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WINTER PARK TOPICSA Weekly Review of Social and Cultural Activities

During the Winter Resort Season

Vol. 10—No. 14 Winter Park, Florida, Friday, April 9, 1943 Price 10 Cents

MERRIE ENGLISH PUPPETS OP WINTER PARK REPORTS OF WAR WORK OF UNITARIAN ALLIANCECARRY ON THEIR AID TO BRITISH CHILDREN PRESENTED AT ANNUAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON

The Merrie English Puppets ofWinter Park returned recently froma fortnight's engagement in St.Petersburg, under the auspices ofthe St. Petersburg Bundles forBritain. Besides a number of bene-fit performances to raise money forBundles projects Mrs. MargaretBeazley, head of the St. PetersburgBundles for Britain, arranged fora number of courtesy performancesto express appreciation of the gen-erous support the community hasgiven to the Bundles for Britainwork.

Early in their visit Punch andJudy broadcast ono of their scenesfrom WTSP and Miss Peasleyanswered questions about puppets.

The puppets' first performanceswas a courtesy showing of "TheEnglish Variety Show" for servicemen at the Municipal Pier. APunch and Judy Show at theColored Woman's Club for thecolored children of the communityfollowed. A special entertainmentwas given at the Pass-a-GrilleWoman's clubhouse, through thecourtesy of Lady Ross. The Bun-dles for Britain used the puppetsat their monthly Sunday night com-munity sing at the Detroit Hoteland had another performance atthe Trinity Church. At the Coun-try Day School about three hundredchildren gathered in the garden tosee Punch and Judy. The proceedsof this performance the Bundles forBritain presented to the Red Cross,Then followed courtesy perform-ances at the Home for DisabledVeterans and at the Home forCrippled Children.

The puppets were "guests" at theannual dinner of the St. Petersburgbranch of the National League of

BISHOP ANDERSON'SNEW BOOK OUT

A welcome addition to the books1

written by Winter Park authors isthe new volume just out from theF l e m i n g H. Revell Company:"Hammer and Sparks", by ourmuch beloved Bisliop William F.Anderson. "The Bible is the'Hammer' says the descriptive an-nouncement, "and its 'Sparks' havemade our literature glow withstrength and beauty. The authorhas done a great service by talcingquotations from the Bible and thenquoting the 'spark' which has beenstruck on th literary anvil. Tothis he adds an illustrative com-ment.

Lowell Thomas, well known radiocommentator and writer, givesBishop Anderson's new book thistribute: "Great and good words foran evil day."

James R. Joy, editor and critic,calls it: "Vitamins for people,preachers and public speakers."

Included in the quotations arepoems by Clinton Scollard, JessieIi. Rittenhouse, Miles MenanderDawson, I r v i n g Bacheller and -George Meason Whicher.

American Pen Women in the ball-room of the Detroit Hotel. MissPeasley gave a talk on English pup-pets and then from an improvisedstage the puppets did their "HydePark" scene and a Gipsy dance.

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Gypsy Dancer in theMerrie Puppets Troupe

The Unitarian Alliance held itsannual meeting and luncheon atthe Country Club Tuesday with 76members and guests present. Thebeautiful table decorations were ar-ranged by Mrs. Eugene R. Shippen,Mrs. Ellen Rawson and Mrs. MabeiH. Kirk. A delicious luncheon wasprepared under the supervision ofMrs. Ray Troviljion. At the busi-ness meeting Mrs. Mabel H. Kirkwas elected president to succeedMrs, J. Edward Spun- and as atribute to the latter, upon her re-tirement from the office, Dr. EugeneShippen read a poem written byhimself, one verse of which (andonly one) he has permitted us toprint:

"An Alliance Epicin Two Cantos

As now we munch our rationedlunch,

Let's loudly purr for Sophie Spurr.For pep and punch, I have a hunchYou will concur there's none like

her."Mrs, William E. Stark succeeds

Miss Kate Turner as both recording'and corresponding1 secretary. Sheresponded to the honor with anoriginal verse.

Mr. Heni;y Redkey, prominent so-cial worker of Orange County,spoke during the luncheon, as didMr. William Constable, co-minister,with his wife, Rev. Wilna Constableof the Unitarian Church of Orlando,Dr. Eugene R. Shippen, Dr. Frank-lin C. Southworth, president emeri-

EXCELLENT WORK SHOWN AT ANNUAL EXHIBITIONOF ALLIED ARTS IN MORSE GALLERY

The annual exhibition of theAllied Arts was opened on Tues-day at the Morse Gallery, RollinsCollege. Although confined to stu-dents of the Rollins Art Depart-ment the exhibition has variety andrests upon an unusually high planeof sustained interest. The lightingof the gallery and the arrangementof the various exhibits .are helpfulin presenting a pleasing and1 ap-pealing show.

Tho following awards were made:Interior Decoration — House andBook Specifications: First prize,Janet McQueen; second, MeiiynGerber; third, Halstead Caldwell;special mention, Nickson B. Carey,Betty J. Winther.

Oil Painting: First, KatherineFrerichs; second, Ella Parshall;third, Nancy Reid; Special M., JaneKing.

Commercial Art: First, BaronessOw; second, Robert Krell; third,Janet McQueen; Special M., RobertKrell.

Original Plans: First, MerlynGerber; second, Janet McQueen;third) Eileen L. Van R. Wells;Special, M,, Halstead Caldwell,

Composition: First, Ituth Chi-coine; second, Jane King; third,Nancy Reid; Special M., Joan

Brauer,Drawing: First, Ruth Chicoine;

second, Joan Herman; third, GailDe Forest.

Sculpture: Heads—First, Carl-ton Wilder; second, Erma L. VanGilder; third, Don Murphy; Special

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tus of Meadville Theological Semi-nary, Chicago, and Mrs. NormanW. Storer, retiring president of theOi-lando Alliance.

Treasurer's report was read byMiss Kate Turner. Mrs. LawrenceBullard reported for the Work Shopof Bundles for Britain. Letters ofappreciation were read by Mrs.Shippen to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Bar-bour and Dr. and Mrs. John Martin,who so kindly gave the use of theirhomes for the two lectures givenfor the benefit of the Alliance. Mrs.Winthrop Coffin reported for theHospital, Red Cross and FriendsService; Mrs. John W. Adams forthe Air Base Day Room, which thisindustrious group of women h.asfitted and furnished for the enjoy-ment of the soldiers. Mrs. LouisC. Cornish reported work done forthe Foreign Service,

Mrs. Harry M. Sinclair, report-ing for Bundles for America, re-galed the guests with an enthusi-astic tribute to the 'women1 of theUnitarian Alliance who have givenof their time and energy making*garments and countless useful ar-ticles to be distributed to the needyby the local Welfare Board, Bun-dles for Britain, Bundles for Amer-ica, Friends Service and Red Cross.Their work is of a high order andthe group, meeting each week, turnsout quantities of beautifully madegarments, many of which have beenmade from used clothing. New ma-terials donated by members areused for Bundles for Britain,Friends Service and Red Cross. .

Mrs. Sinclair's tribute follows:THE UNITARIAN ALLIANCE

Good women of our city wishedTo clothe the folks in need

To keep the children all in schoolAnd build morale, indeed.

• We are a wasteful peopleAnd the clothes we throw away

Would dress the ones less fortunateFor work or church or play.

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ROLLINS STUDENT PLAYERS TO PRESENTTHRILLING MELODRAMA "LADIES IN RETIREMENT"

The Rollins Student Players willstrike a new note, one of murderand suspense, with their forthcom-ing presentation of "Ladies in Re-tirement" on Friday and Saturday,April 16 and 17, in the Annie Rus-sell Theatre. The play is underthe direction of John Buckwalter.

"Ladies in Retirement" wasgreeted by critical acclaim- andjudged the most outstanding melo-drama of recent years on its firstappearance in New York two sea-sons ago. Flora Robeson made herAmerican stage debut in the roleof Ellen Creed, the housekeeper-companion of Leonora Fiske.

Playing the role of Ellen Creedin the Rollins production will beBarbara Brown Peddicord, one of

the most outstanding young act-resses in the Student Player group.Sara Coleman will appear as Leo-nora Fiske, ex-music hall favoriteand owner of Estuary House, thescene of the play. Ellen's twoweird sisters will be portrayed byCay Saunders and Sudie Bond.Making his debut with the Players,Paul Meredith will enact the roleof the, scheming-, disreputablenephew, Albert Feather, As hisco-conspirator, Dorothy Siegle willappear as Lucy Gilham, the maid.Jane Northen will portray the nun,Sister Theresa.

Stage settings have been de-signed by Donald S. Allen. Thebox office will be open for reserva-tions each afternoon from 2-5, be-ginning Wednesday, April 14.

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SO CIA L NOTES

Mrs. Margaret Miller has ar-rived from Bridgewater, Mass.,where she has been with her daugh-ter, and is being greeted by herWinter Park friends. She is withthe Woodburys of Golfview Ter-race.

A garden party is being arrangedfor the benefit of Bundles for Brit-ain, on Wednesday, April 28th, atthe home of Miss Grace Edwards,Alberta Drive. Details will begiven out in next week's issue of"Topics".

Mrs. Elmer Johnson, winter resi-dent of Maitland, has returned toher summer home in North Ben-nington, Vt. Mrs. Cleveland, whohas been with her for the winter,accompanied Mrs. Johnson to NewYork.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudy D. Matthews,of Alabama Drive, are leavingshortly to spend Easter with theirson, Cpl. Richard Matthews, of theArmy Air Corps Radio School, Val-paraiso, Indiana. Mrs. Matthews'aunt, Miss Jane Aiken, has returnedto Norwich, Conn., after a month'svisit-

Mr. Albert Shaw, Jr., with hisson, Albert, III., have arrived fora visit with the former's father,Dr. Albert Shaw and Mrs. Shaw,of Eben Holden Drive.

Mrs. Benjamin D. Holden, whoseletter, received by us recently, ap-pears in this issue of "Topics",made an unexpected trip to WinterPark this week and is the house-guest of Miss Louella Kountz, ofNew England Avenue.

A letter was received this weekby friends here from Mrs. John K,Graves, who has been at BassRiver, Cape Cod, Mass., this win-ter with her mother, Mrs. CharlesH. Williamson. Mrs. Williamson,Mrs. Graves and the latter's chil-dren are greatly missed from Win-ter Park. Miss Rosamond and hersister, the former Mimi Graves,share an apartment in New York.Mimi, whose husband is in thearmy, gives every spare moment

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to Red Cross Motor Corps work.Patricia is a secretary at the Ma-diera School, Washington, D. C,and the twins are attending Scar-borough School, which they enjoyimmensely. Mrs. Graves says,"Bass River is more beautiful inthe winter than the summer, tho'I didn't believe it possible and itwas the coldest winter in 57 years.

Mrs. Albert Shaw will leave Mon-day to spend a couple of days visit-ing the Martha Berry School inRome, Ga., established by the lateMartha Berry for mountain chil-dren.

The East Central Circle of theWinter Park Garden Club will meetWednesday, April 14, at 10 a.m. atthe home of Mrs. William E. Cur-tiss, 457 New England Avenue. Theprogram: "Oaks" by Miss Emily K,Herron.

John Twachtman, son of Mrs.Anderson Twachtman and grandsonof Bishop and Mrs. William F. An-derson, departed for Biloxi, Miss.,Monday to start military training.He was one of a group of seniorsfrom Rollins College who left to-gether.

Prince Alexis Droutzkoy, of NewYork, was the guest from Sundayuntil Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs.Charles F. Hammond, on his waynorth from Palm Beach. On Sun-day evening Miss Sally Hammondentertained for him at a small din-ner party at the Dubsdread Coun-try Club, the other guests beingMiss Phyllis Baker, Miss Char-lotte Smith, Miss Marcelle Ham-mond, Lt. Edward D. Cashore, Capt.Carlyle Cronig and Capt,. WallaceMiller. Lt. Cashore entertained thesame group on Monday evening ata dinner party at his home on Al-berta Drive. The Prince also calledon Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Geniusat the Villa Genius. Prince Droutz-koy came to America following theRussian Revolution and is in busi-ness in New York.

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missionary in India. She was wedin 1923 to A. Buel Trowbridge, Jr.The marriage ended in divorce in1941. Miss Judy Stafford Trow-bridge and A. Buel Trowbridge 3dare children of that union.

"Mr. d'Estournelles, an Americancitizen, is a writer, and professorat Bennington College. He is theson of the late Baron Paul d'Estour-nelles de Constant, former Senatorof France, winner of the NobelPeace Prize, and president of theEuropean Center of the CarnegieFoundation for International Peace.His marriage to the former Eliza-beth Louise Garfleld, which tookplace in 1921, ended recently indivorce."

Mrs. Julie TrowbridgeWed to Baron de Constant

The annnouncement of the mar-riage of Mrs. Julie ChamberlainTrowbridge, formerly of WinterPark to Paul d'Estournelles de Con-stant, which took place Wednesday,April 7th at Elkton, Md,, is of muchinterest here. The New YorkTimes of last Sunday publishedthe following notice:

"Mrs. Lewis Birge Chamberlainof the Hotel Gramercy Park hasannounced the marriage of herdaughter, Mrs. Julie ChamberlainTrowbridge, to Paul d'Estournellesde Constant, which took place lastWednesday in Elkton, Md. TheRev. R. J. Sturgill performed theceremony,

"Mrs. d'Estournelles is the daugh-ter also of the late Dr. Lewis BirgeChamberlain, former executive sec-retary of the John Milton Founda-tion, who was for many years a

Mrs. Nathan M. HutchisonWord has been received here of

the death early Sunday morning atVineyard Haven, Mass., of Mrs.Nathan Hutchison, after an illnessof several months.

Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison havebeen winter residents here for thelast four years and last year boughtthe Gamble Rogers home on theIsle of Sicily, an island in LakeMaitland.

Mrs. Hutchison, formerly ofPhiladelphia, was a prominentgolfer and at one time was Phila-delphia's woman's champion. Burialtook place in that city.

Mr. Nathan M. Hutchison willarrive shortly f r o m VineyardHaven, Mass., and will be at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pen-ington for the present.

W. P. SCHOOLS TOPICAT WOMAN'S CLUB

"How the war is affecting ourpublic schools" is the subject forthe Community Service Luncheonat the Woman's Club on Wednes-day, April 14th, at 1 p.m. WithMrs. A. B. Morgan as chairman,the speakers will include Prof. Aud-rey Packham, of Rollins; also Mrs.Morgan and Messrs. W. E. Winder-weedle, Nelson Glass and Rodney

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Lehman, who represent the Win-ter Park Board of Education. Prob-lems connected with the localschools will be presented and withround table discussion following.Questions will be welcome andmembers are urged to come pre-pared to contribute to the topic.This will be the last Civic Luncheonof the season.

Mr. Warren Roberts, also knownas "Col. Cloudburst", editor of theOrlando Sentinel, will speak on"America's Role After the War" atthe Department of InternationalRelations meeting on Friday, April16th, at 3:30 p.m., of which Mrs.Herbert Halverstadt is chairman.

Many will remember Mr. Robertsas one of the highlights of theAnimated Magazine of a year ago,and all who have enjoyed his pun-gent wit and humor will look for-ward with keen anticipation to thisprogram.

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ROLLINS STUDENTSOFF FOR TRAINING

The exodus of men students fromthe Rollins College campus duringthe past week has further empha-sized the meaning- of war and itseffect on the colleges of the coun-try.

On Monday, 23 Rollins men leftthe college for special training inthe Army Air Corps. Last weekanother group of fifteen Rollinsmen left for training in the ArmyReserve Corps. On Saturday thefifty naval aviation cadets whohave been occupying Chase Hallwill complete their preliminarytraining and leave for advancedtraining. Altogether more than100 men will leave the Rollins cam-pus this week.

This is only a suggestion of Rol-lins' preparations and contributionto a better world understanding.Now with the greatest human con-flict the world has ever known hang-ing in the balance, Rollins, likeevery other college, has had tomake great sacrifices. Its war-adjustment program calls for thestrictest economy and heroic sacri-fices by the faculty and staff.These have been cheerfully andbravely accepted. Many others whorealize and appreciate what Rollinshas meant to Winter Park havehelped by making outright gifts,or purchasing one or more of itsDebenture Bonds yielding 4 per

: cent. Of the original issue of $125,-000, less than $30,000 remain tobe sold. So there is yet time tohelp Rollins win the war. on itsown "home front" by purchasingthese remaining Bonds which aresecured by two million dollars of

. net assets.

MERRIE ENGLISH(Continued from Page 1)

These merry English puppets,made for the sole purpose of aidingthe British children, with the helpof their Winter Park friends, havejust raised their $30 to sponsor aBritish child for a year, throughthe British Child Aid Committee,of •which former Governor H. J.Allen is the head, and Bishop Wingis the Florida chairman.

The Merrie English Puppets ofWinter Park have been receivingletters during the past month fromchildren in Great Yarmouth, Eng-land, who received Christmas giftsprocured through a series of per-formances which the puppets gavelast fall with the assistance of vari-ous groups. Over thirty of theseletters have been received and theyare truly "human documents". Thefollowing are excerpts from twoof the letters:

Pat Neale says:"I think I had better introduce

myself. I am Pat Neale, one ofthe girls at the Hospital School.I have two sisters, one older thanme and one younger. We haven'thad bombs very close to our housebu the ones we have had have been

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close enough. I have been evacu-ated once but I will not go againunless we are forced to. I wouldvery much like a letter from youas I do not have many people towrite to and I like the idea to writeto people whom you do not know.Did you have a nice Christmas?I know it is a bit late but I haven'thad the chance to write to you be-fore as I did not know you. Well,I hope you won't forget to writeto me."

Brenda Howell says:"Do you live near New York?

I live in a seaside town. Is yourlife a bright one? Mine is, Sun-day I go for a walk, and to church,and in the afternoon I read or walksome more. Is your father orbrother in the war? My brothergot killed abroad and I havegot another brother abroad. Mysister is in the city and my fatheris in London. Have you heard thesiren many times? We hear itnearly every day, I am 12 yearsold (13 in March) green eyesnearly 5 ft. Mid brown hair. Iam very curious to know what youare like. Do the lights still shinein New York? In England it isvery dark, unless there is a moon.Well, I hope I haven't bored you."

On letterheads embellished witha frieze of brightly painted puppetheads the Merrie English Puppetshave replied to all these letters,telling the children how theirfriends in America are trying tohelp, and how much we over hereappreciate what their country isdoing.

We are in receipt of a letter fromMrs. Benjamin D. Holden, who withher husband and two charmingdaughters, have for the past fewseasons, been such a part of Win-ter Park's many interesting ac-tivities, but who are absent thiswinter and so greatly missed bytheir many friends here. Mrs.Holden and her husband deserted

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us this season to take charge ofthe Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid,N. Y., and it is from there thatshe writes the following bits ofnews of their family and of thebusy life they are leading up insnowy New York State:

"Many, many thanks for the'Topics'. We do constantly enjoyit and keep so much nearer thethoughts and doings of all ourmany friends in our really HomeTown these past nine years. Win-ter Park just couldn't be WinterPark without your 'Topics'!

"We were so touched to see DonWebster's picture and letter thatI'm adding 20 cents extra to mycheck to ask you to send two copies,one each to Mollie and Jean withthe enclosed stamps, Mollie is aWAAC trainee at Port Oglethorpe,now in the first of her four weeksof Basic Training, Jean is at

Sperry Gyroscope Munitions Plantat Nassau, Long Island, so bothare 'contributing', and Ben and Ishare in the nation's parental prideand thankfulness that they wantedto be a part of the winning of thisglobal war.

"We've loved every SECOND ofour winter up here—even 40 belowand deep snow! The North that'sborn in us exults in the outdoorpicnics where we g'o in big straw-filled sleighs and eat flapjacks thatare something to remember —cooked in the open as we sit 'roundlog fires built in the snow.

"We have a Red Cross unit forbandages and sewing and a veryactive Victory Club, where weenjoy a share in entertaining oursoldiers from Pine Camp, who comefor week-ends for skiing, sleighrides, dances and home entertain-ment. A L L B T T A I-IOLDEN.'

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REPORTS OF WAR WORK(Continued from Page 1)

And "Bundles For America"Was founded to this end

To use the things we others waste,Make over, darn and mend.

Good people came with bundlesOf lace and scraps of cloth

Left over from dress-making,And clothes chewed by the moth,

And buttons and old shoes and silkCollected high and low

Till the rooms were crammed withbundles

And they must begin to sew.They sewed and sewed, and others

cameAnd cut and sewed and sewed

When they had cleared a little spaceHere came another load.

"Now, what to do", the leader cried,"We need to send out work.

We need more valiant sewersWe ne'er a task will shirk."

"Why call the Unitarians in.Their labor never ends;

They're sewing for the great RedCross

For Britons and for friends.They made clothes for the Chil-

dren's Home,They'll answer any plea,Made curtains for the Draft

Board,Quilts for Day Nursery."

"Enough", the leader said, "Enough,We'll do as you advise."

Old clothes went out, new clothescame back

All labeled as to size.Old trousers which had lost their

seatsThey ripped and brushed and

pressedAnd made shorts in which any boy

Would feel he was well-dressed.A small blouse from a man's old

shirtWith Cuffs and collar torn,

A girl's dress from a woman'sdress,

Motheaten and forlorn.And when a woolen scrap too small

1 To make a thing they'd find,They'd piece it in a blanket

Feather-stitched an neatly lined.They found a jig-saw puzzle

Was dull beside the gameOf "What can we make out of this",

And really much the same.Things went on thus for weeks and

weeksThe bundles melt away

And in their place are stocks ofclothes,

Now let us stop and play.Bundles for America

Has closed its doors becauseWe've sewed up all there was to

sew'Tis time to make a pause.

And rest upon our laurelsUntil another fall

Shall bring the bundles rolling inAnd we get another call.A letter was read from Mrs.

Frederick D. Trismen, president ofthe local Bundles for America, ex-pressing appreciation for the gen-erous gifts of garments which theAlliance h a s contributed. Shestated that the help given un-tunate people of Orange county inthis manner had lifted their moralemore than could be imagined, formany of those receiving the verybeautifully made clothing "were ofa standing' unused to poverty buthad met with disaster due to ill-ness or accident. Decent clothingdoes a lot to set such people ontheir way again."

A letter of gratitude from Mrs.Ernest Kilroe, president of theWinter Park branch of Bundles forBritain, was read, which said inpart: "We are very grateful foryour beautiful work and for yourkindness in giving it to us to shipto England, The things you havemade were all especially requestedby Bristol (Hospital for Childrenand Women) and are almost un-obtainable in England."

Another letter from the repre-sentative of American FriendsService Committee stated: "I dowant to add a special word ofthanks for all of these lovely giftswhich will find very grateful re-cipients . . . it is only through suchcooperation as your group is giv-

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ineffective filming. However, therewere, by way of compensation,many pictures that showed the in-accessible country in northern Iraqand the customs of people that havechanged little since the time ofJesus.

Mr. Lamsa closed his lecture witha number of extremely interestingpictures of the old part of the cityof Jerusalem.

REV. GEORGE LAMSATELLS OF MOSLEMS

The inability of Great Britain tofulfill the extravagant promises shemade to the Moslem peoples •fol-lowing the first World War isthe cause of much of her difficultyin Asia in the present conflict, ac-cording to Rev. George M, Lamsa,who spoke before a large audienceat the Congregational Church Tues-day evening. Mr. Lamsa was bornin Kurdistan and educated at theArchbishop of Canterbury Collegein Urmiah, Persia, and followinghis coming to this country in 1916became Field Secretary of theArchbishop of Canterbury's As-syrian Mission in America. He isthe author of numerous books onthe Near East and his studies inthe original Aramaic texts havegiven him a unique position in thefield of Biblical, interpretation.

Mr. Lamsa told briefly of theattitude of the various Moslem na-tions claiming that the majority ofthem were prOrGerman simply be-cause they did not like to have theBritish as masters and they couldnot realize that the Germans wouldbe new masters who might be moredifficult to get along with than theBritish. He gave the latter creditfor doing miracles in. the upbuild-ing and betterment of the Moslemcountries, but censured them fortheir pride and attitude of superi-ority. The soldiers of Iran areobliged to salute English officersbut English soldiers do not saluteIranian officers, said Mr. Lamsa,a circumstance that was a causeof irritation. One of the sourcesof Moslem strength, he explained,is their complete devotion andobedience to their faith.

Mr. Lamsa followed his addresswith three films taken in the NearEast which were very evidently notthe work of a skilled photographer,as there was much repetition and

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BUNDLES FOR AMERICAFunds were voted for the pur-

chase of educational books and toysfor the White Day Nursery, at themonthly Board meeting of WinterPark Bundles for America, on Tues-day. Previously suitable articlessuch as toys and reclaimed sheets,etc., had been donated to the Nurs-ery as, a wartime home frontproject, aimed at releasing womanpower in this time of urgent needin our nation.

Although the Salvage SewingRoom has been closed during thepast month, nearly a hundred dol-lars worth of luxury articles havebeen sold from the shop, and thereare still many attractive items onsale on Tuesday and Thursdaymornings. Mrs. Elsa deForest hascharge of the selling on Tuesdayand Mrs. Frederick Triamen onThursday, with the assistance ofMrs. Gertrude Riebenach, Mrs. Har-old Lyons, Mrs. Adam Miller, MissHelen Steinmetz, Mrs. Frank Dalyand other members of the organ-ization as they find time to devoteto this branch of the work.

It was voted at the Board meet-ing to lay aside clothing for schoolneeds until the end of the summer,and to add to this stock by individ-uel sewing at home. The calls madewere particularly for underwear,nightwear, and boys' shirts. Asrequests from the welfare agenciescome in, they will be met as faras possible from the stock storedin the shop.

Lovely Easter cards are on saleas well as general greeting cards.Ihese have been donated by Mrs.Raymond W. Greene, the well-known flower artist of Winter Park.

A request has been made for a

crib for the child of a soldier'swife, who must work, and leave herbaby with a neighbor who has nocrib. If such a crib is available,it would please the Bundles forAmerica group to pick it up fordelivery, or Mrs. Brown, the Healthdepartment nurse at the Clinic cangive information as to the arrange-ments for its delivery.

BAPTIST WOMENHOSTESSES AT A.W.V.S.

Mrs. Paul Brauer, chairman ofthe War Stavings Staff of the A.W. V. S., reports that during themonth of March $174.55 in stampsand |5125.00 in bonds were soldin Winter Park.

Sunday, April 4th, the hostesseswere the ladies of the Winter ParkBaptist Church. They provided anattractive supper for the servicemen which was much appreciated.These Sunday night gatherings be-come more and more popular eachweek, and there is also an increas-ingly, large attendance during theweek.

The service men are enthusiasticin their praise of the facilities of-fered by the recreation room andare always ready to do K. P. work.

' As chairman of House Commit-tee, Mrs. Win. Nelson Mitchell re-ports several much needed improve-ments and additions have beenmade in the recreation room.Through the generosity of the Gar-den Club we have a beautiful radiovictrola, and a handsome cabinetfor our new dishes, and we shallbe able to add further useful equip-ment for the comfort and pleasureof our service men.

THE ROLLINS STUDENT PLAYERS PRESENT

"LADIES IN RETIREMENT"a mystery drama

ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 16 and 17at 8:15 P.M.

in the Annie Russell TheatreUnder Direction of John Buckwalter

Price—50c to $1.00 (plus tax)Box Office open each afternoon- from 2-5 p.m., beginning

Wednesday, April 14, — Tel. 333

Among the six residents of thestate of Florida who have contrib-uted toward the support of chil-dren of the United Nations in GreatBritain through the Foster Parents'Plan for War Children, for themonth of February, are two fromWinter Park, Mrs. A. Buel Trow-bridge, Jr., and Mr. (Nils) B. Her-sloff, both of whom have beenactive in this project for sometime.

A huge crowd was at the stationMonday to see the Rollins boys offfor Biloxi, Miss., to start trainingfor Army Air Corps Enlisted Re-serve. Approximately 70 Rollinsmen have been called to active dutywith the army, navy, the CoastGuard or air corps since Novem-ber, College officials have an-nounced. The list includes manyprominent student leaders, mu-sicians and athletes. Winter Parkyoung men who left Monday in-

cluded Freeland Babcock, JamesCbnldin, Harvard Cox, G e o r g eDolive, James Gunn, Richard ICrall,Stanley Krall, John Twachtman,Edwin Waite and Edward Wein-berg.

Look for the Greatest Build-ing Era in History after

the WarIf you plan to build, choose

your home site now.

ETTER REAL PROPERTY

R.B. HACKNEYREG. REAL ESTATE BROKERSALES INVESTMENTS RENTALS

GWENDOLINE WATSONFEARING, Associate

104 E. Pai-k Ave. N. 421W

THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING'

Two weeks ago we advertised "Serviced Homes",four in Winter Park and one in Orlando. Sincethat time four have been leased for next year'sseasonal occupany, This generous response canonly persuade us that our proposals to relieve ourtenants of the great majority of household careshas been appreciated.

The one home not as yet rented is located ascant mile and a half from the Post Office, on theScenic Drive, and a few hundred yards from LakeMaitland. Included in the lease are boat andbathing privileges on the Isle of Sicily, a half miledistant, this latter holding being owned by thelessor of the residence described.

The house contains four bedrooms and fourbaths, one a combination library and sleeping roomon the ground floor. There are three porches anda long sun deck on the second story. It is com-pletely furnished with linen and silver included.

The garage of this residence will be remodelled

into a guest house containing large living-sunroom, kitchenette and dinette, two bedrooms andtwo baths. It may be rented separately or in-cluded in the main house lease.

We have recently purchased a two story, threebedroom residence in Forest Hills on a plot180 x 180, overlooking (tho with no direct waterfrontage) Lake Sue. It is offered furnished orunfurnished on seasonal or yearly lease.

The garage on this site was formerly the class-room department of a Kindergarten. There arefour beautifully panelled bedrooms with two baths.A new living room and kitchenette will be added.It will provide occupancy for four single personsor for two small families, It will be fully furn-ished and completely "serviced".

If you are interested in any of these latterproperties, kindly phone or contact our specialagent, R. B. Hackney, Park Avenue and MorseBoulevard. Telephone 421- W, or

SERVICED HOMES, INC.

Frederick Wallick, Mgr.644 Knowles Avenue, Winter Park, Phone 718-R

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CABELL AND HANNA DEDICATE RIVER BOOKTHE ST. JOHNS, TO STEPHEN VINCENT BENET

A few hours before Stephen Vin-cent Benet suffered the heart at-tack which caused his untimelydeath, he wrote, as co-editor of theRiver of America series of books,interpreting American life, his finalcomment on the typescript of the24th volume in this series—a vol-ume which will doubtless be foundon the "must read" list of a largepart of the reading public. Thisforthcoming book is the story ofthe romantic, north-flowing St.Johns River of Florida, and hasbeen written by Branch Cabell, thenovelist, and A. J. Hanna, the his-torian. These authors have appro-priately dedicated the volume toMr. Benet who selected them forthis collaboration.

The St. Johns, as this new vol-ume is entitled, was announced, ina recent book review section ofthe New York Times, for publica-tion in June and is illustrated byDoris Lee.

The Rivers of America series, inwhich The St. Johns is to appear,won the Carey Thomas award forthe "best example of creative pub-lishing in the year 1942", Thisrecognition confirms Mr. Beliefscontention that "the creative in-stinct in publishing can and doesdeal with wide and vital issues thataffect our life as a nation." Theidea of the Rivers of America seriesis original, and the plan it dictatesbreaks with both the old systemsused thus far in American literaryand historical writing. Its purpose'is to kindle imagination and to re-veal American folk to one another

l.by relating the saga of the Ameri-can nation as it came to birth uponthe rivers.

; Mr. Cabell of Virginia spends hiswinters in St. Augustine where he:has absorbed the atmosphere of theoldest settlement in what is nowthe United States. "Literature he

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approached as a patrician and ascholar," writes Fred Lewis Patteeof Cabell in The New AmericanLiterature. . . . To him literaturemust have distinction of style . . .No such stylist in modern times, atleast in America."

Professor Hanna of Rollins Col-lege is descended from pioneers whocame to Florida more than a cen-tury ago. Much of his life has beenspent on and about the St. Johnsriver and the major part of hisresearch has been in the field ofFlorida's unique and colorful back-ground. His Flight into Oblivion,published in 1938, met with en-thusiastic praise in the press of thecountry as well as in historicalperiodicals. "The trail pursued byProfessor Hanna", said the LondonTimes in reviewing' this book, "hasled him to a treasure house of ad-venture. There he has found anew storehouse of Southern ro-mance, a great achievement whenthe field had been so thoroughlyprospected by historians, novelists,dramatists, and film-scenarists."

Farrar and Rinehart, New Yorkpublishers of the River of Americaseries, in announcing The St. Johnsin their spring catalog, say that"The St. Johns river has made agood deal of Florida history, andFlorida history being what it is,one could trace the river's influencewithout much stretching of theimagination to cover a good manypeople and events all over the wholeUnited States. Professor Hannaknows his history, the small nooksand crannies of it, the hidden facts,the little known details; BranchCabell knows his English, how todeflate, disturb and disintegrateegos /theories and, social habits ofall kinds. The result of these twomen's writing and thinking togetheris this magnificently disturbing-book."

EXCELLENT WORK(Continued from Page 1)

M., Mary Schwind. Beliefs—First,Judy Hudgings; second, Gail DeForest; third, Janet McQueen;Special M., Paul Harris. Figures—First, Ralph Chisholm; second,Peggy Timberlake; third, ErmaVon Gilder; Special M., Gail DeForest.

A set of prizes was awarded forthe projects of the Freshman Class,including designs for autombiles,dormitory, room, fashion design,interior decoration, etc. First prizewent to Carlton Wilder; second toJpan Brauer; third to Kathryn Her--rick, and special to M. SallyWright.

The Art History students wererepresented by notebooks, diagramsand charts compiled during theircourse of study. Mary Jane Stan-ley won first prize in the upper .division; Joy Turner won first inthe lower division. These twoawards consist of a year's subscrip-tion to the magazine "AmericanArtist".

The good things in the exhibitionwere not all represented by the

What if the LightsDid Not Come on Again?

When the blackout signal shrieks and thelights all go out in Winter Park we sharefor just a few moments the darkness thathas spread over much of the world. Whatif the lights did not come on again at theexpected time? If we want to make surethat the blackout will only be a drill, wemust buy bonds, support your Red Cross,A. W. V. S. and other worthy war efforts,and show our men at the front that we areworth fighting for.

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prize winners. Ella Parshall hadfour well painted portraits in theshow beside her award. A certaindynamic character makes her pic-tures stop one even though thedrawing and the color both needmore study. Apparently this youngartist loves her art and works with-out restraint, a favorable basis forany form of artistic expression.Nancy Reid's portrait of JimmyGunn also had an appeal for thewriter—a work that had more thana c a d e m i c study in it. JeanTwachtman's statuette, "Runner",conveyed the poise and mobility ofthe athlete. The sculpture divisionas a whole was particularly good.In the department of commercialart there were many examples ofskillful craftmanship and attrac-tive design, of which the intriguing•study of "The Traveler's Tree" bythe Baroness Ow with its contrast-ing blacks and whites and effect ofcontrary motion made it the mostoutstanding in this section.

REMINDERS PROM THERATIONING BOARD

Winter visitors from the easternseaboard states may have gasolineto return, to their homes only ifthey arrived in Florida before Aug.22nd last: those from states fur-ther west, if they arrived beforeDec. 1st.

Applications for Supplemental orSpecial Gasoline, Rations should befiled at least 10 days before thedate of need.

All Gasolme Books must be calledfor. They will not be mailed. Whencalling for books, regulations re-quire that applicants present their

certificates of tire inspections.In War Book No. 2 (the "Point"

book) Blue Coupons D, E and F,are now valid and remain sothrough April 30th. Red CouponsA and B in the same book, the cou-pons that cover purchases of meatsand fats, are also valid. Reel Cou-pon C becomes valid April 11th andD April 18th. All four, A, B, C andD, expire on April 30th. Red Cou-pon E becomes valid April 25th.Its expiration date has not yet beenannounced.

In War Book No. 1 (the "Sugar"book) coupons now valid are—No.12, permitting the purchase of 5lbs. of sugar; No. 17, one pair o"f->shoes; No. 26, one pound of coffee.

IMPORTANT: The cooperationof everyone is needed to guardagainst the spread of the BlackMarkets. It is therefore essentialthat books be guarded against losswith the utmost care: that everybook be signed by the person towhom issued: that holders of bookskeep a record of the serial num-ber of each book. What bettertime to see the the books are signedand the record made than rightnow?

Rationing .Office hours—Mondaysthrough Friday, from 10 to 12 a.m.,and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, 10 to12 a.m. only.

The Friday Morning ReadingGroup will meet on April 9th. MissAbby Smith will review "OurHearts Were Young and Gay" byCornelia Otis Skinner and EmilyKimbrough. April 16, will bemagazine day, Members are re-quested to bring interesting ar-ticles.

CITY LOTS FOR SALE

Does Winter Park appeal to you?

Do you think Winter Park real estate is a goodinvestment ?

The City owns a large number of lots in varioussubdivisions, which may be purchased at veryreasonable prices.

If interested, come to the City Hall or inquireof your realtor.

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