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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1955

Page

8

Mrs Venable Celebrates 91st Birthday in Quiet Family Gathering

Emily Venable 91, living with daughter in High Point area, marks birthday with six children listed across Pilot Mountain High Point and Norfolk. Daughter Leila Whitaker and daughter Irene Pendergast among family. venable split between Pilot Mountain and High Point for 15 years. enjoys reading and newspaper habit with summers in the mountains visiting sons and families.

Emily Venable Wiiter Ee Clinard St. Hamilton St Mes. Venable Alexander Venable Surrey County High Point Leila Whitaker Best St Clinard Venable Bernard Venable Pilot Mountain Robert Venable California Irene Pendergast Norfolk

Shelby Jean Corder Honored at Party And Bridal Shower

Miss Shelby Jean Corder was honored at a miscellanous shower at the Archdale VFW Home hosted by Mozelle Hare Nancy Frazier and Nancy Jarrett. Fifty guests attended including the bridegroom elects mother Mrs W D Cornelison. The event featured a gardenia corsage silver bells and an electric steam iron as gifts plus accordion music by Shelby Jean Grady maid of honor in the upcoming marriage to Eugene Cornelison at Southside Baptist Church April 16.

Shelby Jean Corder Mozelle Hare Nancy Frazier Nancy Jarrett Archdale Vfw Miss Corder Eugene Cornelison Southside Baptist Church W. D. Cornelison Lucille Ellington Margaret Henderson Corder Shelby Jean Grady

Local Visitors and Family Notices in Tipton Street Scene

Mrs Macy Rimmer of Tipton Street hosted her week end guests grandson Lindsay Proc tor from Lees McRae College and daughter Mrs W E Nance of Raleigh. Diane Hargett is ill at the Hancock home with measles. her pony Teddy Borys travels with Mr Borys and will join her husband in Long Island after a two week stay.

Macy Rimmer Tipton St Lindsay Proctor Lees McRae College W. E. Nance Raleigh Diane Hargett Neoo Hancock Florida Teddy Borys Mr. Borys Arizona Mexico Long Island N. Y

New Soviet Ministry Formed To Oversee Machinery

London reports the new Ministry of General Machinery Industry is created in the Soviet government. Peter N. Goremykin named minister. he previously led a wartime arms branch and later directed agricultural machinery. The purpose remains undefined by Moscow radio amid a Kremlin personnel shakeup led by Bulganin Khrushchev.

London Eng Peter N. Goremykin Goremykin Moscow Radio Nikolai Bulganin Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev Gore Malenkov Khrushchev Malenkoy

Martinsdale Snowbound as Worst Montana Storm Rages

Martinsdale Montana sits snowbound with no snow on the ground at 10 miles out. The state’s worst snowstorm in years has piled drifts up to 12 feet and dropped over two feet in the last 48 hours. All roads to Martinsdale are drifted shut.

Martinsdale Mont Montana

Purdy Breaks Silence on Alcohol Bill in Nebraska Senate

In Lincoln Nebraska Senator William Purdy 68 of Norfolk finally spoke after three months of silence to urge revival of his bill for sale of alcoholic beverages in drug and grocery stores The bill had been killed but Purdy pressed to restore consideration amid noisy chamber proceedings.

Lincoln Neb Nebraska William Purdy Norfolk

Stephens Bible Class Meets Wednesday at Mrs Crowder Home

The Stephens Bible Class will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. with Mrs M J Crowder at 309 Steele Street. Mrs A G Carson will lead the session.

St Edward's Guild Sets Wednesday Meeting

The regular monthly gathering of St Edward's Guild is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Guild Hall of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church with President Rose Thurman presiding. All members are invited to attend.

ST. Edward's Guild Guild Hall of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Rose Thurman

B-Sharp Music Club Hears Chorus and Elects Slate

The B-Sharp Music Club met at 307 E. Farriss with Josephine Dunbar hosting. Helena Smith sang solos as the Woman's Glee Club performed under Richard Cox. new officers Joyce Groome Nancy Culler and Judy Hicks were elected for next year. The next meeting is set for May 2 with Carol Simeon.

Josephine Dunbar E. Farriss Woman's Glee Club Richard Cox Helena Smith Joyce Groome Nancy Culler Judy Hicks Carol Simeon Ferndale Dr

Graham Back In Action In Glasgow Crusade

Billy Graham returned to the platform in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall before 16 650 people and urged decisions for Christ as 439 came forward. Earlier he spoke to British servicemen at Bedford Barracks in Edinburgh. His Scotland crusade total attendance reached 337 760 since March 21.

Glasgow Scotland Billy ‘Graham Kelvin Hall Graham Edinburgh Bedford Barracks

Duke Bids For Vanderbilt Estate In Newport

Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. reports the Duke of Windsor bid 50000 for the estate of Vanderbilt's late mother in Newport R I. The 40 room mansion and 8 acre grounds were bequeathed to Vanderbilt and his sister Mrs. Robert Stevens after Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt’s death in January. Vanderbilt pledged his half of the proceeds to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.

Kansas City Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr Duke of Windsor Vanderbilt Newport R.J. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Mansion Robert Stevens New York Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt Damon Runyon

Uranium Crew Strikes Water in Utah Claim Area

In Kanab Utah a uranium drilling crew struck a water well on claims owned by Standard Mining Co of Salt Lake City. The artesian well flows about 100 gallons a minute, prompting local speculation that the area could be more valuable for water than uranium. Local resident quotes compare water yield to uranium potential.

Kanab Utah Standard Mining Co Salt Lake City Boyles Drilling Co

Radar Planned For Transports

United Air Lines launches a four million dollar project to outfit 200 transports with airborne radar capable of penetrating light rain to reveal safe flight corridors through storms.

Los Angeles United Air Lines

Crackerjack Prize Found in Chicken Packaging

Dallas man P Robert Wimberly found a diamond ring inside a package of frozen chicken. The supplier confirmed no prizes are included in regular packaging. The ring owner then delivered a $200 reward to Wimberly for returning the diamond.

Dallas Tex Robert Wimberly Wimberly

Justice, not mood, in guiding a child’s demands

Multive by Muriel Lawrence argues parents must ignore a child’s unpleasant manner and judge requests by justice alone. A correct response preserves parental integrity, prevents chronic resentment, and teaches trust in fair decision making over manipulation.

Muriel Lawrence Alice

Making Marriage Work Despite Quarrels

Ruth Millett advises young couples to handle disputes without letting doubts about the marriage creep in. Frequent quarrels are normal but must be resolved to avoid questioning the union’s validity.

Joe Mary

Finding Purpose at Home When Time Is Full of Kids

Dear P W asks how to fill spare hours while at home with three children and a husband’s long hours. Mary Haworth advises tailoring activities to her environment, suggesting sewing for family and neighbors, creating a study circle, and using local ads to spark simple income ideas, plus engaging with adult conversation groups.

Mary Haworth Tom Catea P.W

Cockie Back In His Cage After Missing Display

Cockie the cockatoo valued at 3500 dollars is back in its cage after disappearing during a March 27 display at a television studio. Owner Coulson Glick said a caller reported the bird in a North Hollywood park in a box and he found it unharmed.

Hollywood Cockie the Cockatoo Coulson Glick Glick Cookie North Hollywood Park

Mary Pickford Bids For Studio

Mary Pickford submits a top offer for the United Artists Studio lot in Hollywood. She bids 1 525 000 and aims to take the property April 20 unless higher bids appear in open court. Judge Paul Nourse ordered sale in a partition suit between Miss Pickford and Sam Goldwyn and set April 20 for sale confirmation.

Hollywood United Artists Mary Pickford Paul Nourse Miss Pickford Sam Goldwyn

Red Sox and Phillies Plan Doubleheader Amid Rainout

Boston manager Mike Higgins and Mayo Smith of Philadelphia agreed to an extra game to fill the pitching schedules after a rain-out in Albany Georgia last Saturday. The opener will be nine innings, the second seven.

Greensboro Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Phillies Boston Mike Higgins Phillies Mayo Smith Albany Ga

National Guard to Be Mobilized in Surprise Readiness Test

The Defense Department announced that 340,000 National Guardsmen will be mobilized soon for a nationwide readiness test. Ground and air units will prepare for missions typical of actual attack conditions, with each state conducting its own test and timing as near-simultaneous as possible. The alert could arrive at any time.

Washington Defense Department

Garcia couple faces naming dilemma for newborn

Mr and Mrs Florencio Garcia of Los Angeles welcomed a baby boy at Lincoln Hospital yesterday amid a unique naming habit. All existing children have first names starting with E, and officials note the parents must choose another E name for the newborn, a task described as a big problem.

Los Angeles Florencio Garcia Garcias Eduardo Enrique Ernesto Elena Edmundo Everardo Esteban Esten Eugenio Elizabeth Elias Romelia Garcia Lincoln Hospital

Lambs Die After Nevada Nuclear Tests Near Green River

Green River Mo reports loss of lambs in McKinnon area along the Utah Wyoming border since spring Nevada atomic tests. Ranchers question if deaths are due to radioactive fallout from the tests.

Green River McKinnon Utah- Wyoming Nevada

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