The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
Seems Very Suitable
For Social Whirl In CAPITAL

head. Mays Head, Carolina Beach,
Wrightsvllle, Myrtle Beach or to
some nearby Maryland shore -
where in desperation some Tar
Heels, unable to get away long
enough to get their sun-tan on the
home beaches, are finding sur
cease from broiling Washington,
at least for a couple of days at
a time.
Busily engaged in dressing up
up their cottage a. Edgewater are
Lillian and Laurence Newman,
who are charming Beach-hosts -
with the latter doing mis- bit, at
the moment, with the paint brush.
Adding to the gaiety at the
Newman cottage is the sloop-yet
unnamed that's anchored within
a stones throw from the wide,
hospitable veranda. For the
leisuer days to come, the John R.
Reds have taken a cottage at
Rehobeth. And, come July %, a
party of their North Carolina
friends, still hopelessly tethered to
their Washington desks, will motor
over to spend the weekend with
them-to test out their new ketch
the Lady Bug-and to bask in
the sun. That same day, John and
Inder GOndon) Rails are motor
ing Southwark, with Morehead
City for their destination. Before
returning they will visit kith and
kin in Eastern Carolina where
they are widely and prominently
connected and will pause in
Raieigh to renew former friend
ships.
Early Thursday found M r S.
Albert L. Cox and her attractive
daughter Frances, setting off for
Tarboro for a visit with relatives.
From there they will go to Colds
boro to visit Mrs. Murray Borden,
(she was formerly Arabella Cox.
On August 1st they will go to
Wrightsville Beach where they
have leased a spacious cottage
and where the entire Cox family
will gather for a month
long reunion. Sharing the joys of
surf and sun will be a steady
stream CT friends from official and
residential circles here, and from
the younger Washington groups.
Clever Jane Cooper who is
Frightening up the long hospital
halls of Walter Reed Hospital
knows how to . beat-the-heat in
Washington. On summering days
like last Saturday and Sunday, she
tucKs her cupboard motor in her
car and is off for the Potomac,
where it seems as much at home
as it did in the waters around
Wilmington. Sunday, with Rupert
Cliff Of Sanford and Arnold
Falksen assisting, the speedster
made Alexandria in two hours.
Next weekend Miss Cooper is
motoring to Wilmington for a two
week vacation at home. Going
down with her are Miss Mary
Applewhite and Miss Catherine
Estep. En- route the trio will stop
in Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Fay
etteville, returning the middle OF
August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude A. Cook
are planning a series of ten-day
trips for their summer vacation.
Last Saturday they left for Kitty
Hawk. No sooner will they return
than they will be off again for the
Carolina mountains for a short
stay. In September, they will
again for an end of-the-
vacation at Wrightsville.
Splash parties are popular enter
tainment these hot days. Favorite
spots are the Wardman Park
pool. where Mrs. Robert L. Ivey
entertained a bevy of Carolina
girls at a farewell party for her
niece, Sally Ivey, who left yester-
day for a visit to relatives in
Greensboro, and the bright blue
water of the Army-Navy cuntry
club pool, is a perfect haven for
Carolina "mermaids'.
Among the guests at a swimming
party there the other day were
those much : feted visitors from
Charlotte, Misses Mary Alice
Winston and Sara Joe Heath, who
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