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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1945
Page
13
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty will hold a regular meeting Monday at 7 30 pm at the hall on West Commerce street. A request is made that members be in attendance at this time.
The Canterbury club met at Mrs. Marsh's home at 909 Johnson Street to hear Mrs. Louis F. Voorhees discuss Islands of the Mediterranean. She outlined island histories, showed locations on maps, and quoted from Ernie Pyle and Major Frances W. Gerard to enrich the talk.
The annual spring meeting of the Greensboro college alumnae association chapter will be held in the afternoon at Mrs B Hall’s Johnson street home. The session starts at four o’clock with Mrs W D Sale Jr as associate hostess.
Mr and Mrs E S Martin announce the marriage of their daughter Octavia to C R Walker radioman third class US Navy. The ceremony was March 31 at the bride's home with Elder L G Cashion officiating. The bride, a city high school graduate of 1942, works for Adams-Millis. Walker, son of Mae E Walker and the late Mr Walker, attended local schools and later served at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D C after enlisting in February 1943.
The week lists meetings and events across High Point and Emerywood including Burrus Memorial Alumnae association at Boulevard unit hospital, Sons and Daughters of Liberty on Commerce Street, VFW Auxiliary installation on West Broad Street, and varied club luncheons, garden tours, and charitable activities. Notable gatherings include American Legion Auxiliary events, Council of Jewish Women, Greensboro Colony alumnae, High Point BPW initiation at the Sheraton, and service club dances at the YMCA for visiting service personnel.
The W O T club meets Miss Mary Alexander at her home on English street Tuesday afternoon at three thirty. A program of current events will be featured.
Mrs Charles G Doak reports the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs will host its annual art exhibit in the State Art Gallery Raleigh May 28 to June 2 marking a high point in years of art promotion by clubs and schools. The effort includes traveling exhibits and a major State convention project with six prizes for artists and Penny Art Fund awards for clubs.
The Friday Morning Music study club met at Mrs. C. F. Tomlinson's home on Parkway with a luncheon at Emerywood club. Mrs. Stanley Davis presided as program "American Music of the Gay Nineties" featured songs by A. B. Huff and W. L. Jackson and a sequence of piano numbers, duets, and a chorus, ending with a group singalong and a luncheon at the country club.
A joint installation will be held Monday at 7 30 PM at the Broad Street home of the local VFW post and auxiliary. Commander Kittlen of Charlotte and Mrs May Cook of Winston Salem will oversee the ceremony as installing officers with Mrs Cook as senior vice president of the state auxiliary. The Lylee taenaay its regular meeting also slated for 7 30 PM at Broad Street.
Burrus Memorial Alumnae Association will meet Monday at 7 30 pm in the dining room of the boulevard unit at High Point Memorial Hospital. Miss Frances Bailey, the association’s chairman, announced the gathering. Gold was used for jewels before bronze was known.
Mr and Mrs William Thomas Taylor of 1205 Johnson street announce the engagement and coming marriage of their daughter Ava Neil to the Rev Clyde Louis Collins of Mount Airy North Carolina. The wedding is planned for June. Ava Neil Tay lor a Montreat and High Point college senior. Collins a Brevard and High Point College graduate and pastor of the Ararat circuit Methodist church.
The Bur bank Garden club will meet at 10:00 AM on Wednesday at 1009 North Main Street. Mrs. L. L. Wilkinson will speak on Flowers of China and Mrs. J. W. Hiatt asks members to attend.
Girl Scout Troop No. 1 led by Miss Barbara Brooks Miss Jane Austin and Mrs. Mabel Burnett held a wiener roast Thursday at 6 pm at Mr and Mrs Sherwood Forrest home. Guests included three year old Philip Tillman and sisters Nancy Brown Dorothy Collins and more as they enjoyed cakes doughnuts and dolls on view.
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