Brahms Symphony is Focus of AAUW Group Meeting
AAUW Symphony Enjoyment Group gathered at Mrs. Floyd D. Mehan’s West Lexington home to hear Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major conducted by Pierre Monteux with the San Francisco Orchestra. Mrs. Mehan gave a biographical sketch of Brahms, praising his prolific output and mastery of symphonic form.
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Symphony Enjoyment Club
Floyd D. Mehan
Lexington Avenue
Brahms
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Shubert
Schumann
Robert Franz
Beethoven
Lucille High
Advocates Participation In Government by Women
Robert L. Thompson told Pilot club members at a Sheraton hotel dinner that women should seek office to improve health and education and boost the nation’s economy. He urged equal pay for equal work, noted North Carolina women’s voting power, and challenged clubs to advance women’s business rights. Guests attended including Mrs. L. H. Baker and Miss Myrtle Davis.
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Ditor
Congress
Robert L. Thompson
The
Enterprise
Pilot Club
Civic Club
Sheraton Hotel
Thompson
North Carolina
Mary Blackburn
Grace Baker
Davie Hayworth
L. H. Baker
W. T. Britt
Myrtle Davis
Mrs Serposs Named President of YWCA Business Club
The YWCA Business and Professional club held its monthly meeting with Miss Mary Seward presiding. Mrs Evelyn Serposs was elected vice president and April programs will focus on Know Your Community. Nosegays were given to Ruth Young Hazel McSwain Frances Rebecca Brown Mabel Griffith and Mrs Charlotte Sheffield for their birthdays.
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The
YWCA
Mary Seward
Evelyn Serposs
Ruth Young
Hazel McSwain
Frances Rebecca Brown
Mabel Griffith
Charlotte Sheffield
Safety program at Oak Hill PTA highlights school role
Howard Pancoast heads a High Point safety council address at Oak Hill PTA stressing safety as central to the education program. Oak Hill band and Frances Lavigne's fifth graders showcased music and dances. Officers elected for the High Point Parent-Teacher council. J M Randall retiring president honored with corsage. Bee Evans and Frances Lavigne grades win attendance awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Pancoast
High Point Safety Council
Oak Hill
Parent-Teacher Association
Betty Michels
City Schools Music
Frances Lavigne
J. M. Randall
E. K. Thrower
Asheville
J. M. Hogg
High Point
Carson Stout
L. A. Parker
Kathryn Farr
Mary Kearns
I. K. Thrower
Bee Evans
Calendar items and social gatherings listed for Utopian study club to weddings
Wednesday events include Mrs Rodney Snow hosting a Utopian study club at James town and a 7 30 pm speakers dinner for High Point graduate nurses at the Sheraton with Miss Theodora Sharrocks. A dessert bridge honors Miss Esther Kalte at Gibson clubrooms. Thursday covers Girl Scout council April meeting and lunches for Miss Amos. Friday includes Garden club meeting and a dessert bridge for Miss Amos. Saturday notes the wedding of Miss Esther Kalte to George Estes Jr at Burgess chapel and a dinner party at Emerywood country club for Miss Amos and her fiancé.
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Rodney Snow
Jamestown
High Point
Sheraton Hotel
Theodora Sharrocks
New York
Fourth District
Esther Kalte
Gibson
Dorothy Forward
Green Thumb Garden Club
Jack Thomas
Edgedale Drive
Kenner Amos
Hillcrest Drive
Amos
Miss Amos
Sky Club
Winston-Salem
Sara Ray
Vera Smith
Ruby Brooks
Mesdames
Mabel Campbell
Elsie Kropf
George Estes, Jr
Burgess Chapel
First Methodist Church
Decatur Street
Jack Cheek
Willis Slane, Jr
Emerywood Country Club
Mr. Idol
Ladies Bridge Winners Named at Emerywood Club
The Emerywood country club hosted the weekly ladies bridge event with duplicate and contract games. Winners included Mesdames J. S. Welborn and Lloyd Flythe top North-South, Mesdames W. E. Outen and Ethel Rochelle top East-West, and Mrs Lee W Noble of Preston Maryland at the single table. Runners-up were Mesdames Harold McKee and W. P. Hazelwood and Mesdames F. H. Gray and O. C. Durland. An Easter buffet will replace the usual family night, serving ham and seafoods from six to eight.
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Emerywood Country Club
Mesdames
Maryland
Harold McKee
W. P. Hazelwood
F. H. Gray
O. C. Durland
Double M Club Plans Youth Aid At YWCA Meeting
The Double M club held a regu lar session at the YWCA with 32 members and six guests. President Mrs Charles Collins led as the group set aside ten dollars for five camperships at the YWCA day camp and five dollars for the Girl Scouts camp equipment. They also voted twenty dollars to aid five needy children and welcomed two new members Mrs Robert Anderson and Mrs George Lewis. Guests included Mrs N L Dyer Mrs Julia Dunivant W C Lewis Kermit Sloop Roy Chloupek and L D Stemple of Elkins West Virginia. Mrs George Lewis won the attendance prize.
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Double M
YWCA
George Cecil
George Davis
Hugh Baker
Charles Collins
Girl Scouts
Mesdames Robert Anderson
George Lewis
Mesdames N. L. Dyer
Julia Dunivant
W. C. Lewis
Kermit Sloop
Roy Chloupek
L. D. Stemple
Elkins
West Virginia
VFW Auxiliary Sets Plans for Wheels of Progress Show
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met at the VFW home on Broad Street with retiring president Mrs. Frankie Greer in charge. They planned participation in the Wheels of Progress show sponsored by the High Point and Thomasville posts and welcomed new members Daris E. Mitchell and Joyce Kecsecki. Installation of auxiliary and post officers will be held April 14 at the VFW home.
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Veterans of Foreign War
VFW
Broad Street
Frankie Greer
Wheels of Progress
High Point
Thomasville
Mesdames
Daris E. Mitchell
Joyce Kecsecki
Ella Grant
Mary Elliott
Wedding Unites Miss Ingram and Alvin Boles at Wesley Memorial
Simple ceremony at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church united Miss Esther Ingram and O Alvin Boles last Sunday morning. Officiant Rev Paul Hardin Jr led vows with organ music by Mrs Ernestine Strickland. The bride wore a grey box styled suit with orchid corsage while the groom is a Marine veteran with Sears Roebuck training in Atlanta and Greenboro work upcoming. Out of town guests included Ellen Taylor and Carl Roberts from Rapidan Virginia and Roy Lewis from Greenville South Carolina.
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Esther Ingram
O. Alvin Boles
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Paul Hardin, Jr
Methodist Church
Ernestine Strickland
A. A. Ingram
Lindsay Street
High Point High School
Guilford Business College
Adams-Millis Corporation
Boles
A. O. Boles
Montheu Avenue
High Point College
University of North Carolina
Marine Corps
Sears- Roebuck and Company
Atlanta
Greensboro
Ellen Lou Taylor
Carl Roberts
Rapidan
Roy Lewis
Greenville
S. C
J. E. Sappenfield
Raleigh
Vows of Interest Said In Asheboro
Miss Juanita Virginia Cooke of Orange Virginia marries Clyde Setzer Mauney of Shelby at L. B. Mauney home in Asheboro officiated by Rev. J. Loyd Mauney. The couple plans a Bennettsville South Carolina home after travel.
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Asheboro
Local Notables and Hospital News Brighten City Life
Mrs Louise Harvey Martin of 1801 East Green Street shows slow improvement after two weeks with rheumatic fever at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Eva Faircloth of Mills Home Thomasville enters Boulevard unit in Salisbury caring, now able to receive visitors. Jimmie Thackston son of Mr and Mrs James Thackston at 504 Woodrow Avenue is undergoing treatment at Boulevard unit. Mrs W H Currie of Norwood Court guest in Raleigh with sister Mrs J C Walker. Mrs C A York returns from Salisbury after illness and death of sister Sue B Smith. James W Clontz expected back today after attending to his mother’s illness and death in Salisbury. Mr and Mrs L D Stemple of Elkins WV visiting Mr and Mrs C B Boylen at Farriss Avenue. Stemple is Boylen’s brother. Mrs E L Honeycutt of 500 Chandler Street a patient at Boulevard unit post operation, condition satisfactory. Mr and Mrs Carroll Miller return to Cleveland Ohio after visit with Mr and Mrs G L Stewart at 134 West Lexington Avenue. Miss Helen Graham director of music at junior high resumes work after three weeks away in Shelby for her mother’s illness, now improved.
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Herber L. Burge
Harvey Lambeth
Asheboro
Robert Edgiston
Champaign
Adams
Asheboro High School
National Manufacturing Corporation
Eboro
James Millikan University
Decatur
Army Air Force
Puerto Rico
University of Illinois
Illinois
Louise Harvey Martin
East Green Street
Boulevard Street
Eva Faircloth
Mills
Thomasville
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Jimmie Thackston
James Thackston
Woodrow Avenue
Boulverad
James W. Clontz
City
Salisbury
Sue B. Smith
Clontz
C. A. York
Colonial Drive
E. L. Honeycutt
Chandler Street
Helen Graham
Shelby
Colombia Proves Closer to Liberty Statue Than San Francisco
A geographic comparison shows Colombia is more than 600 miles nearer to the Statue of Liberty than San Francisco, highlighting surprising proximity differences between cities and national landmarks.
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Colombia
San Francisco
Kindergarten To Close For Holiday
The Town and Country school kindergarten run by Mrs. Louis F Voorhees will close at noon tomorrow for Easter holidays and reopen on Tuesday after an extended weekend, officials said.
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Town and Country School
Louis F. Voorhees
Church Social and Class Meetings Announced
The Truth Seekers class of Green Street Baptist meets Tuesday at 7 30 with Mrs Margaret Cleveland on route 4 secret pals revealed. Willing Workers class of Pilgrim Holiness meets Thursday at 7 30 with Mrs D W Beck at 1814 Johnson street. Loyal Workers class sponsors an Easter egg hunt for children at Mills Home Thomasville Saturday at 1 PM.
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Green Street Baptist
Truth Seekers
Green Street Baptist Church
Margaret Cleveland
Route 4
Pilgrim Holiness
Pilgrim Holiness Church
D. W. Beck
Johnson Street
North Main Street
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Lydia E Pinkham
Monark
Princess Beauty Shop
Farly
Williams
B. High ST
PTA
O P
Empress Beauty Shop
Elsie Pierce
Miss Edna Touchstone
Jeff
Girl Scout Council
Girl Scout
Friendship Club
E. B. Collins
East Farriss Avenue
Lawrence Matton
Roland T. Holton
Emerywood Club
Double M Club
Japan
Long
Tillie’ Wood
J. C. Penney
Wesley Memorial Church
Miss Ingram
Alvin Boles
Juanita Virginia Cooke
Givey P. Cooke
John M. Cooke
Orange
Clyde Setzer Mauney
J. G. Mauney
L. B. Mauney
Bennettsville
Eagle Stores
Maxine E. Brown
D. E. Brown
Mr. Brown
Dean L. Adams
Clifford Adams
Olney
Stuonn Lime
Curtiss
Forrest Edwards
Dy-Dee Supply CO
W. H. Currie
Norwood Court Apartments
J. C. Walker
York
Mrs. L. D. Stemple
Elkins, West Virginia
C. B. Boylen
Farriss Avenue
Mr. Stemple
Mrs. Boylen
Carroll Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
G. L. Stewart
West
Grace Flower Shop
Washington
Baptist
Laird Mason Freeman
Charles Freeman Jr
North Wrenn Street
Laird Mason
Boulevard Unit Hospital
Freeman
Daisy Brown
Oakview Pta
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Oak View
Ourneais
Tobias
Aia Swe
Tobias Vain
Bridgi
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