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; Mr. And Mrs. Cheatham Entertain Honoring Mr. And Mrs. J. K. Paul Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cheatham entertained last evening at a beau , tiful holiday dinner party and dance at the Cape Fear Country club honoring Mr. and Mrs. James E. Paul who are leaving the first of the year for Winston-Salem to make their home. » The clubhouse was attractively decorated for the occasion and i upon arrival dinner was served at (attractively appointed tables cen tered with low bowls filled with red poinsettias and white chrys anthemums. Following dinner, serv ed at 9 o’clock, dancing was en joyed on into the New Year. Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham’s guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wellott. Mr. and Mrs Q B. Snipes, Mr. and Mrs. L Richard Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bergen, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Huband, Mr. and Mrs. John . Nuckton, Mr. and Mrs. L Paul • . .— Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. White, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon C. Rorison, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lowrimore, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Thomason, Mr. Richardson, Mrs. Ethel Powers. Mrs. James Lounsbury, Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Preston, Mrs. C. L. Pierce of Wash ington, D. C., Mr. and Mrs. J. Goodlett Thornton, William Boze man, Mr. and Mrs. Horace King, Mr. and Mrs. William King, Mr. and Mrs. O. Lang Hogon, Mrs. Jack Zaft, Mr. and Mrs. C. Grave ly, Mr. and Mrs. H. Marks, Mr. arid Mrs. Leslie Marbury, W. C. Nichols, Miss Mary Ann Cheatham, Thomas D. Mote, Paul Hebbelynck of Belgium, and Capt. and Mrs. E. P. Walkley of Boston. Sorosis Meeting Slated Thursday North Carolina Sorosis will hold the January business meeting on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o clock in the clubhouse. The executive board will convene at 3 o’clock. World production of petroleum in 1946 is expected to reach 252, 000,000 gallons daily._ Quality Jewelry !! and ![ GIFTS ;: B. GURR, Jeweler :: . . 264 N. Front St. II II I The world has been waiting for 1946. It’s the year of Promise—the beginning of an even more glorious future for America. Because peace and prosperity are here again, we are all happy once more. Welcome, 1946 and to everyone, thanks for your cooperation and best wishes in the New Year ! Sincerely Nineteen-forty-six may still be in swaddling clothes, but it’s going to grow up fast and take care of the whole wide world. So give the new year the kind of welcome that it deserves and have a head start on a grand and glorious year. "EVERYTHING FOR THE OFFICE” SHOEMAKERS 206 Princess St. Phone 2-3332 i i wish for you. May your year Su-Ann Shoe Store Footwear For All * 1091/2 N. Front St. V *■' /! Parmeles Note Anniversary; Honor Guests - i Highlighting the numerous festiv- - ities of Christmas week was the ; brilliant reception .given by Mr. and 1 Mrs. Charles Bailey Parmele at their home in Country Club Pines on Saturday, evening from 6 until 1 9 o’clock, the occasion being the : celebration of their 25th wedding 1 anniversary and to honor their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nash, of Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Parmele and Mr. and Mrs. Nash received the guests in the spacious living room which was beautifully decorated in a pro fusion of white carnations and white chrysanthemums in silver bowls while the mantel was completely banked with leaves of soft silver hue and centered with a tall ar rangement of white flowers in a silver basket. Mrs. Parmele was becomingly gowned in an evening dress of white crepe embroidered in crystal beads with a corsage of purple ; orchids at her shoulder and Mrs. I Nash chose for the occasion a sty 1 lish dinner dress of black crepe with touches of dusty pink satin at the neckline. She too wore pur ple orchids. Presiding at the three punch bowls which were placed in the solarium, the dining room and the library, were Mrs. Thomas H. Wright, Mrs. Raymond H. Holland, Mrs. William M. Peck, Mrs. John A. Elmore, Mrs. Dan Penton, Mrs. Harry Stovall, and Mrs. Charles Becker, all wearing lovely even ing gowns. In the dining room the table was covered with an exquisite Italian cut work banquet cloth and cen tered with an antique silver eper gne filled with white carnations and chrysanthemums. Tall white tapers gleamed in beautiful old silver candelabra. Receiving in the dining room were Mrs. Cleves Symmes and Mrs. Ida Cardwell Flack. A delectable buf fet supper was served to approxi mately one hundred and fifty guests. Annual Service To Be Held At St. John's Church The service known as the “Feast if Lights” will be presented in St. rohn’s Episcopal church, Third ind Red Cross streets, Sunday pvening, January 6 at 8 o’clock. The true missionary meaning of he Epiphany season will be ex plained through music, narrative, tnd the lighting of the hundred of :andles from one single candle on he altar. The music of the serv ce consists of well-known Epi phany hymns and carols in which ;he congregation joins the vested phoir. The public is cordially invited to ittend. Mrs. Andrews Is Hostess To Friends Sunday One of the loveliest informal en ertainments of the week took place Sunday, when Mrs. Alice Browne Andrews invited a group pf friends to her charming home it 1919 Market street for egg-nog irom 6 to 8 o’clock. Receiving the guests with Mrs. Andrews was her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Browne Trail. Mrs. An drews wore a stunning cocktail iress of ecru lace combined with alack crepe and Mrs. Trail’s at tractive costume was black crepe embroidered in multicolored beads. The dining room table held a beautiful low , arrangement of poinsettias in a silver bowl with two three-branch silver cande labra containing tall white tapers, and at the end of the table Miss Josephine Hinton presided at the large silver egg-nog bowl. Approximately 50 guests attend ed the delightful affair. The nation’s first “drive-in” fili ng station was opened in St. Louis, Mo., in 1905. PERSONALS George D. Conant has returned to his home, 316 South Third street, following several weeks in the ; Medical College of Virginia hos pital in Richmond. * * * ' Miss Susan McP. Divine will re 1 turn to her home in Washington, i D. C., this evening following a ten days visit here to her mother, Mrs Morrison W. Divine at her home, 416 South Front street. • * * Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Perry, with their daughter and two sons. Miss Jane Perry, and Frazier and Arthur Perry, have returned to their home in Oleander after spending Christmas week with Mrs. Perry’s mother, Mrs. Arthur Hayssen' of Sheboygan, Wis. * * * Friends of Mrs. William G. Whitehead, who is a patient at James Walker Memorial hospital, will be interested to know that her condition is greatly improved. * * * Mrs. Betty Skeiding Harriss of New York city, formerly of Wil ; mington, is visiting her daughter ' and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Ransey Weathersbee, Jr., at their home, 901 Market street. * * * Mrs. Gordon Seagrove of Bronx ville, N. Y., is the guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl N. Dunn, at their home on Bradley’s Creek. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Bonner Thomason, Jr., returned Monday to their home in Fayetteville after spending Christmas here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Thomason, at their home in Forest Hills. * * * Mrs. John Bright Hill is confin ed to her home on Market street as a result of a slight accident. • * * Major George L. Morton, Jr., and his mother, Mrs. George L. Morton of Atlanta, Ga., arrive,d Sunday night to spend the New Year’s season with Mrs. Morton’s mother, Mrs. R. C. Thompson whc was 94 years old Monday. Mrs. Thompson and daughter, Mrs. C. R. Richards of Mobile, Ala., are spending the winter here with Mr. 1 and Mrs. C. D. Maffitt at their home, 219 South Fifth street. * * * John L. Marshburn, Jr., has eturned to Raleigh to resume ■is studies at N. C. State college -Iter spending the holidays at his '.ome here. [ * * « Mrs. B. M. Chiswell, widow oi Admiral Chiswell, is returning this week to her home in Silver Springs, Md., after spending the holidays with her sister, Miss Lilia Bellamy. Mrs. M. L. Stover will arrive from her home in Winter Park, Fla., today to attend the Moore Sisson wedding on Thursday eve ning. * » * Capt. and Mrs. Kano Lehto will leave late this afternoon for a business trip to Washington, D. C. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Hunter C. Phelan, Jr., will leave Wednesday for their home, Bay Colony, Virginia Beach after spending Christmas here with Mrs. Phelan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Irving Corbett. • * » Miss Helen Codington, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Codington, is a patient at James Walker Memorial hospital following an ap pendectomy. j * * * Capt. and Mrs. E. Lawrence Lee, I Jr., arrived Sunday night from | t Huntsville, Ala., to attend the wed ding of Mrs. Lee’s cousin, Miss Alice Borden Moore and William E. Sisson this week. While here Capt. and Mrs. Lee are visiting Mrs. Nancy Henderson at her home on Harbor Island. , > » * * The Rev. J. F. Herbert of Madi ' son, N. J., will arrive this week for the wedding of Miss Alice Bor 1 den Moore and William E. Sisson. ' Rev. Herbert was former pastor of Grace Methodist church here. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mercer of Gastonia and Mrs. R. P. Gibson of Concord, will arrive Wednesday to attend the Moore-Sisson Wed ding on January 3. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer will be the guests of Mrs. Nancy Henderson on Harbor Is land and Mrs. Gibson will be with Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moore. * * * Miss Jane Dewey of Miami, Fla., is expected to arrive Wednesday to attend Miss Alice Borden Moore as maid-of-honor in her wedding to William E. Sisson on Thursday evening. Miss Dewey will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moore on Harbor Island while here. • » • Mrs. Hugh Primrose has left for New York city where she went to join her husband, Lieut. Prim rose, who this week arrived from the European Theatre. Lieut, and Mrs. Primrose will spend a week in New York city later going to Richmond, Va.. to visit Lieut. Primrose’s family and later join ing Mrs. Primrose’s family, Mr. and Mrs. Boyaen Sparkes ofi Wrightsville Sound. Joe W. Hooper, Jr., will leave tonight to resume his studies at Harvard Medical school, after spending the holidays with his par ents, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hoop er at their home on Market street. * * * Jim Robertson left Sunday night for Washington, D. C., where he is stationed after spending the holi days here with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. James F. Robertson at their home on Princess street. * » • Mr. and Mrs. Manley Williams have returned tu the city after spending the holidays with rela tives and friends in Charlotte and China Grove. * * » Miss Betty Hall returned to Au burn, Ala., last night to resume her studies as a senior at Ala bama Polytechnic Institute after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hall at their home in Winter Park. * * * W H. Lewis of Atkinson, is a patient at James Walker Memorial hospital in Wilmington. * * * Bill’ Lassiter, S 1-c, USNR, of Charleston, S. C„ is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L, I. Lassi ter at their home, 1910 Nun street. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Archie Cannon of Concord, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moore at their home on Harbor Island. The Can nons are here to attend the wed ding of their niece, Miss Alice Borden Moore, which is to take place on Thursday evening. BIRTH ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Carl N. Dunn an nounce the birth of a son, Carl Nicholas Dunn, 3rd, Friday, De cember 21. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn and family are residing at their home on Bradley’s Creek. Alice Borden Moore, Bride-Elect Of Thursday, To Be Honored Today - i Mrs. E. Lawrence Lee, Jr., of Huntsville, Ala., formerly of Wil mington, will entertain today at a .uncheon at St. John’? Tavern honoring her cousin, Miss Alice Borden Moore, whose marriage is to take place on Thursday eve ning at St. Andrews - Covenant church. Guests have been invited for 1:30 o’clock and places will be laid at an attractively appointed table centered with a bridal arrangement of white and green, in the East dining room of the Tavern. Miss Moore’s place will be marked by a bridal corsage. Places will be laid for the follow ing friends: Miss Moore, honoree, Mrs. Roger Moore, mother of the bride elect, Mrs. Archie Cannon of Con cord, aunt of the bride-elect, Mrs. William Henderson, Mrs. Emmet Colbert of Frederickburg, Va., sister of the bridegroom-elect; Mrs. John O. Dunn, Miss Peggy Moore, Mrs. Maurice H. Moore, Mrs. Marsden Bellamy, Jr., Mrs. Em mett H. Durham, Miss Virginia Toot, Mrs. Robert B. Rodman, Mrs. William H. Henderson, Jr., Miss Emma Bellamy Williamson, Mrs. Kano Lehto, Mrs. Donald B. Koonce, Mrs. William A. Hall and Mrs. M. L. Stover of Winter Park, Fla. The number of motor cars in service is expected to rise to 34, 000,000 by 1955. p---— CLUB CLOCK The Ladies Concordia Society will hold the annual meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the Temple lounge. The election of officers will take place at this time. The annual meeting of the Dorcas society of St. Paul■ ® Lutheran church will be, held Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the parish house, Sixth and Princess street. All officers will make their annual reports at this time after which the election of new officers will be held. The meeting will be fol lowed' by a social hour. Mem bers are asked to note change in tine of meeting. The Y Mothers club will hold the regular meeting on Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the YMCA on Market street. The Past Noble Grands club of Letitia Rebekah Lodge, No. 3, IOOF, will meet Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Lois Albright, 225 Ken wood avenue.___ -— i DIGGING AT YOUR SCALP WON’T HELP Get real help for dry itchy scalp with Moroline Hair Tonic. Aids natural oils, helps remove loose dandruff. MOROUNEJIAIRJIONIC^ CLOSED ALL DAY TODAY OPEN AS USUAL WEDNESDAY ———j—gi— A The Jewel Box GIFT SHOP JB Wilmington’s Only Downstairs SB Store. ||| Headquarters For 3 FINE GIFTS ■ Come In and Make Your ■1 Selections! Located Downstairs 9 In I THE JEWEL BOX B 109 North Front St. Helps break up cold’s local congestion so . . , away goes nmustl’S TIGHTNESS Just rub Penetro on child’s chest, throat and back and you <» help break up local congestion, ease chest muscle soreness. (2) re lieve pain at nerve end’s in the skin. (3) loosens phlegm, coughing lessens as va pors help you breatha easier—quickly. 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LOUISE ROBBINS, Owner OPERATORS Miss Annie Mae Hargrove “Miss Glenda Robbins Mrs. Mozelle Cornwell Mrs. Dorothy Heath Mrs. Syble Mcllmore Mrs. Katherine Campbell I BON TON BEAUTY SHOPPE NO. 1 306 SOUTHERN BUILDING BON TON BEAUTY SHOPPE NO. 2 LAKE FOREST BON TON BEAUTY SHOPPE NO. 3 j MAFFITT VILLAGE lllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllH 1905 1946 Wishing For You . i \ , l i It is with profound sincerity and gratitude that “The Old Reliable” wishes for all our friends and patrons, both new I and old, a Happy and Prosperous 1946. IVe have enjoyed the associations of those we have served so long in the past, and say truthfully that we look forward to the coming year with the added joy that we may continue those associations. Entering into our 41st year of service, we take this oppor tunity of renewing our pledge of courteous service, highest quality merchandise and reasonable prices. I Wilmington Furniture & Storage Corp. “THE OLD RELIABLE” I Wilmington's Choice Since 1905 I