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Miss Moore, Mr. S i s s o n Complimented Bridal Couple Of January Feted By Mr. And Mrs. Maurice H. Moore Miss Alice Borden Moore and her fiance, William E. Sisson, whose wedding is to take place the first week in January, were honored on Saturday evening when Mr and Mrs. Maurice Moore en tertained at their home, 104 South Fourth street. ....... Around forty friends of the bridal couple were invited for cocktails at 5:30 o’clock. The home was attractively decorated with red and white carnations and tall rec tapers carrying out the holiday motif. _ Maffitt Village P.-T.A Holds Meet The Maffitt Village P -T.A. met Tuesday in the school auditorium with a large number of parents in attendance. Mrs. T. E. McCoy, the new president, called the meeting to order and presided over the session. After introducing the new mem bers she introduced Arthur H. Gtazier, manager of the Maffitt Village housing project, who led the devotional and read the cnrist mas Story. Little Betty Ross Garner sang “Under The Stars with a group from the two fourth grades singing Christmas songs under the direction of Mrs-, Jones music teacher. Miss Huck s first grade presented the Christmas ^ At the close of -play Christmas carols were sung by the group, and refreshments were served. During the latter part of the meet ing the parents toured the vari ous classrooms where work of the children was on display. The attendance prize was won by Miss Daughtry’s Fourth grade for the largest number of parents present. Commission Grants Bell Power To Buy Exchange RALEIGH, Dec. 18.— «P) —With the approval of the State Utilities Commission, the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Compa ny has purchased for $5,000 the Gardner Telephone company, an exchange serving the town of Gard er and surroundinga reas in Wake and Johnston county. Charles Z. Flack, chief clerk of the Utilities Commission, said a petition filed by Southern Bell in dicated that extensive improve ments would be made to the Gar ner exchange. Present rates are to retain in effect until February 6, 1946, when they will be raised slightly._ Miss Iris Swearinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Swear inger of Orlando, Florida, who was elected president of the freshman class at Flora Macdonald college last week. PERSONALS Lieut, and Mrs. Isaac B.. Grain ger, Jr., who have been visiting Lieut. Grainger’s parents at their home in Montclair, N. J., are ex pected to arrive this morning for Christmas with Mrs. Grainger’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. White. * * * Miss Eleanor Willetts, student at St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, has arrived to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freder ick Willetts at their home, Wil-Har Dale in Glen Arden. • • • Cadet E. L. White, Jr., student at Georgia Military Academy, will arrive today to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. White of Oleander. • • * Miss Emma Bellamy William son, who has been spending sortie time in New York city and Phila delphia, has returned to her home on Market street. • • * Bill Head, Jr., student at North Carolina State college, Raleigh, has arrived to spend the Christ mas season with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Head of Greenville Sound. He will have as his guest over the holidays his cousin, Rob ert James, first class petty officer, USNR, who is now stationed in Cuba. • * * Miss Barbara Leeuwenburg, stud ent at the University of Georgia, Athens, will arrive today to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. • • • Miss Charlotte Sprunt, a senior at Sweet Briar college, Virginia, will arrive this morning to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sprunt at their home on Chestnut street. • • • *" Misses Lillian and Mary Bellamy, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett H. Bellamy, who are spending the winter in New York city, will arrive this week for the holidays. * * * Miss Phyllis Haar, a student at Eastern Carolina Teachers’ col lege, Greenville, N. C., will ar rive today to spend the Christmas holdiay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Haar, 205 North Fourth. Woman Named President Of Big Department Mart NEW YORK, Dec. 18. — (>P) — Robert J. Me Kim, president of the Associated Dry Goods Association, 1 said today Miss Dorothy Shaver i would succeed Walter Hoving as l president of Lord and Taylor, Fifth | Avenue department store which the S Association controls. I Me Kim said selection of Miss | Shaver, first vice president of Lord > and Taylor since 1937, marked “the J first time a woman has headed a | department store as large as this.’’ ► The store, his office said, does ap I proximately $30,000,000 business an | nually. NAZI YOUTHS HELD DUSSELDORF, Germany, Dec. 18.— (jP) —Eleven German youths between 15 and 19 were arrested last night after a two-hour gun battle with British Military Police and German civil police. Some of the Germans, suspected of car rying out recent robberies, were j wounded. THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE' GOES ON BY ALICIA HART The season's fashion emphasis is on the rounded hipline, not the bulging one. Don’t count on the new dresses with hip fullness to conceal an extra bit of padding on the thighs—they may accentu ate it. If, instead of having a graceful curving line from waist to knee, which movie star Jane Russell can boast, your hipline ripples with an excess of fatty tissue on the thighs, it’s time for you to start special exercises, and do them faithfully every day. Limber up with a few high kicks and be as energetic about it as a chorus girl. At first, you may want to brace ^ourself by putting a hand on the back of a chair. Swing the left leg forward as high as you can with the knee stiff and the toes straight; then swing it backward as far as you can. Do this 15 times with each leg. nuw r utv in£i nuivao Now you are ready to stretch out on the floor and work in earn est on those trouble spots. Lie on the right side, your head pil lowed on the right arm which is stretched flat on the floor above the head. Steady yourself by resting your left hand on the floor in front of you. Raise your legs so they just clear the floor, and swin| them in a scissors motion back and forth for ten full counts. Reverse and do the same On the left side. Gradually increase the number until you are clipping it off 20 times on each side. This exercise pummels those fatty pads with the vigor of a Swedish mas seuse. Standing erect again, hands on the hips, feet together, swing the left leg out in front as high as you can. Bring the leg back to the floor and swing it straight out to the side as far as possible. Al ternate with the right leg 15 times, and gradually- increase to 25 times.] To get the most out of this ex ercise, keep your back straight and your knees stiff. And don’i dilly dally with it — this on$ re quires plenty of pep. '"•--..JANE RUSSELL: Kicking keeps her slim and trim.— ^ We, The Women We've Forgotten the Secret of Christmas BY~RUTH MILLETT i Have we grownups completely! forgotten what makes a happy Christmas for children? It looks that way. Parents of small fry in the toy stores are pushing each other around to buy tricycles at $5 4.5 0 thinking a kid has to have an electric train THIS year, getting so excited over the mechanical toy shortage that a store in New York seri- Rath Millett ously advised its customers to camp on its doorstep if they want ed the new toys. Have we forgotten that kids don’t expect expensive and elabo rate gifts from Santa unless the grownups put such ideas in their minds, or encourage them when they get such ideas from their playmates? Have we forgotten that a child can have a wonderful Christmas if he helps pick out and make decorations for a tree, if he isn’t encouraged to ask for too much— and then receives a little more than he has been led to hope for, other members of the family, bought, wrapped (however clum sily) and hidden by himself? Christmas Is Spiritual Don’t we know that what makes a really good Christmas in any family is the happiness the season brings, the spiritual closeness to God and to family and friends, the joy of giving? Little children don’t need ex pensive toys to make them happy. And older kids can be told the Christmas still hasn’t come when they can have elaborate presents. So why are the grownups in such a dither? It must be we’ve lost the true spirit of a family Christmas and that is why we are pushing and shoving in stores as though Christmas would be a dis appointment if Johnny doesn’t get a certain toy—no matter the cost. Exercise For A Fresh Look iHii 1 ■■■■■■ - — By ALICIA HART Practical shortcuts to beauty are | as important to the busy home maker as they are to the career girl who has a minimum of time to spend at her dressing table. A rapid beauty fresh-up routine was developed by Jinx Falkenburg. star of “Meet Me On Broadway,” during the last four years when she spent a great deal of time trouping for the USO. The same simple exercise that Jinx used to get the kinks out of her muscles, after a prolonged trip on a “bucket seat” of a plaie, is wonderfull for necks and backs tired from too much typing or ironing. Stand with your feet apart and go completely limp with arms, shoulders and head hanging in i Raggedy Ann fashion. Flop your head around until your ne:k feels completely relaxed. Continue down the line and roll the shoulders, flip the arms and hands, bend limply at the waist and let your body flop from side to side, shake each leg loosely, twist your ankles and ; wiggle your toes. Last of all, sl^rnd against a wall and flatten your back, hips and shoulders until they are in line. ; The small of your back should be pressed as flat to the wall as you can get it, to keep your hips tucked under where they belong. Now that your posture is good, you’ll feel the swifter circulation carrying away the fatigue, and the whole business didn’t take longer than five minutes. For fresh mflke-up, when speed EX-CONVICT DENIES j KIDNAPING, KILLING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 18—— Thomas H. McMomgie pleaded in nocent to a charge of kidnaping 15-year-old Tbora Chamberlain to day before Superior Judge William F. James, a few minutes after the Santa Clara county grand jury ha<1 returned an indictment against him. He also pleaded innocent to a second count of child stealing. The court fixed January 14 as the tentative trial date and set Mc Monigle’s bond at $25,000. The prisoner was returned to San Quentin prison where he had been held in security custody^ Pointed furs are not as service able as natural ones but will with IIII stand good cleaning. is the important factor, you’ll probably use the basic essentials Jinx relied on — cold cream and witch hazel. A first cre..ming is followed by a second one which is wiped away with tissues soaked in witch hazel. Spotlessly clean, your skin needs only your regular make-up and you can be on your way completely refreshed. Quatemalian Ambassador Returns Home On Visit WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. — (#)— Dr. Edwin J. Kyle, ambassador to Guatemala, is leaving here Thursday to spend Christmas with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. BaKer, at Memphis, Tenn. Dr. Kyle disclosed his plans after reporting to President Truman and the State Department on conditions in Guatemala. From Memphis the ambassador will go to New Orleans to attend the Sugar Bowl football game. He will leave New Orleans, Jan. 2, to return to Guatemala by plane. Egg whites whip best when they are room temperature—about 7C degrees F. It is wise to remove them from the refrigerator an hour or so before whipping. Buffalo Mayor Raises State Of Emergency BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 18—<A>>— Bufalo’s mayor tonight ended a state of emergency, brought on the city by a record-breaking bliz zard, but an embargo was clamped on all freight movement, including military shipments. Mayor Joseph J. Kelly proclaim ed the emergency Sunday night at the height of the storm that stopped today after heaping 68 inches of snow in the area. BLAST INJURES TROOPS ROME, Dec. 18—(A1)—A dispatch from the Italian news agency ANSA said a munitions dump near Trento blew up tonight, injuring a number of British soldiers pass ing in a truck and shattering all windows in the adjacent villages of Lavis and Gandolo. ENGLISH VERSION LONDON, Dec. 18—UP)—'The Vat ican Radio said tonight that an English version of Pope Pius XII’s message to the College of Card inals on Christmas Eve will be broadcast on wave length 31.06 meters immediately following the Pontiff’s talk scheduled for 5 P.M., Eastern Standard Time. Brunch-Coat Style Marian Martin This wrap-around frock, Pattern 9487 takes you through the day looking and feeling so trim! Easy to make, it’s double breasted, can be made with or without tie belt. Pattern 9487 comes in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20r32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 16 takes 3 1-2 yards 35-inch. Send TWENTY cents in coins for this pattern to Wilmington Star News, 173 Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 164, Station O, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly SIZE AND STYLE NUMBER, YOUR NAME, AD DRESS, ZONE. The Marian Martin colgrful Fall and Winter Pattern Book is your3 for Fifteen Cents more! All easy to-make styles! ALSO — printed right in the book is a page of com plete directions for you—an acces sories set: hat, jerkin and hand bag. Miss Bridges, Major Johnson To Be Married The wedding of Miss Mattie Belle Bridges, daughter of J. C. Bridges of Long Island, N. Y., and Major James Troy Johnson, Army Air Corps, son of J. J- Johnson and the late Maggie Octavia Johnson of Wilmington, will take place this Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the First Baptist church in Wil mington. . No invitations have been issued but friends of the couple are cor dially invited to attend. A reception will be held im mediately following at 2906 Mar ket street. Polio Victim Mourns Loss Of His Pet Dog; Police Promise One Cloyce Johnson, who is a victim of polio, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel W. Jackson, 1402 Rankin Drive will spend a very unhappy Christ mas season unless his dog, Prince, 8-months-old brown and black Ger man police dog is returned to him at an early date. Prince, who is valued above al most everything else to his master has not been seen since Dec. 5th, when he either strayed or was stol en from his home. City police of* ficers have been asked to keep a lookout for the dog and to ask that anyone with information of him to notify his master. Prince was wearing a brown leatther collar with brass trim and a license tag, when last seen. So, in order that Cloyce may have a happy Christmas, a dog, prefably his own dog, Prince, must be at his side next Tuesday, and to make this possible Phil Parish, night desk sergeant of the city police department is guaran teeing that he will have a dog. Sailor Home On Leave Charged With Assault Leo Kornegay, 126 Rutledge Drive, Maffitt Village, was ar rested last night on a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon on ■ charges arising out of an alterca tion with his father, DeLeon Kome gay, 50, on whom he allegdly in flicted extensive lacerations with a knife, it was reported by sheriff’s officers-. Officers said that Kornegay told them that his father came home ; in what he called a drunken condi tion and attacked his mother. The younger Kornegay, spending a leave from the Navy, told offic ers that when his father attempted to strike his mother he intervened, police reported. The elder Kornegay was treated at James Walker Memorial hos pital for the lacerations and for abrasions and bruises and re leased. When mother and baby go visit- I ing, it’s a good idea for mother toll include a waterproof pad in baby’sil kit for diapers. _ II SCHOOLS CLOSED ANDERSON, Dec. 18—(^P)— All city schools were closed in Ander son this afternoon for the Christ mas holidays, one day early be cause of the flu situation in An derson county, Supt. Mark F. Haw thorne announced. BUY U. S. VICTORY BONDS ■ ■■■■a A A ^ CHURCHILL TO LFrJ ' LONDON, Dec. 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