Local groups mobilize cancer control drive in April
Local Women’s club and Jaycees join forces with the American Cancer Society to launch a March funded campaign. Booths will offer leaflets and donations at the Sheraton and Elwood hotels the post office and Center theater while volunteers inform neighbors about prevention and early detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Field Army of the
American Cancer Society
Mrs
Sheraton
Elwood
Center Theater
J. B. Dobson
Parent-Teacher Council
Il Walker
Field Army
Whitley
American Society For the Control of Cancer
High Point
Eastern Star Mark Anniversary At Meet Tuesday
The Point chapter No. 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star will observe its 31st founding anniversary at its regular meeting Tuesday evening April 10 at Masonic Temple. The hour for the gathering was not fully legible in the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point
Masonic Temple
High Point Garden Club
C. C. Garrett
Rockford Road
L. L. Wilkinson
China
Junior Service League
Emerywood Country Club
A. M. Boate Jr
the Erie Country Club
Harold Bennett
Twentieth Century Study Club
Henry V. Koonts
Dot House
Esther Rae Wilson
Virginia Crouch
J. Grayson Hill
The
YWCA
Julia Liles
Local YWCA Joins In National Stay At Home Conference
High Point YWCA will host a 3 to 5 pm stay at home conference on April 14 as part of a wartime nationwide event. voting delegates listed include Mrs. Charles Sheloff Lucille Browne Lillian Massey Mrs. Henry White Mrs. H. W. McCain and Thelma Patrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
H. P. Morrison
Y.W.C.A
High Point
Grand Rapids
Michigan
National Board
Morrison
Charles Sheloff
Lucille Browne
Lillian Massey
Henry White
H. W. McCain
Thelma
New York
United Nations Organization
Y.w.c.a.’S
Elliott
C. A
Busy week full of garden clubs and society events
The High Point calendar lists meetings and social gatherings across clubs and organizations. Highlights include the High Point garden club with Mrs. C. C. Garrett, the Junior Service League at Emerywood Country Club with an all-day schedule, and DAR and Eastern Star activities. Various bridge, study, and luncheon events span Wednesday through Saturday, with weddings, YWCA meetings, and USO dances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duplicate Bridge Club
Femerywood Country Club
USO
Miss Hill Weds Donald Morris In Asheboro
Miss Hill marries Donald W. Morris in Asheboro at Central Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Q. Tuttle presiding. Morris, BM, 2/c US Navy, returns from the Mediterranean theater. bride is daughter of Mrs. Ida Hill and Marvin Hill. The ceremony followed by a cake reception and a brief wedding trip to Western North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
York
S. C
Wanda Louya
Richard J. Regan
Donese Greer
Clyde Conrad
Regan
A. C. Louya
Thomasville
Pilot and Mills
Pvt
Remer Regan
Lexington
Davis-Townsend High School
Asheboro
Hill
Donald W. Morris
United States Navy
Central Methodist Church
Mark Q. Tuttle
Naples
Italy
Morris
Ida Hill
Marvin Hill
Albemarle
St. Leo's School of Nursing
Greensboro
Salters Depot
Charleston
Frances Irena West
Fred J. Herron
Clifton Herron
Ilotte
Herron
W. H. West
J. Herron
Route 1
Newell High School
Dr M L Skaggs Delivers San Francisco Preview At Thomasville Club
Dr M L Skaggs head of Greensboro College history department spoke at the Thomasville Womans Club on Elliott Drive about the upcoming San Francisco peace conference. He outlined factors for and against the conference and discussed Allies Russia England and China, followed by a round table discussion. Tea and refreshments were served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Womans Club
Elliott Drive
M. L. Skaggs
Greensboro College
San Francisco
Skaggs
Russia
England
China
Plus Skaggs
Kate Norment
Rs. C. L. White, Jr
Claiborne Pennington
Girl Reserves Fete Children at YWCA Party
The Junior YWCA Girl Reserves hosted a "little brother and sister" party Friday afternoon at the YWCA from five to six thirty. About twenty members and young guests attended. Polly Carroll and others played games while Ellis Hodges and Patricia Jane Hartley sang. Ice cream cookies and candies were served by JoAnne Mitchell and Patricia Surrett. Attendees included Peggy Ritchie Ronald Koonts Harriett Edwards Barbara Ellington Polly Carroll Ronda Tucker Frances Carroll Frances Mull Penny Smith Billie Anne Slate Helen Martin Carolyn Davis Nancy Davis JoAnne Mitchell Patricia Surrett Betty Sue Pennington Mary Jean Wardell and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rty
YWCA
Polly Carroll
Ellis Hodges
Patricia Jane Hartley
JoAnne Mitchell
Patricia Surrett
Peggy Ritchie
Ronald Koonts
Harriet
Evening Garden Club Meets Tuesday at Mrs King’s Home
Mrs FE A Downey and Mrs J H King will host the Tuesday Evening Garden club at 3 o'clock on April 10 at 218 Thurston Street. Members are urged to attend and bring Afghan squares. A plant sale follows the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Downey
J. H. King
Music Study Club Meet Friday At Tomlinson Home
The Friday Morning Music Study Club will be entertained by Mrs. Charles F. Tomlinson at her Parkway home Friday at eleven. The usual luncheon will follow the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Tomlinson
Parkway
Philomathean Club
R. F. J. Johnson
Carrick Avenue
Tomlinson Home
Buffet supper for service men at YMCA Sunday
The YMCA hosts a service men buffet Sunday from 5 to 7 p m with clubs cooperating with USC and the Junior Service League in the project at the YMCA gym nasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
USC
Junior Service League
Tea And Topics With Mrs Idol Meets At North Main
The Tea and Topics club will meet with Mrs. V. W. Idol at her North Main Street home Thursday at 3 30 in the afternoon. This is the regular meeting of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tea and
V. F. Idol
North Main Street
The
YWCA
C. E. Sheloff
Tea and Topics Club
V. W. Idol
Birth of Terry James Biser at High Point Memorial
Mr and Mrs Foster J Biser announce the birth of a son named Terry James on April 7 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry James Biser
Foster J. Biser
Oakwood Court
Terry James
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Kangaroo Fat Anointing Seen by Central Australia Bushmen
In Central Australia some bushmen believe that anointing themselves with kangaroo fat can help perpetuate their people. The practice is part of traditional belief about nourishment and endurance in the harsh environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Australia
Engagement of Tricia Story to Cadet James Maloney
Asheboro announces the engagement of Tricia Ann Story to Cadet James Lockett Maloney of West Point. Miss Story, Sulllins College and Edgewood Park senior, matches with General Harry James Maloney’s son, Episcopal High graduate slated to receive his commission in June. An unrelated note mentions a harmful superstition about childbirth using an axe or razor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Samuel Davies Story
Tricia Ann
James Lockett Maloney
United States Military Academy
West Point
Story
Sullins College
Bristol
Virginia
Edgewood Park
Briarcliff
New York
Maloney
Harry James Maloney
Boston
Mass
Episcopal High
Alexandria
Regular Army
Jamestown Club Reviews Laughlin Book and Local News
Jamestown news notes a Modern club meeting with Ruth Anne Horney presiding as Lu cille Bumgarner reviewed Clare F E Laughlins So Youre Seeing New England. Local news includes Beta Club trip to England talk by Mrs. Webster, plus residents visiting, furloughs, and social hours with refreshments. A Buenos Aires museum plan is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Modern Club
Roy Carmichael
Ruth Anne Horney
Lucille Bumgarner
H. N. Williard
New England
Clare FE. Laughlin
Howard T. Wyrick
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Nelson Florist
Francis
Nelson
N. Main St
Marjorie Fesperman
Stone Mary Jones
Security Bank
Hazel Smith Thelma Clanton Maurice Peace, Mgr
J. W. Sechrest & Son
Stanley’‘S Jewelers
Main St
J. C. Penney Co
Y.W.C
Friendly Garden Club
Martha Parsons
High Point Woman's Club
SIGME
Miss Hill
Donald Morris
Dr. Skaggs of
T' Ville Club
Theresa Hoover
Salem Street
H. A. Cecil, Jr
Ralph Lambeth
Dorothy Dean Boyles
Harry Brown Finch
James Lambeth
David Dias
Miss Hoov
Homer Sink
Jack
T.J. Turner
Winston-Salem
T. J. Turner
Tom Valentine
E. R. Stillwell
C. R. Patterson
T. R. Holland
C. L. Berrier
George Wright
M. A. Yarborough
Sarah Penninger
Leola Black
Yolanda Leonard
Iris
Spirea
M. L. Howard
Mrs. King
Ymca Gymnasium
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ward Street Methodist Church
S. M. Barr
WSCS
Raymond Lawson
R. Allen Burton
B. H. Cook
Glenn Doby
George C. Halton
Ward Street Church
Mrs. Idol
Vows
South
Jamestown Club
Laughlin
James Jenson
Merchant Marine
Norris Frazier
Wilmington
C. E. Frazier
Hebron Cable
India
Richard Osborne
Bainbridge
G. R. Osborne
James His
Camp Wheeler
Harold Glover
Paul Mendenhall
Jack Wyrick
Bainae
G. V
R. L. Carmichael
Lelia Alexander
Durham
H. D. Martin
Ronald Russell
Fort Bragg
Russell
Russell Hassell
C. V. Bundy
Betty Lynn Williard
Salem College
H. W. Williard
Wayne Johnson
Chapel Hill
Robert Johnson
Tommy Lee
Clarence
Johnson Billy Stout
Kenneth Williams
Buenos Aires
Gay
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