The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19

ham-James wedding.
Mrs. James F. Robertson, Mrs
Fred E. Little, Mrs. S:anley VIM
borne, and Miss Juliet Robertson
left by motor on Friday morning
for Baltimore where they Will
spend the weekend with the
formers son, James F. Robertson,
Jr. From there Mrs. Robertson
will 60 to Midland, Michigan to
visit her daughter and -son-in-laW'
MIR. and Mrs. George B. Kline.
Mrs. Kline is the former Lilly
Robertson of this city. Mrs. Little
will go from Baltimore to Eliza
beth, New Jersey, to visit her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred E. Little, Jr. Mary Winborne
and Juliet Robertson will join their
mother, Mrs. Robertson, in New
York City on her way home from
Michigan and they will spend seve-
raj days there together.
Mr.. and Mrs. John N. Alexius
Of this city with Mrs. Alexius'
sister, Mrs. Wood of Norfolk, Va,
expect to leave in the near future
for a months trip to New Orleans
and various points of interest in
Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond H. Hol-
land and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
B. Parmele plan to leave next
week by motor for Golden Beach,
Hollywood, Florida for a brief
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H.
George of Bradford, Pa, at their
winter home. The Parmeles and
the Hollands will then spend ter
days at Miami Beach, Fla, before
returning to Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Snyder
of Harbor Island are spending a
week at their farm near Rocky
Mount.
Friends of Sidney G. Macmillan
will regret to learn of his illness
At James Walker Memorial hos
pital.
Mrs. J. Dalziel Sprunt has re-
turned from Charleston, S. c.,
where she was the guest Of her
daughter and ~son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. William P. Cart, Jr. Frances
Sprunt's granddaughter, Frances
Ferris Cart, who is also her
namesake, was born three weeks
ago On New Years Eve. Mrs. Cart,
prior to her marriage was Alice
Sprunt of this city. d.
Mrs. Robert Masterton of Hills
boro. nee Meta Rountree Of Will
mington, has returned to her home
after a short visit here with her
aunt, Mrs. Donald MacRae at
her home rs South Third street.
j. Douglas Taylor droyv to Char
1otte yesterday to accompany Mrs.
Taylor home after a visit of three
weeks to DR.. and Mrs. Robert
Hope Crawford at their home in
Rutherfordton.
MI. and Mrs. J. Holmes Davis
are expected home today from
New York City where they spent
the past week at the Hotel St.
Regis.
Mrs. Hunter C. Phelan, Jr., OF
Durham left on Friday for Burling-
ton to attend the Cheatham-James
wedding last night and returns to
her home today, after a visit OF
q week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Irving Corbett at their
home on Chestnut street. Mrs.
Phelan was formerly Mary Corbett
Of Wilmington.
Mrs. Alex Sprunt and her daugh-
ter, Miss Charlotte Sprunt, expect
to leave early in February for
New Orleans where they will spend
several weeks at Mrs. Sprunt' S
1ormer home and attend the Mardi-
Gras festival. The twelfth night
after Christmas, the feast of the
Epiphany, is the traditional OPEN
ing OF the New Orleans carnival
season. On January the sixth the
Ball OF the Twelfth Night Revealers
started the city's carnival whirl,
and from then until February 18TH
the metropolis will indulge in an
increasing number of balls and
celebrations, with colorful street
parades adding to the gaiety during
the final hilarious week. Mardi-
Gras Or Fat Tuesday" with it's
masking and mirth in the streets
from sun-up to shutdown does not
come until February 18th, the day
before Ash Wednesday, when the
quiet and restraint Of Lent begins.