Society News
WAITING.
The lamp in the window is low.
The wind on *»»*> highway is cold.
There is no star in the midnight sky
Kor the eye to hold.
Buttress the fire with birch.
Send out the light of the flame.
Let it Ic '.heir sign if they come to
night
Calling our name.
Charles Malum.
Prayer Meeting Rand
Prayer Meeting Band will meet
this evening at 7:3!l o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Fred MeFarland at
West Knd. with Itev. J. K. Worthing
ton as leader. ^ vtf
ShoccoW.S. C.S.
With Mrs. Ayscue
Thf Shocco Women's Society of
Christian Service lic-Ici its October
meeting in the home of Mrs. Wiley
Aysrue recently. The president, Mrs.
\V. L. Fleming, had charge of the
program.
• The meeting was opened with soft
music after which Mrs. Fleming read
the meditation reading. The hymn
"A Char.ce to Keep I Have", was
iung by the group.
Mrs. Charlie Fleming read the
scripture, using part of the 120th
Psalm Mrs. Boh Ayscue led in pra
yer. The topic of the program was
••The Dollar Speaks", and was given
by Mr-. Vernon Fleming. Mrs. W. E.
Turner. Mrs. R. P. Fleming and Mrs.
C. J. Fleming. A very interesting
talk on "They Falter Only if Wc
Fail'" was g'ven by Mrs. T. J. Har
rington.
The society was dismissed with the
sjnginc of "Stand Up. Stand Up for
Jesus". During the social hour the
hoste-s served drinks, cookies, and
peanuts.
BABY'S COLDS
Missionary Group
To Have Barbecue
The Missionary Society of the
Dexter Baptist chureh is planning a
barbecue supper Friday evening, Oc
tober 29. from 7 to 8 o'clock at the
home of Roy Dickerson on Oxford
route 5 near Henderson.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and each person is asked to
take-a few meat points. Proceeds
from the supper will go to the Dex
ter Women's Missionary Society.
Zeb Vance School
Hallowe'en Party
A Hallowe'en partv is planned at
/.el) Vance school on Friday evening,
October 25). An amateur hour will
be had. witii local talent and a good
old-fashioned cake walk. Prizes will
be given lor the best costume, the
car that brings the biggest load, and
for the largest family present. There
will be fishing, ball pitching, and
other entertaining features. A small
admission fee will be charged. It u
Imped that there will be a large
crowd present for the occasion.
Vicksboro Club in
Meeting Recently
The Vicksboro home demonstra
tion club meeting was held- recently
in the home of Mrs. W. L. Fleming.
Mrs. C. J. Fleming, the president,
had charge of the program. The song,
"Hail Club Women", was used alter
which Mrs. Winford Ayscue had
charge of the devotions and prayer.
Taking part on the program were
Mrs. C. .1. Fleming and Mrs. T. J.
Harrington.
Miss Eleanor Barber, the club
leader, gave a demonstration on
canned meats, canning chicken, beet
and lamb chops. During the demon
stration the hostess served sand
wiches and drinks.
MOTHER, DAUGHTER
SISTERS IN WACS
A mother and daughter recently
became sisters when Private Pris
eilla Hlanchard followed her moth
er. Corpora! Kitt Hamilton, into the
U AC. Cpl. Hamilton has been in the
WAC since April. 1943, and her en
listment inspired the application of
her daughter, June. I94U.
Pvt. Blanchard now drives a staff
car at Camp Butncr while Cpl.
Hamilton i; a drafstswoman in the
nil" .Orel's.
Both mother and daughter plan to
leturn to their home in Portland,
Maine, when the war is over and
Ihey are released from active duiy.
Meanwhile as sister WACs Ihey arc
working together for a common
i-a use.
OVERSEAS
Mailing Regulations
1 Christmas packages will be accepted until
midnight October tfl, tor men in Navy, Ma
rine Corps and Coast Guard.
0 Christmas packages will be accepted for
men in the Army who are overseas until
December 10, provdicd a bonafide change of
address since October 15 is presented.
Q Vou may mail a regular package at any time
* to a man in the Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard—1 package per person per week.
A You may mail an <S ounce package TO ANY
* MAN OVERSEAS at any time under first
class postage.
C You may mail a package to a man in the
* Army at any time* provided you present a
written request for the articles contained, once
per week.
0 No package may exceed 5 pounds or be
* larger than «'*(> inches in length and girth
combined
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Aa9 Tkuq Stole,
Mrs. Roosevelt Depicts
Darker Side Of Warfare
By HELEN ESSAKY
Central Press Columnist
Washington. Oct. 20. — A few
months ago I wrote a sharp criticism
of Mrs. Roosevelt. In one or her
newspaper columns she had described
a visit to a west coast hospital. Her
acceptance of the suffering of maim
ed fighting men seemed to me both
heartless and shocking.
Today, 1 could not write another
such criticism of Mrs. Roosevelt. It
isn't that I have changed my own at
titude towaid war, its supidity and
tragedy. Or that I wish to say: "Mrs.
Roosevelt is the sort of First Lady the
country needs for another four years."
It is that Mrs. Roosevelt has chan
ged. There is a new Eleanor Roose
velt. A war-sick, heart-sick Eleanor
Roosevelt.
You yourself may have discovered
this new Eleanor Roosevelt in her
own newspaper columns. You may
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have listened to her on the air. You
may have .-ecu her somewhere on a
train or on a lecture platform.
I glimpsed her when she held her
first press conference after her re
turn from the South' Pacific. I re
cognized her completely when she
talked to the Red Cross cn:-gres.\ional
ladies in the Coolidge auditorium of
the Library of Congress.
This new Eleanor Roosevelt talked
of the war, not in terms of generals
and guns. She talked in terms of suf
fering, frightened boys ner>cs and
victims of our struggle against the
enemy.
Three weeks ngn win ■ i I mentioned
that Inst pi ess^confcrciice glimpse or
the new Eleanor Roosevelt to several
liie-ids. I said. "Mrs. Ko..se\cll ha
eome back subdued anil deeply
thougiitlul. That old exuberance is
gone."
"Don't be sentimental." 1 was told.
"She is just tired. A 2l).00il-:iiile trip
is a chore even for her. She'll be her
old conlident self ag&in before you
••an say 'Fourth Term'."
She isn't her o'd confident self
again. Mumility has taken ihe n!a->
of intrepidity. The /.est f-u life" that
sometimes turned into rashness and
got into (he joke books is gone. The
onre dauntless Mrs. Roosevelt i
Lowed down with t!ie reality rf what
she saw on that Inns journey.
The simple, terrible picture she
gave her Coolidge a u d i t o r i u m
audience of courageous young
Americans, homes'ck and ill in hos
pitals on far-away islands. And her
stories of the "exhausted"! "Shell
shocked' was the term in Ihe war for
those stricken in nerves and mind.
Of one of ihe "exhausted" she re
peated an incido.it that made her
listeners ill with liorrOr and helpless
ness. A Red Cross girl w< ru'v wrs
sent to help .1 boy, huddled with bent
head. in a camn lar from civilization.
The hoy Was sick in mind and heart.
He had not spoken for days. Tne Ret
Cross worker honed she could dis
cover what particular misery was
making Ivm dumb.
"You must-'t reel so badly." -he I
said "It's time to ho happy. S >011 I
you'll be going home."
"That's it!" cried tie* bnv. "It's
home." His voicc was thick with des
pair. "I can't go home."
"You can't so home! Why. home
is the best place in the world."
"Don't vim see—" said the boy.
"I'm not fit to go home!"
"Nol fit to gn home' You've been
one of the bravest men out Here."
"I can't go home. I tell y >u. For
five months I've done nothing but
kill. I'm r.ot good enough for home."
He covered his face with his hands.
"For five months I've done nothing
but kill."
"Please, please don't feel that way.
You have had to lyll. Everybody
knowi you iiave had to kill. It was
your job. You had to do it to get
this awful war over. The people at
home will understand what you have
been through. They'll be so glad to
have von back. They'll not ask what
you did "
"Then you don't think they'll f ltd
a change in me?" The sound of ;•
little hope was in the bovs voce.
"Certainly tlie.v won't think you've
changed. They'll see a strosg, brave
man coming back. Besides they them
selves may have charged a little.
Perhaps you'll go home to a different
world lor the one you left. II will !>-•
a world that will appreciate w'|it you
have done."
"We have jot to do somethirg
about that world." said Mrs. Roi.-e
vclt. solemnly ci-ncluding her talk.
"We have got to see that the world
the.se men come back lo is worth Ihe
sacrifice they have made."
I haven't quoted Mrs. Roosevelt
exactly. 1 couldn't take notes a> she
talked. I was too disturbed. Her
words were better, more real than
mine. She was completely sincere.
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"Tha Authority on Authorities"
LATE FORCE—LONG StTT
WHEN YOU make a bid which
guarantees game strength on your
very first chance to call, such as
an original two bid of a suit or a
single jump jDver your partner's
opening bid. you advertise a hand
which is powerful generally, with
a large share of high cards. But if
you make some kind of minimum
call on your first turn and then
later Jump one level to indicate
game-going ability, you proclaim
a hand favored with wonderful
distributional values or great suit
length, but not so extra strong in
high cards.
\ ♦ 8 '
* V 8 3 2
♦ 10 A 7
j +KQ10542
+ KQ97643
V A K J 7 6
4 None ^
(Dealer: South. North-South
vulnerable.)
South West North East
1. 2 4 Pass 3 Jf, Pass
3 V Pass 4 jf. Pass
4 4 Pass 6 V Obi
2. 1 4 Pass 2 Jf. 2«
3 V 4 * 4 V
In each of the two cases indicat
ed by Ui» bidding shown, the de
clarer took ten tricks, losing one
each in spades, hearts and clubs.
That enabled South at Table 2 to
have a game, whereas the chap at
Table 1 was set a trick doubled.
A study of both bidding se
juenrta will disclose several in
teresting facts At the first table,
South's 2-Spailc opening warned
East not to enter the auction at
all. and made it simple for him to
adopt watting tactics until his op
ponents got too higl\ where ho
sand-bagged them. At Che second
table, it was easy for East to show
his diamonds as an overcall at the
range of two without any particu
lar fear, and also West was able
to denote his fine fit with the suit.
As it eventuated, a sacrifice of
5-Diamonds would have paid East
at the second table, but he re
frained from it because he thought
he saw a good chance to set the
4-Hearts. 1
But the principal difference In
the bidding tactics between tho
two Souths was in the way tho
first one made his hand seem
powerful in high cards, whereas
the second gave a much more ac
curate picture of fair honor
strength and great suit lengths. «
• • •
Tomorrow's Problem
4 A K 9 3
¥Q J 4
+ 83
+ J 6 5 2
4 J 10 7 4
» 7 5
♦ 0 5
4> K 10 0 4
♦ Q 8 «
V K 10
♦ A K Q 9
6 2
+ 8 3
♦ •1
V A 0 8 6 3 3
♦ 10 7 4
+ AQ7
(Dealer; South. Both sides vuV
ncra blc.)
What is the boat dofrnsc against
South s 4-Hearts oh fhis deal, if
East had made a bid of dia
monds? How should the dcclarcr
try to thwart it ?
t>Utribut«d by Klnj Feature* Syndicate, In'
Bobby Richardson I
Is Birthdav Host
. •
Friends were eniciliincd Saturday I
afternoon at ,i party (given in tumor i
of B»l>l>y IS:iv Itichardson in celebra- I
tion nf his eighth birthday. Many !
tiamcs Were played a:d enjoyed by j
those present.
Tile following quests were pre
sent: Peggy Frances. Karrell and Bar- i
bura l\catliery. Cleo, Richard. Victor
Owens, Helen Weaver. Jane, Hart
well and Hilly Brown, Ida Rose, Bob- j
by, Ji'.nmic and Barbara Jane Neath- |
cry. Buddy,. Lawrence, and Paulino
Kearsou. J. T. Xeatiiery, Tommy, ar.d
Bobby Richards m.
Refreshment were served by Mrs.
T. C. Richardson, Mrs. Richard I
Neathcry. Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. j
Flore: ee Kcar-on and Miss Elizabeth ]
Peoples.
Many attractive nil's were receiv- ]
ed by the young host.
Aycock News
By A!Its. .1. II. KNOTT.
Friends will regret to lvon tliat i
Clarence Steven-on is seriously ill
and has been taken to Maria Par
ham hospital tor treatment. We wi-h
for him a sp» cd.v recovery.
Mrs;. Albert K<(wards spent the |
v/cek-end with her mother-in-law. i
Mrs. Will Adeock.
Mr. and ?ilrs. Ikirtwell (Ireenway '
visited Mr. and Mr.-. Joe Adcock n- |
••ctilly.
Ml. and Mr . J. II. Knott ami
daughter Almo were Sunday dinnei
gltcsts of Mr nu! Ml:-. J. I>. Kn.itt.
Mr. and Mr . Will Adcock were I
dinner guests Sunday ol Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Parrish and Mrs. Clara j
Kell. Their Sunday afternoon gues's j
were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Kdwards
and daughter, of Sprint; Valley, .or.
and Mis. A. T. Ilarton and daugn
•.crs.
Mi-s,Lucille Knott spent the week
end at home with her parents. Mr. j
and Mrs. J. 11. Knott, recently.
Facts About i
Price Control I
i5> m.\iu;.\i{i:t \v. cooi'Kit
Price Clerk
EGGS: The prevailing coiling |»ri- I
cos mi Eggs m V.i: ce county for the j
week <>l October 25th siro as
UiiRiado;!: 14c wnolc.-ale; r>2c grouj
I. 51c «r.>ti|» 2: Grade A: line Whole
sale: "lie gruap I; (>!le group 2: (iia le |
15: 5l)c wholesale: group i: 5Bc |
group 2.
These aire the prices en large eggs.
The medium size egg- -"II .it 4c nil- |
dcr tlie-e price- and th • .small size j
egg sell al Be under the above pr.ee.-. !
Graded egg prices change laeli week I
and the prevailing prices will be '
given .11 tnis column each week. J
TUHKEYS: Wit'i Thanksgiving and I
Christinas well o:: the way the priix I
of turkeys should lie of interest to |
both the merchant and housewife.
The following table .-hows the ceiling j
prices on live turkeys.
Young turkeys: indcr liilb.. S(!e |
wholesale, 43 1 2c retail per lb.: 1<>-i
22 lb.. 34 I 2c wholesale. 42c retail,
per lb.: 22 ll>. and over. 33 I 2 whole- j
saile. 411 1 2c retail per lb.
Old turkeys: under II lbs., 34c I
wholesale, lie retail per II : l!I lb.-j
22 lb..32 I 2c wholesale. 3!lc retail I
per pound: 22 lb.-, and over. :!! 1 2c '
whole-ale. 38c retail per pound.
The retsiil merchant- will continue
to I'igure their selling pr ee of drc.-.-ed
and drawn lurUcva in the -cue man
ner that they ...e lur all pLiut.y
COMMUNITY PliICK CHECK:
This pa.-t week lii'S .-ecu the e >ni- ■
inunity prices checked in forty stoic.- i
m tin- county. Compliance was u >1
as good .is wa.- expected, In at least
one-third ol the stores checked vio
lations were found. This i- not a good
record for tin coin ty, it is an in
crease over the number of violations
reported durng the last common t> 1
price check. We realize that the
merchants are sltoi t handed and h ive
a great many OI'A regulation. i>
keep up with, but it i- a seriou- nat
ler not to be in compliance with ceil- 1
ing prices. The stole.- in which the
violations were found will he if- j
checked in the near tutmf and v.c
expect to find lOO'.i compliance
SOAP:—A new dollar ami rent
ceiling price list on simp ha
■nailed to .ill grocery .-lore in tin.
vicinity. Merchant w II not • lhat
these li.-ls nniHt lie <liplayc:l in a ;
prominent place n the 1 'i. alor.g ;
with tho other OPA d .liar and tent j
prices on meats and groceries.
TO AOIMtKSS CIIIC.MISTS
Chapel Hill. <>ct. 26 • William A.
Mtislicr. ronirch chemist of the Her- I
cities Pnwoer C> niii;niy m Virgin a, |
will arlfiress tiie Xnrtii Carolina See - !
lioii ill llir American Chemical Sue- )
icly at the University of Nortn Caro
lina Friday .cveni s. October J!), ui
!t o'clock.
Nelson harl only 27 -hips at Tra
falgar in I
fapectinqafialli}?
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(■n haH only 27 -hips
in 18(15.
EISENHOWERS ARE
WAR FUND BACKERS
The Eisenhower brothers are all
out for the United War Fund, accord
ing to word just received b.v General
J. \V. Jenkins, chairman ol the Y'anee
eounty United War Fund. General
"Ike" Eisenhower, United Nations
coinmandcr-in-chict in the North At
ria and Italian areas. litis sent the
following message:
"Delighted to endorse the national
war fund campaign and to extend
best wishes for complete success."
General "Ike's" broti.er. M. S.
Eisenhower, president ol Kansas
State College, has beet behind the
enemy lines since the outbreak ot
the war in l'.K'i). returning before
America got in the light, an:l
has been in Nortli AIjic. more re
cently. He i> waim in his praise ol
the agencies which participate in
tin United War Fund in North Car
olina. a part ot the national war
und.
DUKE GETS TWO NEW
RELIGIOUS WORKERS
Durham. Oct. li'i Two new .stu
dent religious w»:kr < have been ap
pointed on the D i!;e University cam
pus, with George Wi -ley Jones being
appointed adviser to the Method st
st .dent group anrl Harold Townsend
holding a similar potion with Bap
tist .-.tudents.
I'.oth Jones and T \vn. end are .si :
•lems in Duke Divinity School. Jones.
.1 senior in the divinity school, is a
graduate of Randolph-Macon C >1
loge. lie is president ot the -Indent
hotly i the Divinty School, a mem
ber of Oinicron Delta Kappa and
K.ippa Alpiia. His home is Norfolk
Va.
Jones suceeds William P.- Catling
in ills new position.
A graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege. Harold Townsend becomes the
first IJaptM student adviser on the
Duke campus. He will work under
R. 11. Hamilton, Jr.. State Baptist
Student Union at Wake Forest, a
number of the debate club, and a
member of Oinicron Delta Kappa. He
is a first year Divinity student ;■!
Duke.
FLYING CROSS WON
BY DUKE GRADUATE
Dili ham, Oct. 20.—The Dist in
guished Flying Cross has been added
to the h.iig list ol decorations earned
by Capt. Ralph G. Taylor, native ol
Durham and alumnus of Duke Uni
versity.
This medal is added to the Soldier's
Medal, awarded him by the secre
tary of war for his assistance in sav
ing the life of a flying officer wh •
wis trapped in a burning plane, and
to several oak ie.il clusters already
given iiim for acts of hetoism.
Captain Tayloi has been outstand
ins in the Mediterranean theatre of
operation1-, particularly i i the Battle
ol Pantelloria. where lie distinguished
hiinscll by knocking out two Mes
.svi'selnnitt IU!)\ in one d;.y of bril
liant dogfight ing.
Captain Taylor vva. pre-mcdical
student at Duke from 1!)!{}{ through
1911, after heln^ graduated Ironi Dur
ham higii .school.
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