VFW Benefit Dance Draws 300 at Armory
A Saturday night benefit dance at the national guard armory drew an estimated three to four hundred attendees. Tommy Dodamead and his orchestra entertained with Miss Carol Ward as featured vocalist. Prizes were awarded for best waltz and jitterbug with winners Louise Knox and Homer Ragan and Betty Lanier and Johnny Swiggett.
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National Guard Armory
VFW Post and Auxiliary
Tommy Dodamead
Carol Ward
W. R. Malpass
Louise Knox
Homer Ragan
Betty Lanier
Johnny Swiggett
Acea
Auxiiary
Informal Beta Sigma Phi Tea at YWCA Honors Spring Rushees
Beta Sigma Phi hosted a spring rush tea at the Adams Memorial YWCA from 4 to 5 pm honoring rushees Betsy Saunders Lena Sale and Louise Wharton. Hostesses Geneva Crowder Vir Gibson and Mrs Wil Locke and Fred Cox oversaw tea served with Easter themed decorations and iris narcissus and spirea arrangements. An out of town guest Mrs Whan, formerly of Beta Sigma Phi in Richmond and Jacksonville, Fla., attended.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Adams Memorial Ywca
Betsy Saunders
Lena Sale
Louise Wharton
Geneva Crowder
Vir Gibson
Mesdames Wil- Locke
Fred Cox
Whan
Richmond
Jacksonville
Fla
Emma Blair School Pre School Clinic Announcement
The pre school clinic at Emma Blair School will be held Thursday morning April 18 from 9 to 12 oclock. Principal Mrs Coe urges parents to register all children who will be six years old before October 1 1946 at this time.
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Emma Blair School
Coe
Pentagon Club Meets Tomorrow
The Pentagon club will meet on Tuesday April 16 at 8 o clock with Mrs. E G Watkins at Emerywood Court Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon Club
E. G. Watkins
Emerywood Court Apartments
Grant Mouradoff to Star at Senior High Auditorium Tomorrow
Grant Mouradoff, leader and chief choreographer of Ballet Premier Danseur, appears tomorrow night at 8 in the Senior High School auditorium. Mouradoff, half Russian, half Persian and former Met Opera soloist, rose from Tiflis to Paris and New York, directing the Foxhole troupe on a coast-to-coast U S tour covering over 90 cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Mouradoff
Foxhole Ballet
Metropolitan Opera Association
New York
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Mouradoff
Tiflis
Dalcroze
Maria Perini
la Scala
Coppelia
Municipal Opera House Ballet
Paris
Theatre de Champs Elysee
Fokine
Madame Olga Preobjanska
St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre
Toumanova
Baronova
Riabouchinska
Slavenska
Russian Opera
Theatre Pigalle
Paris Grand Opera Ballet
Foxhole
Europe
United States
Baby Album celebrates young Thomasville families
Coy Eugene Robbins celebrated his second birthday on April 1. Donald Lee Edwards turned one on April 5. Martha Celeste Black was one year old on April 3. Darrell Ray Parker marked his first birthday on April 1. Terry Gray Ellis turned two on March 21. All are children of local families in Thomasville area.
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Eugene Robbins
Carl Boyd Robbins
Thomasville
Washington, D. C
Donald Lee Edwards
Tate Edwards
Thomasville Road
Martha Celeste Black
Harold Black
Cable Street
Darrell Ray Parker
Charles ©. Parker
White Oak Street
Terry Gray Ellis
C. A. Ellis
Grimes Street
Peggy Jean Williams
Declarer
East
South
Cooly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Golden Voice
Truman
Local Guard Unit to Present Stan Kenton Band Here
High Point NC state guard unit announces a dance on Wednesday April 24 at the armory featuring Stan Kenton and his orchestra. Proceeds benefit the local state ye ypegee. Capt Merrill H Watson Lt J T Bruton and Lt Arch McMillan lead arrangements. Kenton’s band, famed for rhythm artistry, has appeared in films and cut numerous Capitol recordings since 1943.
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State Guard
Stan Kenton
High Point
N. C. State Guard
Universal Studios
Kenton
Merrill H. Watson
J. T. Bruton
Arch McMillan
National Guard
Local News Briefs From Greensboro and High Point
Mrs. Eula Armfield of Route 3 Greensboro is now a patient at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Fred J. Flagler of Hickory is spending the day in High Point en route to Quebec Canada on business. Mr. Flagler is a former resident of this city.
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Eula Armfield
Greensboro
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Fred J. Flagler
Hickory
High Point
Quebec
Canada
Mr. Flagler
Nature Study Club Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel
The Nature Study club gathers Thursday at 10 30 AM in the Sheraton Hotel. Mrs Charles M Griffith of Winston Salem, authority on dried flower arrangements, will be guest speaker. Mrs Ella Taylor provides vocal selections. Luncheon will follow.
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Nature Study Club
Sheraton Hotel
Charles M. Griffith
Winston-Salem
Ella Taylor
Community clubs and meetings fill Emerywood week
Calendar items list hostesses and venues for Monday through Saturday activities. Burrus Memorial hospital alumnae meet Essie Glenn and Wilma Webb. Emerywood Country Club hosts bridge and dinner. Wayside Garden club tours member gardens. YWCA luncheon. American Legion auxiliary gathering. garden talks on edible wild flowers. Jewish Women council meeting. Nature Study club at Sheraton hotel. Tea and Topics club at South Main Street. Emerywood duplicate club play at Emerywood club.
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Burrus Memorial Hospital
Essie Glenn
Wilma Webb
Boulevard
Emerywood Country Club
C. T. Ingram, Jr
Wayside Garden Club
A. M. Utley
Parkway
The
YWCA
Adams Memorial Ywca
American Legion Auxiliary
Nurses’ Home
Howell Street
Pattern 4619 eyelet dress for girls with matching panties
Preview of Pattern 4619 a sunfrock for girls with eyelet edging and ruffled details. Includes sizes 2 4 6 8 and 1 percent yards 35 inch fabric plus 2 percent yards for eyelet edging. Send twenty cents in coins to Pattern Dept Enterprise 243 West 17th St New York 11 NY. The ad notes new Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book and a free hat and gilet pattern.
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Enterprise
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Applied Christianity sermon at First Jist church urges daily living faith
Rev. Whilbur Hutchins preached on applying Christian principles to life. He cited Alvin York and Alexander Bell, urged church and school involvement, prayer, repentance, and action in the community. The service featured organ music and choral anthems with readings from Matthew.
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Whilbur Hutchins
Emile Serposs
Coliaes
Teschiner
Reger
Wenneberg
Jesus
Heaven
Hutchins
Alvin York
Alvin
Jerusalem
Nazarth
Temple
Alexander Graham Bell
Christ
God
Public
Clubwomen urged to further work of famine group
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs urged immediate full backing of famine emergency work. Leaders called for Victory gardens, food conservation, and releasing surplus to hungry nations as war and drought cut world food output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Karl Bishopric
Estelle T. Smith
Extension Service
North Carolina State College
Division of Urban-Rural Cooperation
Europe
French North Africa
China breaks tradition with clocks rarely given at weddings
In China clocks are considered bad omens and are rarely given as wedding presents. In contrast, over 95 percent of the world’s diamonds are produced in Africa.
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China
Africa
Priscilla Club Cancels Friday Meeting for Good Friday
Members are reminded that the Priscilla club will not meet this Friday afternoon due to Good Friday. The calendar overlooked the date, and plans for the next meeting will be announced later.
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Priscilla Club
Fidelis Bible Class Meets Tuesday at Mrs Wright Home
The Fidelis Bible class of First Baptist will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 at the home of Mrs D B Wright on Greensboro road. The announcement came today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis Bible
First Baptist Church
D. B. Wright
Greensboro Road
Birth of Son for Mr and Mrs Lee W Sherrill
Mr and Mrs Lee W Sherrill announce the birth of a son named David Coe on April 12 at the Washington Street unit High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Lee W. Sherrill
David Coe
Washington Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Diamond rush across Africa begins in 1946
In 1946 reports describe the diamond rush spreading across parts of Africa as prospectors flock to new deposits. The movement involves numerous crews and rising staking deals, reflecting a new phase in colonial mining competition and local economic impact.
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VFW
Armory
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Emma Blair
Nelson Florist
Francis B. Nelson
Main &T
Phome
Becky's
Whitlark’s
East Commerce
Iderene
Mgr
Ae Bank
Ballet Premier Danseur
Sfecal
Woxzema
MWY PS
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Robert Lee Barnett
Aileen Barnett
Robert Niles Barnett
Danny Fitzgerald
Lonnie Fitzgerald
Route 1
Verna
Cookie) Jones
Vernon Jones
Minnie Lee
Steed
Ruby Tyner
Betty Trotter
Pauline Hedgecock
Princess Beauty Shop
N. Main &T
Burbank
Winston- Salem
J. E. Marsh
South Main Street
Emerywood
East Dealer
North-South Vulnerable
Mr. Hutchins
Ak9
West
Charles G. Doak
N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Edwin P. Brown
Murfreesboro
Art Department
the Federation
R. O. Self
St. Mary's Street
Raleigh
Francis Borham
J. C. Jackson
Lumberton
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Asheville
Josephine Culbertson
Luna Smith
Bessie Jenkins
Dot Zigier
Lucille Bodenhamer
Bebe
W. Washington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Blue Plate Foods
Bie Piatt
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