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Evening star., 1947-04-30

F1SS10GHL AIGHIGH GQuTCSS 0J
the special meeting held in his
honor By the Gouerning Board OF
the Pan American Union today
tollotus.
Your Excellencies:
In behalf OF my country I thank
you for the cordial honor that the
Governing Board Of the Pan Amer
ican Union has bestowed on me.
I am sure that my countrymen
will, like myself, see in this gather
ing not only an act Of international
courtesy for the President of Mex
leo. but recognition OF the stead
fastness with which my country
from the earliest years OF its inde-
pendent life, has made the des-
TIMES of America a main object OF
its interest and OF its devotion.
am also grateful to his excel
lency Don Antonio Rocha, president
of the Governing Board. for the
words that he has addressed to me
and which I value in all theii
generosity. They are for me singu-
larly significant coming from the
representative of . republic with
which my people and myself fee
bound by strong ties of friendship
and admiration.
On the magnificent perspective o1
history, the political thought of the
Americas stands out over many
others by virtue of its belief in the
power of ideals. An ideal is always
in fact, dynamic principle. preg-
nant with the marvellous power o1
projecting itself into the future
Like seed, an ideal carries in it.
self the traits of a development no
always foreknown. Maturing ir
time, 1t acquires tangible form
that brings out the growing power
synthesized in its origin.
Admits Slowness in Achievement.
From Simon Bolivar to our day
the Pan American ideal has been felt
to be the desire of our republics tt
unite. The liberator thought that
the hour was at hand to lay the bases
Of his doctrine of perpetual alliance,
although, certainly, his clearsighted
genius was aware that such union
could not be achieved at once. as by
a prodigy, but through sensible ef-
fects and well directed efforts"
How did our peoples respond, for
long years, to that purpose OF unity?
What efforts did they make?
We have to admit that for long
whiles wraths and discords darkened
the horizon. But despite several
crises, our nations, at times unwit-
tingly, made headway as desired.
And If there were times when our
nations despaired, it was because
the road led constantly uphill, cut
ting into the hardest granite of the
Now that we find ourselves at a
height from which we can view
Evening star., 1947-04-30
By GEORGE Kennedy

| Here's a pretty fix. With daylight
saving apparently just around the
corner, the man who got Washing
tons town clock to keep the right
time, is quitting.
He is Joseph w. Smith, operating
engineer in the old Post Office Build
ing. He is 65 and today he retires.
Senator Overton, Democrat, OF
Louisiana didn't know about that.
If he had thrown that in the debate
he might have prevailed against this
newfangled idea of setting the clocks
ahead, that started in World War /.
Joe turned in his keys to the tower
today after climbing the 100 steps
to the clock platform the last time.
For 20 years he has climbed it once
a week to wind the clock.
"Sic transit gloria mundi" is a
Latin inscription that Joe under
stands well. He wrote his version of
it in pencil, for the next painter
to wipe out, on the wood kiosk that
houses the clock machinery. 1t
reads: ~ w. Smith. pm, October
10, 19l0-Apru 30, l947. Gone with
the wind"
Warned Against Job.
According to Gideon Lyon, associ-
ate editor of The Star, who re-
ported the arrival of Coxey's army
and other events in the Dos, that
clock was the town joke at the turn
of the century and for years after.
Joe Smith says he is the man who
fixed it. He went to work in 1918
in the old Post Office-the building
is occupied now by general ac-
counting ofice division - although
friends warned him that it would be
a temporary job because the building
soon would be torn down. 1t was
not until 1927 that he got crack at
the clock
Ed Bowling, who was chief engi-
neer and who still is in the Post
Office Department, called Joe up
on the clock platform and asked
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Smith, Who Taught City's Clock
To Tell Correct Time, Retires

him to watch the clock and see~i
he could figure out what was wrong
with it. Joe sat himself down anc
watched the four great 15-foot axe.
operating from a central gear turr
as they revolved the big hands or
the four faces.
According to Mr.. Smith, the clock
had not kept time because the
human element had been injected
Before he was called in on the prob
lem. men had to be kept in the clock
tower on a 24-hour watch. Every
time the 7-foot minute hand passed
the half-hour mark and the machin-
cry started to lift the hand up the
four faces, man would put added
iron on the descending weight. The
clock operates like the grandfather
clocks, with suspended weights pro-
viding the power and a pendulum
regulating the timing.
Detected Trouble.
1t is next to impossible for humans
to have the vigilance to put on the
weights just at the right time and
the clock used to be bit off. People
laughed at it,
Joe says he noticed that the uni
versal joints would bind at certain
position in the revolution of the
axes. 1t took him two hours to fix
it. He reamed out few holes and
since then the clock has kept good
time without any addition of
weights, he says.
Joe was not impressed with Sen
ator Overton's threat to advertise in
the lost-and-found columns should
daylight saving time become law
Lost, somewhere between sunrise
and sunset, the one golden hour,
set with so diamond minutes"
Why" said Joe, "it would be
no trouble at all. We would merely
stop the clock some night and start
it again when it was an hour ahead
of time. Nothing would be lost
Everybody would have more daylight
after work and be better Off"
Evening star., 1947-03-30

showings on any of the four days on
request.
Boys II to Is Eligible.
The Derby is sponsored by The
Star, the District Department of the
American Legion and the dealers. 1t
is open to boys of II to Is inclusive
Ten-year-olds becoming II and 15-
year-olds reaching Is during the
period June 1-August II, 1947, in
elusive, are eligible.
Entrants will race the coaster cars
they have built on a date in July
and at place to be announced later
Their cars must be built for not more
than Sc in addition to the cost OF
wheels and axles.
Wheel-and-axle sets will be avail
able in local stores next month
Most will sell for $1095. However
boys may use wheels from coaster
wagons, tricyles, baby carriages or
other small vehicles, provided they
are not more than IL inches in
diameter.
Grand Prize A Scholarship.
The grand prize there will be a
four-year scholarship at the college
of the boys choice. The National
runnerup will receive an automo-
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Rail Worker CoIIopses
And Dies on BRIDGE Job

A Pennsylvania Railroad electri-
clan, identified by police as Harry
Brack, 54, of Baltimore, collapsed
while working on the railroad bridge
over the Anacostia River yesterday
and was pronounced dead on ar
rival at Gallinger Hospital.
The body was taken to the Dis
trict Morgue where Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald said he planned
to conduct an autopsy today. The
death apparently was due to nat
ural causes, DIR. Macdonald said.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

The thrills OF the annually Soap
Box Derby will be brought to WASH
ington schoolboys by means of
motion picture in color beginning
tomorrow, as arrangements for this
years derby, to be run in July, get
under way.
A schedule of 10 showings, rum
ming through Thursday, has been
arranged to bring the film to all Sec
tions OF the city.
Registration for the sixth Wash
ington Soap Box Derby will begin
Tuesday at Chevrolet showrooms in
the Metropolitan Area, Director
Charles Kollen announced yesterday.
Each entrant must have his appli-
cation blank signed by a parent or
guardian before he may be issued
a rule book, Mr.. SKohen emphasized.
The Derby motion picture includes
scenes of the 1916 race here as well
as of competitions in other cities
and the antional finals in Akron,
Ohio.
Schedule of Showings.
The schedule of showings fellows:
Tomorrow-Banneker Junior High
School, 1880 m: Hine Junior High
School. 1915 pm; Stuart Junior
High School, 2 pm.
Tuesday - Kramer Junior High
School, 9:05 am; Powell Junior
High School, 1855 am; Paul Jun
ior High School, 1850 am; Shaw
Junior High School, 1890 pm;
Lafayette School, 2 pm.
Wednesday-Langley Junior High
School, 11:45 am. 1.-TWO showings); !;
Giddings School. 80 pm; Jefferson
Junior High School, 2:30 pm.
Thursday-Gordon Junior High
School, 11:45 am. two showings); ;
Taft Junior High School, 2 pm.
Boys of Derby age attending other
schools will be welcomed at the
showings. provided they have per-
mission to attend from their prin-
cipals and attendance does not in
terfere with their school work.
Soap Box Derby headquarters at
The Star will try to arrange other
Evening star., 1947-03-30

bile, and there viii be numerous
other awards.
Specifications Of the coaster cars
and hints for building them are
shown In the ofncial rule book. The
book Is issued only on registration
at the showrooms. It Is not avail
able from The Star.
All official Derby announcements
will appear in The Star, and the
rules will be explained in detail in
future news articles.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

ton. president, announced yesterday.
Three members of the Bureau Of
Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Will speak. They are James I.
Hambleton, Floyd F. Smith and
Herbert L. j, Haller.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

The first United States Naval
vessel to circumnavigate the world
was the USS Vincennes, which left
New York in September, 1926, and
returned via the Cape of Good Hope
in June, 1880.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Dartmouth Concert Slotted

The Dartmouth Glee Club will b
featured in a concert and formal
dance sponsored by the Dartmouth
Club OF Washington in the Wash
ington Hotel at $50 Tuesday.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
BotunicuI Society to Meet

The Botanical Society of Wash
ington will meet at pm. Tuesday
in the Cosmos Club, Harry R. Full
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Soap Box Derby Film to Open
Preparations for Race in July

showings on any of the four days on
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
WE, HI WOMEN
Girls Don't Mature AT The Altar

The groWing-up process isn't
just a matter of ysars, either.
Before a girl is ready for marriage
she should have had all the edu.
cation her family can give her.
and then she should have been
selt-supporting for a year or so.
Education and experience in
earning a living are almost as
necessary today to a girls grow
ing up" as they are to a mans
doing so.
And yet a man will fall in love
with a girl who is too young for
marriage in years, education, and
self-reliance, marry her, and then
be unwilling to put up with her
childish ideas and behavior.
GRANDMA could marry early
because She was trained for mar
rlage from childhood. But today's
girls aren't.
All too often they step from
the dependent, careless bobby
soXer stage into a marriage part
nership, and then get blamed be-
cause they aren't mature enough
to meet all the responsibilities that
marriage forces upon them.
The time for a man to send q
girl home to mother to grow up"
is before marriage-not after it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Winter Park P-T.A.
Report Tuesday Meet

The February meeting of the
Winter Park PIT. A. was held or
Tuesday at 2:3O o'clock in the
school with Mrs. H. j. Ottoway
president, directing the meeting.
Rev. J. H. Blackmore, pastor oil
the Masonboro Baptist church con
Quoted the devotionals urging a
close cooperation between parents
and teachers in helping children
follow the religious paths. He said,
"America was built around four
houses, the home, the church the
school and the court house. these
must be ~interrelated, not isolated
parts"
Also on the program vas a pic
ture on the subject, Health, with
related remarks made by Miss Ger
trude Moore, the physical educa-
ton director in the schools. Miss
Moore pointde some of the ply
steal defects found in the Winter
park children gathered from a re
Gently made survey.
The attendance award was won
by Mrs. Hinnant's sixth grade. Mrs.
Lucy Woodcock paid tribute to the
Founders of P. T. A. fifty years
ago. She quoted, "Children are
the greatest resources of the world
and must be conserved. Their
needs must be understood and
their growth guided by the best
of research" A silver offering
was taken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. - The
Falls Church was decorated with
white flowers and white candles
for the wedding in Virginia Satur-
day, February 8 of Miss Constance
Barton Pendleton and Mayo Stur-
devant StuntZ. She is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Arthur
Pendleton of Falls Church and Mr..
Stuntz i the son of Mrs. Stephen
Conrad Stuntz of Vienna, Va.
The Rev. Francis Hayes official
ed at the double ring ceremony and
was assisted by the Rev. Horace
Lukens of the Vienna Presbyterian
church. The reception was held al
the brides home Immediately aft
er the ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a white satin
gown with a f%ull-length veil of Bel
gian lace 200 years old. She car
ried a bouquet of white roses and
a white orchid. Her maid-of-honol
and cousin, Miss Evelyn Randlett,
was costumed in an American
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-Daugh-
&ers of the American Revolution
are getting younger every day &C
cording to statistics released today
from national headquarters.
Many new members taken into
The Society during the past year
are young women who have joined
the Junior Membership committee.
A good number of these are girls
still in their teens, the minimum
age requirement being 10, and a
large proportion are in their early
twenties.
: Because of this, the average age
!. of OAR members has been lower
i. ed considerably, it was stated.
: These members constitute a
:. committee within the OAR chap
. ter, and emphasize some partlcu-
= lar work in which they T es-
. pecially interested. The principal
/. of these is the Memorial Bell
. Tower at Valley Forge, which is
: 70 be constructed with funds raised
. by the OAR. All Juniors have unit
. ed in support of this project. and
q report of their e%ndeavors will be
. made at the 56th Congress in Con-
/. titution Hall this May.
Mrs. John A. Fritchey. II, OF
= Harrisburg, Pa, national chair
!. man of the Junior Membership
j.. committee, is urging that Junior
&. activities be expanded and that a
Junior committee be formed in
+, every chapter of the OAR. These
committees CONSIST of women bet
tween the ages of 10 and IS years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Popularity OF Bridge Luncheons
AT Country Club Increases

Meiste-, Mrs. w. H. Howell, Mrs.
William M. Berry, Mrs. w. R.
Smith.
Mrs. Dan H Penton. Mrs. Howard
Penton, Mrs. B. R. Morrison, Mrs.
J. o. Broughton, Mrs. j. c. Roe,
Mrs. Alice Andrews, Mrs. H. L.
Keith, Mrs. Thomas w. Keith, Mrs.
J. Irving Corbett, Mrs. j. Winder
Hughes, Mrs. E. C. Hines, Mrs.
J. Frank Hacker, Mrs. Rex Willis.
Mrs. c. David Jones, Mrs. Horace
K. Thompson, Mrs. Donald King.
Mrs. Willard Cantwell, Mrs.
Frank Higgins, Mrs. R. C. Rankin,
Miss Louise Harlow of Washing
ton, D. c., Mrs. William G. Broad
foot. Mrs. J, B. Rice, Mrs. Cyrus
D. Hogue, Mrs. j. Goodlett Thorn
ton, Mrs. Fred Brown. Mrs. W.
S. Baker, Mrs. C.. H. Pratt, Mrs.
]. D.. Howell, Mrs. C. S. Lowri-
more. Mrs. B. H. Thomson, Mrs.
Richard Rogers and Mrs. Louis A
Hanson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Verdi's "Rigoletto" Will Be Sum-
Here Saturday Night AT Hiqh School

The New York Civic Opera
company will present Verdi's Rig
oletto" in Wilmington on February
Is, at $3.50 p. m. at the New Hano-
yer High school under the sponsor
shship of the Wilmington Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
In 80 years of national touring,
the New York Civic Opera compa-
ny has been the means of present
ing countless operas for the diff
fusion of musical appreciation
among the peoples Of this country,
Canada and abroad.
The story of "Rigoletto'' is well
known to opera lowers. Rigoletto,
in the pay of the profligate Duke
of Mantua, abducts the wives of
Count Ceprano and Count Monter-
one. Outraged t h e y yea venge-
ange.
The Duke observes Rigoletto's
daughter, Gilda. returning from
church, falls in love with her and
traces her home. Ceprano and
Monterone, thinking her Rigoletto's
mistress, trick him into abducting
his own daughter for the Duke. He
hires Sparafucile for the daring
act. Using Maddalena, his sister,
Sparafucile lures the Duke to an
inn. She is fascinated with him and
saves his life.
Rigoletto plans for Gilda's escape
in male attire. She ~overhears the
plot to murder her lover, the Duke.
Attempting to save him, Gilda is
MORALLY S a b b e d. S~parafucilo
places her body in a sack and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Tri-State Chapter
Of Flora Macdonald
Alumnae Holds Nee

RED SPRINGS. Feb. IL From
Chattanooga, Tennessee, comes an
interesting account Of the first
postwar meeting of the Tri-State
chapter Of the Flora Macdonald
alumnae, when Scotch plaid
shoulder scarves, worn by all a.
lumnae present, gave a stirring
and colorful atmosphere to the
gathering of Flora Macdonald's
'granddaughters'.
This Tri-State chapter, organized
several years ago by FMC alum
nae Of Tennessee, Georgia and Al
ALBANIA, is among the number one
organizations of the association. In
the report of the officers elected
at this recent meeting, several
names of former North Carolinians
were noted-Mrs. F. N. Belk
formerly Miss Willie Mae Ander-
son of Charlotte), vice-president
FOR Georgia; Mrs. James Sprunt
(the former Miss Kate Cumming
of Wilmington), chaplain, repre-
senting Tennessee; Miss Jeanne
Ogilvie of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
formerly OF North W%ilkesboro)
corresponding secretary; and Mrs.
Erwin Funderburk (the former
| Miss Effie Wall of Morven), Chat
tanooga, recording secretary.
Mrs. Sprunt was honor guest at
the meeting, as the newest mem
Der of the tri-state chapter, and
also because. of her connection
with the Vardell family.
Souvenir plates in the blue and
white college colors we're used in
serving tea after the meeting, and
the college colors also used
in candles and other decorations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Claude Howell, Best Man AT
StuntZ-P endleton WeddinQ

beauty taffeta gown and a head
dress of white roses matching her
bouquet.
Her bridesmaids were Miss Shir-
ley Albertson, Miss FrancA Lester,
Miss Adelaide Garner of CNarlottes-
vile and Mrs. Robert Brooke Fur
man of Philadelphia. All wore
aqua gowns of taffeta and carried
American beauty roses.
Claude Howell of Wilmington,
N. c., was best man and the ush-
ers were William Triplett of Alex
andria, Laurence Brown of this
city, Marshall Suther of New York
and Wilmington, N. c., and Joseph
Briggs Kaesshaefer of Philadelphia,
After the reception the couple
left for a wedding trip in the South.
They will make their home in
Vienna. Mr.. Stuntz attended Cor,
nell university before he went into
the service and is now connected
with the Statler Hotel here. Mrs.
Stuntz was graduated from Duke
! university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Music Club Meet
Trinity Church

The Thursday Morning Music
club held a short business meeting
on Tuesday night at Trinity Meth
odist church.
Mrs. j.. D. Lofts was elected an
associate member of the club. Mrs.
Conrad VESSEL, president, amour
ced that a YWCA musical tea will
be held on the second Sunday in
each month with the Thursday
Morning Music club providing the
music.
A five dollar award will be given
to the pupil making the highest
grade in the National Piano Play
ing addition which is to be helo
in the New Hanover high school on
April 18th and 18th.
DR.. Leroy Campbell of Warren
Pa. will be the judge and the con.
test will sbe open to all pupils o.
local teachers in this locality.
The program was held at the
Church Of St. Andrews-Covenant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Hemenway P-T.A
Celebrates
Founders Day

The Hemenway PIT. A. held
their regular meeting on Tuesday
evening at the school at 8 o'clock
in celebration of the organizations
Founders Day.
The meeting was opened with
the reading of "Credo' by one of
the eighth grade pupils, Bruce
Yandle, Jr., followed by the Lords
Prayer. Mrs. Rochelle, the presi-
dent conducted a short business
session.
John Gibson, director OF visual
education, presented a finn on the
subject, Health. Miss Gertrude
Moore, director of physical educa-
ton in the school spoke on the i'm
%portance of recognizing symptoms
of disease and illustrated her talk
with slides.
Miss Sue Boon, principal of the
school, called the roll of the past
presidents of the PIT. A. since it's
inception in 1921, which consisted
OF the following names:
Mrs. J.. L. Solomon, Mrs. Walter
P. Sprunt, Mrs. R. c. Cantwell,
Mrs. Henry Often, Mrs. Tom De-
Vane, Mrs. B. B. Bryan, Mrs. Louis
Goodman, Mrs. R. L. Davis, Mrs.
A. M. Alderman, Mrs. c. B. Yves
sell, Mrs. C. Wayne Spencer, Mrs.
w. A. Loften, Mrs. Jere Freeman,
Mrs. R. E. Lewis, Mrs. E. P. Walk
err, Mrs. R. F. LeGwin and Mrs. N.
W. Rochelle, the current president.
Announcement of the attendance
record, won by Mrs. c. G. Berry's
third grade, was made after which
the meeting became a social gath
ering.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Many Young Women Now Eligible
For Membership In Junior OAR

At the coming Congress a Ma
tional Junior assembly will be held
with hundreds of young members
in attendance.
Among the projects undertaken
by the Juniors are the Helen
Pouch Memorial Scholarship fund.-
to help worthy students in OAR.
Approved Schools; the Crippled
Children to aid children physical
" handicapped, and aid to 1.-The
Leader-Dog League, an organiza-
ton that trains seeing-eye dogs to
lead the blind. Help is also given
to Army General hospitals where
servicemen + recuperating.
Speaking of the Junior activities,
Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, presi-
dent general said:
1.-THE work Of the junior Mem
bership committee is OF vital i'm
portance to the future of the OAR.
Youth is the inspiration and hope
of our country. New blood keeps
our Society vigorous and strong.
eve are happy to report not
only a splendid increase in our
membership, but a very marked
increase in younger members dur
ing the last two years.
"The interesting programs OF
the Junior groups is attracting
many young women to our Society.
AS this program expands, more
and more young women will join
the OAR and actively participate
in its broad program to serve our
country"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

gives it to Rigoletto
pr plomised reward. Ready to cast
me- sack into the river, Rigoletfs
nears the Dukes voice, H. onan'
lhe sack and in a flash of Iig Gp !
ing sees his dying d~auobtaT l't Th,
COURSE OF Monterone is fulfilled
some Of the we'll known artist,
VINO WIN appear in this opera are
ANTONIO Fiore whose beautifn1 w.
voice is known to music Iovors 49,.
world over; Lorenzo Cianfrini wbs
has oeen hailed by the critics -,
one OF the most colorful ISL.
Oarl1ones; and Pima Guido. p son.
Satlonal young American color.
1ura soprano. This opera will bs
rendered in Italian.
Aside from the vocal cor+r;
buttons not the least important is
the superb musical direction IF vs.
estro Frank Foti who comes fror,
the nigh posts of conducting tn,
most famous symphony orchestra,
al oVer the world to continue hi,
artistic triumph in America.
mo opera can exist without +,
great lmpresario. To William Rem
'ehann is due the credit for
assembling a magnificent cast
hach one was meticulously selected
1or voice, acting ability and
suitability for his part.
with perfect scenic and lightins
effects and costumes, the audience
OF wilmington is assured an
evening of pure delight that will
long be remembered after the fall
OF me curtain on the final scene