The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
uII4 McNINCH SLEAR

r,o heaviest snow in years
|v slow up the social whirl for
sa l.b Csrolinjans in Washington
NO.D more than the fact that it
'N tbe beginning OF the Lenten
VA And while the Social
's| ''sed found the going difficult,
1 g9o braved the slippery
l'o so,s and traffic conditions were
S-5.rded for the effort they took.
.s~do- winter stsrs, frosty and
U in the dark sky. and
,i'-P +oh sparkling snow that oozed
I"0 .[or 5vershoes that hid silver
'p aold evening slippers, Caro-
au ladies and their escorts
las .aa 10 the 18th Annual Bar
'FsaAs .n6 bah OF the North Caro-
qD nonocratic club given in hon
'l' II the Tsr Heel delegation in
VI . aud their wives The
I ,t.rfIower ballroom, scene of the
,."ction. is one Of the most beau
Il,l Bathrooms in town and is a
a .,toc+ setting for such a party.
.a5 A. the speakers table,
r.'c1 ran the length of the ball
W., we're the guests of honor
. .%cers OF the club. prominent
~o"..a,injsns in Washington and
oandmasler Kay Kyser himself
asd his very lovely wife. Georgia
r,rroll. Al round. flower-centered
..hIes. Tar Heels gathered in gay
'.r., r~egalia, in groups OF ten
p'5 cheered proudly their distin-
',;sbed guests. laughed merrily
s-.r their witty speeches and
s,no Justify and earnestly Caro-
10. carolina. Heavens Blessings
Attend her.
If wasn't an ordinary party.
IKE everything else, perhaps
M, have got to be away from
so,e to fully appreciate fellow
H.. Heels. There was beauty-we
s.ro or7 of the states most
,asntiful women here; there was
',.mour and glilter-With exquis-
',rolv gowned and be-flowered
M amen accenting the scene; there
no . celeotities-for many pres
ont had mounted the top rung of
,be ladder Success: there was
t~;aodljness warm and easy-the
,or found at affairs when Tar
HeaI meets Tar Heel and there
Va, the Happiness born CT being
an me friends--of ones own folk.
When all heads were coun'ed'
en- gressman Bonner's District
va declared winner OF the atten
ia, &c award. To swell his - the
First District-count a loyal group
including Mr.. and Mrs. J. K,
Proctor. Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Kit
re,l. Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Clark,
M. and Mrs. . c. Lanier, Dr..
and Mrs. J. L. Winstead hao
r,le up from Greenville through
Ice and snow. Here for the party
sIso we're James L. Patrick, Grit
Ion: Miss Mildred Gray. Hooker
ion, Miss Dean Barrow of Jack
son, Miss Ruby Garris and r. H
McGlohon of Ayden; Mr.. and Mrs.
J, Winfield Crew, Roanoke Rap
ids: Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Pol
lard or Durham, Mrs. Coda Wat
nn Of Winston-Salem, who Incl
d~entally will soon be taking Of
on some important mission to Eu'
rope: James Y. Kerr, who is here
trCm Louisville on. a visit to his
father, Congressman John Kerr.
Solicitor and Mrs. Basil Whitenel
and Willis Smith OF -Gastonia; So
lcitor Walter Johnston, Jr., Will
liam S, Davis, and o. K. LaRoque
Of Winston = Salem; Misses Celia
md Sue Durham of Chapel Hill.
Louis Ingram of Asheboro, Mrs
Graham Barden and Miss Agnes
Barden, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Jordan, Senator Libby Ward anc
Nj. and Mrs. Frank Stell of High
Point. Among others Drawing the
ice and snow were Lyman Dick
ion, Enfield. Hal South, Charlotte.
and Mrs. Willis Smith of Raleigh
who had to leave the hanque-
early in order to catch the home.
ward bound train that. night. A
Efforts 10 ease out unno1iced wer,
futile. Kay, himself, spied her arr
witty repartee spun back ant
lNjh for a moment Or two witt
af't Doris Smith edging closer t;
ae door and finally Infringing
t n The house, with her rotor
final,
Behind every large project i
me organizational work done BY
someone with foresight enough II
VISION its success. For selling
mere tickets to the party and tol
le excellent work done as chair
man Of the banquet committee
Mary c. Murphy was pre-
@l(ed a beautiful basket Of flow
eS; the same award was present
"a Jack Spain whose work spok,
~ lSelI-as he was chairman o
"e program committee. Still an
V'4er lovely basket of flowers wa,
presented to Mrs. Annie Lee CHS