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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1949

Page

22

Mayor-Elect Of High Point Speaks To Jamestown Club

Jamestown April 23 The Modern Book club at Home Economics House held a meeting hosted by Carrie Vincannon and Lucille Bumgarner. President Mrs H N Willard opened with a quiz. A picnic committee was appointed and guest speaker W F Bailey mayor-elect of High Point shared observations from his North Africa service noting Mohammeds five pillars and local family life. Refreshments followed.

Jamestown Modern Book Club Home Economics House Carrie Vincannon Lucille Bumgarner H. N. Williard E. B. Wiike McFadden Millard Firesheets R. E. Hassell Williard W. F. Bailey High Point Bailey North Africa Mohammed C. E. Frazier

Eastern Star Chapter Set to Meet Tuesday Evening

The High Point chapter No. 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a regular session Tuesday at 8:00 PM in the Masonic Hall.

High Point Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall

Prince and Queen Tie The Knot In Informal Friday Ceremony

Miss Nancy Queen and Bobby Prince wed at South Main Street Methodist Church in an informal but impressive ceremony on April 15. Fielding Kearnes and Eva McMullen provided nuptial music. The couple plans to live in High Point after a short honeymoon and the groom is employed at Adam Millis Hosiery Mills.

South Main Street Methodist Church Nancy Queen Louise High Point Bobby Prince W. H. Prince Fielding Kearnes Eva McMullen Nancy Fritts Lee Prince Buddy Perdue Clarence Prince Adam Millis Hosiery Points North

Hospital notes and local visits in High Point area

J B Wardell remains at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial recovering from a serious operation Friday and able to receive visitors. Elsie Ellen Moore returns home after a trip through Durham and Sunny Acres. Mrs Ralph Grey at Lexington Memorial Hospital after major surgery unable to receive visitors. Family visitors and bridesmaids from Baker Murray wedding also noted.

J. B. Wardell Boulevard High Point Memorial Hospital Elsie Ellen Moore Parkway Durham Harold Austin Sunny Acres Winston-Salem High Point Miss Moore Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Phillips Street Ralph Grey Allen Jay Community Lexington Memorial Hospital

Nancy Kay Tysinger Birthday Party Celebrated

Mrs. T. E. Tysinger hosted a party for her daughter Nancy Kay who turned three on Thursday. Guests played games and posed for pictures before dining on cake and ice cream while gifts from Elizabeth Setzer Faye Setzer Sally Osborne David Osborne Gayle Brookbank Margaret Brookbank Carol York Tony Davis Carol Ann Smith Judy Tysinger and Sammy Hampton were opened.

T. E. Tysinger Nancy Kay Elizabeth Setzer Faye Setzer Sally Osborne David Osborne Gayle Brookbank Margaret Brookbank Carol York Tony Davis Carol Ann Smith Judy Tysinger Sammy Hampton

Social events and meetings listed for High Point area

The schedule lists church women, Daughters of the Confederacy, Altrusa, Musical Art, AAUW, Alpha Theta Psi, Cardinal bridge, bridal party, and several club meetings from Monday through Saturday. venues include Emmanuel Lutheran, 448 South Main, Thomasville Woman's Club, Senior high, 321 Montheu avenue, and Emerywood area.

High Point Council of Church Women Emmanuel Lutheran Church W. W. Gluyas High Point United Daughters of the Confederacy J. E. Marsh South Main Street Altrusa Club Thomasville Alpha Theta Psi Unity Nash Ferndale Drive Cardinal Bridge Club Gerald Sullivan Betty Ragan Ruth Stout Chestnut Street Nancy White R. I. Quigley, Jr

Credit Union League Plans Growth and Education Efforts

The group emphasized personal contact to aid delinquents and discussed expanding the state credit union network. Asheville was chosen as next convention site with dates to be set, while the league aims to add 35 new member organizations before the next annual meeting.

B. B. Humphries High Point Grover Jones Mary Lou Rainey H. F. Richardson Hyland Williams L. ¥. Ballentine

Rehearsal Party For Mr and Mrs Neely

Following the Neely Ferree wedding rehearsal at the Church of the Immaculate Heart, Mr and Mrs C E Ferree hosted a cake cutting at their Steele Street home for the wedding party, family and out of town guests. Edna Earl Ferree aided, the bride elect wore gardenia corsage. Flower decorations graced the house and dining room setting.

Neely-Ferree Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary C. E. Ferree Steele Street George Case C. A. Ferree

UDC to Meet With Mrs. Marsh

The United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet Monday afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs J E Marsh at her home 449 South Main Street.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy J. E. Marsh South Main Street

Priscilla Club Meeting With Mrs Young Set

The Priscilla club will meet with Mrs R K Young at her apartment in the Elwood hotel. The meeting starts at twelve thirty oclock and members are asked to note the time change.

Emerywood Country Club O. C. Durland Dick White Priscilla Club R. K. Young Elwood Hotel George Morganstern Kemp McCuiston Maud Burrows Fourth Street

Local Parents Announce Four Newborn Boys

Mr and Mrs Lomer McMahan announce the birth of Stephen Lomer on April 22 at the Boulevard unit of the local hospital. Mr and Mrs J O Cooke Jr announce the birth of a daughter Claire Jean on April 20 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs W J Hennis announce the birth of a son William Jefferson Jr on April 21 at the a unit of the local hospital. Mr and Mrs J D Sneed announce the birth of a son Michael Wade on April 22 at the Boulevard branch of the High Point Memorial hospital. Mrs Sneed is the former Miss Mary Frances Wade of High Point.

Cookes J. O. Cooke, Jr East Farriss Avenue Claire Jean Boulevard High Point Memorial Hospital Hennis W. J. Hennis William Jefferson Jr Sneeds J. D. Sneed High Point Route Two Michael Wade

List of New Jersey residents named in society notice

A long social page item lists 1 000 New Jersey women including Mrs Austin Meely Mrs A B Croom Mrs Frank Holmes Mrs Gilbert Clinard Mrs J W Lind and many others in a formal society roll call notation. The names echo a class of local wives and widows from various households.

Smith Moss C. O. Willard C. L. Russell C. R. Lloyd Sherman Avoose George White Hunter Dalton George Covington J. Lloyd Sheetz W. F. Harriss K. J. Johnson L. A. Welch J. R. Curry M. W. Klemme Taylor Seen Frances Johnson C. B. Stainbeck C. F. Williams Louis Hellig James Kidd Charles Mendenhall James Hunt Fay McCollum W. K. Whitesell K. A. Groome Hemman Gilbert Weinberry Blake Thompson G. W. Pleasants J. H. King C. K. Strickland J. H. Stout Harry Alexander George Cecil Phil Warner R. G. Garland, Jr Fred Laptad Luther C. Parker R. E. Williams

List of defendants charged with various offenses

The document details numerous names linked to charges including operating a car intoxicated and no operator's license. Other counts include aiding and abetting operating a car intoxicated, operating a lottery, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female, forcible trespass, fornication and adultery, reckless driving, and vagrancy.

Freeman Burris Garland Tomlin Nathan Green Alberta

Boy Scout Troops List Honors and Skills Merit Badges

A long roster lists Troops 18 19 20 31 35 36 23 55 80 at Oakdale Cotton Mills Haworth Memorial First Presbyterian Fairfield Methodist North Hamilton Street Church Hilliard Memorial Central Christian Calvary Methodist detailing members earning Second Class First Class Star Safety Woodworking Cooking Postings show names of scouts and adults with badges in hiking wood carving and other crafts across multiple churches and troops.

Bobby Freeman Dewey Gunter Richard Gantt Bryan Bowman Paul Boyles Charles Shufelt Kenneth Steele Buddy Harriss Junior Poe Lawrence Wise Billy Kelly Troop 18 Oakdale Cotton Mills Donald Slack Odell Towery Jackie Campbell Dallas Hutchinson Larry Greene Tommy Sams Gordon Washam Harry King Eliziah King Donald Wood L. C. Hethcock Delbert Rule Richard Owen Haworth Memorial ‘Methodist Church Donald Elliott Aubrey Bowers Bill Weatherford Tommy Lewis Timey Hill Charles Yow First Presbyterian Frank Wood Pete Jones A. Ed Spivey Frank McCain Tial Davis Stuart Fountain Dalety Boo Mountain Tommy Callahan John Williams Fairfield Methodist Church Alton Ray McQueen Jerry Lomax Edward Howell Frank Whitt James Robbins Garland Robbins Jack Bryant George Bryant Donald Lomax Martin McMahon Jr. Ashburn Coulter Pendergraph Bobby McMahan Central Christian Church David Gordon Bobby G. Carson N. H. Parrish Henry Allen North Hamilton Street Church of Christ Gary Lackey R. Wv. Odom Jimmy Lassiter Hilliard Memorial Church Jimmy Hinson First Methodist Church George Honeycutt Thomas Allman E. Peter Danielson Jr. R. Tucker Thomas Bowen Calvary Methodist Grove Mickey Miller Larry _Miller Clayton Wampler Garland Wampler Gerald A. Lewis A. Clyde Ward Jory Skeen Donald Oglesby Jimmy Skeen James McGee Johnny Miller Ronnie Thompson Eddy Saunders Robert Hilliard Donald Williams

Funeral rites held for D A Campen longtime mill employee

Funeral services for D A Campen 60 a resident of 333 Ennis street and Triangle Hosiery mill employee for 18 years were conducted at West End Baptist church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev W C Guth officiating. Burial followed at Floral Garden Park. Pallbearers from Numa F Reid Lodge 334 included Herman E Burton J M Butler Paul Mills W H Marlette C E Harbinson and N P Hedrick. Floral tributes were arranged by the Ready class with Mrs Walter Lawrenson directing. Mrs T Bennison and Mrs W C Guth provided piano music during the service. Grave readings were by lodge officers and members of Numa F Reid Lodge 334. The body rested in the church one hour before services.

D. A. Campen Ennis Street Triangle Hosiery Mill West End Baptist Church W. C. Guth Floral Garden Park Numa F. Reid Lodge No A. F. & A. Masons Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 334

Obituary for Mrs Irene Atkins Hales of High Point

Mrs Irene Atkins Hales aged 68 died at her daughter Louise Stafford's home at 7 15 o'clock after two years of declining health. Born January 2 1881 in Danville Virginia she married W J Hales on December 13 1898 and is survived by three sons four daughters two brothers six sisters and 15 grandchildren. Funeral at First Pilgrim church Monday at 11 with burial in Whitehill cemetery at 3.body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home.

Irene Atkins Hales Louise Stafford Brentwood Hales Danville John Flora Gibson Adkins W. J. Hales Paul John Hales High Point W. W. Hales Fayetteville Early Boggs John Molls Boston Mass R. F. Udall Arlington Arthur Adkins Roseville N. C Lonnie Starling Wade Ivey Cameron Durham Ida Pitman Curry Nannie Holt Fort Bragg Alice Sally Adkins New York City First Pilgrim Church J. A. Grout Fred Jump Church of God Whitehill Cemetery Lee County Sechrest Funeral Home

Funeral services announced for Gay T Ball at Green Street Baptist

Funeral services for Gay T Ball will be held at Green Street Baptist church Monday afternoon at three. The body will lie in state forty five minutes before the service. Interment follows at Floral Garden cemetery with pallbearers from the local police department where Ball served eighteen years.

Gay T. Ball Green Street Baptist Church Floral Garden Ball

Funeral service for Herbert S I Ingram III

Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM in First Baptist Church with Rev. Albert Hale and Rev. Paul S Hardin Jr officiating. Interment in Floral Garden cemetery. The four and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Herbert S Ingram Jr died Friday morning at Baptist hospital Winston Salem after thirty days of illness. Pallbearers: Troy Riley James Ray Smith Frank Sink William P Brown. Argentine population notes European descent among Latin American republics.

Herbert Smith Ingram III First Baptist Church Albert Hale Paul S. Hardin, Jr Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Floral Garden Cemetery Herbert S. Ingram, Jr Hedrick Troy Riley James Ray Smith Frank Sink William P. Brown

Detroit Man Builds World’s Most Perfect Mechanical Man

A Detroit resident claims to have created a five foot tall mechanical man weighing 95 pounds. The contraption wears a suit size 47 shirt 15 percent and shoe size 814 and can walk and dance.

Detroit Michman

Bridge Siblings Dominate but Cantor Misses East Showdown

New York sisters Mrs. Augusta Cantor and Mrs. Gertrude Jobes form a top bridge pair with notable results in mixed team events. The report details Cantor's clever play to defeat a contract and explains a squeeze position that could have allowed East to beat it, highlighting rivals B Jay Becker and Simon Becker and other players from Philadelphia and Wilmington.

Augusta Cantor Gertrude Jobes New York City B. Jay Becker Simon Becker New York Philadelphia Atlantic City Cantor Declarer East

Young Expectant Mother Flown From Germany To Charlotte

Mrs. W. F. Owen former Frances Holland Owen travels home with her four year old daughter Dabney after the death of her husband Lt. W. F. Owen in a fight plane crash near Nuernberg Germany. She is pregnant with a second child due in May and will pass through Westover Field Massachusetts before arriving in Charlotte.

Charlotte Germany W. F. Owen Frances Holland Owen Air Force Nuemburg

Anne Adams Patterns Pattern 4766 Dress Offer

The High Point Enterprise advertises Anne Adams Patterns offering Pattern 4766 in sizes 12 through 20 with size 16 needing 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. Pattern includes illustrated instructions and a ready mail order form for 25 cents, plus a Spring Pattern Book and a four store free pattern within the book.

High Point Enterprise Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y Anne Adams Sena

Old Boss Husbands and Diamonds At Lester's Jewelers

Dr. Evelyn M. Duvall notes husbands cling to old boss roles while progress reshapes family life. A Chicago 400 gorilla birthday joke aside, the column pivots to jewelry, inviting readers to view Art Carved and Keepsake diamonds at Lester's Jewelers and promising weekly appearances.

Dr. Duval National Council On Family Relations Pop Evelyn M. Duvall Chicago Lester's Jewelers

Also Mentioned on This Page

Jamestown Club Eastern Star B. B. Williford Rocky Mount J. P. Tyree Newport News, Va M. W. Nash Thomas Falshaw George Valhalla D. L. Bouldin David Bouldin, Jr Forest Hill Drive Charles R. Cook Leslie Ann Plainfield N. J C. F. Tomlinson Inlaw T. L Simmons Betty Simmons Jane Isenhour Simmons Isenhour Baker-Murray Nancy Kay Tysinger R. A. Sheloff Magic Key Club Donald Conrad Emerywood Valette J. Harris Twentieth Century Study Club Frank Carpenter Model Farm Avenue High Point Business and Professional Women's Club YWCA Herbert Ellington Ellington Nathan Hunt Drive Melvin Hayes Jeanette Owen Clark Ee Cetdanaiere Club Jimmy Livingston Mrs. Neely Mesdames Ray Stutts Howard Stutts Knox Walker Betty Jean Summers Gray Williamson Gloria Foust UDC Mrs. Young National Beta Sigma Phi Woman’s Club Chamber of Commerce Louise Lowerre Kansas City Thaylin Thomas Mary Brown Holmes Jennie Reid Newly Vivian Myrick Judy McCuiston Aleen Hedge Helen Johnson Dorothy Kennedy Bessie Harrington Louise Floyd Peggy Culbreth Ruby Barlow Ruby Walters Ivey Barnes Owena Gallimore Peggy Freedle Mary Irene Hales Herbert Ingram Argentine Republic West Mrs. Cantor Air Cadet School Albany Lt. Owen U.S Owen United States Lester Lester C. Morgan TEL
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