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FORMER GOVERNMEN ENGINEER DECIDES TO PRACTICE HER| iwis £. Merrit, late of; Enjjpr* gency Fleet Corporation, % Opens Office *£ ' Much interest is attached to - an*, nounoement that Lewis L. Merritt, & well knpwn civil engineer, has opened ah office, room. No. 30 Odd Fcllov^j building, and will conduct an engineer^ ing business' in this city on his ovjjjf account. :: . • jf Mr. Merritt for some time Dast lif been practicing as a civil engineer iJE Wilmington, but he has not been givinff his full ttnje to same, and his friendd wiH.be interested to know that he has, 'decided to apply all of his time and energies to this line of business. j He graduated from State college ir« 1913, with a bachelor of engineering! degree, and he has since had wide prac tical experience as an engineer, hav ing been in the employ of the'United Statts Emergency Fleet corporation, the Newoort Shipbuilding company From June, 1918, to October. 1920, Mr Merritt was again in the employ of the. - aIL vi X W (C o w IS ** * * * 4 ^ ^ , TJ. S. shipping board ,in the capacity ofj assistant to the supervising plant en-{ gineer at the Liberty shipyards, this city. He also was engaged in hydrographic; surveying and drafting in connection with the .Charlesto%4£iarbor improve-^ ments, at this time serving with- the! United States engineering department, and prior jto 1918 was'ln the employ At the U-rt-jte'd States district engineer'^ "£office here. , , , Mr. Merritt worked as an assistapt In connection with the triangulation .of the Cape Fear riveC by the United States Copst, and Geodetic suryev. He was, promoted {.o the grade^ of junior engineer by MaJ. H- W. Sicklg, former Iciistriet engineer at Wilmington. M Ranking high as an engineer, Mr. Merritt also'has many friends who will be <jjroatiy interested in his advance ment in hfb profession. Christmas Pageant m' '■ Staged at Wrightsville Wlua, night at the home of Mrs. Morrison Divine, on Wrightsville sound, the Sunday School of Lebanon Episco pal chapel presented a Christmas pageant, "The Nativity,” .which was beautifully staged. The program follows: Processional, "Joy of the World , annunciation* . “Magnificat”: manger scene, "Silent Night,” "Oh, Little Town cf Bethlehem”; "shepherd's watch, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear ■'Angels . uaraf upon & -- ■ , Adore Him, ’' infant -class; recessional. ‘•Onward Ohristiatt Soldiers. Music was rendered by the full vested choir. "Mary” was essayed by Elizabeth Taylor, and the “Angel, by Meta McGowan. .. „ _ . A neat sum was realized through a silver offering. Christman to Talk at Red Springs Tomorrow Raymond D. Chrisiman, district deputy grand chancellor Knights Pythias, will deliver an address Tues day night before the Red Springs lodge Knights of Pythias, on the occassion of the installation of officers there. Mr. Christman will leave Wilmington Tuesday morning, and expects to be away for several days. Brigade jurors to u 11 K - Eight youngsters of the Boys Bri gade are looking forward to Saturday, • when they journey to Fremont for a basket ball game with the cage stars of Fremont. A picked team composing the \ arsity from: Co. C, averaging 120 pounds, will lock horns with the fast Fremont "five.” and the youngsters are keyed to a htgli pitch of excitement. They have b%en working hard for this game and expect to bring home the bacon, with, a safe margin to spare. If the practice game they played .with an All Star team from the Co. C league means any thing they will be able to take care of themselves* the yarsitKv piling up a 75 ■ to 3 score against the,:.All .Star3 last week. ' . The following junior stars of the bri gade will make the trip; James Wen burg, James Brady. Fred Jewell, Joe Kerr, Leo May, Robert Newton, Ernest Beale and Fred Grotgen. The team will be in charge of W. C. Montgomery. , The trig! -wtj-ly.be. made through the , countrv in' machine?, driven by Kiwan %ns,W. A. French, I. W. Solomon and W. C. Montgomery. Rolling ston.es regch the bottom. sW --- . ■l,T)o you realize poetry for spring magazines is being written now? Notary and Cor poration Seals. We specialize in “flt tinK out” new corpo rations — loose leaf f o-crn s , stationery, stock c e r t i fi c a ten, ,S t o c k certificates, binders, etc, • 'HARRIS!* PRISTOG AND ADVERTISING COMPANY ' Phone 7 Cm 13 Princess Street Postmaster Praises Postal Workers and Thanks the Public Warren G. Elliott Says Holiday Mails a'Third Heavier Than Last Year ■. Reporting that the Christmas mails were more • than a third heavier this season than last year, Warren G. El liott, postmaster, stated yesterday that he desired to thank the public for the excellent manner in which the people po-operated with the postal employes in handling the mails during the holi days. i Postmaster Elliott expressed himself as greatly pleased with the loyalty shown by the postal clerks and carriers during the rush period, saying "I could not have asked for any better service from them.” "To a man,” he said, “they served faithfully, efficiently and courteously.” , ,, - , , ' He reported that the public took ad vantage of the “martl early” slogan, thereby relieving to a great axtentthe congestion in the mails that otherwise would have obtained. - ._ Five trucks were kept running daily during the .holiday period, and deliv eries were/made from early'morning until late of nights, in order to giv.e the people of Wilmington the very best postal service possible. Citizerts commenting on the splendid service given by the Wilmington post office during the Christmas season this ydar, said that it has never been ex CeThe excellent service rendered by postal clerks and carriers during the holidays has been highly commended by many people. _ HIGHWAY BOARD PUBLISHES DETOURS List of Routing For Guidance of Motor Traffic For Week Announced ■»Road detours for the coming week were announced yesterday by the state highway commissidb: Durham-Roxboro? Northbound traffic turn to right at intersection with Ba hama roda and follow detour to Ba hama. Continue oh direct road through Bahama and foil fa detour througa Rougeroont to intersection with main road at Lew's Store. .1 mile beyond railroad crossing? Turn to right and continue on mstfn" road, route No 13. southbound tra/B6 follow reverse order. South Caroffna line to Tryon-Colum bus—Northbound traffic will follow route No 19 to-onfthalf mile of Tryon, detour sign, tltgn tfirn to right up God shaw Hill into Tryon. Thence through Tryon tq Trade street, to one-fourth mile out of Tryon. turn to left follow fTendersonville road one-half mile ».o forks, of road, turn sharp to right. Con tinue to Cantrell’s' Mill sign, thence turn to left, follow road as it winds to Lynn bridge to route No. 19. Southbound traffic will follow route No. 19 to Lynn bridge, turn to right, follow Howard Gap road tq Cantrells Mill, sign, turn to right, follow Hen dersonville road one mile. Detour sign, sharp turn to left, follow route No. 19 into Tryon, up Trade street to railroad .crossing. Thence turn to left UP GodsKaw hill, detour sign, turn to right one block, detour sign. Turn to right cross railroad, follow route to route No. 19. , Through Forest City: Follow detour signs through town of F,orest City. Whiteville - Chadbourn: Westbound, traffic turn to the right about one mile, west of Whiteville. thence three-quar ters of a mile turning to the right: thence one mile turning to the left; thence two miles, turning to the left at school house; thence to route No. 29 turning to right. Eastbound traffic ‘■f^fiSv-'reyersetof above. This detour- is* w% marked with traffic detour signs and'is in fair condition. ■Wake Forfest-Raleigh: Southbound traffic proceed through Wake Forest by route-No^O' to Forestville, which is two miles sout hof Wake Forest, turn left and fdljlpw detour signs to Louis burg road. ""Turn right and follow Louisburg road to Central Filling sta tion. turn left and. follow asphalt road to Raleigh. Northbound traffic follow reverse of the above. Loutsburg-Castalia: Eastbound",^traf fic turn to right at road three-tjuar ters mile north of court' house in Louisburg and follow detour to its in tersection with Louistiurg-Castalia road, called Stallings crossroads. Turn to left and continue along route No. 56. Westbound traffic turn to right at Stal lings crossroads and follow reverse di-j rections., . i Local detour: Louisburg. to eqd of hard surface road ending at roitig No. 56. Eastbound traffic turn to qtght at road n.4 miles north of court house, Louisburg, and follow detour to its in tersection with Louisburg-Sastalia road, route No. 56. Turn to left and continue along route No, 56i West bound traffic follow reverse directions. Bridge detour: Road • closed around bridge on account of water anfh jhud, traffic detoured around from fitSple ville to end of hard surface in Louis*' burg. Mapleville detour: Mapleville to Louisburg. Westbound 'traffic leave main rogid one-quarter of a mile east of Mapleville, turning to left iiito Mar gafet-Spring Hope road and’’ follow signs, on detour to intersection of de tour with main ' road, at end Of hard surface in Louisburg. Then follow local detour described above into Louis burg. Eastbound traffic reverse direc J. H. MALLARD II,I, . ' 'f j Friends will be glad to learn that some Improvement was noted yest^r-* day in the condition of J:- H. Mallard,’ who suffered a slight stroke of paraly sis several davs ago. —____a . Co«t Fabric Puncturrflroof YOU SAVE 20 PER tEM'i tiY TkajliING Wiiti ciS! T IVE OAK SERVICE STATION Telephone 2457 Seventh and Ann Sts. h—.in ..i* - i i ' ... i ... ... ..... ■ .. i..i DOLL! Hff IN FINE PLAY Man Frdp Earth at Victoria Saturday Proved Distinct ' rionic Triupmh That Wilmington furnished one; of the most ffcpreciative audiepces of 15 * cities in J|lch the Princeton TriahgYe ; club has sfown on its present tour, was declared members of the club just prior to tlfe departure of the 76 colle gians on a special train Saturday night, after the production of "The Man Prom Barth," w%ich is regarded by every body as the finest show that has ever been staged in this city;' Ticket sales, in Wilmington were $750 in exoess of tickets sold when the club-showed in Savannah last week. ‘ Brilliant; artistic, and hutjtorous, with; enhancing stage effects'; "The Man Fronac Earth" entertained 'Wil mington ' society as it has hardly be fore been entertained; and there was not the slilghtest amateurish element about the fntire performance, so near 1 professional did'the . amateur ... actors ; perform, xhen, too, the acting was done by students of Princeton, and j even the “girls,” 20 lit number, were i Pripceton Igh. I 1-piece orchestra certainly ponsive.. chord amon^g the , because never has such eard ih this city, tor there s', of the ultra-modern i school, witlt- orchestration of the. sort ] indulged int'by DeBussy and Bichard Strauss, ofey £ra'ndY opera could sur- : pass the Prlncetonydlub -orchestra, and the applause following each rendition must have ^convinced , the Princeton players that|they were in a land that j appreciated .good music. The book prepared by five Of the un- I dergraduateS-is filled with clever lines and timely -expressions, without so much as a stale jest. ThP, Martian scene furnished opportunity for unique j and colorful Settings and. cuStumes, and the complicated story concerning the flurry caused among the inhabi tants' of Mars by the sudden appearance of an earthly visitors."* , The soTigs werte of happy measure, the words heipg .the, jvtttiest ever set to music of high, order, alternating snappy and tuneful compositions of the latest popular typeHvitb others in which strains of the ultra modern school, and they Were received with appreciation shown by encore- after encore. 1 And the struck a r music love music been were stra The stage .settings were In line with the par excellence- of the production, and it is a faatter of/interest to know that the collegians not only made this scenery but. they also designed their ! gorgeous costumes. The talented and well balanced cast Included vocalists, comedians and danc ers of surpassing ability, who had the support of a.finely drilled chorus with good voices and nimble feet. An unu sually attractive idea was introduced at the conclusion of the show In the “Violet Ray’*- ballet, in which purple lights were thrown -on specially pre- I pared clothes giving a- unique radium effect. There were 14 members'in the cast and 36 in the chorus, this- number, together with the 18 members of-the orchestra, and eight students com prising the staff, making a total of 76 Princetonians, were delightfully en tertained duidng their short stay in Wilmington. V . Immediately after arriving in Wil mington Saturday morning, the stud ents were escorted tor the country home of Mr. and Sirs. Harry Walter, ‘‘Airlie On-the-sourjd,” where they were en tertained at dinner. A tea dansant was given in their honor in the-afterno.on at the Cape Fear Country dub, and a stag supper was served in their honor at'the cape Fear club Saturday night. Princetonians expressed themselves as having been better 4 entertained in Wilmington than at any point they had heretofore visited, and Wilmingnton ians gave high opinion of the honor re ceived, in entertainingjjucb gdesfiSLW “ Thb?161saV P'rih'ciloh aimnni in of making arrangements for tfeej pre sentation of the show was con»osed of the following: Lawrence SpriSt, I. B. Grainger, Walker Taylor, Jr.,-ji. C. Chadbourn, Herbert Latimer. Hmpie Latimer and Hugh Calder. Mr. Grainger has served as marfe-ger for the alumni, and much of the Credit for the successful presentation of ‘‘The Man from Mars” is due him, alpmni members state. fs. MRS. JENKINS HERE V‘ Mrs. T. J,. Jenkins, of Goldsboro, is spending New Year's. with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fleet. Mrs. M. M, Sellers, of Latta is also the- guest of Mr.' and Mrs. Fleet. ■ ■ ■ ■ , • '• i HUSBANDS! f Don’t Fail to Take Yonr Wife to gee “THAT’S WRONG WITH THE WOMEN?” 400. North Front iptreet A very Haftpy New Year, to You! SWEET CREAM 7 Guaranteed to Whip i Open Till 1 P. M.’ -Honda* WARREN’S 25 Market Street V$«A* , Phone 485 fv,V SEP A GROTTO JVo. 79 M. O.A\ K. R. PROPHETS; AU Proph Jrp^A ets ate expected to.Attend ' tlje New Year's Danes a1? the Grotto" Temple;.; Full dress "not recessariiK; «. c. KMTG.TT, C^*i»fewelu C. A. WIHJAM^ • ; ; .S*crcta?jr. ... A'; ■ Brenfcfaaf T :30 to P ' Lnnrk 13 * Supper V to l>'tg:ht Lnnc and Sard Served • Eve Until 10.. 303-Nor; Front Street to Show at Academy Famous JParce to be Shown This • . 'Afternoon and' Night ' - V->- •' -* - ‘ ’ , The^PIckert Slock company opens their: second ivbek engagement at the Academy of' Music today by present ing to the people of Wilmington that beautiful comedy, "Up In# Mabel’s Room:'' The matinee will start at 3:30 o’clock and the evening performance Wtllbegin at 4:30,. " - When Wilson Collison and Otto Har •bach settled down to write “Up In Mabel’s Room,” the world-famous, farce comedy,.fham'J's ,to be the .feature at the' Academsr- todayr Tuesday: and -Wednes day, they must have determined tq crowcl'iiftori't'all of the'legitimate fun! they^'xfeftfd‘concoct *nd ‘gfef’m 'With reason. That : they: accomplished this, even better, than they could ; have knotfcm,' is evidenced by the reception that' this bill; had first in Newh.Yor^k and afterwards, on its road tour.”' It stands as one of the funniest Iferbe -,V HUSBANDS! Don’t Fail to Take Your Wife to See' “WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WOMEN?” comedies that hasj ever been written. The manner in which the Fickert Stock company is planning to present it will,; insure a production well above the average. Manager Kerrrtoh has given orders that no expensifcibe spared to make the presen tat lon*ona that, will not be forgotten for some time to come, from a scenic as well, las ah acting standpoint. 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