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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
6
The Board of Directors of the YWCA will convene in the Adams Memorial Building board room for the April meeting with Mrs C E Sheloff presiding. The Canterbury Club holds its bi weekly session at 3 p m Friday with Mrs R V Hayworth at her James town home.
Durham April 8 Miss Tommye Stanton daughter of Dr and Mrs T M Stanton of High Point has been honored again at Duke University where she is a rising sophomore She has been initiated into Sandals honorary leadership group and named to the Social Standards Committee Only twenty sophomores are chosen for Sandals based on scholarship leadership character and service The Social Standards Committee governs social standards for Duke Woman's College Miss Stanton was named vice president of the sophomore class and received the best pledge cup from Alpha Delta Phi Sorority.
The Women of the Moose hold their regular meeting tonight at Moose Hall on North Main Street. Members should arrive by 8 00. The item list notes Stella Campin, a Randolph Iowa farm woman, makes oil paintings on spider webs.
The Utopian Study Club heard Mrs. W B Thomas discuss China with emphasis on Madame Chiang Kai Shek, peaceful aims, and China’s need for heavy equipment. Attendees included Mesdames Harris Snow Smith Thomas Groome Holton Kirkman Alexander Roscoe Adams and others.
Miss Elizabeth Munroe former city schools teacher wed Lieutenant Halbert McNair Jones at Myers Park Presbyterian Church Charlotte Officials listed, reception hosted by parents, couple to reside in Audubon Park Louisville Kentucky. Bride educated at Flora McDonald School Red Springs and Columbia University. groom UNC Harvard Business School graduate stationed with Quartermasters Corps Jefferson Indiana.
High Point Business and Professional Women's Club hosted a dinner and program at the Elwood Hotel with Miss Jo Chapman in charge. Soprano Zelma Parnell and accompanist Doris Koonts performed, followed by talks on Post-War Employment and Goals for Tomorrow by Margaret Dempsey and Mrs. N. S. Stirewall. The meeting noted an April 13 Winston-Salem district workshop led by Mary Ely, with Mabel L. Bacon organizing state participation. President Mrs. Margaret Farley presided as twenty members attended.
Miss Mildred Marsh, chairman of Nurses Aides for the local Red Cross chapter, invites all interested women to a meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Red Cross offices. Thirty attended earlier this week as a tentative schedule for hospital aides was outlined.
The Mid-Week Study Club met at Mrs. H. W. McCain’s Johnson Street home for an afternoon program by Mrs. P. W. Flagge titled This and That. Slides featured High Point garden scenes across seasons with Randolyph County and nearby locations, each illustrated by a poem.
Ruth Millet reports on wives of service members and the challenges they face, highlighting endurance, community support, and the social costs of military life for families. The piece portrays how devotion and resilience shape wartime home front experiences.
A wartime social divide forms an aristocracy among American wives based on how much their husbands have served or sacrificed. Those with husbands abroad or in danger feel entitled to judgment, while others with husbands safe at home stay quiet. The dynamic persists as long as the war lasts.
Miss Jacquelyn Garner, to marry Archie C. Bulla tomorrow at eight, was feted at an informal party hosted by her aunts Mrs. K. P. Garner and Miss Willa Veigh Garner at 1694 English Street. Bingo and bridal games entertained, with prizes awarded to Mrs. R. Adams, Miss Beulah Southern, Mrs. John Rudisill and Mrs. Fred Ridge. gifts and a gardenia corsage accompanied the event.
Attendants for Miss Jackelyn Garner and Archie C Bulla are named for the wedding at Central Friends Church tomorrow at eight. Betsy Jones serves as maid of honor with Winkie Bulla Doris Stroup Dot Auman and Mrs John Rudisill as bridesmaids. George Brinson and C L Austin are ushers and James Bulla is best man. A cake cutting at 205 Edgeworth will follow the rehearsal tonight. A reception will be held at the bride’s parents home tomorrow evening.
The Sunset Garden Club of Trinity will hold its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. John Payne tomorrow Friday at eight o clock in the evening.
Mrs A S Caldwell Jr and Miss Alice Caldwell returned from Charlotte after attending the wedding of Miss Bess Munroe to Lt Halbert McNair Jones at Myers Park Presbyterian Church. They joined pre nuptial events with guests including Mr and Mrs Easley Anderson and Mr and Mrs D P Tillett. Also attending the luncheon were Mrs James S Moffitt and Mrs Robert Sheloff, while Dr James A Jones is a brother of the groom. First records of bituminous coal use in Pennsylvania date to 1759 and iron beams appeared in American building in 1854.
Mesdames H A Millis and C F Tomlinson co chairmen of the Women s Division of the War Savings Staff in High Point have called a meeting of workers for the general war stamp and bond drive next week All workers planning to assist are asked to meet at the Sheraton Hotel this afternoon at 430 o clock to discuss and decide definite plans for the drive targeting down stores and business firms Also noted a fact about the first gas well in Pennsylvania drilled in Westmoreland county in 1878.
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