Slightly Off The Record
Wilmington, N. C.
April 6, 1947.
Dear Peggy
It seems like yesterday that I sat down at my typewriter to
send you Easter greetings for 1946, and here I am doing the same
thing all over again twelve whole months later. Those who are'
near and dear to me are constantly in my thoughts at this beautiful
season of the year and you must know that includes you.
YVe had a severe rain-storm accompanied by high winds on
Wednesday and many femenine hearts were troubled about whether
or not the new Easter outfit could be worn today, but, fortunately,
Thursday dawned bright and clear with the radiance of spring in
the year, ard it was even reflected in the faces of people we passed
on the street. The long, dreary winte* had passed, and Spring—the
season of hcpe—was here, s-.hortly to be followed by this blessed
Easter day.
ut eoraiai interest to jNorvh Carolina society is the announcement
made today by Mr. and Mrs. J. Holmes Davis of Forest Hills of the
engagement of their daughter, Betty Blue Davis, to Cummins Me
bane, Jr., of Raleigh, son of Mrs. Cummins Mebane of Chapel Hill,
formerly of Greensboro, and the late Mr. Mebane, the date of the
wedding to be announced later. Betty Blue attended St. Catherine’s
School at Richmond. St. Genevive-of-The-Pines at Asheville, and The
Semple School in New York city and since making her bow to local
society several winters ago has been a popular member of the
younger set. She possesses' good looks as well as a pleasing per
sonality. Cummins Mebane, Jr., graduated from The Univerity of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B. S. degree in commerce. He
is now a special agent for The American Life Ins. Co. of New Jersey
with offices in Raleigh, and has a wide circle of friends both in
Eastern Carolina and the Piedmont section.
Yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock Miss Mary Elizabeth Bare
foot, attractive daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Graham Barefoot fo Forest
Hills, became the bride of John Jethro Lilley, Jr., of Waynesboro,
Va., at St. Andrew’s-Covenant Presbyterian church, in the presence
of a large gathering of relatives and friends. Immediately following
the ceremony, the bride’s parents entertained at a beautiful recep
tion at their home 124 Forest Hills drive, to which were bidden two
hundred guests.
Tomorrow night L Ariosa German club will entertain u s mem
bers at The Cape Fear Country club with the annual Easter German
from 10 until 2 o’clock. Supper will be served at mid-night to the
two hundred or more members present. The ballroom of the club
house will be effectively decorated with native greenery for the
occasion and punch will be served in the sun room. L’Ariosa Ger
man club is one of the oldest and most distinguished social organ /a
tions in Wilmington.
On Friday *ight, April 11, The Inter-Se Cotillion club will stage
their annual Easter dance at The Cape Fear Country club from 10
until 2 o’clock. This organization is composed of the younger dancing
set in the city and is usually extremely well attended. The club
will be decorated for this delightful affair, punch will be served
throughout the evening, and refreshments will be the order of the
hour at midnight. *
Mrs. Mary Robertson of Charlotte has returned to her home after
r short visit of a few days with her brother and sister-in-law, Dr.
rnd Mrs. James F. Robertson at their apartment on Wntjhtsville
Beach. , . .
Col. and Mrs. Beverly C. Snow have returned to their home in
Forest Hills after spending last, week-end in Charleston, S. C. with
friends.
Much interest is being snown in
Wilmington in the approaching
marriage of Miss Frances Warren
of Trenton, N. C., and John N.
Alexius, Jr., of. this city which will
take place at Grace Episcopal
church in Trenton next Saturday
evening, April 12, at 8 o’clock. A
brilliant reception will follow at
the home of the bride's -mother,
Mrs. Julien Knox Warren. Among
the prominent Wiimingtonians who
are making plans to attend the
ceremony and reception are: Mr.
and Mrs. John N. Alexius, Mr.
and Mrs. William Emerson, Har
old Alexius, Bishop and Mrs.
Thomas C. Darst, Mr. and Mrs.
Alan A. Marshall, Dr. and Mrs.
Joseph W. Hooper. Mr. and Mrs.
Carl N. Dunn, Miss Anne Burr,
Murdock Dunn, Billy Dunn, Tom
my Hines, Ben M. Washburn, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Holmes Davis, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cheatham,
Miss Mary Ann Cheatham, Carol
Koonce, and others.
Mrs. Samuel Yates ivranany ui
Springfield, Mass., who is the
guest of her sister and brother
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curtis
* their home m Country Club
Pines, Mrs. L. Roy Moss of Or
lando, Fla., and Mrs. George Pet
erson of Washington, D. C., shared
honors on Tuesday last at The
Cape Country club when Mrs.
Walter Curtis and Mrs. A. B.
Cheatham were joint hostesses at
the weekly Club Bridge luncheon.
Upon the arrival of the guests at
11 o’clock bridge was played at
six tables with luncheon being
served at 1:30 p.m. Those enjoy
ing the hospitality of Mrs. Cheat
ham and Mrs. Curtis were: Mrs.
S. Y. Mahaffy of Springfield,
1 'ass., Mrs. George Peterson of
Washington, D. C., Mrs. L. Roy
Moss of Orlando, Fla., Mrs Louis
Kanson, Mrs. Brown Towles, Mrs.
■William Dozier, Mrs. John Dosch
cr, Mrs. John W. Ryssey, Mrs.
Pred Debnam, Mrs. Jack Zapf,
Mrs. Howard Hanby, Mrs. Gill
Saunders, Mrs. John Stevens, Mrs.
H. A. Marks, Mrs. Charles Lowri
rr ore. Mrs. Lang Hogon, Mr».
Janes Lownesbury, Mrs. J. Henrj
Gerdes, Mrs. Vernon G. Avery,
Mrs. J. Frank Hackler, Mrs. Hor
ace K. Thompson, and Mrs. Allen
Oldham.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hines of
208 North 17th street and George
Lynch, Jr., of this city expect to
leave on Friday by motor for An
napolis, Md., to attend the wed
ding of Miss Virginia Vincent of
Salisbury, Md., and Lieut. Com
mander E. C. Hines, Jr., of The
U. S. Naval Academy, formerly of
Wilmington, which will take place
We wish our friends
and customers a Happy
Easter and thank them
for their, generous
patronage.
DOROTHY OWEN
Florist
1619 Nun St. Dial 5142
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on Saturday, April 12 at the his
toric Naval Chapel at Annapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashton L. Godley
of Wrightsville Beach left on Fri
day night for Philadelphia to
spend Easter week ' with the for
mer’s mother, Mrs. Godley.
James F. Robertson, Jr., of
Baltimore, formerly of this city,
has returned to his home after
spending last week with his par
ents Dr. and Mrs. James F. Rob
ertson at their home on Wrights
ville Beach.
Friends of Murdock McRae
Dunn of Wrightsville Beach will
regret to learn that he is a patient
at James Walker Memorial hospi
tal. His condition is not considered
serious and he is reported to be
recuperating satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Noel!
and party of friends from Durham
are occupying the J. Douglas Tay
lor cottage at 19 Birmingham
street, Wrightsville Beach for a
house-party over the week-end.
The Noell’s two children, Douglas
and Placide are visiting their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Douglas Taylor at 620 Market
street for Easter. Mrs. Noell was
before her marriage Lossie Taylor
of Wilmington.
Friends of Leslie R. Hummeii
will regret to hear of his illness
at his home, 8 Mimosa Place.
Mrs. Hummeii drove to Oxford, N.
C. last week to take her mother,
Mrs. Will Hicks home after her
visit here, but upon being notified
of Leslie’s sickness, she returned
to the city the same day.
Mrs. William- H. MiMon of Balti
more, is the charming guest of
Mrs. Devereux H. Lippitt at her
home on Nun street after having
spent last week with Miss Allie
Fechtig at 1810 Princess street,
Mrs. Milton is beloved by many
Wilmingtonians, having" resided
here for thirty years prior to 1930
when her husband, the late Dr.
William H. Milton W’as rector at
St. James’ Episcopal church. Mrs.
Milton is the mother of Mrs. John
M. T. Finney (Virginia Milton) of
Baltimore, wife of one of Ameri
ca’s most eminent surgeons; Mrs.
Robert C. deRossett (Anne Milton)
of Norfolk; and William H. Milton,
Jr., of Washington, D. C„ vice
president of General Electric.
Friends of Mrs. John H. Hardin
of 102 South Fourth street will be
glad know that she is rapidly
recuperating from a recent oper
ation performed at James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Mrs. W. T. Cheatham of Burling
ton arrived in the city on Friday
and will spend a week at her
Wrightsville Beach cottage on
West Henderson street. She was
accompanied here by her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Har
ry C. James of the Oleander Court
apts., who drove to Burlington last
week to attend the funeral of Mrs.
James’ grandmother, the late Mrs.
Edwin C. Holt of Burlington.
Dr. Pomeroy Nichols, Jr., of the
University of Maryland hospital at
Baltimore, formerly of this city,
is spending the week-end here
with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Pomeroy Nichols at their home
102 North 15th street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hayssen
of Sheboygan, Wis., are the at
tractive guests of Bill Haysscn’s
sister and brother-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Perry at their home
in Oleander.
Friends 'of Colonel and Mrs.
James deB. Walbach and their
young daughter, Marty Vann Wal
bach who resided here on two dif
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BRIDE OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON—Mrs. John J. Lilley, Jr., who before her marriage at
5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon in St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian church was Miss Mary Eliza
beth Barefoot, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Graham Barefoot of Wilmington. Mr. Lilley is the son of
John J. Lilley of Waverly, Va.
ferent occasions prior to 1946, will
be delighted to hear that they ex
pect to sail from Rome, Italy,
where they have been stationed
for several months, on April 18.
Upon their arrival in this country
they will go first to East Orange,
N. J., to visit Mary Tom Wa!
bach’s sister and brother-in-lav/,
Mr. and Mrs. Cy Collins. Next
they will spend some time with
her mother, Mrs. Thompson at
Hollins college, Roanoke, Va., and
should arrive in Wilmington early
in May, planning to make their
future home here. Don't you think
that is quite a feather in Wilming
ton’s cap when delightful Army
people like the Walbachs who have
lived all over the world, chose our
city to settle down in when they
retire?
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Plack of
Norfolk, Va., are the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. R.
Smith at their home in Forest
Hills, having come to attend the
Barefoot - Lilley wedding which
took place yesterday afternoon.
Their daughter. Miss Planck was
one of the bridesmaids in the wed
ding. Mr. Planck is one of the top
flight executives of the Ford Motor
Co., with headquarters at Norfolk.
Mrs. Alice Morrow returned to
her home in the Oleander Court
apartments on Monday morning
after spending the past, two
months at her former home, Lake
Placid, N. Y. where she enjoyed
the winter sports. Her son, who
is a student at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill is
spending his Easter vacation with
her.
F. H. Fechtig and daughter Miss
Allie Fechtig expect to leave this
week for an extended trip of about
six weeks. After visiting Mr.
Fechtig’s sister in Reno, Nevada,
they will go to Los Angeles, Cal.,
and other points of interest on the
West coast, returning to the city
around June 1.
Mrs. J. Irving Corbett returned
yesterday by motor from Durham
where she spent the past week
with her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter C. Phelan,
Jr. Mrs. Corbett was accompanied
here by her daughter Mary Cor
bett Phelan and her son-in-law,
Hun*cr Phelan, who will spend
Easter with the Corbetts at their
home 1705 Chestnut street.
May there be nothing but happi
ness in your heart on this sacred
Easter day, Peg. With my love.
VIRGINIA.
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YW Coffee Hour
Slaied Wednesday
Highlighting the week of vari
ous activities at the YWCA Third
amd Grace street, will be the Cof
fee hour kickoff for workers open
ing the Y membership drive on
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock.
The activities include:
Monday — 11 a.m. Personnel
committee, 4 p.m. Craft class.
Tuesday — 11 a.m. Religious
Book week committee, 2:15 p.m.
Carolina Beach Y-Teen. 2:15 p.m.
Little Y-Teen Sisters at O’-nlm
Beach, 3:15 p.m. Carolina Beach
committee meeting.
Wednesday — 11 a.m. Coffee
Hour-“Kickoff for Workers”. Op
ening of YWCA Membership en
rollment. 4 p.m. Freshman Y
Teen, 6 p.m. Senior Y-Teen, 7:30
p.m. Business Girls’ Inter - club
council.
Thursday—7:30 p.m. World Af
fairs class, 8 p.m. Teacher-Teen
Tea-Time at Recreation center.
Friday — 2:15 p.m. Tileston Y
Teen, 3:30 p.m. Wrightsboro Y -
Teen, 4 p.m. Sophomore .Y-Teen
Saturday — 3 p.m. Chestnut
street Y-Teen.
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Calvary Baptist
Circles To Meet
The circles of Calvary Baptist
church will meet Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock an follows:
Fva Paee circle with Mrs. C. E.
Mobley, 618 North Fourth street.
‘ 1 the ch" cr
" "u-s. L. M. Cox, 112 Evans
street.
3—Mrs. £. C. Dobson, 2111 Park
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Winter Park
Church Choir
Sings Tonight
The choir of Wesleyn Memorial
Methodist church. Winter Park,
will present a program of Easter
music this evening at 8 o’clock.
The program follows:
Prelude
Hymn No. 154: “Christ the Lord
is Risen Today”
Scripture: Matthew 28. “In the
end of the Sabbath” Speaks
Prayer: “The Lord’s Prayer”
York
Hymn No. 164: "All Hail the
Power of Jesus’ Name”
The Good Shepherd, Barri
-O Saviour Sweet, Bach
Lift up your Heads. Hopkins
Offertory: “O Bells in the
Steeple,” Norris
In Joseph’s Lovely Garden.
Dickinson
Low in the Grave He Lay,
Lowry
Alleluia to the King. Clemens
Benediction: "The Lord Bless
You and Keep You”, Lutkin
Postlude
Tlie program will be given with
out announcement.
Organist: Mrs. W. P. Farrar.
Director: Mrs. James C. Mur
dock.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr and Mrs. J. A. Reece, Jr.,
of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly
of Wilmington, announce the birth
of a daughter, Patricia Ann,
March 14 in Los Angeles.
Old Grove Church
In Kenansville
Prepares For Meet
Old Grove Presbyterian church
at Kenansville, county seat of
Duplin, is making great prepar
tions for the 59th annual meeting
of the Woman’s auxiliary of the
Wilmington Presbytery which is
to be held there on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Tuesday, at an early hour, the
caravan will take the highways,
led by the President, Mrs. J. M.
Gregg, of Wilmington. Registra
tion of the hundreds of women
begins at 10:30 a.m., and at 11
the gavel falls.
The Foreign Mission speaker
will be Mrs. L. C. M. Smythe,
formerly of Japan. She writes, in
the April 2 “Christian Observer”:
“An American Colonel who was m
Nagoya, says that the Golden
Castle college was completely de
stroyed, except for “Gloria Hall,”
the auditorium given by the Wom
en’s Auxiliary in 1935. He talked
to the principal, Mr. Ichimura,
tired, and worn and thin, yet
brirging the school to life again
with his same consecration and
enthusiasm. Last summer he
managed to put up a building of
the cheapest construction with 26
class-rooms. In the repaired
“Gloria Hall” and this one build
ing he new has a school of 2,500
girls and forty teachers.
Mrs. Smythe will also speak at
a meeting for Colored peoole on
Tuesday evening; when Mrs. W.
A Dixon Synodical president
: and Miss Janie McCutchen Bible
' teacher will also speak.
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UDC Scholarships Are Now Available
To Children Of Confederate Ancestry
By MRS. C. H. SHIPP
The path of opportunity the
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy offer to the young people of
Confederate ancestry is through
the scholarships and the scholar
ships loan funds maintained by the
North Carolina division, the indi
vidual chapters, and the general
organization.
While the GI Bill of Rights does
not take care of the boys and girls
coming along after the second
World War, who will need assist
ance, our scholarships will offer
the opportunity to our Southern
young people to train for leader
ship in this highly specialized age
of competition.
A new appeal comes for medi
cal scholarships to provide extra
years of college training needed
by the boys and girls to become
doctors nurses and thecnologists.
The North Carolina division has
19 scholarships in the colleges,
there bbing eleven in WCUNC,
Greensboro; one Children of the
Confederacy scholarship at Cross
nore; one at University of North
Carolina, Raleigh; one at Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill; one at High Point college;
one at Flora Macdonald college,
Red Springs; one at East Carolina
Teachers college, Greenville; one
at Brevard college: and one at
Methodist college, Greensboro.
At this time five are available
to anpli cants who are able to
qualify. For young men, the Gen
eral Robert Ransom s c hol'arship,
Thursday Music
Club Plans Brahms
Program For Meet
The Thursday Morning Music
club will devote the April meeting
this Thursday to the music of
Brahms.
Mrs. Samuel Warshauer and
Mrs. Vernon G. Avery will be
leaders. The program will begin
at 10:30 o’clock in the Great Hall
of St. James’ parish house.
The program follows:
Brahms 50th Anniversary of
Death
1. Paper on life of Brahms, Mrs.
Andrew Harriss, Jr.
2. Rhapshody in G Minor, piano,
Mrs. Sam A. Troy.
3. (a) One Thing Befallth the
Beast (b) The Sapphic Ode, vocal,
Mrs. James Murdock.
4. Concerto in B Flat major,
First Movement, piano, Mrs. Miri
am Burns and William G. Robert
son.
State college. UNC, Raleigh; for
young women, the P.
scholarship at Brevard college;
the James J. Pettigrew, as East
Carolina Teachers college, Green
ville; the James J. Metz at
WCUNC. Greensboro: and a new
one, the Alice Harper Parker
scholarship established this year
by Mrs. J. W. Parker, Farmville.
at Greensboro college in honor of
her daughter. The Cornelia Branch
Stone scholarship offered by the
General Organization at WCUNC,
Greensboro will be awarded this
year.
Young people interested should
write Mrs. R. P. Reece, chair
man. 655 N. Spring street, Wins
ton-Salem. Application time limit,
May 17, 1947.
In addition to these listed, the
James H. Lane chapter, Charlotte
has the Annie Rogers Newell
scholarship, value $4,000: the
Stonewall Jackson chapter, Char
lotte, has the Lilly Long loan fund
approximate $2,000 handled thru
Queens college: the Robert F.
Hoke chapter, Salisbury supports
a scholarship at Catawba college,
and the James B. Gordon chap
ter. Winston-Salem, has the Mary
Gorrel] Riggar.s Confederate Loan
fund $2,000 at Salem college.
Scholarships in the Medical
schools are earnestly solicited.
Prospective students are much
needed in the present expanded
liospitilization plan here in North
Carolina, and the deans of all the
medical schools have stressed the
importance of aiding those who
wish to study medicine at the Uni
versity at Chapel Hill, the Bow
man Gray school of Medicine,
Winston-Salem and Duke universi
ty Medical school, Durham.
Greetings
To our friends and patrbns we
wish fo extend our best wishes
for a joyous Easier.
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