TEEN-AGE TATTLER By Winifred Harriss A A A A A A A A A ^ ^ Undaunted by the quick pain of homesickness for the beach as ! the bright blue sky breaks apart 1 heavy grey clouds, or a steady ‘ drizzle of rain whick drops a grey . blanket over the city, the trip • planners set out for varied desti ‘ nations over the week-end. ‘ The renown land of gorgeous • beaches, enormous citrus fruits, ' and glamorous bathing beauties \ has attracted more of the home - folks to its sunny shores. Yester ' day morning, bright, and early, ‘ Diane and Marilyn Costello piled - into their car beside their dad. Ann Canady and Junie Huband • were also Invited along on the southern journey to Tarpon Springs • Florida. ‘ Junie helped with the driving; ! and when the group arrived in • Savannah, they dropped off Mrs. ' Lewis, Cooler’s mother, who will visit there and who had been making the trip with them until that point. Diane and her dad are planning to return to the city around the .middle of this week, as will Junie. But .Marilyn and Ann will visit • the former's aunt at Tarpon ■ Springs until a week from Wed [ nesdsy, when they will set out on . the homeward journey. ■ While they are all together there, ; they plan to take short trips dur [ ing the several days, venturing •over to Tampa and St, Petersburg, ' seeing the many sights. Yesterday ,afternoon Jean Cross and Mavis Ssykes waved goodbyes ' and started on the lcoked-forward to trip to Portsmouth, Virginia. Al. -though the two had been anticipat ing the good journey, when the [time came to depart, that ole’ • feeling of kinda hating to leave the "old hometown set in. Cheerful [spirits settled upon the two. how lever, as they journed north to ■visit Jean’s relatives in Virginia. [ Jean and'Mavis will stay about a [week, and they are planning to •head for home about the first [part of the next week. [ With excited cries of her New •York adventure, Sherman Killings ley’s calling card and many wonderful merories of an unfor gettable ten days’ visit with Betty ’Ann Simon in New York, Cooter Xewis stepped over her threshold •early Friday morning when she •returned home. [ Cooter left Monday night two ■weeks ago with Betty Ann to pay 'a return visit in the Big City, [and 'today finds her still raving -over her fun-filled adventures. Among her thrills, which came [beside her date w-ith a young •millionarie son and a foursome -visit to the Stork Club, was her 'meeting the club owner, Sherman [Billingsley, family friend of her ■escort. While there he kindly be 'stowed elaborate gifts upon tae [foursome, sending Betty Anne and ■Cooler perfumes, and the boys cigarette cases. The prize posses sion, Cooler claims, is his calling ■card, handed to her in person! Cooter also enjoyed an evening 'at the Starlight Roof of the Wal dorf Astoria wher the party danced ■to the “sweetest music this side of heaven’’ — Guy Lombardo. [ Now that the glorious days are | VENETIAN BLINDS Flexible Aluminum Custom Made Immediate Delivery DIAL 2-1164 FREE ESTIMATES Carolina Venetian Blind Co. fading into memories, Cooter is coming back down to earth and enjoying the grand ole’ familiar hometown life at the beaches, movies and of the gang once more. From the looks of the situations, it seems that most of the travel ing teensters had chosen Saturday as their day for tripping around the countryside; for when late af ternoon of Saturday faded with the sinking sun into a cool grey night, a tired bunch of characters stepped off the Dus nere at The travel-weary Teenagers were the campers up at Kanuga Lake in western North Carolina. Those who sighed and were gjac to' be home again were Sara Kay Jordan, who had been at Carup Kanuga for the past month as a senior lifeguard ther - at the camp lake, Laura Harriss. Norman George, H. B. Clover, and Jimmy Oldham. One day at camp some of the hometowners were fiddling around, when in walked Gene Hardin and some of his friends from Camp at Brevard. Quite naturally, they were all glad to see somebody that, each one of’em now! As the summer wears on. the trips we have looked forward to are taken and soon it was'days or weeks ago that we traveled. But more trips' are in line as there remain nearly six more weeks of vacation days. A short talk with Princess Stell ings the other day informed me that her traveling days will com mence about the twelth of August, when she goes north with her family to New York for a while, then moving on up north to Toronto possibly journey to the western part of North Carolina, and Kath arine Harriss hopes to stay a short while with school friends in Fay etteville. Last Thursday I happened to encounter a very excited Frank Bradley. After a pause, and a deep breath, and a wee bit of a story, the hepped-up character had calm ed down and was speaking only mildly fast. At any rate, it seems to sing the second tenor in the church choir at the Peabody Con servatory of Music in Baltimore. Frank selected that institution as his halls of learning for the next four years where he plans to major in voice; and as the part is quite coveted, .we congratulate Frank on his accomplishment. In cidentally, this means that he if next in line for the solo: so we wish to extend our congsetu lations to Mrs. Merritt, who has worked so hard so earnestlly with her voice student for the past year. Hey, characters; Another beach comber of beachcombers has hit the old place once more; and if you haven't seen him around yet. you surely will! For he it ©ne person you’re not likely to miss seeing! All the talking is about Ralph Gray, who came a-calling to the ole’ hometown Wednesday a week ago. Ralph plans to stay here until Monday or the first part of this week. “Judy-Babe” slipped me -l'-e word on his ar rival—and we're glad to know he’s back for a visit! ’Round and ’round he goes, and where he stops, nobody knows! So it is with Carl Williams, who in the last month has journeyed from Fort Bragg to Fort Jackson in South Carolina, and now we find him out at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Carl has been sent out there and is now taking his mili tary training under the new uni versal military training plan which will last a year. Carl left Ronnie Walker back in S. C.. a W’eek ago when he took his Ken tucky trip. Hast Monday night found some ‘Table _ for * > -4 9 Two, Please” Your very first dinner in your new home can set the gracious pattern for a lovely future— so let it be set with Sterling! Towle Sterling is beauty-for a-lifetime in solid silver, yet it is not expensive for all its proud craft tra ditions. ... Let us tell you about the Towle “place-setting plan” ... the wonderful way to collect your com plete set of this exquisite Sterling! ENGAGED TO MARRY—Miss Genie Farmer Shepard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Shepard of Wilmington, whose engagement to Captain Ralph Everet June, USMC of Camp Lejeune, son of Mrs. Sallie D. June of Hammond. La., is announced today. The wedding will take dace in September. *» Miss Jane King And Mr. Turner Wed This Monib Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lacy King of Harbor Island, announce the marriage of their daughter, Jane Downing King, to Lewis Turner, II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Turner, Jr., of Kenosha, Wis., on July 16, at Vermillion, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Turner will be at home August 1 at Vermillion, where Mr. Turner is a pre-med student at the University of South Dakota. * * * Mary Ann Guyion, Laurence Nelson To Wed In Fall Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Guyton of Wilmington, announce the engage ment of their daughter, Mary Ann, to Laurence D. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Nelson of this city, The wedding will take place in the early fall. League Plans Melon Parly The members of the Past Po cahontas Teague will sponsor a watermelon cutting at Green Park on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. All members aie urged to be piesent. In case of rain, call 6391 for further information. of us waiting around for the nine o’clock show to begin at the beach. As I glanced around the groups of people, I noticed Betty Anne Caldwell and Raymond Haas, Rachel Caremon and Hugh Mac Rae, Jimmy Caudill and his out of-town date. Standing near the popcorn ma chine I saw Catherine Crowe and Barbara Anne Scott waiting for their dates to come back with the tickets. As we moved on inside. I happened to sefe Raymond Holland, Victor Taylor and Poli Barefoot, and over on one side, were George Clark, Vie Sanders, and Katherine Rhett. Nearby was Ebe Godwin, and I also saw Hester Freeman and Gilbert Thomason. Cynthia Johnson has been re sponsible for much of thS week end entertainment as she held beach parties, weiner roasts and open house. But more about these in the middle of the week . . . so until then, I’ll be seeing j ou around! Miss Davis, Bride - Elect Entertained BURGAW, July 26,— Mesdames John T. Wells, W. H. Robbins, N. C. Wolfe, and Richard Von Bib berstein were joint hostesses at a bridge party and miscellaneous shower complimenting Miss Juli ette Davis, bride-elect of Satur day, given a- the Community House at 3:30 o'clock on Thurs day afternoon. The arrangements of lovely flowers aii through the auditorium made a very attractive setting for this party. Twelve tables wer- en gaged in and after two progres sions, the prizes were awarded to Mrs. Willard Haynes first prize, Mrs. Everett Durham, second high- and the low score Mrs. Ray mond Southerland, Miss Davis re ceiving the guest prize of a hand some silver tray. Those attending were Mes dames Helen Bland. Dorothy Sim mons, Miss Margaret Davis, Mes flames W. I. Taylor, W. I. Taylor Jr., Harry Morris, T. T. Murphy, Billie Nixon, O. Matthews, Tom Haynes, Roy Rowe, John Farrior, Forest Mallard, Fannie Banner man, Clifton Davis, Jr., Carlton Harrell, Devauc Murphy, Maria Lee Bell. Raymond Southerland, William Sparkman, Clifton Davis, Sr., Nellie P. Cook, E. M. Thomp son. T. J. Betts, ioverett LWrnam, John Russ, J. J. Best, Miss Mar garet Betts. Mesdames Harl Son, Thomas Robbins. Charles Pullen, Willard Haynes, L. W. Horne. Jr., Edward Farrior, Claude McCul len, John Williamson. Lorin Daw son, Bobbie Dees, James Brad shaw, Viola Truax, Misses Mar garet Batts, Mary and Emma Bryan. Laura Bibberstein, Ida Bell Moore, Danie Hayes, Mar garet Humphrey, Mrs. James Umstead, Mrs. Caila Bordeaux, Mrs. Lewis Shields, Mrs. Porter Bordeaux, Mrs. Sa’a Carr Bor key. • * * Miss Gurganious Mr. Johnson Wed Mr. and Mrs. Winston A. Gur ganious announce the marriage of their daughter, Ruby Gertrude, to Norman Ray Johnson of Watha, •'The marriage took place on July 5 at the home of the Rev. Thomas K. Woody in Atkinson. ■ Attending the ceremony' were Mr. and Mrs. Winston Gurganious, Mrs. Annie Johnson, Mrs. Doug las E a lc i n s, and Miss Nadia Eakins. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are mak iing their home in Watha. of MrILandMMRR A T° ^arnTrte " ^athlcen Caro1 Camacho, daughter gay. son of Mr' and Mr, r S "c°Se mamage to Alben G. Korne 4 o'clock in St.' Pam', Lutheran church^ WlU Uke plaCoung honorees, Martha Best and her friend, Ann Rever comb, each of whom had a half dozen or more corsages from ad mirers. but chose rather to tuck an orchid in their hair. Secretary and Mrs. Royal! were assisted in receiving at the dance by Snator MARRIED—Mrs. Edwin C. Sellers, the former Margaret Holden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Holden of Wilmington, whose marriage took place on May 31 at the home of the bride. Mr. Sellers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sellers of Supply. and Ms. Revercomb, Mr. and Mrs. Yorke and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. S. Thorpe Mrs. C. C. Motz was honor guest at a luncheon Monday at the Democratic National Woman’s club when Mrs. E. H. Hedrick, wife of Repiesentative Hedrick entertained prior to the afternoon tea at which Dr. Cronin spoke on the importance of preventive medicine. The tea was the third if a series of July events, which will be concluded next week. The last luncheon of the North Carolina Congressional Secreta ries of the session took place Thursday in the Senate Dining Dixon-Meier Engagement ] Announceif Mr. and Mrs. Dai. A . nounce the engagement* ,3,1 proacning marriage of S ^ daughter, Gwendolyn ji-. ' [ Harold Fulton Dixon w °UC' 5 ■ Letha Z. Dixon and Dixon. ,a‘e C?.:; The wedding will take August. w placein| room with every office o «, , well represented, at'es'L, * ' popularity of the president,4* Spain. Jack, however, had St* ed up the member? ’t0 el' successor for the next sessirm before dessert was reached*? had turned the gave! *d ‘ Judge Charlie Gold, secrets, Congressman Bulwinkle a'' Wilson w a s named trea^ Miss Rachel Spears seem! and Jack Lang, program ^ man. 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