Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
January 22, 1943
C. M. A. Presents
Jan Peerce February 5
American-Born Tenor and Pro
fessional Violinist Appears In
Fourth Raleigh Concert
Jan Peerce, tenor, comes to Ra-
leigh February 5 in a concert spon-
^pred by the Civic Music Associa-
|ion, American born, Mr. Peerce
has become one of the foremost
^Pists of opera and radio.
Born in New York as Jacob
Perelumtli, he began his study of
^usie with the violin. At the age
?f 15 he was a professional violin-
^1) playing in dance orchestras.
h>ooii he realized his voice was prob-
®hly better than his violin playing;
he turned to Emilo Roxas as a
■'’oice teacher.
In 1933 Radio City Music Hall
Piigaged Jan Peerce to sing a reper-
loire of operatic arias, ballads, and
songs. His popularity increased
'vith guest performances on other-
hours such as Ford, General
-'fotors, and R. C. A. Soon he be-
Spn concert tours as a guest artist
Mth famous orchestras.
Peerce made his first opera
appearance on the public stage m
1138 when he appeared at the Shu-
Theatre in Philadelphia, sing
le's the leading tenor role in Bigd-
®To with the Columbia Opera Corn-
A year later he made his
Yew York recital debut siiccessfuBy.
Today Mr. Peerce lives in the city
7 his birth with his wife and chil-
'Teii. Currently he is featured on
programs and with the Metro
politan Opera Company.
Margaret Groover
Christens John Harvey
1^1 Was exactly 1:45 p.ni. on the
of January 9, 1943.
Y "he scene was hull 50 at the
f'P'th Carolina Sliipbuilding Coin-
Hear Wilniiiigtoii, N. C.
. A cheer went up from the right
'le of the U. A. John Harvey as
crew of workmen finished
1 Pockiug out the jirops on their side
ore the left-hand crew,
file crowd of siiectators gathered
in^ f.f'o huiiiching stand gazed anx-
g,’'®l.y at the figure in the red coat
gilding on the jdatform at the
°f fhe boat. She wore a white
in^r " net-covered bottle
da A nod from a tall
foil n crash of breaking glass
Owed before tbe hasty retreat of
nearest, loud apjilauso by all
Assembled, a piercing whistle,
till '"'Other liberty ship went down
^iii-11diii'k “'ll" pidlod a
l’0e\ t liackage out of his
Groover, in behalf of the
Pail * Garolina Shipbuilding Com-
f would like to jiresent you
this token of our appreciation.
(See P. 3)
We Do Our Part
Says Mrs. Marriott
Mrs. X. H. Marriott, dietitian of
Saint Mary’s School, will assure you
that despite the present food situa
tion the students here are not diffi
cult to feed. She finds the girls
most responsive to the present ra
tioning of sugar and coffee, and they
seem to use no more than is neces
sary. She feels that “there is really _
nothing to worry about.
Of course we all realize that a
good deal of our best available foods,
including eggs, meats, aiul others,
are being sent to our fighting forces
overseas^ as well as to the peoples
requiring food under the Lend-Lease
-Vet For this reason plans for meals
iiere are checked with the foods that
are available. Y’e will probably not
always have the variety of food that
we enjoyed before, but on the other
hand we will discover many dishes
once overlooked and learn new and
interesting ways to serve the plainer
but nutritious products the govern
ment assures us we will have.
Mrs. Marriott notes that prices
have gone up and will probably con
tinue to do so. The greatest increase
has been in meats, especially fowl,
and dairy products; eggs, miffi, but
ter and Aeese. Before last Decem
ber it was possible to place orders in
advance for some items, but since
then it has been prohibited by the
®°However, our school dietitian be
lieves that we need not about
a lack of good food through the,
SI,ring ternn Though some things
will be rationed, in most cases food
will be only limited. Mrs. Mainott
savs that “we shall continue to oper
ate by rules and regulations on a day
bv day basis. From the President
right on down we shall share and
share alike if ei^ryone continues to
co-operate well.
CORNELIA TONGUE MAKES HIGHEST SCORE
FOR SECOND YEAR IN CURRENT EVENTS TEST
Emily Cheshire Weds
Ens. W. S. Townsend
Saint Mary’s Girl Marries in
Good Shepherd Church; Sarah
Thompson a Bridesmaid
On Saturday evening at the
Church of the Good Shepherd, Miss
Emily Sheill Cheshire became the
bride" of Lt. (jg) 'Walter Scott
Townsend, IT. S. N. R., of Peters
burg, Virginia. The Rev. James
McDowell Dick, rector of the church,
and the Rev. James M. Townsend,
Jr., brother of the groom, officiated.
Stewart Pratt, organist, and the
choir director of the Good Shepherd
Church rendered the wedding music.
■White flowers and palms deco
rated the chancel of the church.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore her moth--
er’s wedding dress of ivory tulle
with a full court train of ivory
satin. The veil, which fell from a
wreath of orange blossoms, extended
the length of the train. Her bou
quet was made up of bride’s roses
and gardenias.
The bride had as her maid of
honor her sister, Miss -Annie Webb
Cbeshire, and as matron of honor,
^Irs. Henry D. Haywood, also a
sister of the bride. Ller bridesmaids
were Mrs. Clayton Tasker, of Bor-
dentown, N. J., sister of the bride
groom, and Miss Sarah Thompson,
of Westwood, iST. J. These attend
ants, who wore colonial dresses of
ivory faille taffeta with tulle Juliet
ea])s, carried bouquets of red roses.
Lt. (jg) Braxton B. Townsend,
IT. S. X. R., attended his brother as
(See P. 3)
PENDER LOOKS AT THE NEWS
■•In total war," said Preskleut
Roosevelt last week in his annual
budo-et message to Congress, we
are ^all soldiers, whether m u -
Srms, overalls, or sbirt-sleeve. _
Thus, to each p ’’s
000,000 Americans, Jl'e 'Ijog .
call for the spending
000 000 000 during the next fiscal
vear ineans a streamlined, war
time economy with more work,
” Lvin-^ and more sacrifice.
Sr P^se^’of the new burden
which is more than the sum of all
Federal spending from 1789 to
W32, is a tremendous '"se ^xe
and forced savings. The Hresi
: P t also asked that revenue.s be
• A tn about 50 per cent of
;r‘'Tnidi wSh ‘‘^1‘5,WOO,000
f addirional funds by taxation
savings, or boRi, during the fiscal
■'"ReafizaHmi of such a goal
ij fill Ipavc 3 ffood. half of
;i;^”.il09!(W0,000,000 to be met by
an increase in the public debt—
which by July will equal $135,-
000,000,000. On March 15, mil
lions of Americans will be faced
with meeting income taxes on a
liitherto unheard-of level. Their
problem has brought mounting
demands for a pay-as-you-go sys
tem of federal income taxes. Con
gress has several such plans under
consideration, but congressional
spokesmen yesterday warned that
it would be difficult to secure leg
islative action before the first pay
ment is due on March 15.
The Nazis in Russia are falling
back toward Rostov as the Rus
sians push on. Although Hitler’s
men still hold man}- vital centers
and are far from being routed,
psychologically they are at a dis
advantage. They no longer hold
the initiative and the war of at
trition is beginning to tell on both
morale and material reserves.
(See P. 4)
Margaret Groover, Business
Class,. Is Runner-up; 247 Stu
dents Take Test
Senior Cornelia Tongue, of Ra
leigh, for the second successive year
won the annual Titne Magazine’s
Current Affairs test given to Saint
Mary’s student body yesterday. She
made a score of 78 as compared with
her last year’s 72. Margaret
Groover, of Wilmington, business
class, was runner-up with a score
of 72.
These tests, covering all current
events, scientific and cultural matter,
are sent to select private schools and
junior colleges throughout the na
tion. The whole test of 105 ques
tions is objective, having a multiple
answer form.
Lillian Bellamy, 'Wilmington, with
a score of 68, placed second among
the forty-two seniors who took the
test.
Margaret Winslow, Rocky Mount,
with a score of 65, placed first
among the ninety-nine juniors tak
ing the test. Virginia Hart, Chat
ham, was runner-up with 62.
Sidney Dial, Columbia, S. C.,
with a score of 63, was second among
the thirty-five business students tak
ing the test.
Felicia Camm, Raleigh, with a
score of 62, placed first among the
thirty-nine sophomores who took the
test. Chariot Waller, Morganfield,
Ky., was runner-up with 60.
Betty Johnson, Raleigh, with a
score of 60, placed first among the
thirty-two freshmen and preps who
took the test. Jane Jeter, Raleigh,
was runner-up w-ith 56.
These students with the highest
scores have their choice between a
12-inch IForld Globe or any five
dollar book they wish as a prize.
Miss Cruikshank
Engaged to Lt. Foss
Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Olive Echols, to Lieuten
ant Robert Todd Foss, U. S. A., son
of Mrs. George II. Foss and the late
Dr. Foss, of Springfield, Massachu
setts. The tentative date for the
wedding in the chapel is February
Olive attended Saint Mary’s for
five years, graduated in the class of
1937,^ and then was graduated from
the Lniv-ersity of Xorth Carolina in
1939, where she was a member of
Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Lieutenant Foss went to Dart
mouth College, where he was a mem
ber of Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater-
idty, and got his M.A. in 1941. He
is now stationed at Camp Toccoa,
Georgia, in the 511th Parachute In
fantry.