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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
BY CHARLOTTE ADAMS

&oSONIokS
One OF the incest things children
can do is to tighten the house
keeping burden for Mother on
her day. Making a dessert for
dinner that day is a big help and
adds a festive touch. A fruit des-
sert is springy, but some of the
fresh fruits are too expensive.
Here are some fruit desserts which
young cooks can easily cope with,
but which are made with easily
obtainable, not-too-expenslve IN
gradients.
Grapefruit Globes
z grapefruit $500,
l tablespoon plain unflavored gel
atine.
l cup grapefruit juice
- cup boiling water
IA cup honey
IA cup pitted chopped dates
IA cup ~coarsely chopped nuts
IA cup chopped celery
Cut grapefruit in half. Scoop out
sections and dice them. Save
grapefruit shells. Soften gelatine
in one-quarter cup of the grape
fruit Juice for S minis. Add boiling
water and honey and stir until
dissolved. Add remaining grape
fruit juice and chill until mixture
begins to thicken. Fold in dates
nuts, celery and grapefruit sec
tons. Fill the grapefruit shens
with the gelatine lxtur e
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
May Day Ball
AT USO Club
This Evening

The USO. Second and Orange
.4reets, will hold a May day dance,
'rtormal. this evening beginning
~ = o'clock in the clubhouse.
The program of events for to-
,;9h+ and Sunday follows:
Saturday, 8 p. m.-May day
sonce GnformaD-Groups 5 and 8
~ innjor hostesses in charge Of
,oroeram and refreshments.
Q n m.-Dance class-instruc.
toT Mrs Josephine Gallagher, as.
sjeted bv junior hostesses: Louise
srdrevs. Christine Coins, Caro-
i1n Ozment, Teresa Coker, Eliza
10Th Clarke and Mary Berry.
Sunday, 9 a. m. - Java Club
.roakfast Sponsored by junior
postesses. no charge. Group II of
rostesses will be on hand to serve
you.
mas a. m.-Chucch escort -
cr01p 8 Of junior hostesses.
m.-Home hour-Hah-hour
fayorite hymn sing, followed
Nv refreshments. sponsored by
Emanuel Presbyterian church,
no Rev. Wade Allison, minister.
croup 7 Of junior hostesses will
h. on hand to help with this pro
$50 .. m.-''Pops'' concert -
Void downstairs in the Finca room
n St. Johns Tavern, right across
Orange street from the club. This
orooram is composed of classical,
Ssmi.classical and popular record
ings, n. de up Of your requests.
Group 4 Of junior h%ostesses will be
m hand to enjoy this program
with you.
Notice: There is no charge for
sny program except Saturday
rieht dances. Due to the end of
TSO funds. there is a cost Of so
cents, plus 10 cents federal tax,
admission to dances at the club
n cover cost Of band and light
r.lreshments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
MISSED ON MERRIMAC
BEN BUFFERS ~TOOTHPICK

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. UP A
move to put Ben Buffers Tooth
pick back in the mouth of the
Merrimac River is under way with
a petition to the government for
replacement of the familiar har-
Dor marke.
The toothpick, a pyramidical
red wooden structure rising to a
sharp point, was set on a granite
base in the river to mark a ledge,
but was carried away recently by
a high tide.
The toothpick derived its name
from former Governor Benjamin
Butler of Massachusetts,, who was
Instrumental in it's erection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Picnic
Well

The Ministering Circles MAY
Day. picnic Thursday held at the
lovely country estate of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Sprunt on Greenvile
sound, was one of the most delight
full events staged this spring and
was attended by approximately
$50 persons.
A delicious luncheon, buffet sly
lie, was served on the spacious
porches, in the dining room and on
the lovely lawn overlooking the
sound. During luncheon a program
of gypsy musical numbers was
presented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
CHICAGO HORN W
GET COURTESY LESSON

CHICAGOW.H-Horn blowers now
get tickets-on courtesy - from
Chicago traffic policemen.
The tickets read: BE a courte-
Gus driver-don't blow your horn
except to save a life"
The cards. issued by the Chi
csgo Noise Abatement Commits.
sion in cooperation with Police
Commissioner John Prendergast,
were meant especially for the sec
ond man behind a traffic light,
who, surveys show, usually blows
his horn when the light turns
green.
Prendergast said drivers may
be fined from S. to 5000 for per.
sistent horn blowing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Time-High
Birth Records
Due For 1947
BY DOROTHY O

Associated Press Fashion Editor
More than three and a half mil
non oaoles are expected to be
born in the United States this year
"a new all-time record in the ma
TONS birth rate, practically dou-
ping that Of pre-war years.
With five million extra babies
already on hand from the bumper
wartime crop, manufacturers of
all infant equipment, from rattles
tt diapers, are working overtime
to supply the unprecedented de :
mand - and they're doing pretty
well.
Supplies of such necessities as
diapers, undershirts and blankets
are much better than at this time
last year, although there are still
shortages. But the determined
young mother, willing to visit
several shops in her search for
layette essentials. will be able to
provide a complete outfit for her
expected offspring.
New theories of infant care ad-
wise as few clothes as possible for
summer babies. So if you have
plenty of diapers and nightgowns,
with a few dainty dress-up outfits
for company, your baby will nev-
er miss the extras which used to
be included in elaborate layettes.
In selecting the two OF three
Sunday best" outfits, you will
find supplies much more ample
than those Of everyday essentials.
There are delicate, hand made
baby dresses with exquisite en-
broidery and imported lace, beau
tiful little pure silk bonnet and
coat sets, and cobmebby chisten-
ing gowns that will make your
baby look like a cherub when
you want to show him off to
Grandma, or have his picture
taken.
For the rest Of the time, let
him kick in his crib unhampered
by extra clothing. Be ure your
supply Of diapers is adequate. or
subscribe to a diaper supply
service. Lay in a supply OF little
loose wrappers or nightgowns.
Have plenty of those useful little
cotton fleece blankets that car be
laundered daily - and your baby
! will never be aware OF shortages.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
ORANGE CRATES BECOME
MARBLE-LIKE AFFAIRS

NEW ORLEANS U~.H)-Amazing,
say the neighbors Of Edward Mi
cbel, what he can do with a simple
orange crate.
Because Of his handicraft hobby,
seir homes, like his. are graced
With miniature affairs which, many
admirers say, could pass for an
artistic work Of marble.
Michel has the neighboring fruit
stand operators save their old
orange crates. With sandpaper,
ehisels aid knives, white enamel
and gilt-and Michel's touch-they
become small, glittering table
sized religious affairs.
Some Of his designs he has
taken from old New Orleans
churches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Bridge Tourney
Will Be Given
By J~ayceettes

The Jayceettes are completing
plans for a bridge tournament to
be held Thursday night, May 8
at 8 o'clock at the community
center. Much interest is being
shown in the coming event and
many tables have already been
sold. Men are especially invited to
come and play. Players are re-
quested to bring their cards.
Persons wishing to play Thurs
day night are asked to call the fol-
lowing members of the Jayceette
club: Mrs. Jesse Sellers 1858. Mrs.
Claude O'Shields 1884, o. Mrs. Ed
Gilmore 1924.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Queen OfMay
TOBeC Crowned
This Evening

A gala evening is in store for
many high school students tonight
when the May Day celebration
will be staged at the school at
which time Miss Sara Kay Jordan
will be crowned queen of the May.
Miss Jordan will be attended by
Miss Flora McIver as maid = Of =
honor, and her senior attendants
will be Miss Jean Cross and Miss
Diane Costello. The other attend
ants from the junior, sophomore
and freshman class include. Miss
Jean Bobbitt and Miss Rosemary
Sweeney, juniors; Miss Shirlene
Conrad and Miss Ruth Ann Fish
er, sophomores; Miss Alyce
Morse and Miss Jean Buis, fresh
men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
BY DEAN HALLIDAY
Distributed by Central Press
Association

There is one period in the spring
that is best for working the soil.
This is when the, moisture has
evaporated just enough 50 that
there is no excess. If the earth is
wet and sticky when it is spaded
and turned, it will form Jumps
which are hard to break once they
have dried out. If the soil dries
out before it is worked, it may
become so hard that it is next to
impossible to get it into a friable
condition for planting. But there
is a stage in between these two
extremes when the soil is mellow,
mealy and easily worked.
The way to test your garden soil
fcr workability is shown in h e
accompanying Garden Graph
Dig up a spadeful Of earth SO as
TO get q handful from veil below
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
YWCA Program
For Next Week

The YWCA, Third and Grace
streets, has announced its pro-
gram Tor the coming week as fol
lows:
Monday, 10 a.m.-Stah meeting,
Red Cross speaker; 4 p.m.-Craft
class; 1880 p.m.-Start of new
craft, class, leather, shell, wood,
etc.
Tuesday. 8 p.m.-Sprunt Bible
class; 1880 p.m.-B. G. club pro-
gram-~eligious faiths.
Wednesday, $3.50 p.m.-Sunset
Park Y-teens, 4 p.m.-Freshman
Y-teens; 6 p.m.-Senior Y-teens;
7 p.m.-Carolina Beach Y-teens;
7:3o p.m.-Class for young adults.
Happiness in Marriage, DR.. Will
liam Grove, Jr., speaker.
Friday, $3.50 p.m.-Wrightsboro
Y-teens; 7:3O p.m.-Beta Sigma
Phi committee meeting.
Saturday, $50 am. Y-teen
camp at White Lake.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
MARIAN MARTIN

Lead a charmed life in these!
.sSe a gay peasant blouse with
.rsA'Fack trim-make a naive lit
.s's1l blouse with honeycomb
.%Aocking. Pattern 9458 has trans
.@s pattern gives perfect fit, is
E":y TO use. Complete, illustrated
~ Chart shows you every step,
Sas,ern 9458 comes in sizes II.
d. 18 and 20. Size Is takes
~ yards 35-inch fabric.
PEND TWENTY-FIVE cents in
f'.as for this pattern to The Will
f..s'on Morning Star Pattern
f,s9', 232 West 18th ST., New York
I n. Y. Print plainly SIZE,
ADDRESS, STYLE, NUM-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
PERSONALS

William Whitehead of New York
city, who for the past winter has
been residing in Mexico, has ar
rived in the city to spend a month
with his mother. Mrs. w. G..
Whitehead at her home On South
Third street.
Mrs. Robert L. Grower, 300
South Front street, left Wednes-
day for Charleston, S. c., where
she will visit friends. While away
she will also visit in Savannah,
Ca. and expects to return to the
city within a few days.
Mrs. William Bruce of Colum-
bia, S. c., the former Miss Jane
Emerson, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. William P. Emerson at her
home, 318 South Front street.
Mrs. Otto B. Edwards and lit
tie daughters, Anna Graham and
Carolyn, are visiting Mrs. Lucille
3. Edwards, 1914 Perry avenue.
Mr.. Edwards is now stationed at
Fort Bragg.
E. Phillip Wright, II, six-year-
old son of Mr.. and Ms. E. P.
Wright, 906 w. Cherry avenue,
Audubon, underwent a tonsilec-
tony at Babies hospital, lWrights-
vile sound, today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. johnson
Of Lake Forest left Thursday for
Louisville, KY, where they will
attend the Kentucky Derby to-
day. They stopped en- route in
the western part of South Caro-
lima to pick up Mr.. and Mrs.
John Roseberg, who accompanied
them on the trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
MIDWAY PARK

MIDWAY PARK, May 2-Little
Miss Jean Heckle, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Heckle, cele-
brated her eighth birthday with
a party at her home 1916 Butler
drive, Monday afternoon. Annette
Killeen and Jane Reid were Win
ners in contests and several games
were enjoyed by the young folks.
Delicious ice cream and cake and
lemonade was served by Mrs.
Heckle and favors of baskets of
candy were given each guest. A
color scheme of pink and blue were
used in decorations. Invited guest
were: Sue and Ben Cheney. Becky
and Al Mitchell. Elsie and Martha
Griddle. Billie Shuford. Jane Reid,
Tommy Parker, Gary Cunard.
Horace annd Pamela Foil, Linda
Paschal. Ann Mcdonald. Jean and
Jayce Rackley, Martha and Brenda
Melton. Jerald Blake. Penny
Honeycutt, Annette Killeen, Bar
bara Bennett, Brenda Nunnery.
Rosalydn Smith, Marie Waller and
Fred Heckle, Jr.
Mrs. Mark Raney entertained
members of her bridge club and
additional guests at her home 1040
Butler drive Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock. Dogwood and pink
honeysuckle were used about the
living room. During the game
potato sticks and cokes were .serv-
ed and at the end of the evening
a salad course, sandwiches and
coffee were served. Winners Of
high and second high score prizes
at bridge were: Mrs. Dusty Wi
liams, Casseu, Harold Hargett,
Alex Pierce. Carroll Moser, Ell
ton burlington and John Spence
Mrs. Hal B. Macon delightfully."-
entertained at a bingo party ane
shower honoring Mrs. Sam L. Nor
man, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
After an enjoyable evening the
hostess served delicious home
made cakes, ice cream, mints
nuts and cokes. The honoree re
ceived many lovely presents
Guests of Mrs. Macon incluled:
Mrs. Norman, Mesdames Redfore
Rhue, Pauline Dillinger, w. B
Reid, Arthur Rackley, Grifto1
Macon, Dewey Grey. Zeph Mar
shall, Percy Riggs, Clyde Barley
Rhodney Handy, Johnny Thornton
Harvey Parson, Earl Tyndall
Viola King, Retha Grogan. Dori'
Burton, Harold Thompson and Pa
Barker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cassell ant
daughter. Ann, spent Tuesday Il
Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Marion hav'
been spending several days wit
friends and relatives in Mt. Airy
New Hanover High school in Viii
mington has extended invitation
to students of Camp Lejeune Higl
school to attenl their coronation
ball to be held there Saturda,
evening.
Mrs. Sam Munich is spending
several days in Weldon.
Mrs. Dusty Williams entertaine.
the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge clu|
at her home 500 Butler drive thi
week. Lovely arrangements of pinl
gladioli were used in the livin|
room. A delicious salad course
coffee and sandwiches were serv
ed at 1880 o'clock, and during tn
game nuts and cokes were passed
Counting scores after an enjoyabl
afternoon of cards, Mrs. Colt Ed
son received high score prize an
Mrs. Mark Raney, second. Mrs
Williams guests were: Mesdame
Edison. Raney. Garrell Mose1
Sam Munich, Floyd Southerlano
Alex Pierce and Richard Paschal
There will be a Pack meetin
of the Camp Lejeune cub scout
Tuesday evening, May 6, in Com
munity building at Z o'clock. Pa
rents of the cubs are invited t
attend.
MIR. and Mrs. J. H. Piyer and so
of Charleston, S. c. spent the week
end with Mrs. C. A. Armstrong.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Wrightsboro School
Clinic Set Monday

The Wrightsboro Pre-school
clinic will be held Monday at 2
o'clock at the Wrightsboro school.
All parents are urged to bring
children who are to enter school
for the first time next fall to this
clinic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Girl Train.
Caller Charms
Passengers
BY E R

Anyone wondering what a wom-
ans most important charm assets
are can learn something by pass
ing through Pennsylvania station
in New York.
Once should be enough, if you
hear Anne Gavin, an Irish colleen
from Clones County Monaghan 4,
announcing trains. From her
glass walled booth in the station,
through which 100, 600, 900 travel :
ers passed in 1916, Anne tells
people where to go and where to
get off-and they love it.
Stop to listen to the rich golden
voice, speaking sometimes with
a near-singing quality, serenely
paced, perfectly timed. No rush
tension or nasal notes.
Now watch the faces Of the
commuters as they pour through
the gates. Many with a minute to
spare pause to listen.
II have a hard time not taking
that Jersey train she announces
said one Long Island commuter.
"She makes it sound so good!"
Lots of other people think if
sounds good" too. Both Anne
and the station master have re-
ceived their share of fan mail
speaking of her voice.
Anne has three rules for good
diction:
/. Don't hurry. Speak fairly
slowly.
2. Keep your voice clear, dis
tinct and as low as you can and
still be clearly heard.
3. Think about what the other
person wants to receive-not what
you want to cram at him.
IT know just how the travellers
feel" she says. when I used to
hear people announce trains, I
often used to think they talked
too fast and made their announce
ments too sharp. I couldn't under;
stand them. Now I try to put my
self into the travellers frame OF
mind. After I've announced my
train if l see people come to the
gate and walk through without
questioning the usher I know I've
done my work well and I feel
good"
Anne looks as good as she
sounds - blue eyes, curly brown
hair, creamy skin, gentle smile :,
trim little figure in a neat blue
uniform. She is in her late TWEEN
ties. She came to New York with
her farmer father and his family
when she was a little girl. went
to school there and, after her
fathers death, worked in a fac
tory. The wartime shortage OF
men opened the doors to a rail
load job as an usher in the New
York Pennsylvania Station and
Thomas L. Hawkes., station mas
ter. gave her a chance to an
nounce trains.
A radio d1ctlOn School was
hired to give a brief course to
Pennsylvania Station train an
nouncers, but Anne fell ill afte.
one lesson and the course had
ended when she returned.
In wartime she was n OF Il
women who announced trains; to-
day she is one of three. During
wartime weekends she sometimes
announced as many as 70 trains q
day. Today she averages about
so a day-but some like the
Broadway limited must be called
a half dozen times.
Besides that her duties entail
loading the trains called by othel
announcers. That means putting
up the sign at the gate, checking
tickets, etc. Sometimes commut
ers who know her, seeing her or
duty at the gate, say in dlsap'
pointment: aren't you going tc
he IN in the birdcage tonight?'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
.Hemenway School
Clinic Set Monday

The Hemingway Pre- School
clinic will be held Monday at 2
o'clock at the school.
All parents are urged to bring
children who are to enter school
for the first time next fall to
this clinic. Dr.. A. MGR. Crouch,
Jr., will be present at the meet
mo
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

A watering a with a long
spout is much easier to use than
one with a short spout, because
you can keep the weight of the
water-filled can near you and yet
water a plant some distance
away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

The first few weeks are the
important ones in the life Of a
vegetable. Thin out the rows as
soon as the first set Of true leaves
has formed. Keep them cultivated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
hat'sCooking
BY CHARLOTTE ADAMS
Medley of Vegetables
Cream of Sninanh Scum

Sauteed Vegetables
Escarole with lombard Dressing
Chocolate Souffle
(Recipes Serve Four
SAUTEED VEGETABLES
l 1-2 cups carrots, cut in thin
strips
ga cup green pepper, cut in
strips,
2 cups string beans, cut in strips
2 cups celery, cut in strips
l IL cups thinly sliced onion.
! 1-2 cups mushrooms, sliced.
2 cups canned tomatoes
4 tablespoons butter Or marga.
rine
2 IL teaspoons salt
IA teaspoon freshly ground pep
per
l tablespoon cornstarch
Melt butter or margarine in
saucepan. Add onion, celery, car
rot, string beans and pepper.
Cook for 10 minutes, stirring con-
stantly. Add tomatoes and mush-
rooms. Cook until vegetables are
tender. Season to taste with salt
and pepper. Mix the cornstarch
with a little water and add. Cook
for 10 minutes, stirring con-
stantly.
Make an apple salad Of tart,
firm fruit. Combine the diced
apples and chopped celery with
chopped nuts (walnuts, hickory
nuts, pecans, Or boiled chestnuts)
and add enough mayonnasie OR
cream dressing to moisten. Serve
or crisp lettuce or other salad
greens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

When buying vegetable plants
to he set out into the garden,
purchase only healthy, vigorous
growing ones as pests win soon
aieklvs plans.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Richard Louterboch Aims a Kaleidoscope
Inside Russia With Battling Results

ter: The exhaustion of the Rus
slams, the battle of the corresponds
ent with the censor, cancer research
our Ambassador, the housing short
age. ...
Having thus lulled the reader into
a state of mild somnolence with
200 pages of aimless and harmless
observation, Mr.. Lauterbach sud-
denly proceeds without warning to
sandbag him with a series of con-
clusions which are, to say the least
unexpected.
He casually remarks that the
reason America used the atom bomb
on Japan was to finish the war be-
fore Russia had a chance to grab
gtoo much" He lets fall the some
what surprising and sinister infor-
nation that the United States de-
liberately "watered down" the
Bikini atom tests, using bombs much
less powerful than those dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
America, he feels, should examine
her own sins. Mr.. Lauterbach's
basic point, all along, now appears
to have been that Russia is poor,
tired, struggling. rather Intellectual
country, incapable of waging war
and without any intention of doing
so, bravely bearing up under the
vicious and unwarranted suspicion
of the Western powers,
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Science Puts Mankind in a Test Tube
To Find Divine Spark in Evolution

monious pattern encompassing both
He exhorts man never to forget
"that the divine spark is in him, in
him alone, and that he is free tc
disregard it, to kill it. to come closer
to God by showing his eagerness to
work with Him and for Him"
Human Destiny" say several
eminent scientists who read it be-
fore publication, is one of the most
remarkable philosophic works OF
this era.
DR.. du Nouy has aimed to reach
not only the scholar, but the more
thoughtful everyday reader; he
has avoided technical language
wherever he could make his mean
ing clear in ordinary phrases.
':It is not nature which is inco-
herent," he contends, "but man who
is ignorant. AS he sees it: "The
moral and spiritual evolution OF
man is only in its beginning"
The very essence of DR.. Nouy's
argument is found eaNy in the
book when he says that g" the
properties of life cannot be linked
to those of inanimate matter
thought and the psychology of man
cannot be deduced from the physico-
chemical and biological properties
of living matter"
This monumental book offers hope
in a day of doubt and despair
hope through the development of
the individual rather than through
states which still practice the ideas
of 5000 years ago. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Among
the Authors
By Corolyn Cogeins

Stuart Cloete, who has been wait
ing for the postwar period when he
could return to Africa and there
after commute" by air between, At
RIGA, London and New York, finished
his analysis of our times to be
out in February under the title, 1.-THE
Third Way" before leaving for AT
rica with Mrs. Cloete.
Literary juggler Harnett T. Kane
who does fiction for one publisher
while still another brings out his
nonfiction books, is finishing col
lection of true stories tentatively
titled "Natchez of the Deep South.
1t will be out this fail. The stories
in this book are designed to make
it companion volume to "Planta-
ton Parade"
When the hens, appearing II
barnyard scenes of the film version
of Betty MacDonald's "The Egg ane
I" laid 300 dozen eggs, Universe
International Studios had to go into
the egg business. Claudette Colbert
and Fred MacMurry, stars of the
picture, helped out by autographine
an egg in each carton after which
starlets sold SO cartons in an open.
air farmers market. They gave the
proceeds to the Braille Institute o1
America.