Milady s Beloved BonnetTo Dazzle Paraders
by JULIA McNINCH SLEAK
The glow of Hastertime is over
Washington. Days are cloudless,
blue and golden. And there’s a
new zest in the air as milady
rushes gaily about seeking a new
straw or beflowered bonnet with
which to dazzle the spectators at
the traditional Easier Parade
along Connecticut avenue. At the
moment there is no saying which
of North Carolina's lovely ladies
wiL highlight the brilliant show
ing of springtime costumes. Last
year, the spotlight was turned on
that charming and vicacious bru
nett, Fairfid Caudle, wife of the
Assistant Attorney General T. La
mar Caudle, formerly of Wades
boro_ as the handsome couple
were making heir way homew'ard
from the morning church serv
ices. Also pointed up as one of
the most charming of present-day
Washington women was Mrs.
Lindsay Warren, wife of the
Comptroller General of the United
States. Incidentally, her eye
catching hats are always the envy
of her friends.
Missing from the Parade this
year will be one of the Colony s
most beautiful women—Mrs. Ken
neth C. Roy-all who with her hand
some husband, the Undersecre
tary of War, will be the gn,est of
Dr. and Mrs. Davis In New York.
Still another North Carolinian who
draws attention wherever she
goes is Col. Westray Battle Boyce,
recently resigned Director of
WAC, and who will observe
Easier for the first time since the
-war, in civilian attire. Pretty and
petite Mrs. Gordon Briggs who
r.ever wears a hat will interrupt
her custom when she joins the
Easter throngs this year, by ap
pearing in an irrestibly spring
time confection of yellow roses
centered with white tulle.
Comparatively speaking, how
ever. little attention is actually
given Easter “duds.” That inter
est is, more often than not, ab
sorbed in the constant merry-go
round of pre-Easter events that
dot the social calendar in the Cap
ital. Miss Meredith Howard, who
has the most engaging smile and
the brightest of eyes, entertained
Wednesday at cocktails for P. A.
Men on. for four years financial
adviser to the Indian Embassy.
Among the hundred or more
guests who dropped in to say fare
weli to Mr. Menon, were Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Albert L. Cox, Col.
Albert L. Cox, Jr., Comdr. Wil
liam Cox, Miss Frances Cox and
Col. and Mrs. William Lively.
Mrs. Lively is the former Miss
Cheshire Cox.
Col. and Mrs. Emory J. Woodall
were among the guests when Col.
Ben C. Limb entertained the other
evening in honor of Dr. Syngman
Rhee, chairman of the Democrat
ic Representative Council set up
by the American Military Govern
ment in South Korea and. Presi
dent of the former Korean Pro
visional Republic Col. Woodall
spent several years in China dur
ing and immediately following the
war.
Another hors d'oeuvres affair
this week was the congenial cbn
vening at the home of Mrs. Har
rison Hendrick. The abode, typi
cally Georgetown is a fascinating
place, with the redecorating by
clever Mrs. Hendrick, herself. But
space is limited and those cn
hand are always pretty lucky peo
ple. On this occasion htey were
chiefly friends of Doris and Ed
Hendrick who are up from the
State for the Washington Easter
Season.
%“SMALL FRY”
Tar Heel “small fry” opened
the Easter festivities for the very
young Washingtonians today (Sat
urday) with a gay “egg-rolling”
a* the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam H. Hessick. Jr., on 8th
street. Mrs. Hessick was Eunice
Johnson of Cameron) Fun started
at one p.m. when a luncheon
planned by careful “mammas”
was served the guests. There
were gaily colored balloons, cud
dly rabbits, little lambs and fa
vors a-plenty. But the excitement
of the day came with the egg-hunt
on the Hessick lawn. Somewhere
in the neighborhood of three
o'clock the small guests toddled
happily home, each with a basket
full of Colored eggs—quite ready
•for their afternoon nap. This is
the first of a series of parties
being given by the North Caro
lina Society for it’s young people.
A luncheon for the next age group
is on the calendar for the near
future and a dinner-dance is be
ing arranged at a still later date
for the teen-agers.
Perhaps we are repeating—but
there is definitely nothing more
pleasant in Washington that a
gathering of North Carolina folk.
Take the “At Home” of the North
Carolina Society the other after
noon with flocks of Tar Keels
converging on the first floor of
the Woman’s National Democrat
ic Clubhouse for a talk-fest with
other “down-homers. The party
was all-out informal, the receiv
ing line being dispensed with en
tirely. Mrs. Mary C. Murphy.
Mrs. Mary C. Carter, Mrs. Made
Lowe and Mrs. Annie Lee Chis
holm greeted guests at the door
and in the large dining room
where refreshments were served
Mrs. Arthur C. Jones, Mrs. L. G.
Newman. Mrs. William Y. Webb,
Mrs. John Ralls finder Londonl.
Miss Patsy Lowe served fruit-ice
punch. At each end of the long
buffet table filled with sand
wiches. cookies, mints and nuts,
wives of prominent North Caro
linians poured tea and coffee.
Taking turns during the afternoon
were Mrs. Kenneth C. Royall.
who was accompanied to the
party by the Undersecretary:
Mrs. Lindsay Warren. Mrs. T. La
mar Caudle, Mrs. Wade Atkinson
who had with her, Mrs. E. W.
Vick of Goldsboro: Mrs. Robert
H. McNeill, who left early to
catch a train for the South: Mrs.
Wade P. Hampton. Mrs. J. Living
ston Vann. Mrs. B. Braxton Jones,
who was accompanied by Mr.
Jones, making his first appear
ance since his serious accident
early this year Miss Jane Pratt,
Mrs. Cottrell and Mrs. Gary
Hughes.
Not only for music lovers, but
for all who attended, the party
will linger in memory because of
the program, given during the aft
ernoon by Nordica Bost. mezzo
soprano. and one of the Capital’s
loveliest singers, and Fluerette
Joeffrie. coloratura -soprano, who
has sung not only in many sec
tions of our country but also in
Canada and in England. The pro
gram was beautiful and inspiring.
featuring the duet from Rosini’s
opera, “Semiramade,” last sung
in this country by Melba and Scot
tle in 1896. It was a perfect hour
fox the North Carolinians as
sembled—for at heart, we have
found all Carolinians are music
lovers. Immediately there was a
clamor for another program, as
soor as it could be arranged, by
these artists and other talented
members of the Society. Nordica
Bost, as she is known in the musi
cal world is the wife of James
Lee Bost, long an active member
Of the Society. «
As the closing hour drew near
guests moved over to the piano
where Miss Frances Johnston of
Greensboro w'as playing softly
“conversation - music” and burst
into a chorus of old familiar
songs. And we thought “How like
Carolinians!” -Back in the State,
we knew there were many such
groups gathered around the
pianos singing those same songs
that Sunday evening.
An especially interesting inno
vation of the Society’s latest At
Home was the room provided tor
children over 10 who accompanied
their parents. Games were ar
ranged on tables for them and
Miss Nora Bradford and Mrs.
Mary Daughtridge served them
from time to time with an abun
dance of cookies and punch.
Guests included, in addition to
those serving, Senator Hoey Col.
Wade Cooper, Dr. Christopher C.
Crittenden, Henry H. Eddy and
T. Beddie Ward of Raleigh: Dr
James Padgett, George W. Mat
thews, Mr. and Mrs. Basccmb
Harrell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fink, Miss Lillie Mae Jordan,
Miss Myrtle Woodward, Miss
Katheryn Schneider, Robert 'Wind
ham and lovely Dorothy Cecil,
Miss Marie L. Balke. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Sigmon, Mrs. Selma
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Lillycrop
and Miss Edith Lillycrop, Miss
Rebecca Lewis Mrs. Robert H.
Syne, Miss Sarah Namann, Miss
Nellie Berends, L. J. Hamilton,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sasser and
Margaret Sasser, Miss Anne W.
Ray, Miss Eva Mann. Mr. and
Mr;.. Frank Allston Miss Frances
Clements. Miss Christobel Gates,
Miss Sarah Weems, Miss Pat
Archbold, Mrs. Eva Evans Honny
cutt, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Valaer
and children, Mrs. Allie Hoke,
Mrs. Bernice Winters. Miss Chris
tine McPhaul, Miss Elizabeth Bel
vin. Miss Hannah Holding of Ra
leigh, Mrs. Sue DeArmon Me
Neely Miss Hannie Cowan, Mr
and Mrs. Joe Halstead, Mrs. An
drew W. Falkner and Miss Sarah
Falkener of Goldsboro, Mr. and
Mrs. Troy McKinney, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Wakw, Mr. and Mrs.
John Wilbur Jenkins. D. D. An
thony, Miss Edith Rye Petersen
of Denmark and Samuel A. Ashe,
Jr. Miss Marie Bell, Miss Cora
Swain, Miss Lottie Hale Bonner.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. LeMay. Miss
Eloise Baird, Mrs. Annie Dickens,
Leo Shaver, Jr., Warren Murphy,
Marsh W. Brown, Miss Virginia
Kemp, Miss Virginia Kornegay,
Miss Helen V. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Holms, attorney
Clyde E. Gooch Miss Virginia
Hughes, Mrs. Bessie Cheatham,
and some 50 in all.
It will be a Carolina Easter for
Miss Frances Johnson who motor
ed down to her home in Greens
boro Thursday and for Mrs. John
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C McNeely who also joined the
"Easter motorcade.” Down-home
went the Jack Spains, former
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Mr.
and Mrs. Whitney Corbitt and
their small son, Whitney Moore;
Miss Madeline Pitts, member
o: Representative Hamilton C.
Jones’ secretarial staff; and
scores of others. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur C. Jones are spending the
Easter holidays in Philadelphia
and W. Ney Evans is Westward
bound—on business. C. E. Brown,
secretary to Representative
Charles E. Deane has his iamily
with him for Easter.
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Plans For Thomason,
Doxey Vows Completed
(Continued From Page One)
his father as best man and his
groomsmen will be Donald Doxey,
his brother, Raymond and Gilbert
Thomason brothers of the bride,
George Johnson, Gleason Allen,
Bert Myers, Harold Morrow,
Marion Woodbury. Norman Davis,
Jr., and Delmar Seitter.
Bishop Thomas H. Wright will
perform the ceremony and will be
assisted by the Rev. Alexander
Miller, rector of St. Paul’s Episco
pal church. Soloist will be Mrs.
Oscar DuRant, Jr., and William
G. Robertson, su'ganist, will ren
der the nuptiaj Jhusic.
Miss Thomson will be given in
marriage by her father.
MA¥Y PARTIES PLA NED
A My week of pre-nuptial par
ties dave been planned for the
popular young bride - elect and
those to entertain include: Mrs.
Miriam Burns with a coco cola
party Monday morning a t 11
o’clock at her home in Oleander;
Tuesday morning Miss Mary Ann
Cheatham will give a bridge
luncheon at the Cape Fear Coun
try club at 11 o’clock and that
same afternoon Miss Ida Jo Gra
ham will be hostess at tea at 5
o’clock at her home on North 16th
street. Wednesday Miss Fannie
Longley will be hostess at lunch
eon at her home oh North 15th
street, and that afternoon Mrs.
Lester W. Preston will give a tea
at 5 o’clock at her home in Forest
Hills. Thursday Mrs. H. A. Marks
will entertain with a dessert party
at 2:30 o’clock at her home. Miss
Blanche Jacobi will be hostess at
a tea at 5 o’clock at her home
on, Thursday. Friday at 1:15
o'clock Mrs. Q. B. Snipes will give
a luncheon for the bridesmaids at
home in Forest Hills and Friday
evening Mrs. Delmar Seitter will
be hostess to the after rehearsal
party. Saturday at noon Mrs. N.
E. Davis and Mrs. Richard Turn
er of Johnson City. N. Y., will
entertain with luncheon at The
Magnolias.
HOUSE FARI*
Nine of Miss Thomason's former
classmates at Converse college
will arrive in the city on Monday
to attend the wedding and for a
house party to be given by Miss
Marion Ritchie of Concord, when
she w'ill entertain at her summer
home on Henderson street at
Wrightsville Beach. They include:
Miss Jane Nowell of Hickory, Miss
Sally Hite, of Florence. S. C.. Miss
Betty Cloud of Lilesville. Miss An
nis Black of Charlotte, Miss Mar
garet Hall Jones of VTallace, Miss
Dotty Wright of Richmond, Va..
Misses Carolyn Brown and Betty
Ann Welch both of Anderson, S.
C., and Mrs. William Ritchie and
Mrs. S. C. Nowell, who will
chaperone the houseparty.
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Colonial Exhibit
The silver, however, is linked
with Judge Eagle because his son
Joseph married Sarah Heed and
their daughter, Isabel, married
Thomas I. Davis—thus the silver
has been handed down through
generations of Wilmingtonians.
One very valuable silver service
in the city belonging to Mrs. Annie
McKay, is the service of Col.
Lewis D. Marsteller, a distinguish
ed revolutionary goldier, and the
only pallbearer at General George
Washington’s funeral who wasn’t
a Mason.
A dependent of Col. Marsteller
came to Wilmington to live and
brought the lovely service to the
city. Marsteller street is named
for Marsteller, who later became
collector of customs and clerk of
court.
From all reports, there is lots
of valuable silver hidden away in
the home of Wilmington, and it
remains only to be discovered; at
the exhibit which is open to all
persons in the city.
Those wishing to enter have been
asked to call the following mem
berg of the Colonial Dame*:
Miss Emily Kenan, Miss Sue
McQueen, Mrs. Julian Morton, Mrs.
Jennie G. Hill, Miss Emma Wil
liamson, Mrs. Walker Taylor, Mrs.
Wiliilam Broadfoot, Mrs. R. L.
Groover, Mrs. John Locket Pick
erell, and Mrs. Adair McKoy.
The exhibit will start promptly
at 3 p. m, April 29. Proceeds from
the show will go toward the re
storation of the House of Colonial
Dames, Third and Market streets.
» * *
Miss Bidgood Of
Hartford, To Marry
(Continued From Page One)
ham Hall, Chatham, Va., and was
graduated from Bennett college,
Millbrook, N. J„ in 1940, she is
a member of the Hartford Junior
League.
Mr. Coffin attended Kingswood
school and after two years service
in naval aviation graduate from
Wesleyan university, Middletown,
Conn.
• * *
Margaret Lanier,
Chaplain Blythe
Engaged To Wed
i
The Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Lanier
of Winton, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Margaret,
to Chaplain Norman L. Blythe,
USNR, Naval Air Station. Norfolk,
Va., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Blythe of Harrelsville.
The .wedding will take place in
the eariy summer.
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GARDEN CALENDAR
All questions pertaining to your
garden problems will be answered
through these columns if ad
dressed to the garden calendar
editor in care of the Wilmington
News society editor.
DAHLIAS
Growing dahlias has become one
of the greatest hobbies of home
gardeners within the past 25
years. In our mountain sections
dahlias seem to find ideal grow
ing conditions and produce gor
geous blooms with little care be
yond the preparation of the soil
and planting in spring or early
summer and digging and storing
for the winter when frost kills the
tops. Climate, soil and moisture
conditions in the mountain regions
of our southeastern states prob
ably resemble closely those found
on the plateaus of Central Ameri
ca and Mexico, where they are
native and whence ours have
come.
wnere tne ground aoes not
freeze deeper than 4 inches the
tubers can be left over winter and
dug in spring when shoots are 4
or 5 inches high. Whether left out
or stored they should not be sepa
rated until time to plant in spring.
Each spring they must be divided
and replanted in freshly prepared
soil. Wait as late as possible to
plant out the stored ones and if
ordering new ones, it is best to
order from more northern grow
ers as the tubers will be dormant
and can be planted later. Late
planting with us gives best results,
even as late ais early June.
Preparation of the soil should
begin in fall by sowing a green
cover crop such as rye or Aus
trian peas to be turned under in
spring. Grow dahlias in a well
drained place that gets full sun
for half the day, and where roots
of trees and shrubs cannot en
croach and take food and moisture
from the soil. Besides the cover
crop, work in all the manure, com
post from the pit. Woodsearth or
peat — any humus—that you can.
Any type soil will do if this rou
tine is carried out. Heavy clay
should have some sand or coal
ashes in addition to lighten it. This
humus should be worked in at
least 12 inches deep, and several
weeks before planting time in
April or May.
Some growers advocate using a I
mixture of phosphorus and potash
with no nitrogen about 2 weeks
before planting, such as a 0-20-20
at the rate of 5 or 6 pounds per
100 sq. ft., or a 0-12-12 at the
rate of 6 to 8 pounds per 100 sq.
ft. In this case all the nitrogenous
fertilizer is given later when buds
have formed to produce larger
flowers. Others use a complete
fertilizer low in nitrogen, such as
3-10-5 or 4-10-6, mixed into the soil
just before planting at the rate
of 4 pounds to 100 sq. ft., and
15 to 20 pounds of bonemeal over
the same area. Or 1 tablespoonful
of commercial fertilizer and a
double handful of bonemeal to
each plant. Dater when buds show,
a complete garden fertilizer is ap
plied every 2 weeks, beginning
with a very small amount (1 tea
spoonful or less) and increasing
as the plant grows (up to 1 table
spoonful or a little more.)
Dig the dahlia clumps very care
fully without injury to tubers,
roots or sprouts when shoots are
about 4 inches high in spring: Cut
fixpedinqalfafy?
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Lay it sideways with the eye or
shoot up and 6 inches below the
surface of the soil. Plant 3 feet
apart so as to give room for good
development and giod ventilation.
If to be staked, drive in a good
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tuber to avoid injury.
The word heathen once referred
to country folk.
jMiss Frances Warren
John Alexius, Jr.,
Complete Plans
1 (Continued From Page One)
of Wilmington, and his grooms
men include: Murdock M. Dunn,
BUI Dunn, Benjamin M. Wash
burn, Isaac B. Grainger. Jr., and
Tommy Hines, all of Wilmington.
Miss Warrer, is the daughter of
;Mrs. Julien Knox Warren and the
late Mr. Warren of Trenton, and
a sister of Mrs. Alan A. Marshall,
of Wilmington.
Burning sulphur was an impor
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monials more than 2,000 years be
fore Christ.
15 New Members
Named To Club
Meeting at the home of Alita
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Stample.v, Hilda Pearl Covil, Faye
Covil. Maysie Watkins. Frances
Westbrook June Holton. Sara
f vans. Phyllis Smith. Juanita
Gore and Julia Mari* Smith.
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