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Bass We'd
To IrUin BIass

Miss Annette Joyce Bass, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Bass
was married yesterday to Mr.. Irwin
Burton Blass, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Blass of Baltimore.
The wedding took place at
o'clock in B'nai Birth Synagogue
with Rabbi Henry Segal officiating
at the ceremony, and the bride was
escorted and given in marriage by
her father. She wore white satin
trimmed with seed pearls with a
headdress of pearls holding her veil
in place and she carried white
orchids on a Bible.
Mrs. Harold Horwitz, cousin of
the bride, was the matron of honor
and wore slate blue crepe and
carried American Beauty roses.
Miss Betty Blass, sister of the
bridegroom, was the maid of honor
and wore fuchsia crepe with head
dress of flowers matching her bou-
quet of yellow roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Lois
Bass, sister of the bride, and Miss
Rose Rosner, the former wearing
green MORE and the latter gold
MORE and both carried Colonial
bouquets.
Mr.. Bernard Blass was best man
for his brother and the ushers were
Mr.. Stanley Albert and Mr.. Jack
Levi
After the reception in the home
Of the brides parents Mr.. and Mrs
Blass left for trip to New York
They will make their home in
Baltimore.
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Miss Bruce to We'd
Robert 4. Wilt

Mr.. and Mrs Wharton J. Bruce
of RidgeWood, N. j., announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Jeanne Maria Bruce, to Mr.. Robert
A. Wilt, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Wilt, also of RidgeWood.
Miss Bruce. whose parents were
residents of Washington for many
years. attended the University of
Missouri after being graduated from
Woodrow Wilson High School.
Mr.. Wilt attended New York Uni
versity before entering the service
and spending more than a year in
Asia with the Air Force. He again
is attending the university.
The wedding will take place in
January,
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Senator to Speak \
600. P. Women

Senator George w. Malone, Re
publican, of Nevada, will be guest
speaker at the Christmas dinner
meeting of the evening political
study group of the District League
OF Republican Women at $50 pm.
Thursday at the Dodge Hotel.
Senator Malone, who has Just re-
turned from survey of European
countries, will discuss Foreign Aid
and Rehabilitation of Europe"
Mrs. Edward st. John, chairman
of the group, has announced that in
the short time since it's Organization
three months ago, the group, COM
posed mostly of business and pro-
fessional women who cannot attend
the day meetings of the league, has
grown to 100 members.
League members are collecting
Christmas gifts for the patients at
Forest Glen. Mrs. John Kennedy
chairman of the gift project, an
nounces all gifts must be delivered
to the league headquarters at 1904
Twentieth street NV. not later
than today.
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T1Vo Army Babies
Will Receive CUBS

Presentation of. silver cups to two
first" babies will be made by the
Washington Chapter, Daughters of
the United States Army, in a special
ceremony at 3p.m. tomorrow at the
Fort Myer Station Hospital.
Patricia La Verne Sanders, 4
month-old daughter of M/Sergt.
and Mrs. Eden L. Sanders: will
receive the first cup for having been
the first baby born at the hospital
after it expanded its facilities to
relieve Walter Reed Hospital by
caring for Army families. The sec
ond cup will 60 to Carol Elizabeth
Cooke, daughter of Maj. and Mrs.
Thomas R. Cooke, jr, who was the
first baby born at the hospital after
the initiation of the Army Daugh-
ters' project to give help to patients
with unusual needs.
The program of the Army Daugh-
tiers includes the recruiting of
nurses aides with the cooperation
of the Arlington Red Gross.
Mrs. Lesley Ashburner, daughter
of the late Col John D. Miley,
U. S. A., and chairman of the Hos
pital Project Committee, will make
the presentations.
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Daughters Elect

Mrs. Thomas A. Baldwin was
elected regent of the District Chap
ter, Circle No. 178. Daughters of
Isabella, at a meeting last week.
Mrs. Arthur Donnelly, the retiring
regent, was elected to the Office of
past regent:
Others named to Office include
Mrs, James F. Hartnett, vice regent;
Mrs. FREDERICK Whelton, recording
secretary; Miss Elizabeth Dolan,
treasurer; Miss Mary F. Morgan,
financial secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth
Dryer, Mrs. Stephen Stafford and
Mrs. William Stuart, trustees; Mrs.
James A. Haskell, custodian; Miss
M. Florence Keffer. chancellor; Mrs.
Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Mary Ritter
and Mrs. Margaret Bailey, guides.
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Club to Feature
Famous IMad0nnas

Famous Madopnas" is the gen.
eral title of the program for the
December meeting of the Woman's
Club OF Chevy Chase to be held at
l pm. Wednesday at the clubhouse
The program is produced by the
combined efforts of the art, litera-
ture, creative writing, music and
drama sections of the club.
The art section has arranged to
stage reproductions, in life, of four
famous Madonna paintings, whose
originals hang in the National Gal
lery of Art. Descriptions of the por-
traits prepared by the creative
writing and literature groups will
be read and Christmas carols sung
by members of the music section, &C
companied by Gertrude Smallwood
Mockbee.
Selections by Mildred Colvin, So
prano, accompanied by Dorothy
Radde Emery, and interludes by
Virginia Harphan, violinist, &C
companied by Hester Smithy, will
complete a program appropriate to
the season.
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Eight Homes to Vie
For Christmas
Decoration Prizes

Eight homes decorated by mem
beers of the Belle Haven Woman's
Club will compete for ribbons in the
annual Christmas tour to be spon-
sored by the garden section of the
club from 2 to S pm. tomorrow.
During the tour, the homes will be
open to members Of the club, their
friends and others interested in
Christmas arrangements.
Judges of the decorations will be
Mrs. Lomax Tayloe of Vienna, Va,
and Mrs. Herbert Greger of Wash
ington.
Homes to be open are those of
Mrs. Carl Christopherson, "a Edge
wood terrace; Mrs. Kenneth Craw-
ford, 9 Forest Hill road; Mrs.
George bowling, A Woodmont
road; Mrs. D. S. Haddock, 4 Rad
cliffe road; Mrs. Lois Kossler, 40
Edgewood terrace: Mrs. Frank A.
Leamy, 81 Woodmont road; Mrs.
William Rice. II Hillvale place, and
Mrs. K. D. Ringle, Is Forest Hill
road.
A silver tea for the benefit of
CARE will be given at the home of
Mrs. Haddock at 4 pm, Those con-
tributing may designate the country
to which they wish their money to
be sent. A wassail bowl party will
be held at the home of Mrs. Craw-
ford at pm. for members of the
club and their husbands.
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wallpaper Party
GipeH YESTERDAY
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Stephenson

Mr.. and Mrs Warren Stephenson
gave novel party yesterday after
noon. Even the reason for, 1t and
the invitations themselves were
definitely different.
Mrs. Stephenson recently did
their home on Decatur place over
and she decided to let her fancy
run free when decorating the long
back hall. So she asked friends
for leftover strips of wallpaper and
proceeded to have the hall covered
in a medley of colors and patterns
The amazing part about it was that
1t turned out quite well.
The donors of the wallpaper wer2
asked to drop by between and I
o'clock yesterday to see how it all
looked on the walls and to sign
their own contributions. The invi-
tations were in rhyme on pieces OF
wallpaper.
Observing the amusing effect al
Mis- cocktail gathering were Real
Admiral and Mrs. Charles Brand
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Arthur
Davis, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Will
liam Tomlinson, Capt. and Mrs
Harold Baker, Capt. and Mrs. Will
liam D. Leahy, Mrs. Ernest j
Swift; the hostess mother, Mrs. E
R. Stitt, Mr.. and Mrs. John P
Wetherill III and Mr. and Mrs
Richard Wheeler, whose wallpaper
strip, a japanese print on a silver
background was one of the love
hest there.
The Lisle Smiths, appropriately
enough, had contributed hunting
scene and the Joseph Mauldins
red flower print on a turquoise
background. Others who had 6
paper interest in this amusing party
were Miss Cecil Jones, Mr.. and Mrs
Royce Powell, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Vlk and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Benoit who came up from Fred
ericksburg for the event.
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Items Of Interest
To CabHaHtes

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard H. Walker
of Chicago, will arrive December
"a, to spend the holiday season with
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Henry Jones. The Walkers will
have with them their young daugh-
ter, Catharine Let's Walker. Mrs.
Walker is the former Miss Emile
Let's Jones.
Members of the Corinthian Yacht
Club and their friends will have a
New Year Eve dinner and dance
at the club house, located on the
water front at Second and v
streets S.W. Many of the mem
bers will entertain aboard their
yachts in the afternoon before
taking their guests to the clubhouse
for the annual event. Mr.. c. E.
Wylie Is chairman of the enter
tainment committee and admission
to the dinner and dance will be
limited to the members and their
guests. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur D. Condor
left Friday for New York, from
where they flew to Martinique,
French West Indies, to spend
Christmas with the American Con-
sui and Mrs. Frederick Drum Hunt.
En- roue, Mr.. and Mrs. Condor will
visit friends in San Juan, P. r.,
Cuidad Trujilla. Dominican Re-
public and st. Thomas, V. I. They
will return In January.
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President and Mrs. Truman
AHeud Droney' Reception
By Betty Beaie

Topfight newspapermen, presi-
Dental aspirants and officials
gathered at the Statler Hotel yes
terday for the famous aftermath of
the Gridiron dinner. The annual
reception given by the Drones of
the Gridiron Club is so packed with
interest that most of the five or
six hundred guests remain at this
cocktail gathering three hours in
order to take everything in.
Even the President and Mrs. Tru-
man stayed a whole hour and were
kept in constant state of amuse-
ment the entire time. The most
entertaining skits of the evening
before were presented again late
yesterday afternoon when Gridiron
wives had their first chance of see
ing the show that has kept their
husbands rehearsing for weeks.
The Drones, who number IA this
year. are members of the club who
serve as hosts at the December
reception in honor of the Gridiron
president and his wife Yesterday
they took turns standing in the re-
ceiving line with the retiring Presi-
dent of the Club and Mrs. Harold
Talburt and the newly elected presi-
dent and Mrs. Phelps Adams Both
Mrs. Talburt and Mrs Adams were
decked with large orchid corsages,
Mrs Talberts purple orchids COM
plementing her gray satin hat and
black dress; Mrs. Adams white
orchid set off by her navy blue
costume.
They stood in the Congressional
Room just inside the door through
which one famous name after an
other entered. Former Gov. Harold
E. Stassen and his wife were there.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Fred M.
Vinson, Speaker of the House Joseph
w. Martin, jr., who had made the
opposition speech the night before;
Senator John w. Bricker, former
Secretary of State and Mrs. James
F. Byrnes, the latter in becom-
ing royal blue feather hat and
silver fox cape: former Secretary
of Commerce Jesse H. Jones, the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Julius A. Krug, the Secretary of
Labor and Mrs. Lewis B. SchWellen-
bach and movie star Adolphe Men,
jou. who said he was thrilled to be
at this first Gridiron dinner Sat-
urday night. But the biggest thrill
of ALL" added filmdom's prominent
Communist who sat next to the
Polish patriot at dinner, was
meeting Stanislas Mickolajczyk."
Years Gold Lace Hat
The Chief Executive and his wife
arrived at $40 accompanied by
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry H. Vaug-
han and Rear Admiral and Mrs.
James H. Foskett. Everybody stood
and applauded when they made their
entrance into the Presidential Room
where they sat down in the first
row and prepared to enjoy them
selves. Mrs. Truman wore black
dress under her fur cape and a
smart new starched gold lace hat
trimmed with one large black silk
rose.
Three rows in back of them sat
presidential possibility Senator Rob-
ert A. Taft with Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth and Mrs. Taft who couldn't
help but grin when Senator Taft's
counterpart on the stage sang I'm
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Christmas Gifts
ApaiLabLe at Mart

Grasshopper cages. miniature
models of teapots and household
wares, gaily decorated wooden
Chinese - swords, butterfly kites,
carved sets of forks and spoons,
coolie hats and Chinese lanterns are
but few of the Christmas stock
ing-fllers that will be sold at the
China Mart, which opens at II
o'clock tomorrow morning at the
Chinese Embassy, 1925 Woodley
road.
Today the ladies of the committee
have transformed the spacious
rooms into a fairyland, the booths
decorated in true Chinese fashion
Among those on the special commit
tee assisting Nine Koo are Mrs
Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs. Harold
Coolidge, Mrs. John Allan Dough-
erty. Mrs. Russell Kelley, Mrs
Mason Gulick, Mrs. Nelson T.
Johnson, Mrs. Stanley Hornbeck
Mrs. Frances Mccoy and Miss
Meredith Howard
The Chinese Ambassador DR.
| Wellington koo, has donated
beautiful piece of jade which is to
be sold at the Mart, and other
handsome gifts have been pouring
in from friends of China. An i'm
porter in New York has sent down
objects dart of great value, and
visitors at the benefit may secure
opportunities" on these. And in
addition, an Yvette creation, tickets
for which were distributed at the
luncheon in honor of Nine. Koo at
the United Nations Club luncheon
on Saturday, will be given as a door
prize.
Mrs. Galen Wallace is to have
charge of the Fine Arts booth where
rare prints and other wares are
to be sold Other table chairmen
include Nine. Tan. wife of the
Minister of the Chinese Embassy;
Mrs. Cleveland McCauley, Nine.
Timothy Mar, Nine. Shou Chin
Wang. Nine Vera Petchek, Mrs
Jack Fahy, Mrs. Eugene Harrison
Mrs. Wilfred D. Whittemore, Nine
P. w. Kuo, Mrs. w. A. Beer, Mrs
Paul T. Homan and Mrs. C. H
McMorris.
Proceeds from tomorrow's Mart
go to United Service for China for
its project of rehabilitation of war
amputees in China.
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Medical Anxiliarv
Plans Dinner Dance

The Womans Auxiliary of the
Medical Society of the District of
Columbia will hold a dinner dance
at 7:30 pm. Wednesday at the May
flower Hotel to welcome doctors
returning from the armed services
and new members Of the Medical
Society.
The committee in charge of the
event includes Mrs. William Herbst,
chairman; Mrs. Fred Sanderson,
Mrs. Edward Cummings, Mrs. John
Shugrue, Mrs. Marcel Foret ana
Mrs. Harry zehner. The auxiliary
president is Mrs. Robert Moran.
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running as I've never run before"
Ned Brooks rendition of We're for
the poor in the morning and the
rich at night" drew lots of applause,
while Arthur Pierce definitely vowed
his audience when he portrayed
Secretary Marshall singing, TITS
my plan" Mr.. Byrnes and Judge
Sherman Minton put their heads
together and sang quiet duet in
the front row when the Gridiron
quartet broke into, There's music
in the air"
Mr.. Talburt started the show off
by introducing the men who had
most to do with its success: Maj.
William F. Santelmann, U. S. M. c.,
its able director; Mr.. Richard Will
son, Mr.. Thomas L. Stokes. and Mr.
Walker S. Buel, who has been rum
ming Gridiron shows, he said, for
the past Is years.
The President and Mrs. Truman
left Immediately after the skits
were over, the other guests return
ing to the Congressional Room
where a bar was set up on either
side and long buffet table at one
end. Standing about in groups were
the Presidents Secretary Matthew
j. Connolly and Mrs. Connolly with
Mr.. and Mrs Carter Barron: Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel H. Kaufman
with Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. McKelWay
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Hamil-
ton; the Special Counsel to the
President and Mrs. Clark Clifford
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Hayden and
Mr.. Roy Roberts; Mr.. and Mrs.
Alan J. Gould of New York with
| Mrs. Brian Bell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Sylvester with Mr., Edward
w. Scudder, publisher of the New
ark Evening News, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward w. Scudder, jr.
GridirOn Continent
Miss June Knight of the current
musical comedy, "Sweethearts," was
escorted by Mr.. John G. Pew of
Philadelphia. She was praising the
voice of George A. Myers, who was
one of the Gridiron stars along
with Gene Archer, Dwight Rohrer
and others. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Henle, Mr. and Mrs. Duke Shoop,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould Lincoln, Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Price, Mr.. Robert
Lincoln O'Brien, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Brayman, Mr.. Raymond P.
Brandt, Mr.. Thomas w. Brahany,
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Beale, jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander F. Jones,
and Mrs. Raymond Clapper and
Mrs. George Holmes, widows of past
| presidents, were others of the Grid
iron circle present.
The only diplomats glimpsed
were the Brazilian Ambassador and
Nine. Martins, the Philippine Am
bassador, Mr.. Joaquin M. Elizalde,
and the Argentine Ambassador and
Sonora de Ivanissevich, while still
other wellknown people on hand
for this memorable occasion were
the Assistant to the President and
Mrs. John R. Steelman, Associate
Justice Robert Jackson, Associate
Justice and Mrs. Bennett Champ
Clark, the Secretary of the Army
and Mrs. Kenneth c. Royal, the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Jesse
M. Donaldson, the Secretary to the
| President and Mrs. Charles G. Ross,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Conger Pratt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Biff1e, Mr.. and
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn, Mr.. and Mrs
Isle A. Smith and Representative
and MrS G M Mopropey
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Pastor to Gipe ak

The General Relief Needs of
Europe" will be discussed by DR..
Fred S. Buschmeyer, pastor of the
Mount Pleasant CONGREGATIONAL
Church, at a luncheon meeting OF
the Zonta Club at pm. Wednesday
at the Dodge Hotel.
DR.. Buschmeyer, who is the
chairman of the Executive Commit
tee OF the General Council of Con-
gregational Christian Churches in
the United States, was a member
OF a delegation of six which visited
Europe last summer to study gen.
eral relief needs and the work being
done through the Congregational
Churches and the Church World
Service Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
CAPT. Bond Guest
of Political Club

Capt. Charles A. Bond. U. S. N,
who commanded the western group
on the most recent expedition Of
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd to
the Antarctic, will speak before the
Political Study Club at meeting at
2::30 pm. Saturday at the Washing
ton Club. Capt. Bonds subject will
be "A Christmas in the Antarctic.
Musical selections will be pre-
sented by Ethel Gaertner Pyne, So
prano. accompanied by Adele Bush.
Guests of honor will include Sonora
de Caceres, Mrs. Clifford Davis and
Miss Genevieve Reynolds. Mrs.
Gusts r. Perry will give the salute
to the flag, and Mrs. Vina E. Opdyke,
Mrs. Leon E. Truesdell and Miss
Alice H. Drake will preside at the
tea tables.
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HH gHenOts to Meet

The first world affairs study meet
ing of the Huguenot Society of WASH
ington will be held at pm. Thurs
day at st. Johns Parish Hall, 819
Sixteenth street NV. DR.. Herman
Fickler, graduate of the University
OF CapetoWn, will talk on what this
country may expect in the way of
financial recovery and economic
stability in Europe as result Of
the Marshall plan.
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Program Scheduled

DR.. Francisco Banda, president of
the Club de las Americas, has an
nounced varied program for the
rest OF this month and January.
Lectures in Spanish will be given
at the meetings at the Commerce
Department Auditorium on Deem
Der IL, January 8, % and 20. The
annual dinner of the club will be
held at the Casa Chilena on Janu-
airy %.
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Partv

DR.. John Wilmeroth entertained
at a luncheon Saturday in honor
of Mr.. Stephen w. Mason of New
York. The party was at 1 O'Clock
in the Mayflower lounge.
Guests were Mrs. Fred M. Vinson
Mrs, Randolph Huntington Miner
Lady Butterfield, Countess de
Castellane, Mrs. Frank Hamilton
Mrs. Alex B. Legare. Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur, Mrs. McCook Knox
Senator Warren Magnusson Mr.
Wolcott c. Waggaman, Mr.. John
Breckenridge and Mr.. Stanley
Serafn.
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T0HaUe at Home

Bishop and Mrs. Angus Dun will
be. at home Thursday from S until
Z o'clock in honor of their youngest
son and his bride, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alan Dun, who arrived unexpectedly
for a visit. There was no time to
send out invitations. but the Duns
hope their friends will come by to
meet the younger Mrs. Dun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Luncheon Planned

The Sisterhood of the Agudath
Achim Congregation will hold a
membership luncheon and card
party at the Ohev-Sholom Syna-
gogue, Fifth and I streets NV, at
1890 pm. Wednesday. Mrs. Flor
ence Novak is chairman for the
event and is in charge of reserva-
tionS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15

The National Mothers Memory
Club will meet at the Aged Woman's
Home OF Georgetown, 1855 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, at pm. Thurs
day. The meeting will take the
form OF party for the ladies of the
home. A program will be presented
by Donald Mccormick, dramatic
reader; Mrs. Maui Tormohlen, pian-
list, and Miss Carlyn Schoenthall,
soprano.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
Cape Fear Unit
Of Navy Mothers
Names Committee

AT the quarterly meeting of the
Cape Fear chapter of Navy Moth
ers' clubs of America held Tues
day afternoon in the Legion home,
Mrs w. B. Daniels, commander o.
the local unit, named her commit
tee for Easter activities as fol
lows: Mrs. c. NJ. Murrin. Mrs. 3.
w. Shenck, Mrs. Clayton Jones
Mrs. Frances Ryan and Mrs.
Harry Terrell.
This committee will visit the
Naval hospital at Camp Lejeune
during Easter week and take flow
ers, games and puzzles to the
patients confined in the wards. All
persons in Wilmington having
games, puzzles or flowers that they
would like to donate are asked to
contact Mrs. Daniels, telephone
1890 or Mrs. R. H. Coleman, 28130.
The following officers were in
stalled: Mrs. r. H. Coleman, ad-
jutant; Mrs. B. w. Shenck, finance
officer; other officers of the chap
ter are Mrs. Daniels, commander,
Mrs. A. L. Shumaker, first vice
commander; and Mrs. R. L. Bos-
tan, second vice-commander.
Mrs. Daniels named Mrs. Clyde
Leonard as membership chairman
and Mrs. Frances Ryan as chair
man of ways and means.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
DETAILS SET FOR
Wifi RANGE MEET
Hicks And Farrell To Rep.
resent Wilmington At
Conference

Final arrangements for the con-
ference between Civil Aeronau-
tics officials and representatives
of airports in southeastern North
Carolina and THE Myrtle Beach,
S. c. airport have been COM
pleted, according to information
received here from Marion Snuff.
Ter, secretary to representative J.
Bayard Clark.
The conference has been SCI
for March II in Washington rela-
tive to efforts Of airport officials
in the area to force the CAA
to begin immediate operation q
very high frequency radio ranges
from Myrtle Beach to Elizabeth
City.
John H. Farrell, City Indus
trial agent, will represent the
city OF Wilmington at the con.
ference while Hamilton Hicks
a member of the Wilmington-Nev
Hanover Airport Authority, will
represent that group.
Those selected to represent the
other cities who have joined il
the pressure against the CAA are
James E. Blades, chairman O.
the Elizabeth City Airport com
mission, Elizabeth City. D. S.
Grouse, president of the Myrtle
Beach chamber of commerce
Myrtle Beach and the Rev. T. w.
Fryer, who will represent New
Bern.