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■_^SIAFfcNEWS ^Tlnltg (^©ffi*? ©QW @(p re©®EHiig AMB) (PlUgAgyEilgSft VOL. 13 -N(X23. ~ WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1943 PRIPF fivf rirvxJ Health Defense Meeting Stated Tuesday Morning jjiss Alice Miller, Health Con sultant, Will Be Principal Speaker Of Session A threatened rise in the tuber culosis rate for the country and „ possible increase in New Han, ivei county, due to war conditions, will receive the attention of mem ber;; of the Health Defense League .. tiic regular meeting to be held ,0 0'c]ock Tuesday morning, April 5 at Sorosis clubhouse on North Third street. Miss Alice H. Miller, Associate Health Education Consultant with ... H. S. Public Health Service rationed in Kinston, will be the n'-mcipal speaker of the morning. ■ , Miller was formerly with the Tuberculosis League of Chicago ; r! Cook County, Illinois, and has ,'.,d extensive experience in educa | I M work on tuberculosis, i The month of April is annually set aside for an educational cam pion for the finding and treating (1; Uses of tuberculosis in the early ,'accs before the disease is ad vanced. i Hr A. H. Elliot, County Health offner. stressed the importance of wort education on tuberculosis. Public Opinion Polls show that Pam' persons have inaccurate in formation on this disease. It is of* utmost importance that leaders in the community acquaint them le'.ves with the facts on tubercu Ilcsis in these times of danger.” Dr. Elliot stated. The problem of tuberculosis becomes acute in war areas where people are working under stress and do not take care oi themselves properly, he said. 1 erculosis is actually ‘ Sand in r.e Gears” of production. A total (.{40 million man days yearly gees into the care of tuberculosis.-This amount of time would build 940 fortrtesses or 16.000 light tanks. '"'a film “Sand in the Gears” will \.e shown at the meeting and round table, discussion will be a part of the program. I Additional plans will be discussed fir continuation of the food con servation work started last month. AlJ zone, sector and block chair men are urged to be present, and the public is invited to attend. » • « First Baptist Church Circles Will Convene The circles of the First Baptist church will meet as follows: 1—Mrs. George Jeffrey, leader, a: the church 3:30 p.m. Monday in Dr. Smith’s classroom. 2 —Mrs. W. B. Muse, leader, with Mrs. C. B. Davis, 322 South Fifth street, Monday 3:30 p.m. 3—Mrs. J. A. Stevens, leader, i with Mrs. B. B. Cameron, 1811 I Market street, Monday 3:30 p.m. 1—Mrs. G. B. Phillips, leader, ' hi Mrs. L. C. Marshall, 1903 ’ street, on Monday 3:30 p.m. j Forest Hills-Oleander circle: Mrs. H. A. Hanby, leader, with Mrs. H. A. Hanby, 4 Country Club Uvl, 3:30 p.m. Monday. Business Women’s circle: Mrs. ■F R. Jones, leader, with Miss Valerie Williams, 311 North Fourth street Tuesday 8 p.m. 6—Mrs. J. D. Moore, leader, with Mrs. E. R. Bass, 114 South Harrison street, 3:30 p.m. Monday. * * * Miss June Kingsbury And Kerniil Hayes Wed M and Mrs. R. B. Kingsbury J""0;: ce the marriage of their ^‘ter. Jun*. to Kermit Wen ton ! f' : Wilmington and Clinton. of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hayes of Clinton. . ^e marriage took place March Grace Methodist church here. :1e couple is residing at 1603 Dran§e street this city. MRS. CHARLES BELL—Who prior to her marriage I yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock in Trinity Methodist church was Miss Vee Vee Allen of Wilmington. (Photograph by Adams Studio). ____ Louise McCrary, ! Edward Howard Are Married Here — Ceremony Held Saturday Aft ernoon At Kenan Memorial Presbyterian Chapel The Kenan Memorial Presbyter ian church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Kathryn Louise McCrary, daughter of Mrs. Marie McCrary and the late Robert Mc Crary and Edward Cato Howard of Wilmington, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Howard of Newport, yester day afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Dr. William Crowe, Jr., pastor of the church, was the officiating minister. The chapel was deco rated in white flowers and a pro gram of nuptial music was given by E. H. Munson, church organist. During the ceremony Miss Mary Esther Applewhite of Fayetteville, sang, “O, Perfect Love.” The couple was unattended and entered the chapel together. The bride wore for her wedding a - smart tailored suit of Bermuda : blue light-weight wool with acces | sories and a corsage of orchids. Ushers were: R. B. Howard of Wilmington;; and J. A. Hackney, : Jr., of Wilson and Wilmington. Mrs. McCrary, mother of the | bride, wore an attractive frock (Continued on Page 12) 1 derated Women’s Clubs Urged I o Purchase Many More War Bonds MRS> CHARLES G. DOAR iame f lng tlle Outfit” is the ■p ' ;he plan for raising the ri^n War loar- fund of 13 billions j . ars- During the past week ■ earl BishopriCi State ehair i u ?e Women’s Division of "ar Savings Staff of the U. S. dsuiy, ancj chairman of the j... vS and bonds committee of V'n Carolina Federation of Ci ,n en s clubs, mailed the com - p plan to all club presidents, ,m0r?an-d by a letter of special ‘peal from Miss Harriet Elliott, *hlch Miss Elliott says: "ur organization has done a L.„l 1. I<J War savings job so far, 'b-n e o hesitation in asking " redouble your efforts for •eeoiij war loan drive. The a for the drive is, ‘They Give : lj\'es -We Lend Our Money.’ l membership will want to . bonds, it will want to ‘"■cm more of its surplus.” l . Elliott says further, “Out die Outfit” means the buy '' full equipment for two mill bc nation’s fighting men. ■ cans that, depending on the , size of your community, you should set as your goal the outfitting of a division, a regiment, a battalion, or a company.” Full information is given in the plan for the cost of equipment for the various units, and within a few days Mrs. Bisho; -ic expects to be hearing from clubs throughout the State that they are at work to outfit “our division”, or “our regi ment,” etc. The Federation pres ident, Mrs. P. R. Rankin, and Mrs. John D. Robinson, chairman of the war service committee, have given their hearty approval to the plan and are urging that clubwom en render their full measure of service in raising the three hundred million expected ri women workers in the campaign. It begins April lz and lasts until May' 1st, Mrs. Jesse F. Hayden of High Point, president of the hostess club for the coming Federation con i vention, April 27-29; is requesting clubwomen who fail to get resei ' vations in High Point hotels to notify her immediately. Arrange 1 ments are being made to open (Continued on Page 12) 55th Annual Presbytery Set For April 8 The 55th annual meeting of the Woman’s auxiliary of the Wil mington Presbytery, synod of North Carolina, Will be held at the Clarkton Presbyterian church on April 3, beginning at 9:50 a.m. The program follows: Morning Session 9:50 Meeting of Executive Board. 10:00 Registration. 10:15 Call to Order. Mrs. New ton Robinson, president, presiding. (Continued on Page 12) Miss Vee Vee Allen Becomes Bride Of Lieut. Charles Fulwood Bell Wedding Held Yesterday Aft ernoon At Trinity Metho dist Church Here Miss Vee Vee Allen, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Earnest M. Allen, and Lieut. Charles Fulwood Bell, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Hugh E. Bell, Sr., were married Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock at Trinity Me'hcdist church, with Dr. Fred W. Pashall officiating. The pre-nuptial music was ar ranged by Mrs. Miriam W. Hum phries and Mrs. Sam Troy, Jr. Organ solos were “To the Eve nkis Star” from “Tannhauser” by Wagner, “Romance” by Wieniaski, Schuberts “Serenade”, and “Lie bestraum” by Liszt rendered dur ing the ceremony. “When I have Sung M> Songs” by Charles, and “Because” by D’Hardelot were sur.g by Mrs. Troy. The bride entered with her father by whom she was given in mar riage. She was attended by ner sister, Mrs. S. Warren Sanders, Jr., matron-of-honor, and the fol lowing bridesmaids: Miss Jane Cavenaugh, formerly of Tampa, Florida, Mrs. J. H. LeGwin of New' York. Miss Mary Nisbet, Miss Harriet Marshburn, Miss Betty Chinnis and Mrs. Jack Yates. Ti;e bride’s dress was fashioned of white slipper satin and Chan tillf lace. The basque waist formed a sweetheart line at the yoke where it was joined to the Chantilly lace with seed pearls appliqued, form ing a bow-knot design below the yoke line. The long tight-fitting sleeves ol satin, pointed over ihc wrists and fastened with rows of tiny satin buttons, were joined to the imner sleeves of lace with the seed pearls and followed the line of the yoke. Small satin buttons fastened the deep curved yoke at the back. The slightly long waist line was pointed back and front from which the full gathered skirt fell in bias folds to form the train. The shoit circular veil of illusion was made cap shape and held to the head with a wreath of orange blossom* in clustered effect. The bride carried a prayer book cov ered with gardenias showered with swansoma. Mrs. Sanders wore a dress ot jonquil yellow taffeta, lone-torso lines, with flowing overskirt of marquisette. The shirred bodice formed a sweetheart neckline and was caught with corded bows down the fri nt. She carried a colonial bouquet of mixed yellow and bronze flowers edged with tulle and tied with bronze satin ribbons, and wore matching flowers in her hair. The tridesmaids’ dresses were green and orchid taffeta with mar quisette overskirts in the same de sign as Thai of the matron-of-honor. Their flowers were colonial bou quets ol mixed yellow flowers edged with tulle and tied with yellow satin streamers. Pale yel low leathered butterflies were worn as hair ornaments. The Indegroom had as his best man his brother, Hugh E. Bell, Jr., and the ushers were Earle Beale, ^ Gisham Allen, of Raleigh, brother 01 the bride, Cecil G. Lee. S. Warren Sanders, Jr., Earle (Continued on Page 11) r-—--——-* Leonard Warren, “Met” Baritone, To Sing Monday Final In Concert Series Will Be Presented In Local School Auditorium Leonard Warren, leading bari tone of the Metropolitan Opera as sociation, and Milford Snell, sup porting pianist, will appear in the auditorium of the New Hanover High school, at 8:30 o’clock, Mon day under the auspices of the Wil mington Co-Operative Concert as sociation. This will be the final concert of the series. There are no admissions except by membership card, and out-of town guest cards, which may be secured by members for their bon afide house guests. Out-of-town does not include Camp Davis, as personnel at Camp Davis were eli gible to join the association. All membership cards are transfer a Die. Mr. Warren’s program follows: I Thanks Be to Thee—George Fred erick Handel O Ruddier than the Cherry, from “Acis and Galatea”—George Fred erick Handel Tu lo sai . Giuseppe Torelli L’esperto nocchiero—Giovanni Bat tista Buononcini Mr. Warren II Plaisir d'amour_Johann Paul Martini Mai _ Reynaldo Hahn Apres un reve_Gabriel Faure Quel galant . Maurice Ravel IH Aria—Eri tu. “Ballo in Maschera” Guiseppe Verdi Mr. Warren Intermission IV Sonata in A major Scarlatti Des Abends (Evening)—Schumann arentelle . Chopin Mr. Snell V Aria—Avant de quitter ces lieux. from “Faust”_Charles Gounod Aria—Vision fugitive, from “Hero diade _ Jules Massenet Mr. Warren IV Early One Morning, .arr. by Wil liam Tarrasch An Old Song Resung..Charles T. Griffes O Beauty, Passing Beauty.-Walter Golde When Lights Go Rolling..John Ire land Mr. Warren * * * Church Society Meet Slated Tuesday Night The W. H. and F. M. Society o( the Sixth Street Advent Christiar church meets at the home of Mrs Charles Cummings Tuesday evenin? at 8. o’clock. Members are requester to meet at 325 South Sixth streei for transportation. MRS. JOHN T. HOGGARD, JR. — The former Miss Lenora Elkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joseph Elkins of Molalla, Oregon, whose wedding took place March 6, at St. John’s Episcopal church in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Hoggard is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hoggard of Wilmington. _ Miss Alice Applewhite Is Bride Of Capt. Henry Martin von Oesen Edwin J. Farrelly Attends Bridegroom As Best Man, Wedding In Macon, Ga. MACON. Ga.. April 3.—The mar riage ol Miss Alice Applewhite, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis Applewhite and Capt. Hen ry Martin von Oesen of Camp Wheeler and Wilmington, N. C., was solemnized at 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. April 2, at the Mulberry Street Methodist church with Dr. Edmund F. Cook officiat ing. The church was decorated with a background, of., pqlms and smilax and the green was broken only by a row of large, single cath edral candles across the choir loft railing with large candles in cand elabra at each side of the rostrum. Mrs. Albert Jelks, organist, play ed the wedding music. The bride, given in marriage by her father, had as her only at tendant her sister, Mrs. Charles F. Copper. Jr., of Hinesville, who | wore a pale blue marquisette (Continued on Page 12) LILLY BURNSIDE ROTHWELL — Whose engagement is announced today by her mother,'Mrs. J. M. Rothwell of Wilmington, and Santiago, Chile, to Carroll M. Kester of Kansas City, Mo., and now stationed at Camp Davis at the Officer Candidate school. The wedding will take place with in the near future. (Photograph by Adams Studio). : A Jmm mm HELEN PEAKE—Daughter of Mrs. H. E. Peake of! Rockingham, whose engagement is announced to Pvt. Jimmy i Mohn, Jr., of Wilmington, who is now stationed at New River Marine base. Miss Peake has made her home here for the past several months. The wedding will take place April 17, in Wilmington. K Sunday Program At USO Planned All young people of the commu nity and service men and women art cordially invited to join in the community fun at the Second and Orange USO on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Omega chapter of the Girls Hi-Y has planned a program fea turing local talent and community singing. Those taking part in the pro gram will include: Sara Ann Ea ton, Bob Jackson, Wilbur Corbett Aggie Morton, Betsy Applewhite Bill Tolson, Miss Roberta Mac Kenzie, Cynthia Eu Jenie Whiffly and Joyce West. » ft ft Miss Margaret Mote And Albert S. Collins Are Engaged To Marry Mrs. J. D. Mote of Wilmington, announces the engagement of her daughter, Margaret Irene, to Al bert Stewart Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Collins of Blue Hills. Maine. Plans for the wedding will be announced later. * * * Bradley’s Creek Pre-School Clinic Planned On Monday A pre-school clinic will be held at Bradley's Creek school Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All parents with children entering school for the first time in the fall arc re quested to bring them to the clinic. Elizabeth Horne And Dr. Jan King Engaged To Marry Future Bride Is Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. Walter Horne Of City Hr. and Mrs. Walter Horne, Sr., announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Newton, to Dr. Jan Floyd King, lieutenant (j.g.l USNR, of Camp Lejeune, son of Mrs. S. B. King and the late Mr. King of Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss Horne received her educa tion at New Hanover High school and the University of North Caro, lina and is now child welfare spe cialist of Onslow county. Dr. King is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of Xi Psi Phi fraternity. Before entering the service he practiced in Pittsburgh. Weddings plans will be announc ed later. Announcer Hears Nazis Sentence Her To Death, But She Is In London LONDON, April 3—Iff)—A beal*. tiful, dark-eyed woman sitting in her London home heard the Ger man radio announce today that she had been sentenced to death in absentia. “I’ve been expecting it,” she said brightly. The woman is Madame Wlada Karastoyanova, daughter of a for mer Premier of Bulgaria. Since 1941, when she escaped from a German concentration camp, she has been in London making anti axis broadcasts in her native lan guage, beamed to Bulgaria. Her name was used only once in the broadcasts. But German monitors immediately caught it and a German military tribunal, sitting in Sofia, convicted her on a charge of high treason. She heard the decision In a German news broadcast. She said she was not worried about the death sentence—for her self. But her my.her, brother and sister still are in Bulgaria. “They may suffer,” she said. “If so. it will be another account to be settled with the Germans some day.” > • • Cox-Anderson Plans Are Announced Today Plans for the wedding of Miss Carolyn Cox and Francis Irving Anderson are announced today. Miss Cox is the daughter of Mrs. Denie Cox and the niece of Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Bryan of Snead’s Ferry. Mr. Anderson is the son of F. L. Anderson, of Reidsville. and Lansing, Michigan. The wedding will be solemnized at the First Baptist church, Wil mington, April 10 at 12 noon. Dr. J. H. Foster, will be the officiating minister. No invitations have been issued, but friends of the couple are in vited to attend. * * * Miss Sadie Biansett And J. U. King Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Marion Green Bian sett of Ashboro, announce the en gagement of their daughter, Sadie Virginia, to John Utley King, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Utley King of Wilmington. The marriage will take place ill I May. . . . BIRTU ANNOUNCED 1 Major and Mrs. Robert Boyd Rodman of Camp Barkeley. Tex as. and Wilmington, announce the birth of a daughter, Susan Mar garet. at the Marion Sprunt an inex on March 29. U.D.C. To Sponsor State-Wide Drive For Funds For Zeb Vance House MRS. EMMETT C. WILLIS • The realization of a dream of North Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy looms bright in the crystal ball with the announcement that a statewide campaign for the purpose of raisin'.: funds to chase and operate the Zebulon B. Vance home in Statesville will be launched soon under the provisions of a legislative act. The tecent General Assembly passed a ioint resolution, intro duced by Senator Hugh G. Mitchell, which provides for creating a Ze bulon Baird Vance commission of twenty-five members. Governor Broughton is expected to appoint this commission any day now. The movement for the state to secure the Vance home as a shrine was indorsed by the North Carolina division of the U.D.C. at its an nual state convention last October, Active in the movement have been , the Statesville chapter's Vance Me morial committee, composed of Mrs. H. P. Grier. Sr., chairman, Mrs. W. A. Thoma's, and Mrs. W. M. Moore, in cooperation with Mrs John S. Rowe, of Hickory, division president. Daugnters may be proud, too, of successful progress in another state objective, the training of student nurses. The Monroe chap ter ]s going forward with plans for sponsoring a nurse, the tenth young woman in North Carolina whose training will be made possi ble with U.D.C. funds. April is the month for chapter membership rallies, taking the place th's year of district meet ings. and what more appropriate way of observing Founders’ Day could be chosen than of enrolling more Confederate Daughters to help carry on the work of tne U.D.C. Mrs. Rowe is offering a 'History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy” to the chapter securing the most new members during April. Emphasis throughout the month is to be on new mem bers, reinstating of former mem bers. and organizing of auxiliaries and C. of C. chapters. North Carolina was the third division formed in the General organization It was founded April 28. 1897. by Mrs. William M. Pars ley, Cape- Fear chapter. Wilming ton. Your next meeting will be a (Continued on Page 11) 1
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