Wayside Garden Club Plans Fall Flower Show
Madeline Hoover presided at the Wayside Garden Club meeting held at Mrs. A. M. Utley’s home on Park Way. Plans for a fall flower show were discussed, and members were urged to attend the North Carolina Garden Club state meeting May 12 13 at the O Henry Hotel Greensboro. Iris culture and disease treatment were presented by Edith Moore Sherrod, with member iris specimens and five arrangements on display.
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Wayside Club
Iris
Wayside Garden Club
A. M. Utley
Parkway
W. G. McFarland
John C. Sheloff
J. E. Marsh
D. L. Bouldin
O. E. Cummings
C. H. Risch
Minta Hughes
Ernest S. Wall
North Carolina Garden Club
O. Henry Hotel
Greensboro
Utley
Ernest Wall
Thomas W. Sprinkle
Edith Moore Sherrod
Modern Art Talk on Classicism by Neal F. Austin
Neal F. Austin spoke to the Modern Art Study Group of the AAUW on Classicism 1775 to 1850. He highlighted artificiality in works copying Greek and Roman styles and noted Goya and Blake as outliers, with Gainsborough and Reynolds praised as face painters of their era.
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Modern Art Study Group
AAUW
Neal F. Austin
American Association of University Women
Ivey Groome
Rotary Drive
Mr. Austin
Francisco Goya
Blake
Austin
Gainsborough
Reynolds
Survey Finds 102 Handicapped Children in City Area
A High Point Parents of Handicapped Children Association meeting reported 102 handicapped children in the city and vicinity. William Peacock led the gathering as Henry Winninger was ill. Paul Hutton gave the invocation and a film titled Ten Facts About Jesus Christ was shown. Paul Conrad related the State Organization meeting in Winston-Salem and routine business was discussed with 12 members present.
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High Point
Pentagon Club Dance Set for May 2 at Emerywood
The Pentagon Club invites members and their guests to its private spring dance on Saturday May 2 at the Emerywood Country Club. Carded entry required. banquet for members, husbands and out of town guests precedes the event with Mrs. Robert H. Walker Jr. as president and officers including Mrs. Ed Pleasants and Mrs. Ed C. Rankin. Lacquer note and fast-drying tip included.
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Pentagon Club
Emerywood
Emerywood Country Club
Robert H. Walker, Jr
Ed Pleasants
Ed C. Rankin
Pilot Club Awarded For Service And Shipmates Reveal
The High Point Pilot Club received the Achievement Award for the highest service percentage at the district meeting in Rocky Mount and a 100 percent donation certificate to NESCO. Lula Raper was installed as president succeeding Luna Smith. new officers include Melva Price, Louise Cecil, Grace Devinney, Helen Allred, and Edith H. Perry. The program honored past president Luna Smith with a pin and a cash gift, then announced the Shipmates reveal and drew new names for the next period. The meeting closed with the code of ethics led by Mary Leet Hodgin.
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High Point Pilot Club
Rocky Mount
NESCO
Lula Raper
Luna Smith
Melva Price
Louise Cecil
Grace Deviney
Helen Allred
Edith H. Perry
Hymn-Playing Contest Set For Saturday Morning
The Musical Art Club sponsors a hymn playing contest on Saturday morning April 25 at 9 30. Younger contestants from first through sixth grade perform at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, while high school juniors and seniors compete at First Baptist Church. Each younger entrant must know two hymns, older contestants four hymns and perform two. Prizes awarded in each group with a panel of judges listed.
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The
Musical Art Club
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Ernestine Fields
Charles McAnnally
Samuel Hyman
Mildred Crowder
Margaret Kipps
Henry Whipple
Brentwood P T A Elects Officers for 1953 54
The Brentwood P TA elected officers for the 1953 54 school year led by President Mrs Arnold Cagle and Vice President Mrs Frank Lin Lewis. William P Peatross was named second vice president with Miss Ruth Metz as secretary and Mrs Joe Blair as treasurer. The meeting featured a program by Brentwood School violin pupils directed by Mrs W W Raper Jr and devotions by Grant Blair.
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Brentwood P-Ta
Arnold Cagle
Franklin Lewis
William P. Peatross
Ruth Metz
Joe Blair
R. L. Humphreys
Rs. W. W. Raper
High Point City
Almanac Club Plans June Picnic And May Flower Show
Almanac Garden Club met at Mrs. R. T. Tunstall Jr with Mrs. A. R. Wilson hosting. Members discussed the upcoming Flower Show at the next meeting on the third Tuesday in May and a June Garden Center tour and the planned June picnic to close the summer meetings. An arrangement of snapdragons Scotch broom and other blooms in an antique beer stein was critiqued.
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Coca-Cola Company
Almanac Garden Club
R. T. Tunstall, Jr
A. R. Wilson
Garden Center
Clubwomen Gather for North Carolina Home Demonstration Meet
About 350 clubwomen from Stokes Forsyth and Davidson counties attended the North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs district meeting at the Junior Order Home near Lexington. Mrs J Mack Smith presided with reports from State President Mrs R L Yancy and 1952 accomplishments presented by Mrs Tom Preston. The afternoon panel featured a world understanding theme with Miss Nancy Pritchard Sue Nichols Dorothy Shields and Carolyn Smith as 4 H Farm Youth Exchange delegates.
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North Carolina
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Stokes
Forsyth
Davidson
Junior Order
Lexington
J. Mack Smith
Wallburg
R. L. Yancy
Ruth Current
Tom Preston
Stokes County
Moorefield
Robert Cook
Roy Lohr
National Home Demonstration Council
Raleigh
Gilbert English
Trinity
Nancy Pritchard
Sue Nichols
Dorothy Shields
Carolyn Smith
4-H Farm
English
Secretaries Group To Meet Tomorrow In Thomasville
The O Henry Chapter of Greensboro National Secretaries Association will meet tomorrow at 6:30 PM at the Pioneer Restaurant in Thomasville to receive applications for membership.
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O'Henry
Greensboro
National Secretaries Association
Pioneer Resturant
Thomasville
Jamestown Wesleyan Service Guild Elects Officers
The Jamestown Methodist Church Wesleyan Service Guild met at the church last evening naming Mrs. Ernest Crouch president with A B Lea as vice president and James Spencer as recording secretary. Other officers include Simon Hodgin promotional secretary and R L Green treasurer.
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Ernest Crouch
Wesleyan Service Guild
Jamestown Methodist Church
Earl Hedrick
Chester Hayworth
R. V. Johnson
W. D. Wood
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Bete
Local
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Adwition
Madeline Hoover
ITOR
Denen
Pentagon
Emerywood Club
Pilot Club
Sheraton Hotel
Pictur
Coke Cecil
Melva T. Price
Grace
Efird’s
Efird
Department Store
Almanac Club
Monark
DuPont
Monark Shade Co
Golden
Guernsey
Sears Wonderful
Kenmore
Jamestown Guild
Jaynes Paw
Jayne
Worms
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Institute of Laundering
Arrid
SEARS
Kenmore Vacuum Cleaner
DIAL
Sears, Roebuck and CO
High Point, N
N. Main Street
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