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— WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1947 — SECTION B
Miss Finkelslem
Engaged To Wed
jjariin Bernstein
w. and Airs. Charles Finkel
, ‘ announce ihe engagement of
J*'1" daughter. Shirley Beatrice,
W Martin M. Bernstein, son of Mr.
Mrs! Walter J. Bernstein of
^ Mis shfdn'kelstein is a graduate
f New Hanover High school and
j" ‘ . a senior at Duke university.
yr Bernstein graduated from
freensboro Senior high school and
Sfended Riverside Military acade
.' Re served as first lieutenant
plot on active duty in the
Cud Air Patrol and was a flying.
Instructor and ground instructor
•Vdie U. S. A.A.C. college train
in? detachment at N. C. State col
ifoe, Raleigh. He served as a
flight officer in the Army Air
Transport command for 19
ironths. Mr. Bernstein Is now es
tablished in business in Rocking
. * *
Surf Club Bridge
Games Attract
Many Enthusiasts
T,,e -weekly bridge tournament
v as held this past Friday morn
;ng at the Surf club with many
brldse enthusiasts on hand for the
game.
Those holding high score for
North-South were Mrs. R. Bryant
Hare. Jr., and Mrs. Heywood Ed
vards. with Mrs. L. Strong and
Mrs John Elliot of New York win
ning for East-West.
Playing were Mis. Louis B. Or- j
rell. Mrs. Norwood Orrell, Mrs.
William Broadfoot. Mrs. Bryan
Broadfoot, Mrs. P. R. Smith Mrs.
David Murchinson, Mrs. W. E.
Curtis, Mrs. Jonn Murchison, Mrs.
Bob Williams, Mrs. Mary N. Hard
WICK, Mrs. W. P. Cheatham. Mrs.
Walter Storm, Mrs. Sam Nash,
Mrs. Hargrove Bellamy, Mrs. A.
B. Cheatham, Mrs. Ashley Curtis.
Mrs. H. W. Stovall, Mrs. C. J.
Becker, Mrs. I,. Paul Campbell,
Mrs. J. Douglas Taylor, Mrs.
James P. Houston, Mrs. Dalziel
Sprunt, Mrs. Oliver Hutaff, Mrs.
I.udlow Strong of New York. Mrs. j
John Elliot of New York, Mrs. R.
B. Hare. Jr., Mrs. Heywood d
wards. Mrs. Louis Hnson.a and
Mrs. B. H. Thomason.
* * *
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hale. Jr.,
announce the birth of a son. David
Jonathan. J u 1 y 15 at Marion
Sprunt annex. Mrs. *ale is the
iforme- Virginia Sellers of this
h .
MISS DOROTHY CAMILLE OTERSEN—Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Adolf Otersen of this city, whose betrothal is announced to
day to Claude Russell Pound, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pound of
Gaston, S. C. The wedding is planned for the latter part of next
month. _
pi, ;'nSS CAROLYN HUNTINGDON JORDAN—Daughter of Mr*
^ "Jordan and The late, Mr. Jordan of Elzabethtown vvhose
foment to Lt. Douglas Henden Clark, Army of the United States
cL^/'nie. Ala., son of Mrs. E. S. Clark and the late Dr. Clark of
kiahtj”’ 'S announced today. The wedding will take place in S p
i
MISS GLORIA GILBERT—Daugnter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van
Buren Gilbert of Atlanta and Wilmington, whose engagement to Rob
ert Edward Lyle, Jr., of Stockbridge, Ga., and Madison, Wis., is an
nounced today. The marriage will be solemnized in August.
Summers Seems Very Suitable
For Social Whirl In Capital
Bv JULIA McN’INCH SLEAR
Many Washington - North Caro
linians, gearing their social pro
grams to a hot weather week-end
are looking Potomac-ward, where
graceful little crafts, speedy
motor bouts, luxurious yachts and
romantic canoes beckon. Others
have apparency adopted that
summertime slogan “keep cool in
the poei” at the club houses
around the Capital, while still
others are off on the crowded
highway— where the road doesn’t
ena 'till the sea begins—at More
head, flags Head, Carolina Beach,
Wrightsville, Myrtle Beach or to
some nearby Maryland shore —
where in desperation some Tar
Heels, unable to get away long
enough to get their sun-tan on the
home beaches, are finding sur
cease from broiling Washington,
at least for a couple of days at
a time.
Busily engaged in dressing up
up their cottage at Edgewater are
Lillian and Laurence Newman,
who are charming Beach-hosts —
with the latter doing his bit, at
the moment, with the paint brush.
Adding to the gaiety at the
Newman cottage is the sloop—yet
unnamed —that’s anchored within
a stone's throw from the wide,
hospitable veranda. For the
leisuer days to come, the John R.
Reids have +aken a cottage at
Rehobeth. And, come July 25, a
party of their North Carolina
friends, still hopelessly tethered to
their Washington desks, will motor
over to spend the week-end with
them—to test out their new ketch
—the Lady Bug—and to bask in
the sun. That same day, John and
Inder (London) Ralls are motor
ing Southward, with Morehead
City for their destination. Before
returning they will visit kith and
kin in Eastern Carolina where
they are widely and prominently
connected and will pause in
Ra.eigh to renew former friend
ships.
Early Thursday found M r s.
Albert L. Cox and her attractive
daughter Frances, setting off for
Tavboro for a visit with relatives.
From there they will go to Golds
boro to visit Mrs. Murray Borden,
(she was formerly Arabella Cox).
On August 1st they will go to
Wrightsville Beach where they
have leased a spacious cottage
and where the entire Cox family
will gather for a month
long reunion. Sharing the joys of
surf and sun will be a steady
stream cf friends from official and
residential circles he -e, and from
the younger Washington groups.
Clever Jane Cooper who is
brightening up the long hospital
halls of Walter Reed Hospital
knows how to - beat-the-heat in
Washington. On summering days
like last Saturday and Sunday, she
tucks her outboard motor in her
car and is off for the Potomac,
where it seems as much at home
as it did in the waters around
Wilmington. Sunday, with Rupert
Cliff of Sanford and Arnold
Falksen assisting, the speedster
made Alexandria in two hours.
Next week-end Miss Cooper is
motoring to Wilmington for a two
week vacation at home. Going
down with her are Miss Mary
Applewhite and Miss Catherine
Estep. En route the trio will stop
in Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Fay
etteville, returning the middle of
August.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Cook
are planning a series of ten-day
trips for their summer vacation.
Last Saturday they left for Kitty
Hawk. No sooner will they return
than they will be off again for the
Carolina mountains for a short
stay. In September, they will
leave again for an end - of-the
season vacation at Wrightsville.
Splash parties are popular enter
tainment 1hese hot days. Favorite
spots are the Wardman Park
pool, where Mrs. Robert L. Ivey
entertained a bevy of Carolina
girls at a farewell party for her
niece, Sally Ivey, who left yester
day for a visit to relatives in
Greensboro, and the bright blue
water of the Army-Navy cuntry
club pool, is a perfect haven for
North Carolina “mermaids”.
Among the guests at a swimming
party there the other day were
those much - feted visi.ors from
Charlotte, Misses Mary Alice
Winston and Sara Joe Heath, who
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Gloria Gilbert
Of Atlanta, To
Wed In August
Bride-Elect Daughter Of Mr.
And Mrs. Albert Gilbert
Formerly Of City
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van Buren
Gilbert of Atlanta and Wilmington,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Gloria Gilbert, to Robert
Edward Lyle, Jr., 0f Stockbridge,
Ga., and Madison, Wis. The marri
age will be solemnized in August.
The bride-elect is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert.
Her mother is the former Miss
Edith Katherine London, daughter
of Mrs. Charles A. London and the
late Rev. C. A. London, Baptist
minister, of Atlanta. The late Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Gilbert of Padu
cah, Ky.. are her paternal grand
parents. Her sister is Mrs. Leonard
Hinson Taylor of Atlanta.
Miss Gilbert attended Vanderbilt
university from which she received
the B. A. Degree. She was editor
of the campus newspaper, the
“Hustler,” and was a member of
the Gamma Phi Beta social sorori
ty, the student union board, the
student council, the gargoyle,
the dramatic society mortor board,
publications board, and the Pan
Hellenic council. Following her
graduation she attended Emory
university where she received the
degree of Master of Science in
Chemistry. She is a member of the
American Chemical Society and
the American Association of Uni
versity women. During the past
year she has been instructor in
chemistry at Hollins college, Vir
ginia.
Mr. Lyle is the only son of the
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Edward
Lyle of Stockbridge, Georgia. His
mother, the former Miss Adaline
Guard Cason is the daughter of
Mrs. Eva Guard Cason of Atlanta,
Georgia, and the late Frederick
Quincy Cason. Hiis paternal grand
parents are Mrs. Sadie Felder Lyle
of Sylvester, Georgia, and the late
John Robert Lyle. He is the
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Sewell and Mr. and Mrs. Boyce
B. Beason of Atlanta.
Mr. Lyle was graduated from
the Thomson high school. He con
tinued his studies in Emory at
Oxford and received his A. B. and
M. S. degrees from Emory univer
sity. He is a member of Alpha Ep
silon Upsilon, the Emory Glee cliV.
Pi Alpha Chemical fraternity, Phi
Beta Kappa, the American Chemi
cal Society and Sigma Xi Fraterni
ty. He is now engaged in work to
ward the degree of doctor of philos
ophy in chemistry, at the Universi
ty of Wisconsin.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED—Miss Shirley Beatrice Finkel
stein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Finkelstein, whose engage
ment Is announced today to Martin M. Bernstein, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter J. Bernstein of Greensboro.
Ralph Grover
Will Present
Organ Recital
Program Will Be Given This
Afternoon At First Presby
terian Church
__
An organ recital by Ralpl; Scott
Grover, organist and choirmaster
of the Church of the Messiah in
Paterson, N. J., will be presented
in the First Prtsbyterian church
this afternoon at 5 o’clock.
In addition to his church duties,
Mr. Grover is also continuing his
musical studies at the Juilliard
School of Music'in New York city
where he is doing advanced work
with Dr. David McK. Williams.
Previous teachers have been Ralph
A. Harris, Dr. Clarence E. Wat
ters E. Power Biggs, anr Vernon
de Tar.
Mr. Grover and his wife, the
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Miss Mcllwain
Wed Yesterday
At St. Andrews
Lovely Afternoon Ceremony
Performed At 5:30 o’clock
In Local Church
The marriage of Miss Nancy
Isabelle Mcllwain, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wi.liam Franklin
Mcllwain, to Kelly William Jewell,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Kell;'
William Jewell, took place Satur
day evening, July 19, at 5:30
o’clock at St. Andrews Covenant
church. Dr. Eugene Witherspoon
officiated, using the double - ring
ceremony.
Prior to the ceremony, John
Fieil, organist, rendered a pro
gram of nuptial music, his se
lections including “To a Wild
Rose.” and “Evening Star.” Miss
Orma Jean '’Willis sang “Because”
and “Ich Liebe Dich.” While the
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MARRIED AT ST. ANDREW3-C0VENANT—Mrs. Kelly W. Jewell, Jr., the former Miss Nancy
Isabelle Mcllwain of this city whose marriage was solemnized yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. M cllwain of this city. •
Guenlher-Poiier
Vows Solemnized
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Potter an
nounce the mirrage of their daugh
ter, Winifred Josephine, to Pvt.
Thomas Joseph Guenther, United
States Marine Corps, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Cuenther of Mil
waukee, Wis.
The marriage took place on July
13. at Conway, S. C.
They were accompanied by Miss
Vermel Perrett, cousin of the
bride, and Pvt. A1 Huggles of
Camp Lejeune.
MARRIED AT BEACH — Mrs.
Tilman Carlisle Britt, Jr., of Mt.
Airy, the former Beverly Jane
Darden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Henning Darden of Vir
ginia Beach, whose marriage took
place at Galilee Episcopal church,
Virginia Beach.
Miss Perdew 1
Entertained
At Shower
Miss Mary Elizabeth Toms en
tertained with a kitchen shower
and bridge in honor of Miss
Kathryn Perdew, bride-elect of
August 9, on Thursday evening.
The summer home of Miss
Toms’ was attractively decorated
with summer flowers.
During the evening bridge was
enjoyed by the guests, after which
an ice course was served.
Just before leaving, the guests
showered Miss Pet dew with many
useful kitchen gifts.
Miss Perdew was presented with
ciystal goblets in her chosen pat
tern by the hostess
Guests • included Miss Kathryn
Perdew, honoree, Miss Emma
Mitcheli, Miss Mildred Evans,
Mrs. Warren Sanders, Jr., Miss
Betsy Keaton Fonvielle, Mrs.
Horace Pearsall, Jr., Miss Alana
Matthes, Miss Mary Jean Christie,
Miss Catherine Rmsell, Miss Jane
Reynolds, Miss Muggy Parks.
Miss Virginia Oliver, Miss Helen
Hicks, Miss Marian Ritchie, Miss
Betty Wright, Miss Dorothy
Southerland Mrs. J. W. Perdew,
and Mrs. C. E. White.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Cpl. and Mrs. Dally Ray Brown
announce the birth of a son. Dally
Ray, Jr., on July 5 at Marion
Sprunt annex. Mrs. Brown is the
former Josephine Thompson «f
Wilmington.
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Slightly Off The Record
Wilmington, N. C.
July 20, 1947
Bear Peggy: —
Handsome Tiffany announcements were received in the city
during the past week reading as follows; "Mr. Hugh MacKae 2nd has
the honor of announcing the marriage of his mother, Mrs. Marguerite
Bellamy MacRae to Colonel George William Gillette, Corps of En
gineers, United States Army, Wednesday the eighteenth of June,
One Thousand, nine hundred and forty-seven, St. Philip’s Church,
Charleston, South Carolina.’’ Accompanying cards read; "Colonel
and Mrs. Gearge William Gillette, After the first of July, Atlanta
Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Geargia.” Colonel and Mrs. Gillette spent
last week-end at Wrightsville Beach as the guests of Mrs. Gillette's
sister, Mrs. J. Walter Williamson at her summer cottage 311 South
Lumina ave. On Tuesday they returned to Atlanta and within the
next few- days they expect to fly from Miami, Fla., to Puerto
Rico acompanied by Mrs. Gillette’s iovely young daughter, Marguerite
MacRae of Wilmington.
Attractive invitations reading as follows were received on Thurs
day by members of Wilmington’s social set: Mrs. John William Per
dew requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daugh
ter Kathryn to Mr. Charles Ellis White Jr., on Saturday the ninth of
August, at half after five o’clock, Saint Andrews-Covenant Presby
terian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina.” Enclosed cards rend;
Reception immediately following the ceremony, 1707 Chestnut Street,
Please respond.”
William A. French of New York city, formerly of Wilmington,
is expected to arrive by air on Tuesday for a visit of two weeks with
his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and' Mrs. Llewellyn C. French at
their summer home 322 Waynick blvd., Wrightsvilie Beach.
On all sides, both in the city and at Wrightsvilie Beach, there
is “weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth” over the order sent
out several days ago by the war department transferring Colonel
Beverly C. Snow, Chief of the Wilmington district, United States
Army Engineers, to Guam in the Pacific. Colonel Snow assumed
his duties here last November and Mrs. Snow joined hirn on January
1st. They purchased The Halsey home on Forest Hills drive and
immediately became one of us. You will remember, Peg, how many
complimentary things I have written you about them and I would
like to add now that never have I known a couple, either arm or
civilia nwh o,i n ashort yspace of time, has won a warmer spot in
the hearts of countless Wilmingtonians. To begin with, Colonel Snow
is a native North Carolinian—a former resident of Durham—and if
he had looked the world over he couldn’t have found a wife who is
more like our kind of people than Betty Snow, even though she claims
Denver, Colorado as her original home. Colonel Snow is of course a
West Point graduate with a long, enviable record of military achieve
ment behind him and in the local assignment he has added laurels
to his outstanding record as an armv engineer. Mrs Snow is ex
tremely good looking, attractive, gracious, and a wonderfully clever
hostess. Best of all Betty Snow is a true friend—a raritv in this
day of selfishness and greed, the value of which is far above the
price of rubies. Colonel Snow expects to leave Wilmington in about
ten days for Guam while Mrs. Snow will follow later in the fall The
Snows have a fine, young son, Captain Beverly C. Snow, Jr United
States Army Engineers, who is also a West Point graduate and
incidentally, he arrived in Wilmington on Friday for a brief leave
with his parents before their departure. Colonel and Mrs Snow also
have,as their fcharming guest this week Miss Gertrude Chappell of
Middletown, N. Y. H
Mr. and Mrs. John Crossland and family of Charlotte are oceu
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VIRGINIA RUTH MIDDLETON — Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James G. Middleton, whose engagement to John Edward Clayton, son
of Mrs. J. E. Clayton of this city, il announced today. The wedding
will take place in September.
Miss Anne E. Cox
And Colvin Worth
Engaged To Wed
Wedding Planned For Sep
tember 26 In
Raleigh
Of interest to society in Wil
mington is the announcement of
the engagement of Miss Ann*
Elizabeth Cox and Coivin McAlis
ter Woi th.
Miss Cox is the daughter of John
Sanderlin Cox and the late Mrs,
Cox of Raleigh.
Mr. Worth is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Venable Worth of Ra
leigh.
The wedding is to take place on
September 26 in Raleigh.
# * *
Thorpe-Hanche.v
Vows Solemnized
The Free Will Baptist church.
Fourth and Queen streets, was the
scene of the wedding at 4 p.m. last
Sunday of Mrs. Equillie Hr.nchey
and Rev. A. C. Thorpe, who ar*
elderly members of the church,
with their pastor, the Rev, A. C.
Wheeler, officiating.
Prior to the ceremony, which
was performed with simplicity and
beauty, Mrs. Allen Blanton, church
pianist, rendered the prelude and
music to "I Love you Truly" which
was sung beautifully by Mrs.
Thomas Blanton.
The altar was banked in profu
sion with white gladioli and terns.
Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Lea
mon L. Hanchey, son and daugh
ter-in-law, and Wesley Thorpe as
best man. A la<rge number of close
relatives and friends were in at
tendance. The Rev. and Mrs.
Thorpe are at home at 409 Wright
Street.