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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10
HARRINGTON

After short illness of only a
week in Taylor Hospital, Ridley
Park, ~rs. Caroline Sammons, age
so years. OF Boothwyn, Pa, died
last Wednesday morning. She was
born In Kent County, Delaware, the
daughter of the late John and Cath
crime Warren CoyerdaIe. but had
lived in Pennsylvania for the past
twenty years. Funeral services
were held at Barretts Chapel on
Saturday last at D. m, in charge
OF the Rev. Harold Hill of Marcus
Hook, Pa, with interment In adj
joining cemetery. The deceased is
survived by her husband, Frederick
Sammons and six children Mrs.
Arthur Laughery. Greenwood;
James Sammons, Linwood; Mrs.
Earl Spear, Bfookhaven; F. L. Sam
mons, Chester; and Edith and John
Sammons at home. There are also
10 grandchildren, one great-grand-
son and one foster son, Wesley
Smith, Greenwood.
The w. S. c. S. of Trinity Metho-
dist Church will sponsor their an
nual chicken salad. ham and oys-
ter supper on Friday eve,, October
nth. Tickets are now on sale. Sup
per will be served beginning at 1880
p. m. Come early and avoid the rush.
The Home Demonstration Club OF
this city met in the Community
rI-f1 ,.<-<,~, -. Es~ok knfsosao1 noulr
last Monday afternoon at 2 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Tee have
been recent guests of the former's s
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tee
in Wilmington
Msr. Linah Harrington, widow oi
the late Harry S. Harrington, has
returned from & Philadelphia hos
pital, not much improved. Friends
here wish her a speedy recovery.
The directors of the Harrington
Better Business Association me-
this week over the First Nationa
Bank and selected the following
chairmen of their committees:
Bylaws, Kessler Farrow; Publici
ty. Ernest Raughley; new enter
prises, S. NJ. Williams and FultoI
Downing, Membership and Atten
dance, Samuel Short. Jr.,; Ways
and Means, Earl Gfeenhaugh; Civi'
improvements, John Parks; Legis
lative. Edward Taylor; Christmas
II. Kates. C. Peck, Jr., H. j. Rams
dell; Traffic. Earl Greenbaugh
Officers for the new year wer
elected at the regular bi-monthl,
meeting of Galloway Kemp Raugh
ley-Tee Post No. 7. American lie
gion, held in the Post home on tn
State Highway Gooden Callowa
was UNANIMOUSLY elected Post Com
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10

Hawaii fell below peaeetime vol
ume of sugar production during the
war because her land and manpow-
er was used for military purposes.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10

Approximately $500 graduates of
West Point saw active service dur
ing World War H.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10
BED PILLOWS

Now a yawnng time pal all feather proof ticking
zppered changes down.
feathers So soft yet firm $3.50 each
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Ste|Iings
Entertains For
Miss M0bley

Mrs. Bereniece Stellings enter
tanned last evening at h e r home
in Forest Hills at a bridge party
%honoring Miss Frances Mobley.
whose wedding will take place
June 7.
The home was decorated
throughout with white gladioli and
the dining room was done in pink.
with an arrangement of pink
flowers centering the table.
Miss Mobley was presented a
corsage and a gift in her crystal.
Among the guests invited we're:
Miss Mobley, honoree; Mrs. Earl
Mobley, mother of the b%ride-elect;
Mrs. K. F. Jenne, mother of the
groom-to-be: Miss M a r h a
Bellamy, Miss Betty Benson, Miss
Dorothy Jenne, Miss Juanita Car.
non. Miss Eleanor Jenne, NJ i S S
Martha McAdams, Miss Sara Nc
Adam, Miss Ruth Middleton, Miss
Ann Hurst, and Miss Joyce West.
Miss Margaret Getty, Miss
so Margaret Getty, Miss
Marie Comfy, Miss Dorothy Romeo,
Miss Rebecca Rhodes, Miss Vida
of A~utryvi!,e and Mrs. j. M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
IA D O c. K
co M PLIM E rs
MISS MOONEYHAM

Miss Julia Monaghan, bride
elect, was honored recently at
miscellaneous shower given by
Mrs. Paul Tadlock, sister of the
bride, in the home OF Mrs. Coy
Monaghan, Winter Park.
The home was decorated
throughout with spring flowers
and in the dining room a color
scheme a green and white was
carried out. The table was cover
ed with a lace cloth and conferred
with an arrangement of white
flowers flanked by white tapers.
The bride-elect was presented a
corsage of sweetpeas. Guests re-
ceived miniature brides for favors.
Those attending the party in
Guided: Mrs. Dewey Rackley, Mrs.
c. r. Johnson. Miss Thelma John
son. Miss Thelma Melvin, Mrs.
Carrie Lou Tienken. Miss Lima
Rogers, Miss Jean Owens, Miss
Billie Chadwick. Mrs. A. H. Gla-
zier. Mrs. C. L. Wolff, Miss Nancy
Glazier, Miss Mildred Wolff, Miss
Vivian Stevens, Miss Iris Will
liams. Mrs. Earl Carlson, Miss Is
abel Melvin. Mrs. w. D. Hender-
son, Miss Marie Henderson, Mrs.
j. w. Graham, and Mrs. E. A.
Partin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

liam P. Sellars, Mr.. and Mrs.
Baxter S. Sellars. Mr.. and Mrs.
R. ]. Wilmington, Jr.. Carolyn and
BOBBY Wilmington. Mr.. ard Mrs.
George Sherrod. Beth and Jerry
Sherrod, Mr.. and Mrs. Lyndon
Holt, Mrs. E. M. Holt, Miss Peggy
O'Connell. Mrs. Pauline Whiting
ton. all of Greensboro.
Mr.. Charles K. Maxwell. Mr..
and Mrs. George L. Mitchell, Miss
Emma Mitchell, Mr.. Charles Nit
chell, Wilmington; Miss Edith
Swami, Miss Frances Snelson.
Miss Vivian Lunsford, Miss Irene
Glass. Miss Gwyndola Pierce.
Mrs. Anna Gammons. Mars Hill:
Miss Ruby Hudson, Forest City;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Morgan, Mon
roe: Mrs. Ed Crawford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlod Crawford, Asaeboro;
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Kiser, Kings
Mountain; Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Nc
Gehee. DR.. and Mrs. Watts. David
son, N. c.; Miss Irene Austin,
Statesville. N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Maffitt Village
School A wards
Prizes At Close

The Maffitt Village school closed
for the year Friday with Mrs.
Thelma Daughtry, principal, pre-
senting the following certificates
and prizes:
Perfect attendance certificates:
Rosa Lee Conner, Paul Stevens.
Donald Hinson, Dewey Biggs, Jer-
ry Taylor, Barbara Ann Settle,
Grady Stevens, Stewart Richard
son, Dorothy Fox, Betty 10 Pres
neil, Jeanette Cox, Latitia Saw
age, and Jean Biggs.
Prizes of S., SO, and 81, were
awarded to the following boys for
the best gardens in the garden
club contest: A. r. Gainey, first
prize; Paul Stevens, second prize;
and Charles Willis, third prize.
Prizes were also awarded to the
following for the BEST garden prod
ucts; Paul Stevens, best onions:
Charles Willis, second best onions:
A. r. Gainey, best potatoes, and
A. R. Carney, best turnips.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Kenneth Blakeslee
Returns To School

Kenneth w. Blakeslee, who has
been spending a few days with MS
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. E. r.
Blake slice, Jr., 800 Princess street,
has returned to Buckhannon, w.
Va, where he is a pre-med stu
dent at Wesleyan college.
He has been active in the Play
Shop and other dramatic work at
the college, and was on the staff
of the Play Shop acting as art
director this past year. This COM
ing wear he will be technical direc-
tor which carries a scholarship for
the next year. He was also editor
of the Wesleyan annual and is a
member of Alpha Kappa Pi fra
ternity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Players
Attend Yacht
Club Tourney

Mrs. P. R. Smith and Mrs.
Frank Ross were high scorers for
North and South Monday evening
at the first of a series of Monday
evening duplicate contract bridge
tournaments to be held at the
Carolina Yacht club at Wrightsville
Beach during the summer months.
Mrs. Ashley Curtis and Miss
Jennie Murchison we're second high
scorers in North and South while
top scorers for East and West
were Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Hines
with Mrs. George LeGrand and
Miss Gertrude Moore as second.
Those attending last evenings
event were: Mrs. Harry Wellott,
Mrs. James L. Allegood, Mrs. A..
B. Cheatham, Richard Rogers,
Mrs. o. Lang Hogon, Mrs. c. S.
LoWrimore, Mrs. L. Paul Camp
bell, Mrs. ]. S. Zapt, Mrs. Nor
wood Orrell, Mrs. Dalziel Sprunt,
Mrs. Warren Sanders, Mrs. Bert
Myers, Mrs. Walter E. Curtis,
Mrs. ]. Henry Gerdes, Miss Mary
Ann Cheatham, Mrs. Richard
Rogers. Mrs. J. Frank Hacker,
Mrs. Bereniece Stellings. Mrs.
Laurence Sprunt, Mrs. B. P. Egg
gleston, Mrs. Eleanor Walbach.
Miss Martha Stack, Mrs. P. R.
Smith, Mrs. Frank Ross, Miss
Jennie Murchison, Mrs. Ashley
Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Hines,
Mrs. George LeGrand and Miss
Gertrude Moore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
SOCIETY
W0man's News
KAY GoODMAN-social Editor Dial 2-s311
dates to Remember

road Trainmen will meet N
the Junior Order hall.
400 p. m.-The Dorcas society
of st. Paul's Lutheran
church will hold the final
meeting of the year in the
parish house.
500 pm. - The Past Noble The
Grand club of the Rebekan
Lodge 1. o. O. F., will meet
with Mrs. Cora Littleton and
Mrs. Mabel Garrison at Is
N. Thirteenth street.
FRIDAY
TOO pm. - The Business and
Professional women will
hold a business meeting in
the Friendly cafeteria for
the purpose of electing Off
GERS.
800 p. m.-The Myrtle Grove
Home Demonstration club
has changed the date of
dances sponsored each week
to Friday evenings in the
OLD schoolhouse. The public
is asked to note change in
dates.
9 100 p. MA benefit dace under
the auspices of the Women Of
the Moose will be held at the
Cape Fear Armory. The
dance is open to the public.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

Miss Kitty Ward Maxwell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Justin
Ward Maxwell Of Charlotte, and
Lacy Starr Sellars, son of Mrs.
Elmo M. Sellars of Greensboro,
were married last evening at $50
o'clock at the First Methodist
church in Charlotte.
DR.. Clovis G. Chappell officiated
during the service and Eugene
Craft, organist, played and &C
companied Mrs. Ted Morgan, So
loist Of Monroe.
The church was massed with a
background of palms and ferns
in~terspersed with gladioli and
burning tapers
Prior to the ceremony, the fol-
lowing program of wedding
music was played: "Melodie ;
(Tchaikovsky), Because" Del-
bruck), "Serenade'' (Schubert).
Mrs. Morgan sang "The Pledge"
and ooh Perfect Love- During
the ceremony, Mr.. Craft played
''Traumerei' (Schumann) and
Mrs. Morgan sang THE Lords
Prayer (Malotte). The tradition
al wedding marches we're used.
Miss Maxwell, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
gown of white royal rayon mar
quisette, fashioned with a jeweled
neckline and fragile basque waist.
Chantilly lace was gathered at the
base of the yoke and at the cuff
of long, tight-fitted sleeves. Panels
of the same lace were used again
in the full skirt, extending from
the waistline to the hem iii front
and back to the end of a long
train. she wore a tWo-tier finger
tip length veil of bridal illusion
fastened at the hair with a coronet
of orange blossoms. Her only or
nament was a string of pearls
worn by her mother at her own
wedding. The bride carried a bou-
quet of lilies-of-the-valley, and
stephanotis, centered with a pale
orchid.
Miss julie Hurst of Charlotte.
who attended the bride as maid
of honor, wore a gown of white
crepe. fashioned with fitted bod
ice, full skirt hemmed with heavy
cord, and an inverted sweetheart
neckline. She wore long lace
gloves and carried a bouquet of
mixed summer flowers in pastel
colors.
Bridesmaids, Miss Betsy Dell
Maxwell of Raleigh, cousin of the
bride; and Miss Ruby Hudson Of
Forest City, Miss Peggy Holt and
Miss Nell Stephens of Charlotte,
wore blue and pink gowns identi-
cal to that of the maid of honor.
They wore long lace gloves of cor
responding colors and carried arm
bouquets of mixed summer flow
ers.
Young Beth Sherrod, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Sher-
rod, Greensboro, was flower girl,
and Master Robert Sellars Whit
tington, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. R. j.
Wilmington, Jr., Greensboro, was
ringbearer.
Elmo NJ. Sellars, brother Of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Recital Given
By Robertson
Piano Pupils

A piano recital was given on the
afternoon of May 81, in the Great
Hall of st. James parish house
by pupils from classes of VIM. G..
Robertson from first grade
through the first three grades OF
high school, at which time the
following numbers we're heard by
families and friends of those ap-
pearing on the program:
Selection from Schaum Piano
Course-Gemmy Robertson.
The Tiresome w o o d p e C ker
(Thompson)-Mary Ann Swart.
Long, Long Ago (Bayley); The
Sleigh (Thompson) - Phillip Ger
des.
The Fairy Harp; The Fairy
Court (Thompson) - Christian
Humphrey.
The Frog Chorus: Wigwanl
(Thompson)-Sammy Hunter.
Distant Bells (Streabbog-Mary
Penton.
Spanish Fiesta (Thompson)-
Sandy Marks.
Dorothy (Smith>; S
(Thompson)-Rollin Walker.
La Donna e Mobile from "Rigo-
letto'' (Verdi) - Katherine Theo-
bald.
A Little Girls Waltz Fisher)-
Louise Saunders.
Forward March (Fisher) - Jon
Gerdes.
Spinning Song (Ellmenreich) -
Carolyn Simpson.
The Happy Farmer (schumann)
and The Bee and the Clover (Gel-
beD-Jack Smith.
Jocularity (Thompson) - Jo-
hanne Mckee.
Ballade in C Minor Burgmuller>
-Felice Guild.
Dancing Doll CPoldini) Doris
Scott.
A Little Slavonic Rhapsody
CThompson)-Ann Divine.
Minuet from Don juan (Mo-
! zart)-Carol Lofts.
Andante from the Fifth Sympho-
nv (Beethoven) and Donald the
Donosaur (Schaum)-Walter 4opp
First Movement Sonata in c Ma
Tor (Mozart)-Sarah LaSsiter.
Prelude in C Minor Chopin
Marjorie Penton.
Morris Dance from Henry
Eighth Suite (German) - Anne
Dosher.
Mazurka in B Major Chopin
Marv Ann Snakenburg.
Polonaise Militaire (Chopin) -
Marie Sutton.
Clair de Lune Debussy)-Bar-
bara Anne Scott.
Miss Emma Gade Hutaff, mem
Der of Mr.. Robertson's adult
group, was guest pianist on the
program and played General Lee
vine" by Debussey, and BLACK
Key Etude, by Chopin. Mr.. Rob
ertson ended the program by play
ing an original composition OF
Miss Hutaff's, a delightful and
brilliant 'Scherzo.'
An informal party was given for
the pupils and their guests imme-
diately following the musical part
of the afternoon. Later in June an
informal program will be given
bv members Of an older group.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Kitty Ward Maxwell Married
To Lacy SeIIars In Charlotte

bridegroom, was best man and
ushers were Allen J. Maxwell,
brother of the bride; Charles K.
Maxwell, Davidson collie &c;
George S. Sherrod and R. J. WIT
tington, Jr., brother-in-law of the
groom, Greensboro.
Mrs. Maxwell, mother of the
bride, wore a black lace dinner
dress with a two TERED full skirt,
trimmed with blue satin ribbon.
and a hat of Milan straw with
identical blue satin trim. At her
shoulder she wore a bouquet of
orchids.
Mrs. Sellars, mother of the
groom wore a white crepe
dinner dress, with a painted or
child design outlined with sequins
on the blouse. She wore a flower
ed hat and a corsage of orchids.
Immediately following the we'd
ding, a reception was held at the
home of the brides parents. 1920
DurWood Drive. The following
friends assisted at the reception:
Mrs. j. C. Kilgo. Miss Airline
Schumacher, Miss Elinor Caddell.
Miss Caroly Wilmington of
Greensboro, Miss Irene Austin of
%Statesville, Miss Aileen Smith,
Miss Marion Hunter, Miss Helen
Hunter, and Miss Mary Cobb, all
of Charlotte.
The brides table was covered
with a cutWork lace cloth and CEN
tered with white roses, lilies, and
snapdragons, flanked by white TIA
pers and silver candelabra.
Throughout the reception rooms
smilax and magnolia blossoms
with contrasting bouquets of white
flowers were used.
Later in the evening the couple
left for a wedding trip. For trav-
cling, Mrs. Sellars wore a light
weight pale blue wool dressmaker
suit with matching hat AMI black
accessories with an orchid at her
shoulder.
Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Sell
lars was graduated from the Char
lotte public schools and later grad
uated from the Woman's College
of the University Of North Caro-
lima, Greensboro, with a B. S. de-
gree in home economics. For the
past two years she has. been a
member of the faculty at Mars
Hill college, where she taught
chemistry.
Mr.. Sellars attended the Green's
boro public schools and is now a
student at Davidson college,
where he is a member of the Sig
ma Phi Epsilon social fraternity
and the Sigma Pi Sigma honorary
physics society. For three years
he was in the U. S. Army Air
Forces Weather service, where he
served as a first lieutenant.
Out of town guests included:
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Youngblood,
Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. A. j. Maxwell,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Maxwell, Miss
Betsy Dell Maxwell, Raleigh. Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Maxwell, NJ. A.
J. Maxwell, III. Goldsboro, Mrs.
E. M. Sellars, Mr.. Elmo NJ. Sell
lars, Miss Kate Johnson, Mrs. Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Surf C|vH
OPENING &.
For SatvrSS,.

n The Surf Club, v.
mGst popular privs, s'lga3
n{ad its formal op rs'e club
night n aIt.s when the club si54'' .5. Sal
a olnner party for nea'srsa
o'clock. sNeS's !,
According to ruroo.
W t5ue have nnas its gayest and b,
1 Haskell Rhctt, ac 3rs' Wit i
e eousl a ,ns eve. evening Is e ., ~
The entertainment Il, m, se I
sued "aa1. for for the rcmalnd 5saa-' '
week will include a Sve.. o.
T supper party at 7.s0 S8I osa. d
tuesday bridge and S'& ,
event en- beginning at ~i ~ ,
a Thursday evening s5o1 an
o'clock. ''ppeFa
The MANAGEMENT of +.
mas requested tina, all re, sS d,
for social functions be IN ~.
before the event is 10 t f., q ,,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Walter Carrier
To Address
B.AndP.W Women

Walter J. Cartier will be guest
speaker before the Business and
Pr OCCASIONAL women Friday night
at 6 O'Clock at the Friendly cafe
terra it was announced last night.
The club will elect and install
officers for the coming year and
will prepare plans for the state
organizations convention here
June 20-22.
The program, Our Goal for
Membership" will be under the
direction of Miss Juanita Rankin
and the devotional will be given
by Miss Helen Dcbson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Sorosis Meeting
Slated Thursday

Mrs. N. L. Foy, president of
North Carolina Sorosis, has called
a special meeting of the new ex-
ecutive board and chairmen Of all
departments of the club for this
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
in the Sorosis clubhouse, 116 North
Third street.
1t is urgent that all members
attend,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
TODAY

TODAY
HOO a. m.-The board of mana
gers of the North Carolina
Society of Colonial Danes
of America will hold a
meeting at the Colonial
Danes house, Third and
Market streets.
$50 p. m. - Circle l, Of Wesley
Memorial church. Winter
Park, will sponsor a silver
tea at the church. The pub
lie is invited.
$50 pm. - The Women's Mis-
sionary society of St. Mat
thews Lutheran chuych will
meet at the home Of Mrs.
Fred Futch, Jr., ID Court
o. Lake Forest. Mrs. W. C.
Ramseur will lead the de-
votional and an offering for
the Lomans home will be
taken.
5 D. m. - The Wrightsboro Home
Demonstration club will
celebrate it's 9th annvier-
sary in the Wrighsboro
clubhouse. All former mem
bers are invited.
THURSDAY
$3.50 p.m.-The Ladies auxiliary
to the Brotherhood of Rail
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Brio a | Pair
Entertained At
Parme|e Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Par
mele yer hosts last evening at
their home on Wrightsville Beach
when they honored Miss Carolyn
Holland and tiance, Alexander S.
Hall, whose wedding takes place
this afternoon at a cocktail party.
The scene of the party given
families and friends of the couple
was decorated with a profusion of
white summer flowers.
Guests were invited for 7 o'clock
cocktails.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Personal S

Mrs. William G. Robertson. Jr..
accompanied her husband by
plane to Spartenburg. S. c.. from
where she journeyed to Gaffney,
S. c., to spend a few days with
her mother, Mrs. Walter Prentice
Smith. Mr.. Robertson continued on
his way to Detroit, Mich, by
plane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sooy, and
son. frankie, have returned to
their home in Vineland, N. j.,
after attending the graduation of
Miss Lii Franklin. They were &C
companied home by Miss Franklin
who plans an extended visit. in
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
New York.
Miss Shirley B. Finkelsteir.
student at Duke University, n a S
arrived in the city to spend the
summer months with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Finkelstein,
at their home in Forest Hills.
Sigmund Bear, medical student
at Johns Hopkins, arrived Sunday
to spend around ten days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Bear.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Robertson.
ST., are spending the week in Vir-
ginia. They rae accompanied by
their grandchildren, who will visit
their great grandmother, Mrs. ].
S. Robertson in Newport News.
Va, on their return. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robertson will come back to the
city Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Franklin
had as their guests this past week,
Mrs. Wilma Franzoi, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Sooy, and son frankie, Of
Vineland, N. j., and H. c. Cren-
shaw, or St. Pauls.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Faulkner and
daughter, Patsy Ann, of Pensa-
cola, Fla, arrived Monday to visit
with Mrs. K. F. Jenne in Sunset
Park, and to attend the JENNIE
Mobley wedding June Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
KATHERINE RUSSELL
REYNOLDS

Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Reynolds.
Jr., of Bound Brook. N. j., form
erly of Wilmington, announce the
birth of a d a e r, Katherine
Russell, June 2, at Bound Brook.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
B|RT HIS
JOHN WAYNE PRIDGEN

Mr.. and Mrs. John Pridgen Of
Atkinson announce the birth of a
son, John Wayne, May "a, at the
Marion Sprunt annex. Mrs.
Pridgen is the former Madeline
Moore of Currie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

PAULA DIANE MERRITT
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd P. Merritt
announce the birth of a daughter,
Paula Diane, May 20, at the
Marion Sprunt annex. Mrs.
Merritt is the former. R o S a lie
Hagan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

Messages and legends were
written on the bones of their dead
relatives by the ancient Phoeni-
clans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

$3.50 p.m.-The Ladies auxiliary
to the Brotherhood of Rail
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

Sigmund Bear, medical student
at Johns Hopkins, arrived Sunday
to spend around ten days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Bear.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-08-01
A. Savage Foursome

With a herald of headlines ana coneiuei" o
spash of printers ink, the Helena independent o
Sunday informed its reading public that that luoh
ballvhooed eyent-the opening of the Legions buys
State at Dllon-is reality
footed the Independent in an Scolumn streaher
american Legion Boys State VIII Ieacn value VI
America. 4,., go,
With that have no quarrel III lact' 1iiinn =.
q good thing to teach the value of America not alone
to tbe kids Int also to of oldsters VINO nave the
cockeved notion that this country founded solely
for nartcuarv ruthless exploitation by such outfits as
the Notwithstanding body behind the Independent
the ACM that is.
However referring back to that Scolumn stfeaner.
I'd like to know Just how in h any one young or
old could learn any real appreciation of America and
American democracy at the hands OF Eugene hllroy
Savage grand kleage of Boys State, or his two most
able assistants Mr. John Corrette vice president of
Montana Power Co. and his brother Bob, also OF the
same 9th floor gang-or-for that matter from one of
the lesser lights of the party-Dean Chaffn Montana
Citizens Council supporter and father of the late die
tator school bill Glib 124) which sank to its rlghtful
level the state senate tossed it into the ash can
Note: In you weren't aware OF it, Gene "kllroy
Savage is the good well ambassador for the Electric
Bond & Share New York office and mighty shrewd
operator During the years he directed the salvage
campaign in the state and made many speeches. Since
the he's been leading light in Pioneer Trails,
Inc with more speeches. the Fort Benton centennial,
and still more speeches. This past year he's been
Legions "Americanism committee and is presently
in charge of Boys State"-and speeches-with
his propaganda this time beamed toward the very
During the legislature he took time out from his many
civic" duties to act a news reporter. Indeed, a
most remarkable and versatile representative for the
absentee corporations draining off the life blood
of our great state