The Belles of Saint Mary’s
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March 20, 1942
Spring Vacation
Most of Saint Mary’s belles had
returned from Spring Vacation by
9:45 Sunday night. Tassie Eussell
and Eue Guthrie were still home
and didn’t get back until later. Cora
Lucas, Sarah Dawson, and Biddy
Grimes rave about a week-end at
Davidson. Meg Stone danced at
Vanderbilt. Sara Thornton’s all for
Ted (and wedding hells next Christ
mas), and Mother McKinley played
nursemaid on the bus to Charlotte.
Alice Yount says Marshal and
Hickory were “simply wonderful.”
It’s ditto with Marian Castellow
about Monk and Windsor. Ticky
LaEoque and Dot Campbell went to
Kew York. Mary Ann Dixon did
the rounds of all the Hew York hot
spots and visited her brother at
Quantico Kaval Station. Mary
Ann Cooper, Jane Hurt, Elise Mar
shall, Ann Abernethy, and Esther
Bair tell glowing tales of Florida.
Olive Cranston and Keville Cum-
ming seem to have had a deevine
time with a couple of cadets from
Aero-Tech in Augusta, Georgia.
Weeze Thomson headed down Wil
mington way for a visit with Lillian
Bellamy and a tall, dark, and hand
some South American gave Eabbit a
hangover of memories.
Having spent such a gay time in
the great metropolis, you can easily
understand Sally McKinley’s forlorn
expression. It seems there is a guy
named Mac. Mary Faith was laid
up her last night at home, having
been thrown from a spirited mare
Saturday morning.
We were expecting to see Shirley
Lytle with a smooth sun-tan, but she
had more important things to do
than waste time in Florida sunshine.
Margie Linton and Beverly Broun
had a gay time in Charlottesville
with all those “Wahoos.” Gray Med-
lin gave a dance for Virginia Stock-
ard. There was only one thing lack
ing to make this ))arty complete . . .
Virginia Stockard.
Sarah Clarkson had a big time in
Atlanta, Davidson, and wherever
Sonny was on the week-ends. Lillian
West (alias Little Moo Moo) also
made the rounds. She went to
Sweetbriar, Eichmond, and spent
several days with Shields Jones in
Eocky Mount. Sally Tucker and
Brooksie Po])kins spent last week
end in Eichmond with Anne Gar
nett. They really kept Anne on
the go.
Over Holt way Libby Smedes,
Eosa, Carolyn, and Margaret are
still raving about the fun they had
in Kew York, Ensigns and night
clubs included! Thuston says she
slept, as usual, and Becky and Mere
dith kept Plymouth in a whirl.
Betty Willcox flew home.
Sophie says she divided her time
between Tarboro and Wilmington,
visiting Euth and Mary Wright,
^lildred Lee and Celia got Defense
Haircuts while they were out of
school. Bebe went home and also
went to see Mary Peters Cunning
ham. Polly Lindsay tells us that
she bought a bicycle so sbe wouldn’t
ruin tbe tires on the family car!
iMarian went home . . . and got sick!
Minkie went to Florida with Kay
and fell in love. Olive acquired a
niece over the holidays. Ecna went
down to Morehead and heard a ship
being torpedoed.
Haney Peete went to a wedding.
Ellen is busy figuring out a budget
so she and Junior can live on a Sec
ond Lieutenant’s pay. Mary-Gene
went to Charlotte with Ida and then
on to Boone to see Louise. Louise
took her entrance exams to Duke
nursing school. Elizabeth Ann went
to Suffolk and has decided she likes
Charlie again. Jean Lyon and
Dolores played at Fort Bragg and
Pinehurst. Olivia Anne declares
that the “town of a thousand friends”
is even friendlier. Haney Hunt went
to Eichmond.
Peeny saw Yank and says she is
definitely going to Carolina. Peggy
Beale bought her first girdle in Suf
folk. Betty Walters went to Salis
bury. Vi went to Georgia. Char
lotte went to Charlottesville via
heaven—Chapel Hill—and thinks
black convertibles, SAE’s, and Gris
are just too wonderful! Grace and
Mildred declare they didn’t do a
thing but sleep and eat. Carol claims
she moved Dan up to a higher intel
lectual plane.
Pat Bell was seen in Fayetteville
buying loads of clothes and so was
Janet. Martha says there wasn’t a
soul home but she really did have a
grrrand time. She also got a new
permanent. Jean Fulton sighs and
makes no other comments than “It
was wonderful.”
Bunny says she had a delightful
time but she lost the key to her
closet. Betty Swain says Camp
Davis and Wilmington are doing
fine. Sara Wadsworth had a good
time in Hew Bern. Anne Dunn
found things so much fun she had a
little trouble getting back on time.
If you want to hear about Lib Ad
kins vacation, you had better ask
her!
Ellis visited Cauble and went to
Washington. Lucille says things in
Henderson were mighty dull. Shrinij)
says Horfolk was anything but dead !
Eleanor spent her vacation in Eich
mond and bought clothes. Anna
came back to Ealeigh for the dance
with Dink. Allie reports that she
spent her vacation sleeping and eat
ing.
Here’s what happened among the
day students during Spring Holi
days. Practically all of them slept,
loafed, and had a good time, but a
surprisingly large majority studied
... if it wasn’t The Scarlet Letter
it was Tom Jones and Gulliver’s
Travels.
They didn’t all stay in Ealeigh;
Mary Brooks Harper went to the
Pan-Hellenic dances at Eandolph-
Macon, Jean Stradley visited At
lanta, Mary Bryant TJpshaw spent
her first week-end at Annapolis and
then stayed in Washington several
days, where she heard Glenn Miller.
Jane K. Bell visited in Horfolk
and also droj>ped in at shipyards,
Haval Bases, Jamestown, and Wil
liamsburg. Eita Hickey spent the
vacation at her home in Alabama
but instead of loafing she rode horse
back. Shirley Schellenberg went to
Williamsburg, Chapel Hill, and Dur
ham. Martha Moseley returned to
her home in Kinston.
Much time was put on prepara
tions for the Suh-Junior Woman’s
Club dance by Sara Crowder, Ililah
White, and Fanny Williams. Ida
Dunn Harris made good use of her
time by working as telephone girl
for Mr. Wooten. At the head of the
list of sleepers come Betty Johnson,
Cornelia Tongue, Ellen Senay, Jane
Clark Cheshire, Mary Cornick, Mar
jorie Soar, and Jean Morris.
Cornelia Vf^alker was exception
ally active—she “walked and howled
and bowled and walked.” Marilyn
Hoff described her week of bowling
and watching tbe E. O. T. C. drill
at State as “super.” Time also
proved useful to Haney Poe, who
practiced for her coming voice re
cital. Jonny Herman read English
H books “’til she was blue in the
face” and managed to recuperate by
going to bride’s parties. Betty Body,
Emmy, and Bebe just about wore
themselves out hicycle-riding. Kay
Kivette didn’t waste a minute; she
fell in love three times. Virginia
Poll had such an unusual experience
that it deserves to be quoted:
“Eena Graham and I went to
Morehead. Sunday morning around
2 ;00 we heard booming noises that,
shook the house. This kept up until
about 10:00 and we soon found out
that an oil tanker had been sunk by
a sub. About 10 :30 four survivors
were brought in on a little coast
guard boat. The whole beach was
covered with smoke for a while.
About 2:00 Sunday afternoon the
75 foot C. G. cutter brought in 7
more survivors. One had a broken
arm and others were limping. I
don’t know how many were killed
but there were a darned sight more
than 11 on the tanker.”
BRITISH CHILD
(Prom P. 1)
happy little soul in spite of the
burnps and bangs he has heard.
While I was in the hospital where
he was born, we had quite hectic
nights. One night eleven bombs fell
quite near, and I was worried stiff
when I knew they were near our
house, as Anthony was there with
someone looking after him. How
ever, he was safe in the cupboard
under the stairs, and we only had the ,
roof damaged, two windows broken,
and the doors blown in. Once before
we had a bomb right outside our
house, and every window went, ceil
ings were down, and we had a lot of
furniture damaged. The house has
been patched and repaired, and I am
still here.
We have a Morrison Shelter now;
it is like a big steel table with sort
of gage wires around the sides; in
side we have a mattress, pillows,
and blankets, and most nights we
sleep in it.
We have a long garden; so we
grow all our own vegetables includ
ing onions which are very rare. Last
year they were almost priceless.
Anthony is at school now. He is
in a concert for Christmas, but it is
a secret so he will not tell me much
about it. Ilis daddy may be home
on Saturday, and we are counting
the days. Have you any children ?
If so, please tell me about them and
about yourselves. American people
are very good to the people in this
country, and I am sure we shall all
he thankful when we have peace
again. My husband has spent five
and a half years in Canada, and he
crossed to America several times. I
know he went to Detroit.
At The Theatres
AMBASSADOR
MAR.
21—Fleet’s In (D. Lamour)
22-24—Bed Time Story
(F. March. L. Young)
25-28—Captain of the Clouds
(J. Cagney)
20-31—Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde
(S. Tracy)
APR.
1- 1—Song of the I.slands
(B. Grable, V. Mature)
PALACE
MAR.
21—Date With the Falcon
(G. Sanders. W. Barrie)
27-28—Tragedy at Midnight
(P. Lindsay, J. Howard)
APR.
3- -I—The Heart of Texas
(G. Autry)
STATE
MAR.
21—Shut -My Big Mouth
(•J. E. Brown)
22- 2-t—Blondie Goes to College
(P. Singleton)
25-28—Dangerously They Live
(J. Garfield)
29- 31—Lydia (M. Oberon)
APR.
!■ 2—Sing for Your Supiwr
{.T. Falkenherg)
3- 1—Yank on the Burma Road
(L. Day)
CAPITOL
-MAR.
21— West of the Cimerron
22— Riding the Wind (.1. Holt)
23- 2-1—Bahama Passage
(M. Carroll, S. Hayden)
25-26—Swamp Woman (.1. LaRue)
27-28—Red River Valley
(R. Rogers)
29—The Feminine Touch
IR. Ru.sseli. I). -Vmeche)
30- .31—Tarzan’s Secret Treasure
(J. Weisemuller)
-VPR.
2—Mountain Music (B. Burns)
3- -1—Riders of the Timber Line
(W. Boyd)
•MAR.
21-
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26-27-
2.8-
29-31-
-\PR.
1-
2- 3-
WAKE
-Ilonolulu Lu (L. Velez)
-Keep ’Em Flying
l.Vhhott and Castello)
-Billy the Kid (R. Tavlor)
-Texas (W. Holden)
-Lady Sear-faced (D. O’Keefe)
-Look Whose Laughing
(McGee and Molly)
-.Mob ’Fown (Dead End Kids'
-Xothlng But the Truth
(B. Hope)
-Three Sons of Guns
(W. Morris)
V.ARSITY
-MAR.
21— Texas Rangers Ride -Vgain
(.1. Howard)
22— r,iidy Eve
(B. Stanw.vek. II. Fonda)
23-24—Over the -Moon (JI. OheroiC
-The Great Lie (B. Davis)
26-27—IIou.se -Veross the Bay
(.1. Bennett)
28— College Swing (B. Hope)
29— Go West (JIarx Brothers)
30-31—Xiagara Falls
(M. Woodsworth)
APR.
1—Eseaix" (R. Taylor)
2- .3—Raffles (D. X’iven)
4—Geronimo (.1. Wayne)
My baby has just awakened
will get him ready and go to
{)ost and then meet -\nthony.
I do hope I hear from you son^,
time. Thank you so much for y°
kindness.
Best wishes to you all
from Anthony and Lionel.
Yours sincerely,
Eunv GbiffiK-