The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

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,1arbury addressed The Garden C.
A s.;In,,r Carter of Greensboro
WI Thursday and Friday in the
'psD. &c the guest of Ben M. Wash
ely II his home in Glen Arden.
@ s4in and Ben were fraternity
tS-otbers at Davidson college.
' W. and Mrs. Bryan Broadfoot
receiving hearty congratula.
~ m the arrival of their little
l .s'sbter. Eli zabeth Winston
ao..oassdfoot, al the Marion Sprunt
D .SsT on Wednesday, March 5,
sn,T The youngest member Of the
DIs. s', family is the grand
ss.Yshter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
p'' paroadfoot and of Mr.. and Mrs.
Y Goodlett Thornton, and is
d. for her paternal grand
10th Luther, who was the former Miss
rr,i,sheth Winston of Selma. Prior
!. her marriage Mrs. Bryan
on.osdfoot a S Frances Thornton
n Forest Hills.
m YOU remember how you and
.,,r next door neighbor used to
5 se5t many years ago Peg, over
4 ..bosp dog was the finest? You
',ntended to the bitter end that
ro,r collie was the most affection
II. and intelligent dog alive ard
s0,r neighbor argued that her
sJrs haired fox terrier ranked a
so i, in every respect. Loving all
ioos with a passion, l refrained
s irsm taking part in that discus
son and now many years later,
!, searching my mind, l find that
= feel about dogs today exactly as
I did then: that they are undoubt-
sdIv mans best friend, as well as
yor1ans. that they instinctively
,sow gratitude and devotion, and
.re loyal unto death. You know,
| have always said: Show me an
adult VINO doesn't like dogs and
| will show you a person whose
u~maintance or friendship had
hotter not be cultivated. That old
adage has never failed to prove
itself sooner or later. While sitting
At home. reading last night I came
across an interesting little article
On DOGS put out by The Ameri-
can Kennel club, giving the top
len breeds of registered dogs
among CANINE ROYALTY. The
list places the Cocker Spaniel first,
Beagles second, Boston Bull Ter
riers third, Collies fourth, with
Dachshunds, Pekingese, Fox Ter
rieys, Springer Spaniels, and Dob
.rmann Pinschers following up in
order. Tenth place is a virtual tie
between Scotties a d Pomerani-
ans. know the above information
will interest you as much as 1t
does me-, provided you do not al
ready have the ratings at hand.
| fear some youngsters in our
neighborhood would not agree with
the list put out by The American
Kennel club, for invariably when
YOU ask one of them TO name the
most popular breed of dog he
points with great pride to his own
pet, usually a non-descript mix
ture Of dogdom. And he is cor
rect ! . The common, multi : bred
dog tops the list. according to the
authorities who issue dog tags.
Interest is running high in the
announcement made last week by
the Duplicate Bridge Tournament
of the Cape Fear Coun-
try club that Mrs. Anna Baker
Fenner of Tarboro will arrive in
The city two weeks hence. and for
four days. Monday. Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, March
24th to 9th inclusive she will give
a series of lectures on Contract
each afternoon at the
club beginning p T omptly
at 3 o'clock. These lessons in the
form Of lectures are available to
club members only. as is the
Duplicate Contract Bridge Tourna-
fnent which Mrs. Fenner will
stage at the clubhouse on Friday
March %, at 8 o'clock.
tickets for the series of four lee
lures and for the night tournament
may be procured in advance frolS
any Of the members of the COM
namely, Mrs. Sam Nash,
IT,, Mrs. r. Bryant Hare, Jr,.
MRS. Walter Curtis, ard Mrs. Sam
MORROW, Individual instruction I'm.
Mrs. Fenners direction which
Will be open to the general public
Tan be arranged for evenings or
mornings by contracting Mrs. Sam
Jr., in advance, at tele-
phone 1891, with the location to be
announced tie r. Mrs. Fenner.
well known throughout the south
as a teacher of the American
oFlage League, has successfully
'Conducted tournaments at Pine
hurst and Richmond Va for
years, and needs no intro
auc.lon to the devotees of bridge
wilmington as she has visited
gre on numerous occasions and
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