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' -WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1946 ----
Senior Hostess Mrs. D. M. Darden received her 5,000-hour pin froip Colonel Edward A. Clark,
jecial services officer at Camp Lejeune at awards of recognition service held here recently. The
andelabrum that appears on the high birthday cake was a gift to Mrs. Darden from the senior hosts
nd hostesses and staff in recognition for her many hours of service.
Wilmington Musicians To Present
"Music Hour" Today At 3:30 P. M.
Ms afternoon at 3:30 o’clock a
Music Hour” will be presented by
representative group of musi
ans of Wilmington in the parish
rase of St. Paul’s Lutheran church
1 Sixth and Market street.
This program is being held at
is hour in order not to interfere
ith any church service in the city.
The public is cordially invited to
tend: The program is as follows:
Prelude—Mrs. Schulken.
Processional Hymn—When Morn
Gilds the Skies.
Organ Solo — “Concert Overture
iBMinor,” Rogers; Miss Hutaff.
Anthem — “Day of Vengeance,”
Say of Mourning,” Mozart.
Trio-" o Blest Redeemer,”
larchetti; Miss Southerland, Miss
oscue, Mrs. Harvey.
Baritone Solo—“Arise, 0 Lord,”
loffmeister; Mr. Page.
Duet—“The Lord is My Shep
Smart; Mrs. Brinson, Mr.
ohn,
Tenor Solo—“Great Peace Have
5" R°gers: Mr. Grubbs.
I “Violin Concerto in G Minor,”
jBach; Mrs. Norden. Violin; Mrs.
j Contralto Solo—"To Living Wa
Troy, Piano, Mr. Pfeil, Organ,
j ters,” Bach; Mrs. Murdock.
| Anthem — “Great is Jehovah,”
j Schubert; Mrs. Troy, soloist; Miss
Foscue, Piano; Mr. Pfeil, organ.
Benediction—Rev. Freed.
Recessional Hymn — "Saviour
Again to Thy Dear Name We
Raise.”
Postlude—Mrs. Schulken.
Thfcse taking part include: So
pranos, Mrs. Bessie D. Brinson,
Mrs. Ella B. Hashagen, Mrs. Ma
rian D. Jackson, Miss Azalene
Southerland, Mrs. Lalia Sykes,
Mrs. Mary Eunice Troy; contral
tos: Mrs. Virginia F. Brown, Miss
Helen Dobson, Miss Virginia
Franks, Miss Mary B. Foscue,
Mrs. Leah Harvey, Mrs. Mildred
Murdock; tenors: W. W. Campbell,
Fred Capps, Emory Grubbs, Cam
eron Sinclair; baritones: Arthur
(Continued on Page Two; Col 5)
«S; LE)VIS A. 3R0WN, who before her marriage on Sunda;
Rogers ,1 a' ^race Methodist church in Wilmington was Miss Pegg
son of M,U!hte^ of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Regers. Capt. Brown is th
Mass. Th Eew*s A. Brown and the late Mr. Brown of New Bedforc
ne couple will make their home in Florida.
Reaves-Worley
Wedding Plans
Are Completed
Ceremony To Be Solemnized
Saturday Evening At
First Baptist Church
Miss Ruby Reaves and Jack T.
Worley have completed plans for
their wedding which is to take
place at the First Baptist church,
Fifth and Market street, on Satur
day evening, March 16, at 8
o’clock. The Rev. Sankey Lee
Blanton, D. D., pastor, will per
form the ceremony.
Miss Reaves will be given in
marriage by her cnly brother,
Charlie Reaves. She has chosen as
her attendants, Miss Bea Reaves,
her sister, as her maid-of-honor
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 5)
Mrs. Borden, UUB
Head Is Sponsor
For Rescue Ship
By MRS J. A. YARBROUGH
Mrs. Paul Borden, president d
the N. C. Division, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, was spon
sor for the auxiliary submarine
rescue ship, the Bluebird, at cere
monies held at the Charlestoi
Shipbuilding and Drydock com
pany on February 15. Governoi
Ransome J. Williams and Senatoi
O. T. Wallace were the speaker;
ai the launching.
Governor Williams stated he ha<
! come especially to be with “m;
| life-long friend, Mrs. Paul Borden
! sponsor of this mighty ship, am
also to congratulate the drydoc]
i workers for the wonderful produc
| tion record they made during thi
| war.’’
ji L. Louis Green, Jr., vice-presi
\ (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3
I
Stamp Detiance
Chapter, DAR
Meets Friday
—
Mrs. Charles Lee Bragg, 1802
| Market street, will be hostess to
! the Stamp Defiance chapter,
* Daughters of the American Revo
r lution, on Friday evening at 8
; o’clock.
; Reports of the state conference
’ held this past week in Charlotte,
will be made by the delegates.
Cape Fear Garden Club Will Meet,
Pilgrimage Planned For March 23-2^
The Cape Fear Garden club wil
meet Tuesday morning at 1]
o’clock in St. James Great Hal
with Mrs. J. Henry Gerdes, presi
dent, in charge.
Guest speaker of the morning
will be S. Leslie Marbury, whc
will talk informally on the care
of camellias. The morning’s ex
hibii; will also be on camellias anc
members are asked to bring these
blossoms to the meeting.
The club will again this yea:
sponsor a Garden Pilgrimage wit]
a tour taking in around 15 lovel;
gardens in and around Wilming
ton. The pilgrimage will be heh
on Saturday and Sunday, Marc]
23 and 24th with headquarters lo
cated in the Chamber of Com
merce office at the Woodrow Wil
son building, Fourth and Princes;
street.
Members of the club will serv<
as guides for the tour. A smal
admission will be charged.
Slightly Off The Record
Wilmington, N. C.
March 10, 1946
Dear Peggy:
With the beach season not too far distant, it is nice to hear that
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cheatham and family, of Burlington, have,
during the past month, purchased the northern extension cottage
at Wrightsville Beach previously belonging to E. S. Wenberg on
West Henderson street. Dolores and “Buck” Cheatham with their
attractive young lady daughter, Dolores, and their son, Billy, a col
lege student, have been valuable additions to the fashionable resort’s
social contingent for a number of seasons, and by the acquisition of
this summer home, they have indicated their preference for Wrights
ville Beach as the perfect vacation spot, as well as signifying their
intention of making it their permanent seasonal abode. Mrs. Cheatham
is the former Dolores Holt, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Holt, who for many years made their home in this city at 1713
Market street.
.me j'uuusei- social sec xurnea ou
en masse last evening at 7 o'clod
when Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldo B
Page charmingly entertained at i
beautifully appointed cocktail sup
per at their home in Oleander, hon
oring their son, Rinaldo B. Page
Jr., recently returned from servici
with the army in the Pacific. Ii
the living room, which was elab
orately decorated in Easter lillies
pink carnations, and pink gladioli
Daisy, Rye and Finaldj receivec
their guests, assisted by Daisy’;
sister, Mrs. Givens Williamson ol
Palm Beach, Fia., who is their
attractive guest. In the library
were masses of brillian' red tulips,
and in the solarium, vhere punch
was served on a gla/s top table
banked with yellow daffodils, the
color motif of yellow ras effective
ly carried out. The dining room
table was covered wih an exquisite
point de Venice clth and held
French compotes, illed with pink
carnations and bUe delphinium
flanked by four bunched Dresden
candelabra holdingtall, piik, light
ed tapers. Low conpotes tontained
salted nuts and mnts, aid several
silver trays and dshes boring del.
icasies for the buffet sujper, com
pleted the lovely picture The side
board was centered witban antique
silver epergne filled wth delicate
pink cammelias, blue elphinium,
and pink carnations, ad at both
ends were silver daielabra in
which gleamed burnit pink can
dies. Approximately nety guests
were present.
Mrs. J. Irving Corbt accompa
nied by her son, Jams I. Corbett,
Jr., and her sister-in-lv, Miss Kit
' ty Corbett motored t St. Augus
i tine, Fla. on FridaywSere they
, will be the guests of Is. Corbett’s
brother, Otis L. Barn* for a week.
While in Florida theyxpect to see
Mrs. Corbett’s daufekr and sOri
in-law, Mr. and MrsJunter Phel.
an, Jr, of Bay Coly, Virginia
Beach, who xvith 1. and Mrs.
, Phelan, Sr. are en rte home this
week from a visit to.iami Beach.
Mrs. Phelan, Jr; i.'the former
charming Mary Coett of Wil
mington.
Mr. and Mrs. Fi Outland of
Washington, N. C. ave returned
t*
- -o their home after spending last
veek-end as the guests of Bishop
l and Mrs. Thomas C. Darst at their
■ home on Greenville Sound. Mrs.
• Cutland who is the custodian of the
; Episcopal Church’s United Thank
1 Offering for the Diocese of East
1 Carolina, addressed the women of
Vilmington’s Episcopal churches
1 last Friday afternoon, March 1, in
the Great Hall of St. James’ church.
Vincent Thorpe, Shepard Me
Keithan, and Francis B. Overman
of Freeport, Texas, returned to
their home by motor on Friday aft.
er a visit of five days here, with
relatives, at their former home.
The three are employees of the
Ethyl-Dow Chemical Co. in Texas.
Mrs. Arthur Hayssen of Sheboy
gan, Wis., is visiting her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
F. Perry at their home in Oleander.
Lemuel L. Doss, Jr., just home
from service with the Merchant
Marines Service, has accepted a
| position w/ith C. D. Maffitt and Co.
and is residing with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lem L. Doss at 707
Market street.
Bishop Thomas C. Darst and Mrs.
Darst have purchased the E. Pay.
son Willard house at Greenville
Sound and will make it their future
year around home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Allen ex
pect to leave on Thursday for St.
Louis. Following a brief business
trip, Mr. Allen will return t0 the
city. Mrs. Allen will spend a monfe
in Kirksville, Mo., with her sister,
after which her sister will accom
pany her to Wilmington for an ex
tended stay.
Marmaduke Woodward of Suffolk,
Va., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. WilHams at their home
1801 Grace street. Marmaduke has
a host of friends in the city, having
lived here for a number of years
prior to 1930.
William L. Smith of Wilmington,
and his fiancee, Miss Charlotte :
Hamor, of Charlotte, both of whom
are students at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ar- 1
rived by motor on Friday evening
to spend the week-end with Billy’s ^
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 2)
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DXJANE. CRAWMER—the jFormer Helen Vance ^
Biddle Mr. an<^ Mrs. George Alexander Biddle, whose Si
marriage'was - on February 28 at the home of the bride fo
on Myrtle to
MRS. PAYTON KOLB—who before her marriage yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Tabernacle
Baptist church in Raleigh was miss Margaret Sparks of Raleigh.
Emily Warren,
Dudley Jones
Plan To Marry
Bride-Elect Is Daughter Of
Comptroller General Lindsay
C. Warren and Mrs. Warren
WASHINGTON, March 9. — The
Comptroller General of the United
States and Mrs. Lindsay Carter
Warren of Washington, N. C„ to
lay announced the engagement of
;heir daughter, Emily Carter, to
Dudley M. Jones, Jr., of Lynch
burg, Va.
The wedding date has been set
'or March 30.
Miss Warren, who attended St.
Wary’s School at Raleigh, N. C.,
s vice-president of the North Caro, i
ina Society of Washington.
Mr. Jones, son of D. M. Jones ;
ind the late Mrs. Jones of Lynch
burg, recently was discharged
tom the army with the rank of j
:aptain. He attended August Mili- '
ary Academy and is now associa- i
ed with the Suhling Tobacco com
>any at Lynchburg. ‘
LVlrs. L. w. Moore
Entertains At
Bridge Party
Mrs. Lloyd W. Moore delightful.
r entertained at her home on Mar
et street Thursday afternoon at a
ively bridge party in honor 0f Mrs.
hrist Eugene Fonvielle, who prior
i her marriage was Miss Jane
tiddlebrooks of Columbia, S. C.,
id Miss Louise Hooper, bride
ect of the early spring.
Bridge was played progressively
iring the afternoon with high
:ore going to Mrs. Raiford Trask
id second high to Mrs. William
aney.
Upon arrival each honor guest
as presented with a lovely cor
ige of the tuberoses.
The entire home was beautifully
:corated wtth snapdragons, carna.
ms and Camillas. The dining table
as lovely with a lace cloth center
[ with a silver ring covered with
ireetheart roses and fern. White
pers were used at each end of
e table and were tied with white
tin ribbon holding a rose bud and
rn. Individual bridal ices were
rved and on the plates a tiny
[ver ring tied with satin ribbon
id sweetheart rose and fern were
ed.
About twenty-five friends of the
ide and bride-elect were present.
* • •
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. T; E. Mathis an
unce the birth of a son, Arnold
irry, February 27 at Marion
irunt annex. Mrs. Mathis is the |
rmer Pearl Stubbs of Wilming I
1. I
Miss Margaret Sparks Is Bride
Of Lieutenant William P. Kolb i
Miss Margaret Lucille Sparks,
daughter of Mrs. William Spurgeon
Sparks of Mars Hill and Asheville,
and the late William Spurgeon
Sparks, became the bride of Lt.
William Payton Kolb, Army Medi
cal Corps, son of Dr. and Mrs. A.
Z. Kolb of Little Rock, Arkansas,
in a ceremony solemnized yester
iay afternoon at 5 o’clock at the
rabernacle Baptist Church,
Raleigh.
The double ring ceremony was
berformed b y the Rev. Nano
Starnes, of Asheville, and Dr. F.
I»rion Mixon of Raleigh.
The vows were spoken before a
background of palms and fern.
3askets of white gladioli and snap
iragons were interspersed with
;even branched candelabra holding
ighted tapers.
Preceding the ceremony a pro
gram of nuptial music can
listing of “O Thou Sublime’’,
‘Calm As The Night” and ‘To a
Vild Rose” was rendered by Mrs.
L J. Sutter, organist. Mrs. Glenn
■■ Lassiter, soloist, sang ‘I Love
rou Truly” and “Because”. Dur
ng the ceremony “Claire D’ Lune”
J’as played, concluding with
O Perfect Love” rendered by a
extette composed ot Misses Mary
Willard Dowell, Dorothy Clement,
Jacqueline Harrison, Judy Powers,
Marjorie Wilson and Lena Glenn
Highfield. The traditional wedding
marches were used for the proces
sional and recessional.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, William Spurgeon
Sparks. Her dress was of duchess
satin with a marquisette yoke, out
lined with Chantilly lace which fell
into a beautiful bertha. The sleeves
fitted at the hand with a ruffle of
matching lace. The bodice fitted in
to a princess line fastened with
covered buttons, and a full length
train of satin extended from the
waist. The veil was made into a
coronet of Chantilly lace and the
imported French illusion veil fell
from back of the crown in full
length of her dress. She carried a
cascade bouquet of white bridal
roses centered with a white purole
throated orchids.
Miss Marie Sparks, Furman uni
versity, Greenville, S. C., sister of
the bride, was Maid of Honor and
Mrs. LeRoy Benedict of Fort
Worth, Texas, served as Matron
of-honor. Bridesmaids were Misses
Mary Lou Wall,. Louise Paschall
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3)
MRS. KENNETH D. GRIGG—who before her marriage cm March
3 at Fillmore. 111., was Miss Grace Rhodes, daughter of “ and
Mrs. O. L. Rhodes of Wilmington. Mr. Grigg is the son of toe Rev
and Mrs. Newton Grigg of Fillmore, 111. Kev*
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