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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1944
Page
6
The Stephens Bible Study class led by Mrs. C. S. Grayson will meet tomorrow at 3 PM with Mrs. M. J. Lee guest host at 1003 Lindsay Street. The session agenda is not stated.
The YWCA Girl Reserves begin a busy week with a post Easter egg hunt at 4 pm at Adams Memorial grounds, hosted by Mesdames Smith Moss and James Kidd. Club meetings follow through the week including Working Girls, Seventh Graders, Gayteen, Junior-Senior, Eighth club, and Gay- Debs focusing on plans for service projects, the Junior-Senior Prom, kit bags for Red Cross service members, and a Spring Format event on April 28.
A collage of brief items notes the Tomlinsons returning from Tiollywood and Holly wood while Lt. William A. Tomlinson and his wife were stationed there. Mrs. George Machen spent holidays in Salisbury. Salisbury visitors, church wedding plans in Raleigh, and travel updates for families including the D. S. Coletranes, Clar a Steele Harcourt, and the G. Humphreys. Mrs. Ridge visits from Memphis. Dunk moves to Holland Michigan. Easter trips feature Misses Hege and Howry. John Leonard and family return from Baltimore with Frances Haney and Ben Crowson.
Stockholm April 11. Sweden's oldest newspaper Post och Inrikes Tinninger will celebrate 300 years of continuous publication. It began in 1645 publishing news of the Thirty Years' War to Swedish forces, initially once or twice weekly.
Captain Jane A. Stretch of Newton commands one of the first WAC units to reach North Africa. She and her crew were flown to their base of operations to begin duties at once.
Des Moines April 11 the state board of social welfare told a 70 year old woman it cannot send welfare money as a wedding present. She requested one more check as a marriage gift after notifying the board she would leave the assistance rolls.
Mme Genevieve Tabouis the famed European journalist campaigns for freedom of the press to be enshrined in postwar order and in a world press tribunal. She recounts her rise from L Oeuvre foreign editor to a New York weekly publisher and her efforts to tell the truth despite opposition from officials and rivals.
Mr and Mrs W C Page hosted Cadet Bill Page and about twenty Oak Ridge classmates with a buffet at their Asheboro home. Special guests were Oak Ridge orchestra leaders Captain Paul Taylor and Captain Merriman. The orchestra later played at the Easter dance in the high school gym.
Former high school seniors were feted Friday as juniors hosted a banquet in the school cafeteria. Guests included the school board, faculty, county superintendent T Fletcher Bulla and spouses, Rev and Mrs Poole, with James Crawford Jr as toastmaster and Richard Kearns responding. Mrs John W O Quinn Jr honored with party at Bruton home with crystal gifts and a two tier cake centerpiece.
Miss Patsy Story of Briarcliff Manor Edgeswood Park N Y hosted an informal party for her guests Miss Audrey Hourihan of Lake Placid and Miss Evelyn McLuskey of Syracuse during the past week on Wednesday evening in her home.
Textile ad describes Pattern R4698 a misses and women's dress with diagonal blouse closing scalloped edges and optional lace. Sizes listed 12 to 20 for misses and 30 to 40 for women, price twenty cents with transfer motifs, order via High Point Enterprise Pattern Department in New York.
Mrs Curry Loflin hosted a bridge party for Miss Story and her guests at her home with four tables in play. H V Palmer won high score and gifts were given. Friday Mrs Davis Crawford held a coca cola party for about fifteen visitors. Julia Alexander hosted a luncheon and theater party for Miss Story and guests while visiting from Woman's College Greens boro with her parents Mr and Mrs Kemp Alexander.
Mr and Mrs Ed Staton announce the birth of a daughter Glenda Joyce on April 4 at the High Point Memorial Hospital Washington Street unit The infant is the Statons first child and joins the family at 8 A Clara Cox Apartments.
The Tri County Association of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty will meet Saturday evening in Burlington at Purity Council Lodge Hall. Mrs. J L Causby of High Point presides assisted by Mrs. Mary Hardison of Rocky Mount as vice councilor. State councilor J R Pierce of High Point will attend and speak, with other officers including W L Sapp of Winston Salem and ex National Councilor Lawrence L Carter of Greensboro. The meeting will discuss the state wide membership drive and urge full council representation from the eastern part of the state.
Thomasville notes a joint meeting of all local school Parent-Teacher Associations on Thursday night April 13. Mrs Bess N Rosa from the University of North Carolina Woman's College will speak on Social Hygiene at 8 o clock in the High school auditorium. The public is invited. Mourning commences for Mrs Mabel Bray’s mother in Saginaw Michigan.
Elsie Robinson argues generosity is risky for the generous, drawing on childhood and adult experiences. She notes surefire popularity can fade when motives show, while bystanders grow wary, and suggests generosity is a bold, costly venture worth pursuing despite social cost. Mrs. William R. Hunt and her husband depart for New York City for a coast guard assignment.
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