Midway Park H>ws
NewOfficersNamed
At Park Board Meet
By MRS. MARK RANEY
Members of the Board of Gov
ernors of the Midway Park Com
rnunity Association met Monda;
evening in the Administrate
Building, with the election of nev
officers of the Board for the com
ing year main business of the eve
ning. The meeting was called t<
order by the president. Kermi
Guthrie and minutes of the las
meeting were read by the secre
tary. Danny Kirk. It was interest
ing to note that from the financia
report for last sear, read by Petei
C. Killeen. the Midway Park As
sociation. which is a non-profil
organization had collected some
over $12,000 and had spent approxi
mately the same amount. To bt
exact there was a loss of S24.00 foi
• liie year. These monies are spent in
sponsoring various projects for the
welfare of the Park, such as Boy
Scouts. Girl Scouts, dances, base
bail teams, dancing school, art
school, needy families. Christmas
parties and. etc. At a recent elec
tion of members of the Board of
Governors it was noted that there
were only two changes made and
these two members were welcomed
into the organization. New officers
for the coming year elected at this
time, were president. D. H. Kirk,
vice president. O. R Huffine: trea
surer. Joe Everett and secretary,
Mrs. S. L. Moore.
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Peter C. Killeen at this time in
traduced Captain H. G. Bozarth
who met with the Board, represent
• ing the Commanding Genera
• Franklin A. Hart, to bring a mes
sage to the residents of Midwa:
Park, through their representatives
tiie Board of Governors from tin
General pertaining to the beauti
fication of the Park. It will be re
membered that some time ago ;
bulletin was issued to the ett'ec
that special police duty would b<
used in the Park for the protectioi
of property and of keeping tht
premises in good condition. Cap
tain Bozarth told the members ot
the Board that he would not stress
emphatically enough the need ot
the residents to co-operate whole
heartedly in this project. He said
that the General had assured him
that he could speak freely at this
meeting, that with the co-operation
of the citizens, the Park would be
improved with assistance of Camp
Maintenance and the Housing
Management.
Plans are now in the making
concerning playgrounds placed in
several areas, throughout ihe Park,
concerning gardens on the front
row facing the highway, and of
other projects to beautify the Park
Bulletins will be issued at an early
date concerning these projects.
Captain Bozarth brought out at
this time the wonderful improve
ment that has been made by the
Management, of residences on But
ler Circle. He then suggested that
citizens of the Park would contact
the representative from his block
and make suggestions Lo iiim ot
her. concerning the playground
projects or gardens, to be present
ed to a committee composed of Ker
mit.li Guthrie. Rhodney Hamby and
Joe Everett. For your information,
names of the members of the
Board ot Governors and the blocks
they represent will be printed at
the end of this article.
Rhodney Hamby and Coil Edison,
representatives of the Boy Scout
committee were present at this
meeting to ask the co-operation of
the Board in sponsoring a fish fry.
to be heK' at Community House on
Saturday evening. March 18th. at
five o'clock. This event is tor the
benefit of the Boy Scout Associa
tion to send two Scouts to the .Jam
boree at Valley Forge in .June. The
Board heartily assured Hamby ;>nd
Edison of their assistance.
Kermit Guthrie, outgoing presi
dent. gave a brief report on the
purchasing of plaques to be pre
sented to the Outstanding Ci >/e:i
and Outstanding Organization et
tl e Park at an early date. l-'.w! j.
ing is a list of members of the
Board of Governors and the blocks
ihey represent: 100,200 and 300
blocks. Mr. Calvin Meekins. 'S24
Butler Dr.: 400. 500 and 600
blocks. Mr. Jim Herndon, 422 But
ler Dr.: 700. 800 and 900 blocks.
Mr O. R Hufline. 908 Butler Dr.:
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BOX 314 RICHLANDS, N. C.
1000. 1100 and 1200 blocks. Mr
I D. H. Kirk and Mr. C. K. Huney
cutt; 1300 and 1400 blocks, p. I
f Barker. 1406 Butier Dr.: 1500. 1600
and 1700 blocks. Mrs. S L. Moore
of 1610 Butler Dr.: 1800. 1900 and
2000 blocks. Mr C. Burgiss. 1809
Butler Circle: Lee Ave. Mr. R.
Rovster. 3111 Lee Ave., and Mr.
Joe Everett of 3136 Lee Ave
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert La''on and
son. Mrs. Dick Base ha 1 and Whit
Coates are spending several days
" in New.York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cassell and
children. Ann and Tommy, have;
returned from a two weeks vacation
in Florida. While away, the Cas
selis visited such places of interest
as Key West. Tampa. Bok Tower
and Silver Spring.
Articles For Sale
The Opportunitv Shop lias the
following items for sale: Several
portable radios, new but shop worn,
of known makes, being sold under
cost. Items badly needed are cribs,
bassinettes, baby carriages. ■ hi 1
dren's ciothing through ten years.
There is a wailing list for all the
above items. Please bring your do
nations and commissioned articles
in on Monday and Fridav.
P.T.A. Meeting
In the absence of the president.
Li. Col. Buchannan. Mrs. Daniel H.
Kirk presided at the regular meet
ing of the Parent Teacher Associa
tion in Camp School Monday eve
ning at eight o'clock. The meeting
was opened with a praver by Chap
lain R S Sassaman. Giving the
treasurer's report. Mr. T A Bachus
reported that there was a balance
of $872.64 on hand. $650.00 of
which will go for scholarships. S100
had been received from the Op
portunitv for the months of Janu
ary and February
Mrs. Peter C. Killeen announced
that 36 subscriptions had been sold
to date for the National Parent
Teacher magazine, and to receive
the honor award. 50 more subscrip
tions must be s<<id before 1 he fif
teenth of April If was announc d
that an Open House meeting will
be held throughout the entire
school in connection with the next
PTA meeting April 'ird Midway
P>rk and Par;i«!i«> Point schools
will be open ;if 7 p.m. The meeting
a i11 be held at eight p.m. in the
high school auditorium and the
Camp School will be open after the
meeting. Each teacher will be pre
pared to show you what progress
your child has made, li was an
nounced at this time that the need
ed robes foi the school choirs will
be subsidized by P.T.A,
The next radio prom-am will be
"My Music", directed by Mrs. K
C Rosacher on or about March
20th The exact date wi'l be an
nounced in this column in an early
issue. A brief but interesting talk
on Fire Prevention was made by
Fire Chief \nderson. afte/ w hi eh
announcement was made of the ap
pointment of ,he fo'lo • iir' eom
m-itee-. l.unchroom: Major Tyford.
Harry (\ '. en and Carolyn
Diike< Banquets Mr.-.. F. T. Eagan.
Major Pv. E Hagerlon. Major H. T.
Marshall. Major A. H Peterson.
Mr and Mrs Harry Cohen. Mrs.
R Passingham. t Chief W O L.
Smith. MSiit. Ha'rry Saunders. Lt.
H. H. Mayvilie. Mrs. P' B. Coyle
and Mrs. 11 P. Hudson Movie: Col.
G. F. Goode. chairman. MSgt.
Harry Saunders. Mrs. 8 -V Bow
ditch and Mrs. B D. Maynard.
Mrs. Rhodnev Hamby announced
that the program for the April
meeting would be "Reading Train
ing" with talks- by Major P. B
McNicol and Mr. James Rudasies.
Slides will be shown. After the
meeting, at which Mrs. H. H. May
vilie was hospitality chairman, a
Bake Sai< . all goods donated by
parents. was held in the hall and
SI 06.85 was netted, which was
turned over to Chaplain R S. Sas
saman. to be used for both
branches )f ihe Scouts. Attendance
were won by Mrs. Dorothy Mul
lins 4th grade and Mrs. Rowe's 7th
grade. The program was turned
over to the Girl Scouts.
Scout Birthday Observed
The National Girl Scout Birth
day was celebrated by the Camp
Lejeune group in conjunction with
the P.T.A. meeting Monday eve
ning. March 6th. at the Camp
School Mrs. Violet Heavey. Organ
izational Chain, .an of Onslow
County and Chaplain R S. Sassa
man. chairman of all scouting 4.at
Camp Lejeune. gave brief calks on
its organization. Mrs. Arthur Sells,
represent in . the Y.F.W. Auxiliary
presented Troop 28 with their
troop "lag
A pai'.tomine depicting "Family
Heading For Norway
LI. Col. and Mrs. B. B. Manchester. Ill, t'SMC. are preparing
themselves to speak Norwegian to better understand the fountry
and people they will soon become inhabitants of. as Lt. Col. Man
chester leaves the staff of Lt. Gen. LeRoy P. Hunt, t'SMC. FMFlant.
Norfolk. Ya. to so to Olso, Noray where he uill be assistant naval
attache and assistant naval attache for air. lie has been on the staff
of FMFlant since June, 1948.
Night" was presented by the seven
troops <>i Brownies and Girl Scouts,
each troop in turn showing what
the. had learned as an aid to the
home Chaplain Sassaman intro
duced Mi>. Franklin V Hart, who
presented the Brownies with their
earned pins and the Scouts, their
badges. The impressive ceremony
was brought to a close vvith the
inging ~>f "Taps",
A benefit movie for Parent
Teacher Association will l>e held
at the Midwav Park Theater.
March 16th Admission fnr :»dults
will be forty c^nts and for children
twenty-five cents. The movie to be
shown is "Albuquerque " P.e sure
and buy tickets from the children
soliutinti. to help your PT \.
Junior Women Elect Officers
Junior Woman's Club of Midway
Park he'd election of officers in
Community Building Wednesday
evening ;>i eiuht o'clock, with the
temnorarv chairman Pat Raney
nre<u!ine. The meeting was called
to order and minutes of the last
meeting were read bv the tempor
secret a rv Shirfev Ti Mrs. C.
A Murra\ i< chairman of the Com-,
mittee to draw up the Constitution
: ead -amo and it was approver' and
adopted. Flection of officers follow
ed and the following Acre c'<-?ed
as charter officers: President. Pat
Raney; Vice President. Mrs. ' A.
Murray: Seeretarv. Siiirley T'der.
and treasurer. Mrs Clarence Sher
rill. After the elect on an informal
discission was held. Mrs Carrel 1
Moser. representing the Senior
Wonvm's CVub attended the meet
ing. It was announced that instal
lation of officers will b<"> held at
the March 13th. meeting of the
Senior Club, with Mrs Karl Cleve
of Vanceboro. District President as
installing officer. Members of the
Junior Woman's Club, the Execu
tive Board of the Senior Woman's
Club and Mrs. Cleve >viU have
dinner at Jim Tanner's before the
meeting. Charter members of the
Midway Park Junior Woman's Club
are Mrs. Clarence A. Murray. Jr..
Mrs. Clarence M Sherrill. Mrs.
Roy A W a •.•liter, Mrs. Richard O.
Wrenn. Mrs. Thomas E Grace. Miss
Nina L. Lvles. Miss Ann S. C'ha
son. Mrs. Glenn A. Roehlk. Miss
Elizabeth \ Grady. Miss Shirley
C Toler. Miss P Patruia Raney.
Miss Patricia J. Dailey. The '>b
Wife Teaches Husband
In Cooking School
PAUL SMITHS. N. Y. — (JP'i —
Mrs. Mary Ditch, 21. is making
good as a breadwinner by teaching
a course in hotel cooking at Paul
Smith's College. One of her stu
dents is her husband. Robert Ditch.
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Norfolk
Couple Study
Norwegian
Before Trip
By Mrs. Beltye Morrison
I t. Co!. And Mrs. Manchester
Leave For Olso. Norway
Li. Col. and Mrs. B !i. Manches
. III. I SMC. are preparing
li.riusrives in spoken Norwegian to
holier understand the country and
t i■.'•e they .s ill soon become in
: ahilants of. as Lt. Col. Manchester
>.a\ e- me staff ot Lt. Gen. LeRoy
V Hunt. I SMC FMFianl. Norfolk.
Ya. is- ^o to 0!m). Norway where he
a i: i he assistant naval attache and
assistant naval attache l'or air. He
.as been on the stall" of FMFlant
since June. 1948 The Manuhesters.
until they depart. v\: 11 continue to
Ha e at 7625 Gloucester Ave . Nor
:nik. \ a
.\ tea was given rriday aiicr
noon in honor of Mrs. Iceland
Stanford Swindler, who before
her marriage recently was Mrs.
Avres Pul:es. Mrs. Clyde II. Long
of 84". Little Hay Ave., the host
ess welcomed the wives of the
Officers of the t'nited States Ma
rine Corps Depot of Supplies.
They were Mrs. A. C. Davison.
Jr.. Mrs. J. G. Heidriek. Mrs. A.
E. Keith. Mrs. Vearle McKean.
Mrs. Walter Sandusky, Mrs. J. E.
Cravit, Mrs. P. J. H„ arty. Mrs.
.1. T. Bates. Mrs. E. A. Miller.
Mrs. G. J. Mouvery, Mrs. L. C.
Craumer. Mrs. A. A. Eirth. Mrs.
C. E. Lane, Mrs. C. K. Swann.
Mrs. S. L. Brogli. Mrs. A. B.
Grosser. Mrs. M. K. Martin. Mrs.
.1. C. Kesek and Mrs. Robert
Erear.
Lt. and Mrs. Jame* Gallagher
recently arrived in Norfolk where
IJ Gallagher will be a company
officer ai the Marine Barracks. Na
val Base, lie has recently returned
from sea duty.
.Captain and Mrs. John Haggerty,
lTSMr are on two weeks leave vis
aing relatives before uoing ,o Ar
gentin. Newfoundland, where Cap
tain Haggerty will be stationed.
Mrs. John A. Burns and two chil
dren arrived, in Norfolk Friday
from California to join Lt. Col.
Burns.
ject of this club snail be io pro
mote agreeable and useful relations
among women of domestic, cul
tural. literary and artistic taste,
and to encourage mental and moral
development in the community.
Cub Scouts Give Program
Members of the Midway Park Cub Scout troop are shown here as they presented a special program
at ceremonies held recently at the Community Building. The program was built around King Arthur's
Round Table. During the ceremonies, the first Cub Scout eligible to enter the Boy Scouts was pre
< seated to Scout Master J. E. Perry.
Cherry Point
Mrs. Penko
Is Guest At
Stork Shower
By CATHY BLANTON
Mrs. Addis, mother of Mrs. Wit
wer. was entertained by Mrs. W. T.
Herring, wife of Major Herring,
last week at a cocktail party held
in the Herring home. Six of Mrs
Herrings' friends attended for
cocktails gnd then the group
gathered to the Officer's Club for
luncheon.
BABY SHOWER
A Baby Shower was given by
Mrs. Marge Waits honoring Mrs.
Frances. Penko. wife of Staff Sgt.
Penko. last week. Attending were
Mrs. Margaret Russell. Jerry
Everle. Velta Arbuckle. Betty
Jones. Lillian Bacon, Mary Hudson.
Maybelle Castor. Verna LeClair.
Lova Yarga. Pat Webb. Louise
Noyes. Judy Toonev. Dottie Gibbs,
and t iie hostess and honoree. Games
were played including Charades
and seven prizes were given to the
winners of the various games. Mrs.
Penko opened her gifts and re
freshments of ice cream, cake and
cokes were served.
A Luncheon-Bridge party was
held in the Topside Dining Room
of the Officer's Club by Mrs. Flater,
wife of Colonel Fiater. and Mrs.
Sampas. wife of Colonel Sampas.
for thirty-five of their friends.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Miller,
wife of Gen. Ivan \V. Miller. Mrs.
Bailey, wife of Colonel Bailey, and
Mrs. Sweetser. wife of Colonel
Sweetser. and a floating prize was
aw ai ded.
A Hard Times Costume Party
v»as. held for Officer's and their
vivos ill the Commissioned Offi
cer's Club on Saturday evening.
Music was furnished by the Sta
tion Orchestra and enjoyed by all
i he guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Addis, of Cleve
land. Ohio were recent visitors of
Dr. and Mrs. Witwer at Cherry
Point for ten days.
BIRTHS
February 18—A daughter. Linda
Carole, born to Set. and Mrs. Rus
sell .1. .Jarcel.
February 18—A daughter. De
borah Dianne. born to Tech. Sgt
and Mrs. Lyle A. Watts.
February 19- A daughter. Mari
lyn Louise, born to Staff Sgt. and
Mrs. Edward J. Popp.
February 19--A son. David Nel
son. born to 1st. Lt. and Mrs. John
V Snapper.
February 19—A daughter. Bettv
Jean, born to Staff Sgt. and Mrs.
Aden D. Windham. Jr.
February 20- \ son James Kav.
horn to Lt. Col. and Mrs. John W.
! Stage.
CHERRY POINT MEN SELECTED
FOR PROMOTIONS
1 Selected for promotion to Col
onel from Lt. Col. are Lt. Col.
Michael Sampas. and Lt. Col. Wil
liam R. Wendt. Selected by the
; board for promotion to Lt. Colonel
i \ere Majors Loren D. Everton.
William T. Herring. Hai R Kolp.
Max R Read, and Hensley Wil
i liams. Promotions of the selected
j officers will be made only after
professional examinations and as
j vacancies occur in the rank for
i vhieh thev aore selected.
LOCAL PISTOL TEAM HOLDS
ELIMINATIONS FOR MATCH
MATCH
The station pistol team will fire
in the National Midwinter Pistol
| Matches at Tampa. Fia.. from 14 to
; 18 March. The team is captained
! by Lt. Col R. D. Moser. Elimina
tion scores have been posted and
i seven of the eight team members
' have been selected with the eighth
: 'o be chosen after the match for
the Midwinter shoot. High scorers
posted for the team to date are
i Capt. Cross. Capt. J. Hughes. Ma
1 jor Jordan. Capt. O'Malley. MSgt
I Duke. Lt. Hadcock. Staff Sgt. A. H.
! Wright. Major Ford, and MSgt. H.
Scheetz.
Police Dogs Are Used
To Rout Communists
SINGAPORE—(JP\—Police dogs
are to be used in Malaya's jungles
by security forces to ferret out
Communist \errorists.
The Far East Air Force has as
signed two experienced dog
handlers to the Police Training
School at Kuala Lumpur. After
getting preliminary obedience tests,
the first batch of dogs bagged their
first victim—a wounded insurgent
in niding.
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O' Club Activities
BOM S PARTY
On Saturday. 11 March, an in
formal Bonus Parly will be held
at the Mess. Cocktails will be serv
ed from 1830-1930. buffet supper
will be available from 1930-2100
and dancing from 2100-0100. Let's
all attend and make this 1st Bonus
Party a huge success.
DANCES
An informal dance will be held
r»n Friday a I the Courthouse Bay
Annex of the club. Anyone who has
never attended one of these affairs\
has been missing some of the most
enjoyable parties on the post.
Plan to he present in the River
Room on Sunday. \2 March from
1730-1930 to enjoy another of the
popular Tea Dances. The Tea
Dance rate will apply to all re
freshments.
Staff NCO Club
Activities
Friday evening there will be a '
dance in the Mirror Room. The
Divisionaires will furnish the mu
sic for your dancing pleasure. '
Wanda will provide the vocals, j
Come early and assure yourself '
of a good table.
Saturday evening: between the
hours of 1600 and 2000 there will
be a SPECIAL PLATE served in !
the club. There will be music be- j
tween the hours of 1900 to 2400.
Come on down and enjoy your
self.
Sunday evening a SPECIAL ,
PLATE will be served during the ;
same hours, with music for your <
envjoyment between the hours of j
1700 to 2100.
Don't forget Monday evening is i
BINGO NIGHT in the Mirror Room j
and the doors close at 2115. Come ;
early and get a good table.
Wednesday evening the j
TOAST MASTER'S CUB will
hold its meeting. This is a new
club and all members interested
should take advantage of this op
portunity. Men. here's your j
chance to sound off.
Your writer would certainly ap
preciate some material for this
column. Drop your material in the
suggestion box in the lobby and !
we will see what cooks.
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