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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1944

Page

6

Rankin elected new president of Junior Service League

Mrs. Alex M. Rankin Jr was elected president to succeed Mrs. Willis H. Slane at the Junior Service League annual meeting held yesterday at Emerywood Country Club. Mrs. S. B. Saunders won the Violet Johnson Award for outstanding community service, especially for efforts on the League Tuberculosis seal sale.

Alex M. Rankin, Jr The Junior Service League Willis H. Slane 8. S. Saunders Violet Johnson League Emerywood Country Club Saunders Slane W. B. Hall Perman Accept Rankin Royster Tucker T. B. Seal Sale S. S. Saunders Ways and Means John Foy Henry Foscue Morris Jones Charles Kearns James B. Lovelace Joe Hollingsworth D. A. Rawley Robert Davis Earl Phillips Herman Smith Harry Alexander T. B. Sealsale John Whitescarver Louis B. Heilig Matt Wall Red Cross Ilon Willis Slane Ralph Slate James Armstrong Louis Heilig Edwin Hedrick C. T. Ingram, Jr George McLarty Jane Austin Mary Sue Briggs Jeanne Rankin Clara Cole Sherrod Mary Wilson Wall Fred Metcalfe Howard Blair Brooks Reitzel Frank Stell A. M. Rankin, Jr Tuberculosis Seal Sale Alex M. Rankin Provisionals Enterprise

City Manager Braden Addresses Mid-Week Study Club

City Manager Roy S. Braden spoke at a Mid-Week Study club meeting at Mrs. J A Esherman’s home on 905 Johnson Street. He urged postwar planning focused on housing health and recreation, cited youth centers and slum eradication as on the path to better citizenship, and urged backing for constructive local efforts to improve High Point.

Roy S. Braden J. A. Esherman Johnson Street High Point Braden W. L. Watson Mesd W. F. Bailey C. F. Carroll, Jr J. W. Chandler J. A. Marsh W. R. Morrow C. E. Rozwolkte F. J. Sizemore A. M. Uffey Mr. Braden R. A. Sheloff Hugh Noah W. D. Brooks F. H. Hallenbeck Glenn Smith A. H. Whitley N. M. Harrison W. H. Hall J. W. Woolfen Edith M. Sherrod Sechrest Allen Welborn W. BE Griffith Frances Eshelman New York Frances Rebecca Brown Eve Wynne

Administration Luncheon Roles Noted with Engraved Tray

Description of a luncheon during a presidential admin with an engraved tray bearing names and date. Mrs. Amos Earns and Mrs. Elwood Cox led frame duties with Miss Eleanor Amos and Mrs. Earl Phillips handling framing while Mrs. Robert T. Amos supplied the flowers.

The League Amos Earns Elwood Cox Eleanor Amos Earl Phillips Robert T. Amos

Clare Tree Major Production to Be Seen Here Friday

The Clare Tree Major Children's Theater presents the second and final play Little Men at 3 30 P M Friday in the Junior High School auditorium. The program follows King of the Golden River and is dramatized from Louisa May Alcott. Costumes by Marian DePew and settings by Mary Mahan. Sponsored by the High Point Parent Teacher Council and the Junior Service League for school children at a small admission.

High Point Clare Tree Clare Tree Major Louisa M. Alcott Concord Bhaer Marian DePew Mary Mahan Children’s Theater High Point Parent-Teacher Council Junior Service League

Church Social Plans Monthly Philathea Meeting

The Rankin Memorial Methodist Philathea class will meet Friday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Howard King at 329 Pickett Street. Associate hostesses will be Mrs Verna Hall and Mrs A F Vickers. Welcome class of Oak Hill Friends to meet Friday at 7 30 at Mrs M C Lowe 2206 Hansell Street.

Rankin Memorial Philatheas Rankin Memorial Methodist Church Howard King Pickett Street Verna Hall A. F. Vickers Oak Hill M. C. Lowe Hansell Street

BPWC Re-elects Mrs. Casey Head In Choosing Slate

At the April High Point Business and Professional Women's Club meeting Mrs. Brandis Casey was re-elected to the presidency for the coming year. The new slate includes Oriana B. James as first vice president Alta Chame lin as second vice president Ruth Farthing as recording secretary Lloyd Hughes as corresponding secretary and Harold Ryan as treasurer.

High Point Business and Professional Women's Club Sheraton Hotel Brandis Casey Oriana B. James Alta Chamelin Ruth Farthing Lloyd Hughes Harold Ryan Arthur P. Wilson Greensboro King Cotton Hotel China National Federation of the Business Professional Women's Club E. M. Shipman Ruth Goodman International Relations Council High Point Ensign Pentarge Naval Service For

Hudson Rush Vows Announced

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Rush and James S. Hudson was solemnized Monday April 17 at Bruce H. Carraway's office. The bride wore navy blue with white trim and was employed by Thomas Hosiery Mills, while the groom, recently discharged after nineteen months in service including Guadalcanal, is to reside at 619 Willowbrook Street. Twenty five percent of Australia's war factory workers are women.

Elizabeth Rush James S. Hudson Bruce H. Carraway Ruth Edwards Thomas Hosiery Mills Asheboro

State Manager at Local Woodmen Circle Meeting

The Piedmont Grove number 172 of the Supreme Forest Woodmen held its monthly social on Wednesday with sixteen members present. State managers from Charlotte and local members Miss Blanche Eakin Miss Annie Jarrett and Mrs Kathleen Jarrett from Thomasville attended. Plans were made for the district meeting on May 6 and a memorial program drill was organized by Miss Eakin. Edmund H Harding of Washington will entertain at a banquet at the Sheraton Hotel with the Woodmen of the World at 7:00 on May 6. Tickets are off sale from members. Prizes will be awarded to ladies at the banquet and dancing will run from 9 to 11:50. Refreshments followed.

Piedmont Grove Supreme Forest Woodmen le Blanche Eakin Charlotte Annie Jarrett Kathleen Jarrett Thomasville Miss Eakin Mildred Blanche Weavil Iris Virginia Loflin Helen Fritts Ruby Stone Virginia Morrison Ethel Cavelock Louise Durham Edmund H. Harding Washington, N. C Sheraton Hotel

Rebekahs Plan For State Meet

An important meeting of the Magdalene Rebekah lodge is set for tomorrow evening at 7 30. The gathering will discuss plans for the upcoming state meet and related activities.

Rebekahs Magdalene Rebekah Lodge

Private duty nurses meet in Boulev ard hospital dining room

A 7:30 p m Thursday gathering of High Point Graduate Nurses association members is scheduled in the Boule vard unit hospital dining room. The Friday schedule includes a Philomathean book club meeting at Mrs. Tomlinson’s Hillcrest Drive home with hostesses.

High Point Graduate Nurses Association Boulevard Philomathean Book Club H. Tomlinson Hillcrest Drive W. J. McClure

Rainbow Assembly No 6 to Meet at Masonic Temple Friday

Rainbow Assembly No. 6 for girls will convene at the Masonic Temple Friday night at 7 30 p m marking its first regular meeting since reinstitution on April 6. Mrs Clyde Johnson mother advisor and Miss Doris Gantt worthy advisor will supervise with Miss Ruth Ann Miller associate advisor presiding. All Master Masons and Eastern Stars invited to attend.

Rainbow Assembly No Masonic Temple Clyde Johnson Doris Gantt Ruth Ann Miller

Plans for State Assembly Meeting on May 15-16

The lodge hall on Commerce Street hosts planning sessions for attending the state assembly in Winston-Salem on May 15 and 16. Members are urged to make a special effort to attend this morning’s meeting.

Lodge Commerce Street State Assembly Winston-Sallem

Mexians Soothing Powder Promises Irritation Relief

An old advertisement claims Medicated Mexians Soothing Powder provides protection against irritation when applied between skin and bed clothes. The copy markets a gentle formula for soothing comfort.

Vitamin C output to rise tenfold by 1944 says USDA

The Department of Agriculture estimates production of Vitamin C will be about ten times higher in 1944 than in 1941. The report notes American soldiers receive roughly 35 square feet of sleep and living space in the tented areas of England.

Department of Agriculture England

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