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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1947

Page

6

Miss Eleanor Amos and C. Bickett Idol Feted at Dinner

Miss Eleanor Amos and her fiance C. Bickett Idol were honored at a Saturday dinner party at Emerywood Country Club. Hosts Mr. and Mrs. Willis Slane Jr and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cheek of Greensboro joined the bridal party for an intimate event with twenty three guests. Easter egg place cards marked the bride and groom as jonquil and pastel flower centerpieces brightened the table. A course dinner followed amidst spring decor.

Eleanor Amos Mr. Idol C. Bickett Idol Willis Slane, Jr Jack Cheek Greensboro Emerywood Country Club

Local hospital notes and Easter travels among High Point residents

Dc. T. Ingram Jr and Mrs. Frank Dalton recover from recent appendectomies at High Point Memorial Boulevard unit while Billie Campbell heals from tonsillectomy at home. Visitors and family visits fill the week as residents travel for Easter and return to local addresses on Lexington Avenue and Green Street.

Dc. T. Ingram, Jr Boulevard Unit High Point Memorial Hospital Frank Dalton Boulevard Billie Campbell Magnolia Court Chandler Street George Clark Conway, Ark High Point Willis Slane

Tea and Topics meets Thursday at Mrs Clayton's home

Members of the Tea and Topics club will gather Thursday afternoon at 3:30. Hostess Mrs W F Clayton will welcome the group at her home located at 223 Lindsay Street.

Tea and W. F. Clayton Lindsay Street

High Point Garden Postpones Meeting

The High Point Garden club postpones its scheduled 10 o'clock meeting to a later date. A quoted line about beating a walnut tree appears, noting an English walnut tree bears more nuts when beaten.

High Point Garden High Point Garden Club

Busy weekly schedule of club meetings in High Point area

A dense calendar lists multiple events from Tuesday to Friday at Emerywood country club, Sheraton hotel, and local homes. Highlights include garden clubs, bridge gatherings, DAR and Eastern Star meetings, and a marriage-related social for Eleanor Amos.

Emerywood Country Club Garden Gate Club James F. Armstrong Cedrow Dupuy Sears Jean Hardin Eleanor Amos Garden Club A. W. Robertson Sunset Drive Alexander Martin Daughters of the American Revolution Thomasville Woman's Club Thomasville T. J. York Altrusa Club Sheraton Hotel Co-operettes International D. W. Hunter Greenway Drive F. H. Barrett High Point Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall

Eleanor Idol bride elect hosts and society events listed

Luncheon host for Miss Eleanor Idol at Edgedale Drive at 3 PM. Priscilla club meets with Mrs. In gram on Rotary Drive from 4 to 5 30 PM. Tea for Miss Eleanor Amos at Emerywood with Mrs. Percy Idol and Mrs. Charles Coble 9 to 1. Sedgefield club dinner dance at Plantation Supper Club with Jimmy Lee orchestra 1 PM Saturday. Rankin hosts luncheon at Emerywood for Miss Amos at 9 PM. Women of the Moose dance under Academy of Friendship 9 to 1. Mr and Mrs Carl Samuels Lambeth honored at a Sheraton dance hosted by Lambeth and Hundley families.

Allen Welborn West Farriss Avenue High Point Woman's Club Sheraton Hotel O. A. Kirkma Friendly Garden Club E. E. Witcher Business and Professional Women's Club Emile H. Serposs Charles Lee Amos, Jr Eleanor Amos Bickett Idol Mesdames W. B. Hall David T. Yow Hall Johnson Street Twentieth Century Study Club Frank Carpenter Springfield Mayne Bundy Tea and Topics Club W. F. Clayton Lindsay Street Eleanor Idol Edgedale Drive Priscilla Club Fred Ingram Rotary Drive Percy Idol Charles Coble Idol Guilford College Emerywood Country Club Sedgefield Plantation Jimmy Lee A. M. Rankin, Jr Amos Women of the Moose Academy of Friendship Carl Samuels Lambeth Sheraton C. J. Lambeth George L. Hundley Thomasville

Equal Days and Years on Mercury

The article notes Mercury’s day length equals its year due to a 1:1 spin orbit resonance. Mercury spins once per orbit around the sun, resulting in equal durations for day and year.

Mercury

Tar Heel Gets Highest Post

Bette Craig of Mount Holly N C is president of a regional allied youth conference covering the two Carolinas. Other officers named are Charles Watson Anderson vice president Mary Ellen Caudle Lenoir NC secretary and Carlisle Crenshaw Lancaster treasurer. Next year's conference will be in North Carolina with time and place to be decided later.

Pocono Mountains State Location

The Pocono Mountains are in Pennsylvania. The Olympic Mountains are in Washington. The Blue Ridge Mountains span several states including Georgia North Carolina and Virginia.

Pocono Mountains Olympic Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Pennsylvania Washington Virginia North Carolina

Horoscope Style Letter Guidance And Odd Q&A

The text blends dated social advice and test answers about birthdays, correspondence with a congressman, and benevolent forecasts. It includes directions for addressing a letter to The Honorable James RB. So and So and opening with Dear Sir, plus optimistic yearly predictions and a one minute test with location answers and a cooking tip about clarifying fats with raw potato.

James RB

Lost Colony Director to Visit Manteo for Spring Casting

Samuel Selden, who has led the Lost Colony for a decade, will be in Manteo on April 19 to cast over 100 Roanoke Island natives for the drama. John Walker notes early local casting to speed the 1947 season with 49 performances from July 1 to September 1. Rehearsals start June 12 with the Westminster choir arriving June 19. The Saturday casting at Dare County Courthouse offers local college students a chance to audition for dancers Indians colonists and Queen Elizabeth’s court roles.

Manteo Samuel Selden Roanoke Islanders John’ A. Walker Westminster Choir Queen Elizbeth’s Court Dare County

Union Leaders Address UFWA-CIIO Members in Thomasville

Union leaders William Bell and Ernest Marsh spoke to Local 286 UFWA-CIIO members at Thomasville city hall about organizing challenges and unity to uphold standards. They urged attendance at the May 5 city election and noted April 7 registration opens, with a $70.23 local strike fund report and no major police angle.

Thomasville William Bell Ernest Marsh United Furniture Workers of America-Ciio Ufwa-Ciio Ben Moore Bell Police Department Clete Smith Moore Amazon

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