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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
Pay For College Work
Supplements Base WAGE

practice my favorite pastime, the
study of human nature"
Miss O'Keef's day begins at 7
a. m. Although h e school day
does not start until $50 O'Clock
She arises early to enjoy the
second cup of coffee. She reaches
school at S:15 o'clock. in order 10
catch her breath" before start
ing the duties of the day.
The hours put into an actual
days work is not comparable to
an average h h school teacher,
but illustrates to the layman, the
long day h a teacher is re-
CURED TO serve under the low pay
rates.
In actual figures. Miss O'Keef's
salary and income is presented as
follows:
She receives as basic pay, S167
a month, for the nine active pay
ing months of the year, and $13
supplement of this amount. ron
a percentage of the salary. based
on longevity and other con
tributing factors, she receives $40
from the county. The extra hours
she devotes to the college center
nets her 500 a month. This totals
$500 a month, for the nine months
Of the school year, not including
Withdrawals.
The amount paid out each
month totals $146, which includes
actual living expenses, donations
to civic organizations, church
dues, insurance, Building and
Loan deposits, Christmas club.
and automobile expenses. Clothes
come out of III e surplus funds.
and are not included in her
budget.
If the average person finds his
expenses lower than those
mentioned, he must remember
that the teacher has a nine month
year to make the yearly pay
ments in. g
The expenses involved in sum-
mer school attendance will de-
YOUR the $500 paid to Miss OKeef
for h e + college services, which.
incidentally. she banks without
touching. Though h e work has
the disadvantages of long hours,
she realizes that without the
extra money earned in college,
she would not be able to attend
school, a stipulation stated when
she accepted the position in the
library.
After serving the high school
students from $3.50 a. m. to
3:45 p. M, Miss O'Keef remains
on duty for the college students.
The college classes begin at 4 p.
m. and continue until 8 p. m. The
schedule is uninterrupted until
p. M. and the college duty nights
are alternated between Miss Gro
martie and Miss O'Keef. One viii
work the afternoon shift. from
until 6:15 p. M. and the other
7 will take e afternoon off, re
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
H
Maritime Commission
To Sell Life Rats

Life RATS will be included in a
sale of surplus property to be
conducted in the North Caroline
Maritime shipyard by the H. T.
Diehl, acting disposal agent, it
was announced yesterday.
Other material will also be SOLD
in next weeks sale of the surplus
property.
All sales, with the exception OF
the life RATS, will be by sealed
bids which must be received by
Diehl by 3 o'clock on the specl-
fled closing date. Entrance will
be through Gate No. 3 for daily
inspections between the hours OF
9 am. and 3 pm, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
BY DAVID PETERSON
Star-News Staff Writer

Teaching and guiding high
school boys and girls for almost
"A wears. Miss Fannie O'Keef. as.
sistant librarian of New Hanover
High School. is an example of the
modern teacher, who loves her
work.
Miss O'Keef graduated from
Duke University in June, 1888,
and began her teaching career
that fall. She entered MINIS as a
teacher of English, and continued
in that capacity for 10 years.
She enjoys teaching above
everything else, but like many
others she dislikes the paper
work that accompanies such a
Job. Remarking upon this. she
said that a teachers job is never
done because of the homework
that requires her attention after
school.
While she contemplated leaving
her profession, the thought of de-
serting the atmosphere that has
become SO much a part OF her
life. was distressing. At this time,
she was offered a position in the
office. and worked with the staff
for three years. until the oppor-
tunity TO serve in the library was
presented.
This is Miss O'Keef's first year
in the library, and she says that
it is just what she wants. Working
as assistant to Miss Martha Gro
martie, head librarian she as
sists the students in their literary
pursuits and research. The work
is stimulating,' she remarks, land
is really enjoyable as it brings one
in such close contact with the many
different personalities. and affords
an excellent opportunity to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16

turning at 6:15 to work until 8 p.
m.
With the long hours the school
duties require, Miss O'Keef would
hardly seem the one to have
many outside interests. a n d she
concerned. Her interests are
conferred around the church,
where she teaches a junior Sun
day school class, and participates
in church activities and choir.
She enjoys teaching this class
because of the age bracket which
gives her an opportunity to study
the children of a different age.
Miss O'Keef remarked that the
extra hours of college duty dis
couraged any desire to partlcl-
pate in social activities, except
for an occasional weekend visit
to relatives, "eating OUT, and
rare movies. She said she enjoyed
a good movie, but only good ones.
Miss O'Keef has attended two
movies since the beginning OF
school.
Miss O'Keef explained that she
knew what she was getting into
when she accepted the burden of
college classes, and had no re-
grets. The library is her choice
however, and she will attend
summer school for two full three
months terms to receive her IL
brarian's certificate, and another
three months to be presented
with her degree.
In explaining her love for this
work, Miss O'Keef stated. school
work is fascinating, and I'm here
because there's nothing l like
better"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16

ception uprising which the gov
eminent charges is fomented by a
strange combination of rich con-
servatlves and communists.
The arrest of lover, who was
seized March 10, was disclosed al
the same time that the govern
ment seized a clandestine com
munist radio transmitter in Assume
ion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
Lenoir Textile
Official Is Dead

LENOIR, March 15-P)-Barney
Barton Hayes, Y, who rose from a
40-c~ent-a-day laborer to head a
chain of textile manufacturing
plants, died hege today.
He was a large stockholder in
the Hayes cotton mill at Lemon,
the Moore Cotton Mill company, al
Valmead, and the Hudson ano
Caldwell Cotton Mills at Hudson
Recently Hayes and associates
bought the steel mills here fol
about $3.50, 900.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Hamie Shell, one son and
one daughter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
40 New Physicians
In Charlotte Area

CHARLOTTE, March 15.-(P)-A
survey by the Charlotte Observer
tonight showed that 40 new white
physicians and two new Negro doc
tors have located in Charlotte dur
ing the last two years.
The Observer said there we're
now 1856 white and IA Negro medi
cal doctors in Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
BRINGS TO


OKLAHOMA CITY, WH -When
Gov. Roy ]. Turner a unable 10
go to LaWton. Okla, for & banquet
in his honor given by the LaWtor
C h a m b e r of commerce., t h e y
brought the banquet to the chief
executive. The governor and mem
bers of the legislature we're guests
of Lawton at a venison feat in al
Oklahoma City hotel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
COMMERCE OFFICE
OPENING IN CITY
Industrial Agent Receives
Information From Ma
tional Office

A new field Office of the United
States Department of Commerce
will be opened in Wilmington with
in two or three weeks, according
to a letter received by j. H. Far
rell, city industrial agent, yester-
day.
Farrell said the new service
will cover all of eastern North
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
Former Paraguay
Minister Arrested

AsUNCIoN, Paraguay, March Is
--P-Anselmo Jover, former JUS
ice minister in the government of
Febrerlsta Leader Rafael Franco.
has been arrested and charged with
completely in the eight-day-old con.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
CHURCH FUND RAISED

CHICAGO, March IS (P) The
American section of the Lutheran
World Federation announced to-
day that it had raised 7 1000, 600
for Church Relief and Rehabilita-
ton in Europe and that 5000, 900
of this amount was being sent
Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16

The Denison dam, across the
Red river, Texas, five miles north
west of Denison. completed in Oc-
tober, 1913, is the largest earthen
structure of its kind in the world.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
STATE JUNKING
CERTIFICATE

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 49,
With the steady increase IN
the number of cars going out
of service, Secretary of State
Edward J. Barrett today call
ed attention to the Importance
of obtaining junking certifi-
Gates for vehicles that are to
be discarded or junked.
These certificates, he ex-
planned, give the owner of the
vehicle assurance that the title
will be removed from circula-
ton. They also ward against
the possibility that the engine
and motor number may be
picked up and used illegally in
an attempt to obtain a title or
a license for a stolen car, or
for a vehicle assembled from
stolen parts.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24

or manufacture of synthetic,
plastic, vulcanizable rubber
material containing 1870 or
more or butadiene, the basic
chemical ingredient. This
clause covers virtually all ar
tificial rubber suitable for
tire-making.
Each is reluctant to pour it's
full resources into the strenu-
Gus effort SO long as it is pledg-
ed to pool information on re-
search and production meth
DDS with it's rivals.
The u. S. government must
be consulted. It built and still
owns the huge synthetic rub
Der plants. But it wants to sell
them, now. And federal Off
Gals concede it's going to be
tough to conduct the sale un-
til private concerns have been
given incentive to develop a
type of synthetic rubber that
can hold it's own in COMPETE
ton with crude rubber from
the Far East.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS

Springfield, ILL.,, August 22
Illinois motorists have con-
tributed $27,691,929.4O in mo-
tor vehicle fees to the States
Road fund since the first of
the year, Secretary of State
Edward J. Barrett said.
This is a $1,652,326.15 more
than the total amount from
that source paid to the road
fund in all of 1916. These fees
include those accruing from
motor vehicle, drivers and
chauffeurs' licenses.
In addition to automobile
department fees paid to the
road fund, Mr.. Barrett said
that $366,169.7O in collec-
lions resulting from the issu-
ance of certificate of titles,
title searches and used car
dealer licenses was distributed
to the General Revenue Fund.
Secretary Barrett reported
the following total registra-
lions for the January 1-July
81, 1947 period: Passenger
cars, 1,639,669; trucks, 1884,
1865; trailer and semi-trailer,
1879; motorcycles, 1861;
dealers, 6,567 and chauffeurs,
19O.629,
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
SYNTHETIC SECRETS

Washington-The men who
manufacture rubber are eager
to keep secrets from each 9TH
Grand they're making their
second attempt to gain govern
ment consent.
Each of the big producing
companies thinks it's scientists
may solve the payoff question:
How to manufacture a syn
thetic rubber tire that's as
good as an all-natural rubber
tire.
This yearning for privacy
arises from terms of an agree
ment signed in December,
1911, by the industry and the
Office of Rubber Reserve, an
agency of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. The pact
provided that any discoveries
made privately by the COM
panies up to that time and any
know-how gained in the future
course of governmental owner
ship should be freely exchang-
ed.
Through this agreement, the
government and it's agents &C
quired the license to use any
old or new patents for the use
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
ILLINOIS PROGRESS

Chicago and Northern Hi
nois firms have earmarked 2.8
billion dollars for expansion
and improvement of facilities.
One concern alone has already
spent 37.5 million dollars.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24

And here is another pat
ent fact: The new Automa-
tic Natural Gas ranges are
really NEW. Automatically
controlled ovens, fully in
sulated, cleaning white por-
celain enamel finish that is
SO easy to keep clean. You
name the feature. >. Gas
Has GOT 1t!
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24

Latest thing for duck
hunters is a recently patent
ed wing-flapping head shak-
ing decoy. An anchor attach
ment plus the movement of
the water does the work.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24

The only thing for broil-
ing is a real flame.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21

Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
HOLLAND
Comp|imented
AT Edge Hill

Miss Mary Symmes was hostes,
tuesday when she entertained At
lovely luncheon at Edge Hill On
Bradley's Creek ID honor of Miss
Carolyn Holland. whose wedding to
Alexander S. Hall is to take place
on Wednesday, June 4.
Miss Symmes' guests were in.
vited for 1870 o'clock and places
were laid at an a%ttractively ap-
pointed table centered with yellow
and white daisies.
Guests included: Miss Holland
honoree. Miss. Anne Burr, Miss
Betty Blue Davis, Miss Virginia
Oliver, Mrs. Raymond H. Holland,
Mrs. A. M. Hall, Mrs. John C..
VESSEL, Jr., Mrs. David R. Muir
Gibson. Jr., Mrs. Isaac B. Grazing
err, Jr., and Miss Louise Warner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
William MacRaes
Celebrate 6 0 t h
A y

Mr. and Mrs. William Ware Mac
Rae celebrated their Goth ami
versary recently at a reception
given by their daughter, Miss Nell
MacRae.
Miss MacRae and her brother,
Homer A. MacRae, assisted their
parents in receiving their guests,
while Mrs. j. r. Benson and Mrs.
David Sloan served at the DINING
room table.
The table, covered with an i'm.
ported lace banquet cloth, was
centered with a bowl of carna-
tons, snapdragons, and gypsopho-
liza, flanked by burning candles in
silver candelabra.
Guests were served punch in an
adjoining room by Miss Katherine
MacRae, granddaughter of the
MacRae's assisted by Miss Patty
Jackson.
approximately LOU guests were
invited to call between 5 and 7
p. m.
During the evening DR.. William
Crow, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain church, made a few timely
remarks and ended with a prayer
of thanks giving that these fine
Christian people shou>d live so
long and happily together and en-
Joy the congratulations and best
wishes of all who came this day
to do them honor.
The out of town guests attending
the reception were: Mrs. Scott w.
Allen, Mrs. LOUIS .MacRae Thack-
err, Mrs. Thomas MacRae and Mrs.
Clifton Barnett, all from Atlanta,
Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
Elementary Students Compose
Cast OF Citys Spring Festival

allegro Potter, Barbara Shaw,
Julie Ryan, Edith Goodwin. Martha
Mote, and Corinia Mccall; and the
Lake Forest Nursery Schools
"Zippity Do Da."
The more romantic Spring feel
ing is featured again in the ballet
opening Part III, Lovely Is
Spring." with Barbara Crump,
Betty Smithson, Jane Holland,
Linda Shew, Ann Williams, Carol
Williamson, Linda Pridgon. Juana
Fay Comming, Patty Ann Ward,
Betsy Jones, Ann Craig, Betty
Jane Gilleard, Nancy Craig, Mary
Bessellieu, and Jackie Meie~. The
MAJ theme appears again in the
forms of moon-gazing Pierot and
coquettish Pierette, Lille Pearl
Jordan and Elizabeth Barefoot.
Part III includes the pastoral idea
Dresden shepherd (Elmer
williamson and shepherdess
(Joanne Jocdan) with their ador-
ing lambs; Ann Redmayne, Gloria
Craig, Carolyn Carver, Betty Lou
Waters, Norma Hickman, Sherry
Billiard, and Fay Long.
The scene closes with the scamp
ering exit of two white rabbits,
Barga@a Austin and Barbara
Shields, before a giant caterpillar,
manned by Otis Strother, Lamar
Strother, and Billy Wall.
A child's imagination will be
delighted with the antics of the
woods creatures and flowers. and
no adult is so far yet from child
hood that he cannot be charmed
by this light, fanciful presentation
of the spring season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
Dates to Remember

Demonstration club will meet
with Mrs. C. T. Jewell, High
wood Park.
8 o. m. - The Woman's auxiliary
of the Myrtle Grove Presby-
terrain church will meet at
the church.
FRIDAY
$50 p. m. Mrs. David S. Har-
riss will be hostess at a tea
honoring Miss Carolyn Hol-
land.
300 p. m.-The BPO Does, Drove
80, will sponsor a benefit
bridge tournament at the
Elks Temple, 400 S. Front
street.
SATURDAY
7:30-9:30 p. m.-Week-end sup
per party at Cape Fear coun-
try club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
Mrs. PAGE Installed President
AtCapeFearG ardenC |ubMeet

Mrs. Rinaldo B. Page was in
stalled yesterday as president OF
the Cape Fear Garden club at the
final meeting of the season held
in St. James Great Hall.
The new slate of officers to
serve with Mrs. Page for the COM
ing two year term we're installed
by Mrs. A. H. Elliot, a past presi-
dent OF the club, Mrs. Clarence
d. Maffitt, first vice president;
Mrs. w. E. Curtis, second vice
president; Mrs. J. Henry Gerdes,
third vice president; Mrs. Lester
W. Preston, recording secretary;
Mrs. Thomas B. Lilly, treasurer;
Mrs. William G. Robertson, cor
responding secretary; and Mrs.
Guy A. Cardwell, historian.
The outgoing officers Of the club
include:
Mrs. Gerdes, president; Mrs. Z,
D.. Maffitt, first vice president;
Mrs. D. H. Penton, second vice
president; Mrs. T. F. Darden,
third vice president; Mrs. J. B.
Cranmer, recording secretary;
Mrs. William G.. Robertson, cor:
responding secretary; Mrs. W. E.
Curtis, treasurer and Mrs. Lowell
White, historian.
In reporting on the state con.
vention held last week in Ashe.
vile Mrs. Gerdes, a delegate, an
nounced that the Cape Fear Gar.
den club had come away with sew.
eral- outstanding awards, that o!
first prize for the best printed
yearbook in the state federation,
and a first prize for the best
publicity in the state during the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
Legion Head
Makes Appeal
ForPoppyDa)

An appeal to all veterans of both
world wars to honor their fallen
comrades by wearing a poppy on
Poppy Day next Saturday has been
Issued by w. K. Stewart, Jr., Com
mander of Wilmington Post No. 10
of The American Legion.
Commander Stewart also asked
that generous contributions be
made for the welfare of disabled
veterans, their families and the
dependents of deceased veterans
on Poppy Day. In his appeal he
said:
Let us all show by wearing a
poppy that we have not forgotten
those comrades of ours whom we
left behind on the battle fields in
so many parts of the world. We
can never forget them, of course,
but others who are not SO close
to them may forget how they gave
their lives in the nations service.
We should set a. glowing example
of remembrance by putting or a
poppy the first thing on Poppy
Day.
1--WE should remember, too, those
other comrades who did not die but
are still fighting a grim battle
against wounds and illness in the
veterans hospitals. They made the
peoples. The contributions we
make for the memorial flowers are
for them, their families and the
families of the dead. Many of us
do not have much to give, yet l
am sure that veterans will set an
example of generosity for all other
citizens"
Memorial peoples, made by dis
abled veterans at Fayetteville
will be distributed throughout the
city on Saturday by volunteer
workers from Wilmington Unit of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21

I wear and second place in state
recognition for the annual flower
show in the larger show bracket.
Mrs, Gerdes stated there are ISL
federated clubs in the state with
a total membership Of 5,285. with
II clubs entering wild flower ex.
hibits. Other delegates to the con-
vention making reports were Miss
Ruth Loman and Mrs. w. R. Mar
vim.
Mrs. Lester W. Preston, general
chairman of the recent flower
show sponsored by the club, an
nounced the show a success ane
thanked her committee assistants
Mrs. Preston also stated there
were 301 exhibits entered by 49,
show exhibitors. During the busl
ness session Mrs. Gerdes asked
the corresponding secretary, Mrs
Robertson, to write a letter to The
city manager protesting the chang
ing in names of Greenfield Lake
and Community drive.
Prior to turning over the gave
to- the incoming president, Mrs
Gerdes- presented her final repor'
and thanked the membership ano
various officers and chairmen fol-
their splendid work and supper
during her term of office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
KAY GOODMAN-social Editor

TODAY
2:3O D. m. - The Bradley's Creek
Home Demonstration clu b
meets with Mrs. c. Harriss.
Mrs. Frank Cottle will be the
guest speaker. Small donations
will be taken in aid Of Hol-
lands national health pro-
gram.
, o. m. - The Winter Park home
demonstration club will meet
with Mrs. Edward Allard.
Mrs. S. W. Spooner and Mrs.
George Newton will be CO.
-hostesses.
THURSDAY
$3.50 p. m.-What-So-Ever circle
of the Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Mrs. R.
F. Phelps, 80 Windsor drive.
800 p.m.-The Audubon Home
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21

Complete advance programs of
the Recre a t departments
Spring Fantasy which will be
staged Thursday night at 8 O'Clock
at Pembroke Jones park, have
been distributed in the elementary
schools throughout the city.
The entire cast for the spring
festival will be made up of ele-
mentary school children.
The main theme of the Fan
tasy"-the story OF Harlequin and
Columbine, Pierot and Pierette-
is skillfully threaded into a living
background which blends an old
fashioned pastoral with just a bit
of twentieth century modernism.
Parts II and III will appeal
especially to the younger section
of the audience. Every child
knows the rhyme, April showers
bring May flowers" Miss JUICY
johnson puts the old idea INTO
song with the popular April
Showers to begin Part II, and the
showers themselves - Aulyne
Thorpe, Virginia Wells, Barbara
Johnson, Billy Blake, Jean Wells,
and Ann WILLIAMSBURG to life
and dance. Timid Vioiets and
other May Flowers Sara Powell,
Diane Proctor, Backy Buie, Louise
Daughtry. Janet Herring, and
Sylvia Herring-dance after the
rain. They are followed by the
heartier Yellow Daisies: Dorothy
Moore, Betty Blake, Barbara Aus
tin, Barbara Shields, Elizabeth
/ Matthews, Mercelle Matthews, Ann
Hool, and Sylvia Stocks. A reals
tic touch is added to the scene by
the Rain Coat Tap with Sherry
Billiard, Sara Hurst. Elaine Blake.
was the most profitable of all
awards financially, the A. F. of L.
Essay awards. Coping top honors
was Laura Harriss, who not only
won the $25 prize among the sophie
mores for her essay on 1.-THE Role
of the American Federation of
Labor in American Advancement"
but also won the grand prize of
$500 for the best essay of those
entered.
Neal Patrick took the senior
class twenty-five dollar award;
Elizabeth Poplin Won the junior
class prize; and Faye Sloan, Fritz
Stelljes, o. K. Pridgen, Mary
Frances Ellers, Ralph Millar, and
Herbert Fisher were awarded s.
each.
Well, 1 just want to say con-
gratulations to all of you in n
big lump! Exams-bless EN- are
calling, so until next time =!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Willetts
and son, Fred, Jr., and Mrs. Bob
bic Mahoney left yesterday for
Asheville, where they will attend
the Building and Loan convention.
Miss Mary Daniel Carr left Mon
day by plane for Fort Worth, Texas
where she will visit friends for
a few days. Miss Carr expects to
return to the city this Saturday
by plane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-21

Dry-ice fragments against {
cloud of superseded d-oplets il
a laboratory cold chamber
formed ice crystals that felt like
snow. The process may be usefu
in clearing dangerous super
cooled clouds over airfields.