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YOUNGSTERS GET TASTE OF S OOL Party For Children, Par ents, Acquaints Both With Sunset Park School A novel introduction to days ahead was afforded some 75 young sters in the Sunset Park school district last week as teachers of the school, joined by members of the Parent-Teacher’s association, sponsored an afternoon-long pre school party. Intended for parents as well as the children who will enroll in the school next fall, the party served o acquaint the children with school £e, and to advise mothers on some portant “do’s and don’ts” with ' n to their children’s educa career. the children there were, stories, singing and a mo- j film. For the parents j an informative discus psychology, children’s ild training in obedi dependency. Mothers med on regulations unization of their reasons why the ( e program were i iuffler, principal; 1 _.nnenbaum, presi- < BP.-T. A.; teach ades, Mrs. W. P. ■T.A., and Mrs. ool nurse. Traf ordan, Patricia Burrus, Billie :ssa Parker and Iso participated, wspaper Service Sorosis Maps Plans For April Cancer Drive Committee chairman for the North Carolina Sorosis-sponsored drive for cancer control funds are shown formulating plans for the local campaign to raise $4,750, which opens tomorrow and lasts through April 30. Seated, from left to right, are Mrs. J. H. Ferguson, schools com mittee; Mrs. Louis Fonvielle, booths; Mrs. John Knox Ward, publicity; Mrs. J. R. Chasten, treasurer; Mrs. John Wenberg, churches; Mrs. Q. B. Snipes, co-chairman; Mrs. A. R. Willis, general chairman; Mrs. Elizabeth Emory, tag day; Mrs. Berenice Stellings, firms and corporations; Mrs. Gardner Greer, tag day.—Star-News Photo._ POLAR CITIES ST. LOUIS, April 13—(&)—Cities at the North and South Poles— complete with airfields, hotels, homes and offices—are definite possibilities with the use of atomic energy for heat, in the opinion of Dr. J. C. Stearns, Washington University scientist. City Briefs GUEST SPEAKER The Rev. J. W. Archer, a missionary to Mexico, will be the guest speaker at both services at the Church of God, South Fourth and Marsteller streets, at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. today. CHANGES IN DANCES The weekly Friday night dance parties at the American Legion home will be changed to Saturday night with the first one on April 20 as an Easter party. — ANNUAL LENTEN TEA The public has been invited to attend the annual Lenten tea at the Gregory Congrega tional church center this after noon from 4 to 7 o’clock. RETURNS TO HOME Robert Walton Holmes, Uni ted States Navv. has returned to his home in Alexandria, Va., after visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Caroline H. Walton, Greenville Sound. Holmes is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Holmes, formerly of Wil mington. He has been station ed aboard the Destroyer Mas sey. ARRIVES IN JAPAN Thurston Little, son of Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Little, Free land, has informed his parer Is of his safe arrival in Nagoya, Japan. Little is with the Unit ed States Army. CIRCLE TO MEET Circle No. 1 of Sunset Park Methodist church will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock with Mrs. W. M. Winborne, 4 North Adams street. ATTACKS ON OPA REACH NEW PITCH (Continued from Page One) by the House and Senate, would cost American consumers $2, 000,000,000 in the next year, includ ing a 10 per cent increase in cloth ing prices and an overall $425,000, 000 jump in the retail prices in automobiles. Notwithstanding, House mem bers have indicated they will sub mit scores of other amendments, revising and curbing OPA con trols. i'he Weather (By U. S. Weather Bureau) (Eastern Standard Time) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures 1:30 a.m. 44; 7:30 a.m. 42; 1:30 p.m. 60; 7:30 p.m. 60 Maximum 63; Minimum 40; Mean 47; Normal 61 Humidity 1.30 a.m. 86; 7:30 a.m. 91; 1:30 p.m 31; 7:30 p.m. 43. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. 0.00 inch. Total since the first of the month 1.07 inches. Tides for Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.) High Low Wilmington -8:27 a.m. 3:06 a.m. 8:55 p.m. 3:28 p.m. Masonboro Inlet __ 6:28 a.m. 12:16 a.m. 6:53 p.m. 12:33 p.m. Sunrise 5:42 a.m.; Sunset 6:42 p.m.; Moonrise 5:12 p.m.; Moonset 5:06 a.m. River stage at Fayetteville, N. C., at 8 a.m., Saturday, 9.7 feet. WASHINGTON, April 13—(y?)—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in the principal cotton growing areas and else where : Stations High Low WILMINSTON _ 63 40 Asheville _ 63 31 Atlanta - 68 38 Boston _ — 35 Chattanooga _ 68 34 Cleveland _ 52 31 Denver _ 78 45 Detroit _ 51 40 Galveston _ 74 61 Knoxville _ 65 33 Los Angeles_ 67 53 Louisville _ 66 31 Memphis ___- 71 38 Miami_ 76 62 Mobile _ 72 45 New Orleans_ -—— 72 56 Norfolk _ 55 35 Pittsburgh _ 55 33 St. Louis _ 81 52 San Francisco_ 57 50 Savannah - 68 45 Washington -_ 60 38 Junior High Band Slated For Greenfield Concerts TO BEGIN APRIL 28 Picked Musicians Of Pub lic Schools To Offer Late Spring Series The 50-piece Junior High school band, made up of players from eight New Hanover county gram mar schools, will present a series of one-hour band concerts from the Greenfield Park bandstand starting April 28, it was announced yesterday by Richard Dodson, di rector. The concerts will begin at 4 p. m., Dodson said. Last week the Junior High band earned a Rating II, “excellent’',— in the district music festival held at New Hanover High school. If Junior High bands competed in the state contests in Greensboro, the Rating II would entitle the band to a place there. Thane McDonald, professor of music at tht University of North Carolina, said of the .band which was organized for the first time this year, “For a young band this group shows excellent trrtning and is certainly capable of amazing tonal power.” Average age of mem bers of the band, Dodson said, is 11 years. At the present time the players from the different schools in the county assemble at NHHS twice a week, after school hours, to prac tice. Members of the band are: Trumpets — Charles Caudill, Emerson Head, Philip Jones, Fred die Holmes, Charles Hollis, Don Piver, Ed Bullard, Fred Kelly, L. G. Harris, Bobby Ellis, Jchn Brindell, Charles Robinson, Nathan Bird, Billy Aman, and Gene Wither spoon. Clarinets: — Betty Ann Piver, George Cain, Bobby Cook, Claire Brownlee, Iris Ellis, Ken Murphy, Leroy King, Ray Buck, Wiley Brown, Jimmy Williams, Maurice Emart, Bobby Orrell, Peggy Lar sen and Suzane Shepard. Horns: — Jack King, Lora Car rol, Rachel Morris, George Page; Basses: — Max Newber, Norman Tyson, Sam Hinson; Baritones: — Don Taylor, Harold Olson, and Gene Russ. Trombones: — Billy Pope, Clint .Wilson, Rodney Walters, Ted Wil liams; Drums: — Tommy Clem mons, Billy Burns, Billy Griffin, Sally Harrison, Jack Franks, and Angela Howard. SAMPSON DEMOS NOMINATE SLATE Entire List Of Candidates Ex-World War II Vets; Broughton Speaks CLINTON, April 13—Sampson County Democrats today selected a slate of candidates composed en tirely of World War II veterans— one of them a holder of the Con gressional Medal of Honor—to carry the party’s pennant in the forthcoming elections. Meeting in the courthouse here to nominate and to hear an ad dress by J. Melville Broughton, former governor, county Demo crats voiced confidence that they .would succeed in placing a com plete slate of candidate in office this year. The address by the former gov ernor called for party unity, sup port of Rep. Graham A. Barden and the re-election of J. Abner Barker, of Roseboro, as district solicitor. Former Judge Jeff D. Johnson of this city, presided over today's convention. Candidates approved by the con vention included: Sheriff: J. B. (Dick) Darden, former prisoner of war in Japan and an ex-Navy man. Clerk of court: Rufus G. Her ring, of Roseboro, holder of the Congressional medal of honor. County surveyor: L. C. Kerr, Jr. Coroner: Dr. Glenn Best. House of representatives: Walter T. Britt, of Turkey. County commission: Clayton Car rol, Mingo; Bowden Warren, New ton Grove, and James Royal, Salemburg. BIRTH ANNOUNCED Capt. and Mrs M. E. Peabody announce thfe birth of a son, Mau rice Elmore, 3rd, April 9 at Fort Benning. Ga. Mrs. Peabody is the former Evelyn Horne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Horne, Sr. DUPUN SENATOR GOES UNOPPOSED R. D. Johnson, 36 Years In State Senate, Again Without Opposition KENANSVILLE, April 13.—Riv ers D. Johnso-n, veterans of 36 years in the North Carolina Senate, tonight was assured of his 11th term as a member of that body ( when the deadline for filing of can didacy passed without opposition developing. R. V. Wells, clerk of the Duplin County Superior court, also was without opposition. Spirited contests were in pros pect for other offices however, with the following candidates running: State house of representatives, C. E. Quinn, incumbont, and Lewis W. Outlaw; Sheriff, Ralph J. Jones and Joe B. Wallace (D. S. William son, incumbent, not seeking re-elec tion); Coroner, C. B. Sitterson and Hix Bradshaw. Four Duplin county commission ers automatically were re-elected when no opponents filed. They were G. D Bennett, A. C. Hall, Preston Wells and Arthur Whitfield. For the remaining seat on the board, however, Tyson Lanier, in cumbent, was opposed by Archie Lanier and Carl Smith. In Limestone township, a total of six candidates seek the office of constable. Sunset Park Residents To Seek Council Voice (Continued from Page One) extension election last November. Despite strong opposition from a large number of Sunset Park resi dents, that area became a part of the city on Jan. 1, 1946. Pridgen confirmed repeated re ports that “the Sunset Park peo ple are aroused and feel that they haven’t been very warmly greeted or welcomed into the city by the city government.” Particular dissatisfaction has been expressed in connection with the water rates being charged in that area. 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Galphin, county agent, said no crop damage had been reported to him by last night. Lowest temperature record ed by the U. S. Weather Bureau in the Customhouse Friday night was 40 degrees. Clearing skies and calm weather condi tions, however, produced the light blanket of frost although the mercury lacked eight de grees of reaching the freezing point. State B*i>Lt LiCs^ug Flans Three Meeting RALEIGH. April 13._ ^ North Carolina Building and t ' league will hold three disv meetings this month to study Vi? revised home-lending proced' recently established by the vJ erans Administration. *■' The meetings will be held in u Point April 24, in Shelby Aorii £ and in Wilson April 29. * 4i CONANT SCIIOoT ASHEVILLE, N. c. Boys (10-19 years) Rapid and thorough preparation for roller, by our individual method Bov, taught how to study. Enrn.i now for summer term. Send u. 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