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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1941
Page
16
The feature outlines summer furnishings for porches sun rooms and gardens 1941. Modern outdoor styling emphasizes pastel hues sailcloth coverings and varied materials like metal bamboo rattan and woven fibers. It highlights sofas chairs gliders and tables designed for outdoor living plus floor coverings suited to May through September entertaining.
Incoming shipments in the coming weeks make outdoor gear worth an inspection. Shoppers will likely add a piece or two to existing equipment to keep up with trends and times.
Bridge sets, permanent or collapsible, are inexpensive and practical. They reduce moving and cleanup requirements for frequent players and also serve as decorative touches for vacant corners.
Walter Winchell comments on stalling loudspeakers for convoy orders and backstage art classes led by Vera Sellwood filming etchings. Rumors about Vera La Gatta, Hye Bos sin, Florence nurses at Doctors Hospital, and social pairings including Jimmy Bryant with Ann St George Thompson. Also notes about Fred D Jordan selling a hotel and a Census Bureau figure on dairy case production.
A week long jury court term begins next Tuesday at High Point Municipal Court with Tuesday for calendar calls and no trials. Frank Davis of Sedgefield faces assault with a deadly weapon reckless driving and interfering with an officer in a case tied to a liquor truck chase. Dozens of other defendants appear on charges ranging from abandonment and non support to reckless driving and illegal gambling. Jurors listed include M. M. Strouther Don Burgess and many others. An unrelated note warns Topeka households to polish headlight reflectors as law limits cars per home to five.
Three year old Angelene Drakulakos daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Drakulakos of 606 Richardson Street marked her third birthday on Wednesday April 16.
Prices of home furnishings have risen less than many other major commodities. Furniture still costs far less than 12 years ago despite higher raw materials and labor costs. Dealers expect to raise prices soon to keep pace with producers.
Firemen answered a beer bust blaze when a truckload of beer caught fire. Bottles exploded and gasoline tanks threatened to blow. Battalion Chief Joseph A. Spranger said the beer helped suppress the blaze. Firemen secured one bottle after the flames were under control.
A tradition holds that Navajo people do not enter a dwelling where a member of their tribe has died, reflecting enduring beliefs about death and ritual.
Light woods in modern furniture push use of lighter floor coverings. Pastel rug shades trace Pacific Coast modernist taste and pair well with blonde woods in Hollywood. Fridson seal is dyed muskrat fur.
The distinguishing feature of prima vera is its creamy white color with occasional rose pick streaks. It is used extensively in modern furniture and resembles the velvety richness of old satinwood.
In 1940 there were 4,500,000 trucks on the nation s highways nine times the number in 1918. Fort Crook is located near Omaha Nebraska.
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