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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
8
Ralph Shankles celebrated his 12th birthday with a party at Deep River Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Spencer Sharkles hosted with games and refreshments as the honoree received many gifts.
A Victorian jewelry description highlights a bright gold finished chain with brass backing. It features mock ruby jewels, ring earrings with jewel studs, and a triple chain bracelet showcasing a coordinated drop arrangement.
The Canterbury club schedules its meeting for 3 30 PM tomorrow with Mrs R V Hayworth correction to the time. Members are asked to note that the regular hour will be observed.
The Woodmen circle announces a business meeting this evening at 7 30 at the W O W home. Members are urged to attend as plans for the group’s activities are discussed.
Colgate University's Masque and Triangle club adds five women to its honorary ranks for their work on the production Boy Meets Girl. Frances Betts Florence Hampton Rosemary Greene Ethel Stark and Joan Boyce are cited for their contributions to campus theater.
Miss Virginia Ryan executive secretary of the Veterans Information Center was the guest speaker at a High Pointiness and Professional Women's Club dinner at the Sheraton hotel. Betty Lewis and Doris McNeill performed a twin marimba program. Ryan urged citizens to assist veterans readjust to civilian life and shared the information center’s help with housing and job access.
Little Miss Jean Roberts celebrated her sixth birthday with a surprise party at Mrs W G Kirkmans kindergarten. Children enjoyed group play songs and a pastel decorated birthday table with a pink green cake. Refreshments were served by Jean Roberts mother and hosts. Cancer Society grant funds cancer research joint with Ohio State Minnesota and Pennsylvania universities.
The Community Concerts association re elected officers at a Sheraton meeting. Mrs. C F Tomlinson is president J Gurney Briggs first vice president Charles Carroll second vice president Mrs R T Amos secretary S C Kirkman treasurer Members to be appointed later. Renewal letters to members follow sell out of Senior High auditorium seats. April 23 membership tea announced to begin annual membership drive week.
William Crawford Moore of Asheboro will wed Virginia Carolyn Ballard of Gainesville, Ga., in a June 22 ceremony at the First Baptist church. The bride is a Gainesville High graduate and UNC Chapel Hill student active in drama and several sororities and arts groups. The groom, a former U S Army Air Forces flight officer, attends UNC Chapel Hill and is a director and stockholder in family mercantile firms in the Carolinas.
The OPA announced that new cameras projectors enlargers and most photographic accessories will price 8 to 10 percent above prewar levels plus about 18 percent excise tax. A 14 percent manufacturer price increase offsets higher labor and materials costs.
Oak Hill elementary students with Miss Dorothy Hoskins presented a toy orchestra program for parents Wednesday. First grade performers played numbers including Tramp Tramp and other selections, showcasing the pupils musical effort under supervision.
Premier Herbert Hoover arrived in Berlin for a three day survey of Germanys food conditions today. He will visit key sites and meet officials to assess relief needs and discuss postwar food stability.
The excerpt lists several grade level performances directed by different staff. The second graders performed pieces including The Swabian Folk Tune Jumping Jack La Torque Lavender's Blue and Who Would Not Fight For Charlie under Kay Moore and Treva Hipps. The third grade presented The Parade of the Wooden femial directed by Bobby Michael.
An Australian war bride told US army officials she knew her husband for only a week before marrying him three years ago and did not think she could recognize him in America. She is among 18 wives of American servicemen who are canceling passages to the United States. Some wives are ill or afraid to leave Australia.
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