SOCIETY NEWS LET SPRING SHINE THROUGH The spring leaps lirst to life In the hopeful hearts of all Who bank their w mine sill. With crowns ol white narcissus And hyacinths ol pm.;. and blue. They drive the winter on by men braggadocio. The snows ol March highlight ; Their color. April pools Retlect the heightened nue. The south wind come .3 toss Their fragrance on the a;r. Oh, heap your windows.Its With bloom. Let spring shine through! Helen McGaughey Sans Souci Club. The Sans S mi Literary club will meet with Mrs. E. G. Gl.nn on Sat urday, April "T, at 3:30 o'clock. From Baltimore. Miss Peggy Newman, Irom Balti more. Md.. is visiting her grand mother, Mrs. Lnui: e Jones, on llign land avenue. Here for Holidays. Tommy Royster, from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, in Phila delphia, is here for the holidays, and has as his guest Brooke Roberts, of Philadelphia. Arrives for Holidays. Miss Annie Hyman Bunn, student at Salem College, Winston-Salem, is here for the Easter holidays with her parent-, Mr. and Mrs. A. A Bunn, on Rowland street. Expected from W. C. Miss Minerva Falkner is expected home tonight from Woman's Col lege, Greensboro, to spend the Ea - ter holidays with her parents, Mi and Mrs. E. O. Falkner. From W. C. Miss Grace Hoyle, of Woman’s college, Greensboro, is expected to arrive Saturday to spend the spring holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hoyle. Miss Royster Here. Miss Helen Royster, who ntt nds Marjorie Webster school in Wash ington. I). (’.. is spending the week end here with her mother, Mrs. T. S. Royster, :t her home on Belle street. Arrives from Meredith. Mis howena Daniel ha- coni' home from Meredith College to spend the ’Holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mr W. B. Daniel. She is a member of the senior class at Meredith and graduates late next summer. Home for Holidays. Miss Carolyn Duke i.. at home from Meredith College to spend the Easter hoikin'..- with her parents. Mr and Mrs. ft. li. Duke. Miss Duke was recently elected president of the Stu dent Government at Meredith for next year, when .-lie will he a senior. Rrturns from Mars llill. Mrs. H. B. Parrott lias returned from Mars Hill College, where she spi lit several days with her daugh ter. Miss Mary Elizabeth Parrot', who is to graduate there next month. Go to Mars Hill. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Edwards plan to go to Mars Hill College, near Asheville, Sunday to spend the Eas ter holiday, with their son. Clilton Edwards, who is a member 01 this year’s graduating class. Here for Easter. Miss Ann Upchurch i. spending Easter her. with her p rents. Dr. and Mrs. R T. Upchurch, at their home on S-s'li Garnett street. Miss Upchurch is a student at Hollins col lege, m Virginia. Mrs. Mustian Is Honored at Ono Mrs. O. ,J. Vcasev and Mrs. Delta ikiyes were h-istrsse.- d >11 m na! dinner at the Little Hotel We! : day evening, linnoring Mrs. Douglas M. Mu.-tian, the former Miss (. liris tine Morris. The table wa centered w'th a lovely arrangement of spiing flow ers. A three course dinner was ser ved to the following guests: Mrs. Mu tian, honoree, Mrs. E. M. Breed love. Mrs. II. D. Bell. Misses Grace Woodlief, Mary Speed, and Grace Clopton. The hostesses |i: csented the bride silver in her chosen pattern. Aycock News By MRS. .1. II. KNOTT. Mis es Lueile and Aline Knott were Monday night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hicks. Miss Hazel Stevenson . pent the week-end with Miss Mamie Belle Pegram. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hicks and sons, Boby and Morris, spent Sunday wiln Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Comer, of Wise. They also visited their grand mother, Mrs. Martha Collins. Mr. uid Mr . J. H. Knott and W. T. Knott spent several days wit 1 re latives near Morrisville. Walter Stevenson is up and able to be around in the house after b > ing confined to his bed for several weeks. Mrs. Hattie Wortham has returned to her home near Aycock school. W. T. Knott spent Thursday night with his brother, J. II. Knott. Mr . Morris Dickerson spent Tues day with her mother, Mrs. J. II. Knott. D. J. Clark, of Apex, spent Sun day evening with his mother, Mis. ,J. H. Knott. Mr. Bowling of Aycock school was. the Sunday evening guest of Robert Puckett. Elsie Knott, daughter of Mr. ; nd Mrs. J. D. Knott, spent Friday with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. .1. H. Knott. Marian Martin Pattern ' --—---n “ALL-DAY" FROCKS FOR MATRONS Just what you’re looking lor—' a smartly simple style that you can wear all day long; that you can make of inexpensive cotton! Pat tern 9986. designed by Marian Martin, has gay details in a scal loped neckline, curved shoulder | '•okcs and matching si. eve tabs. I Up-and-down panelling in the front makes you slim and so do the long side bodice sections. The tvv -piece ’ back takes : jiffy to cut and sew. Pattern 8896 mav be ord red only in women’s sizes 36, 38, 40, 42. 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 36 requires > 5-8 yards 35 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for this Marian Martin pattern. Be sure to vrite plainly your size, name, ad Iress and style number. Send your order to Henderson Dailj Dispatch. Pattern Department, 232 \Y. ISth St., New York, N. Y. .Main Attend Demonstration Sixty-two women representing eleven \ etiee county home demon ■tration tin!-- were pre ent yesti'rday at liie courthouse in Henderson for a demon tration nl making slip cov ers for furniture, it was reported to day hy Mrs. H F. Plummer, Vance home dei.ionstrat.on agent. The demonstration was the second of a series given this year in con necti n with the home demonstra tion clubs' major project of house lurnishings ami home management. Mi s Elizabeth Williams, assistant Extension spicialist m house fur nishing- 'Iiti i.■ >:::•• u.ai / ;emeilt, eoil dueten t: • • (ii nriiistralum. WITH THE SICK Iitdergoes Operation. V. . II. L. Minn is very ill, after g . n operation at Maria Pai.iam .hospital. .firs. Majors III. F. 11. M jors, who underwent an i , lion at Maria Parham bus pit ;1, v intinue. ((nito ill. Improving. Mrs. Esther Harp was said to be improving today at Maria Parham hospital where she r. cently under went an operation. Leaves Hospital. F'ii.'Pds of I ten Oakley vv:ll he glad to learn that he has returned to his home at West End after undergoing treatment at Maria Parham hospital for burns he received a week ago. Library to ( lose. The I! Leshe Perry Memorial Libr ry will ho eln ed Easter Mon lay. and hook due that day will do considered due Tuesday, it is an nounced. Library Gets 111 Volumes During March A total ot 111 new book were added at the Perry library last month, and at the Dunbar branch, the library's service lor colored peo 1 pie, 27 new volumes were received, | it was shown today in the monthly report ot Mrs. H. Leslie Perry, lib rarian. Ynirty-iuur volumes at the Perry library were fiction and 77 non-fic lion. All of those at the Dunbai branch were non-fiction. The Perry library had a circula tion of 5,232 books during the month, 3,099 being fiction and 2,133 non action, and 3,274 taken out by aiiuli.- and 1,9,48 by juveniles, the report showed. At the Dunbar branch the total was 1,887, including 48 1 volumes ol fiction and 1.383 ol non liction, and 284 taken by adults and 1,823 by juveniles. Average daily circulation at Ike Perry library was 201.2 volumes, ol which 40.7 percent were non-lictiun, and the total circulation for both libraries was 7.11!) for the 28 days toe libraries were open. | Membership at the Perry library j was 4,082 at the end ol the month, j after adding 88 new names and with drawing .’4, The Dunbar branen ad ded eight and withdrew none, anti had a total ol 095 at the end of the month. Statistics for branch libraries am mi aided in figures for the Perry libraiy proper, and include: Middle burg, 428: North Henderson, 340; South Henderson, 818; Townsville, 184: Zeb Vance. 2o0. Membership at South Header on was 592. Reds Report 25,000 Nazis Slaughtered (Continued from Page One) ingrad fighting and 10,000 at Stara.va Kussa, where the Ger man Kith army had been trap ped for weeks. Adolf Hiller's field headquarters reported a "noticeable lessening” of the great Russian winter drive and for the third successive day stress ed German offensive operations, as serting that nazi troops had captur ed "a fairly large number of vil lages.” The Berlin radio boasted that U-boats for Atlantic operations were housed "like ears in a garage” in new concrete-roofed dry docks built along the west coast of Europe. In aerial warfare, RAF night bombers returned to the assult on German war foundries in the suburbs of Paris, attacking the Mat lord truck works for the second straight night, while na/.i raiders pounded ‘‘hell's corner” on the soutn cast English coast. Cctton Mills Hainpere£ (Continued from Paste One) placement parts for their machinery. The department aid cotton con sumption \\a- running ot a record ale of 12.00!',non baler a year, it vi’iiid be higher, the department -aid. if the industry’ had the neces sary machinery or labor. Government orders for cotton ma terial for military uniforms, fight ing equipment, sandbags and other war needs were said by the riepart nent to be taking a large proportibn jf the current futput of the total mills. Trade sources estimate that 45 per cent ot the total output is be ing absorbed in military and defense ises. Liberals attach a special import ance to 'lit liberty of the individual. cXCtr i iOiNo riLA.L> ixSi LUcAL L»/\o lAol Kaleign, April 3. —(AP) -The C ly of Henderson today niecl i .v.g,• .■ iu an orucr issued uy me Cui.; . • Commission ree. ally which ... allow tne’ lienderso.i gas company lu cease operations on April la. The city maintained mat tne g... company, winch lias been I > mg money lor several y.ars, sluuiai no required to pay its consumers m >ut .. lor their appliance.- such as \. and healers; and tnnt the U.mi.es Commission should have mad. tne Atlantic Gas Corporation ot JJiiila- i delphia a party to the action. The Atlantic Gas Corpor. t.on owns stock and bonds o! the Henderson i company, which were described by i Utilities Commissioner Stanley Win borne as “worthless.” Two Majors Shoot It Out (Continued l'rom Page One) officer’s widow. was seriously i rounded. . The two officer-, both social! prominent, had organized a home guard unit here. Tory disagreed on -obey and Major Wenstrom stepped ! ut. Wenstrom repeatedly critie.se:. • he unit; advocated affiliation with \ h. slate guard. He wrote letters to j he Santa Barbara News-Press. Last night, after a particuluily vie- j cut criticism had appeared under Venstrom’s name, Hammett tele phoned to demand that he cea.-e his attacks. Police said W.nstrom replied: "If you cmne over and tell that to my face I’ll knock your beak oil.” Hammett went, armed with two .45 calibr'e '.automatic pis I ds and vith a hammer stuck in his belt. ALIENS’ FUTURE San Francisco. April 3.—(AP) — Japanese evacuees from the military zones along the Pacific coast were given their first pe k iuto the future —they wil farm and make Aitny good.. rniiippine oiiuation nica: ccning i; Page One) (iii. a . : uid Iiavc been an cu .. ere..tel setback. A i . p'Aesrnan at Chung • day the Japanese bad nl cl a I -el's al in | i p. ti.e Bi r.i.-b neeiarei.. ! ■ i a,;.y .. v hiei "bean in dircci , ■ n .a i . i.b Ai.yab tin. morning' .am n.i la 1 . ng Had been attempted. S.n iiiaai .Usiy, a Vichy broadcast 11 parted that ( mne.-e hirees in tin i ist, cum. landed ny Lieutenant Ctei ■ j oral .la .‘an \V. Stillwell, were re- I li eating tardier is n th limn onenij - i occupied Tmingou. ._ All Prices May Be Put Under Ceiling (Continued limit rune One) oils, holding them lo he too slow to cheek an inflationary trend. This feeling has been accent uated with the flood of new \V1‘1> curtailments anil production stoppage orders of recent weeks, aflecUng radios, phonographs, vacuum cleaners, electrical ap pliances and many other major and minor consumer items. As each curtailment order has ap peared. a buying rush had oc curred and prices have moved up, resulting in such emergency action as last night’s freezing of bicycle sales. C’APTl'RED Concord, April 3.— (AP)—Engine (Jake) Osborn, 24. leader of two convict bands which since March let have escaped from the Newton Conover Prison camp, was captured ey a posse yesterday at a farm house in Stanly county. The posse brought him to the coun ty jail. Later, Osborn and another escapee. Robert Powers, 19. who had been picked up the day before, were taken to Central Prison in Raleigh id. fi.jitniy .nfinem.ut. War Industry MeetsDeman di W::cl .... Ap From ii, d a servers to the gri ti u effort ::i icy. Id : Ci ngre.. '. icei d t:. . tliut tilt1 United St tit .1 ,v .: .ii.:; the b.. t.le of product ion. They bused that uei. p u j ai ously guarded in for:: ! . r. .! ,n closed House u.'l t ,.y ml ;ia i committee sessions, from N ,-v .Sec retary Knox. War I’r Ki.irt. m Cnici Donald Nelson, Unde set ■ t.iry o' War Patterson, and hign ranking Army and Navy ofi;cial.~. Sharing tnat opinion were Kepre sentalives Thomason, I) mocrat, | Texas, and Cla- n. Rep....lie r. Massachusetts, both mt-mbcis of the j military committee, and Represen tatives Sutthin, Democrat. N w Jer sey, and Mott, Republican, Oregon, both of the naval committee. “Such information a- has come, to us indicates that both industry and j labor arc keeping ; breast of thej tremendous demands of the Presi- j dent’s program,” declared Clason. | It is sufficient for success in poli tical life to be able to estimate what j course veil produce the most votes. I £. GARLAND BAGLEY Liti IN DANVILLE V. 11 nil • lagioy. brother of Mrs. L. i .. i ; < . inis city, died at i 1. ■ ji; ij.uiville. Va. this morn .1 1 win! i i . ice. will be held : ■ . on Itroad street, I).. . .o' . t .'dock Saturday aft . ni'.Miii. • Morcfentctu’s Tax Prooosals Te Be Rejected t ('■ ,i.‘ :nu( ■■ i 11 — One) 1:.x adoj,! d: >.;i,crv!.-e accepted i' r t.u u a t p; i". bill only as a tem pi i mi y war ii.ensure. Compel Hi..’ joint individual in come i i\ return.' by husband and v. lie: ncceplnble n a war measure. Tn:-:n;i 'ii o' side and municipal curitu . probably would be reject ed. \V tills uilnm incline- at the source as a menu- of collection: opposed on the ground that the average persun would prefer to make hi' own plans to meet bis tax payments next March lo. FLOWERS FOR EVERY OCCASION Phone 380 Day or Night BRIDGERS1"6 Florist matmmmmmmmaaammmmmmmmtmm iMrv tah a v- - - — -* - *-'**-'* 1 I y 1U IV I 1 J Uj li/1W MRS. A. f>. CARLTON j _„_I 13.fore her marriage la.-t Saturday a*, in . n at Gr; u- C : ant Presby terian church, Richmond, Va., Mrs. Allred Per.-lung Card n was Mis Katherine Singleton, daughter of Mrs. Carroll Vaden Singleton and i the late Mr. Singleton. 01 Henderson. Mr. Carlton too son of Mr. I and Mrs. Alfred Patterson Carlton, of Durham. First Aid Certificates Ready For 42 More Here Forty-five more standard first aid certiticates for both men and women who have completed Ked Cross courses in the pa. t several weeks nave been received lrom Ked Cross national headquarters in Wasmng ton, and are available for distribu tion, bam AUord, chairman ol the Vance county chapter, announceu today. One class that was taught at the lire department by G. M. O Lary in cluded policemen and firemen ana a lew others, numbering lourteen in all. One taught by Mrs. Edith O Lary at North Henderson had thirteen who qualified for certilicaies, ana i\iis. iviac Bridgers Scott trained eighteen in a clas.s in the Corbitt community. Numerous other classes have been taugru m the last several months, ana certificates are expected to be received lrom Washington lor them vVitnin i- n, Haidce fun oral Home; L I*'. .JacKson, water ae pariment; \V. \V. Langston, lire de partment; bam Eastwood, police de partment; Joan tV. Hayes, tire de- ’ partment: Willie Casper, I Atman I Lancaster Funeral Home; Thomas Howell. Class taught by Mrs. Edith O'Lary at North Henderson: Evelyn K. Baker, 100 Lowry street; Eariine Baker. 100 Lowry street, Lou Ella Eiurneu, North Henderson Beauty Shop; Myrtle Crocker, ca;e .5. L. lingers Store; Dorothy Hugr.es, 1288 Walters street; Bessie Hughes, zi/U Lowry street; Minnie Lee Hull - man, 128i Walters street; lViabei I .layo , 242 Southall street; Mrs. K. j A, Lowiy. Hazel Murphy. Edna! Oliver, Vance County Health De partment; Mrs. Sailie G. Slone, tax coiLelors olTice; Nina Williams, loJ Harris street. Class taught by Mrs. Mae Bridget's Scott at c iroitt Section: Ha hen Ajseuc, Mrs. George Ayscuc, Beauice Burnett, Huddle Broaaslreet, Mis. K. L. Bradsher, .vrr: . J. b. Dixon. Mrs. M. A. Flower. , Airs. S. 11. Fence, Mrs. W. W. Faulkner, .or- E. R. Gnltith, Mrs. J. L. Hamictt. Mi.-s Je.-sie D. Hamlett, .ms. Fred ivhl-arland, Mrs. ii. C. . luliam. ..ii.- J. W. Hulliam, Mrs. .-a.lie l pi*.,u: Young avenue, i.< ..-..ii.y .... i lone V nitl icld. A AAVIU AIT V School Lunches Served At New Peak For March Lunch ro"i i- ■ < i i-pciated m Marcn in till school : tin city and county, all v.'hiie nut ulie, and .. total ui 28,191 lui i v ere .u in lor a high record. 11/ monthly re port • •! r*trs Nell B M ndy, uper ■, i.. .ir, showed today Ol the total. In.717 lunrhe - wet e free and 17,i :;tl vi i - |.,,id lor. The -u . ,i vi a; pn . . ted at Jut ioi nigh, Clarke treet. Cent al, N rth Ilen ,.i n and b h liendt n the city, an,i A; .. 7.1 o he: i y rown ville and /. Vane , h.e rural areas, or ; I the i . < 1 - o.turned cir ■ : i \i oj-1 IJut nicy l 1|,||.. . Sjir.lie. I :I i . school. i,ii.eieti ■ ycu n .ii', ii.g ihe i item ' .ui the cmi 1 col:.birr d All hr'. IU1 iche v. e. e -ervi d n 2 i 1 d: y v«i re spun ' n u hy h e a:u. Uie louii, v an ;;ivt n ..' • i. 1 i8.21 h ,j the ei , Mo 1 lunches wore served at r; .ch»n i. tin tuial being 1, ..i.i. a unit i, 1.8.i 1 ..lie Iree and v.f. i p,,ici. /.t \ .... i• next with ...fid... ,ncl id.ng 198 iree and 3,387 xi... v.' South Henderson, ..i.e.c i..c :■ :.o wa.-. 3.077. including 1,38a iree and 8 898 paid. Mlddle our.-, i..ei 3.00.. v. ith l.oGo lice and 0. 0 1 ji.od. At .virth licndcr.-,on, 3, 1.98 .unchi-■- ..i'll' served, 1,830 ol tiieiTi iree .... i 1.856 paid, l'ownsville ;ji ..tied 8.928 lunches, 551 tree and -.37'/ paid, f'larltc Street s total was 1. '.00. with l.oJt; ficc and 093 pard. initial in.""I total was 1.567, with ..•I i.e and 770 paid. Junior high .',,i i 1.83 . mckid.ng 835 free and 88 i | aio .71 three schools, Junini ll.gh. ( t nli ai ..oil Clarke Street, all .e i■:iy. iiee lunches outnum !.( :; .1 t: .< is" paid for. The Cephas Springs colored school c rvid 8.! .)•) i nches, all ol them li ec. *■# w A UUMI/ A V/l/n * *' tvmf vt WH A «*»| | For a Joyous [ Easter \ I I | ti 9) i Ij e u L/on [ cj | «: i | suits you well I id for midseason 9 I \'t: Today' s "good little c $ suit", so much in I | demand, translated f ci by Nelly Don into ? -j this softly tailor ed ensemble. Super ic Romaine crepe rayon, 18 7j fitting with the |f precision you like 9 *)j your clothes to B have ! Luggage, navy, J S black with white v dickey. 12-40. |j I 10.95 "! \ ! g Spring Coats and Suits ig ,1 Deauli.ul I' 1.• ici . 1\. it 1 . X i\ i ,i:icl I'Lici-.s priced fi*‘>m ▲ i -12,, g i COME IX GET VOCES TOMORROW: " II.lt K V \ A M I S | 1 Mrs. Keen:; Ik Sprit U r .' m a H wk.n.- M--. R, v Tiopctt. C C 2f<; Mi-- Tillie Lan <\ Vi • R ■ X. 0! . Mr- \V W. Parker, Sr. A Iik'C ulrs. .1. B. W El I mgti in. Xi r- E C Edward-. Tunc Young. C Tu's Miss Josephine Thur-ton Mr-. B. H. Smith, Mrs. T B. 8 Rose, Jr. X „ dO'r Miss Agnes Pegram. Miss Edna Oliver, Mrs. Henry ▲ X Seaman. jjjjl | E. G. Davis & Sons Co. j o«sgs»7~LI.. J3c Birth of Son. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Reaves an nounce the birth of a 9-pound >n. Thomas Clifton, on Thursday. April 2, at their home on William street. STEVENSON Mat. 25c — Night 30c Children 10c -Today - Tomorrow Roy Rogers —ill— “MAN FROM CHEYENNE” SERIAL — COMEDY : v . 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