave the
first of next week for foreign serv-
ice, the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and his wife. Mrs. John Snyder,
ard the assistant secretary of the
treasury and his wife, Mrs. David
Foley, Miss Jane Pratt, North
Cardinals first woman Congress
man was there, chatting with the
newly elected Congressman from
the Tenth Congressional District.
Hamilton c. Jones. There also
were Mrs. ]. D. Gillian, Mrs. St.
George Souissat and literally hun
dreds of others. And as usual at
such parties, the men-tolk grouped
together discussing over the party
d~clicacies sternar matters such as
strikes-and the country's chang
ing policies.
1t was one of the best parties
the Capital has known, and while
every one seemed to be on hand,
we could not help but notice the
absence of the Comptroller Gener-
al Of the United States and his
gracious wife, Mrs. Lindsay War
rem. They are enthusiastic sport
fans and we discovered that they
had gone down to the Duke-Caro-
lima game-one step ahead of the
crowds that left yesterday tor this
classic event.
Regardless of what r~ooters they
wanted to walk off with the goal
posts at the Duke-Carolina game
now history-virtually every Tar
Heel who could get away scum
tered down to Chapel Hill to wit
ness this huge annual spectacle.
Spectators from here included Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Morrison and small
daughter, Miss Myra Morrison,
the former Governor and Mrs. O.
Max Gardner, Mr.. and Mrs. John
M Rails, Judge and Mrs. N. 4.
Townsend, Mrs. Mary c. Murphy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spain, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. O, Brewer, Captain Frank
Sanders, MI. and Mrs. J.. E. S.
Thorpe, n enough more to
crowd the residents from the Evil
lage."
Tar Heels remaining in Wash
ington will enjoy the returns o.
the game tonight Saturday. at
the North Carolina Society
Thanksgiving Dance which is be-
ing held in the large ball room
OF the Shoreham hotel. And indi-
cations are that the place will be