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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1947
Page
7
Piedmont Cotillion club board approves a May 9 social at Emerywood country club. First club social since organization with live music from a named band to be announced. Gilbert Clinard says members may bring out of town guests. guest cards via secretary Mac Moore at 3456.
The high school faculty and PTA will hold a guidance clinic tomorrow night to aid students and parents in planning courses for next year. Miss Ella Stephens Barrett of the state Department of Education Raleigh will open with a talk on vocational guidance.
Mrs Laura Raymer left Boulevard unit two weeks after surgery to stay with her son in Thomasville. Mrs A R Cass entered Boulevard unit for foot injuries and will stay about two weeks. Mrs Clarence Sechrest is a Memorial hospital patient after an operation this morning. Mrs Henry Nance recuperating at Boulevard unit after pneumonia. Mrs J R Lawrence admitted to Boulevard unit for operation this morning and will have no visitors for several days. Saul Roy Hepler returned home after visiting his sister in Trinity.
Miss Mobley and Bobby Scott won prizes at a weiner roast hosted by Juaniota Blair at her home. About thirty guests enjoyed outdoor games and socializing on the occasion.
Asheville hosts the North Carolina annual parent teacher convention as parents begin sessions to discuss improving education. Key speakers include Harry R. Caldwell of the Good Health Association and Clyde Erwin. Mayor L. Lyons Lee and others welcome delegates. A pre-convention report notes PTA enrollment rising from 135000 to 157000.
The Mothers Prayer band will meet with Mrs. Will Sexton at 1204 Shelton street for its regular meeting tomorrow afternoon at two thirty. The Woman's Wesley Bible class of Wesley Memorial Methodist church will hold a covered dish supper and business meeting Thursday at six thirty at the church with Group one, chaired by Mr. P. V. Kirkman, as hostess.
The Eastern States mixed pair championship was won by Mrs. F. W. Solomon of Brookline, Massachusetts and Jack Shore of Brooklyn, New York. Solomon earned her first title as the duo topped 83 pairs with a commanding lead after both sessions. A highlighted hand featured Shore bidding two spades, Solomon guiding to four spades, and a precise play sequence yielding five odd. In Thomasville, registration for the May 5 municipal election saw heavy turnout with around 100 new names added in the South Ward and the final registration Saturday.
Mrs. L R White of 1433 Larkin street reports a daughter Lillian Karen born April 11 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs C W Lackey announce Josianne Therese born April 17 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Dr and Mrs Jack Hunt announce Patricia Sue born April 13 at Ben Secours hospital Baltimore. Mr and Mrs T E Florence announce Rodney Eugene born April 21 at Memorial hospital.
City council at noon opened a $3790.30 bid from Mill Power Co of Charlotte to install floodlights and electrical fixtures for the City Memorial Park pool. The bid covers pool lighting as part of the new construction.
R T Amos of High Point, a member of the Guilford County airport authority, announced the public hearing will be held Thursday afternoon at 4 oclock in the Greensboro courthouse. The session concerns zoning of land around the High Point Greensboro airport at Friendship and complies with Civil Aeronautics Authority regulations.
About 300 Amazon workers gathered in front of the cotton mill Monday at dawn after a rumor the plant would reopen resurfaced. The crowd dispersed when the rumor proved unfounded. 800 workers remain out as the strike continues since March 1 with no official explanation from union officials.
Permits for two new non residential buildings were issued by the city building inspector. A sheet metal shop at Phillips street costs 1500 dollars for Franklin E Carpenter and wife of High Point Rt. 4. A din er on Fast Green street costs 5380 dollars for John and Diana Angel of 1211 Johnson street. West Guilford street widening may finish in 10 days weather permitting from Winston street to City hall. Notice to creditors in the Estate of N E Allred, late of Guilford County, NC, with claims due by March 19, 1948, or barred. Administr ator A A Allred, residence 219 Centennial Avenue. Roberson Haworth Reese, Attorneys.
Robert Williams of 107 Montheu Avenue, safety director at Thomasville Chair Company, was certified as a member of the North Carolina state department of labor industrial safety advisory board, announced today.
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