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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1959
Page
7
Mrs. Lee Proctor was guest of honor at a 3 to 6 open house on Montheu Avenue hosted by her daughter Mrs. Clayton Kearns for her 75th birthday. About 40 neighbors and friends attended, with Rev. Harry Hawthorne and wife among special guests.
A reader Jasmine asks if she should tell her mother about a man her mother dates who is in love with Jasmine. Ann advises silence to spare the mother humiliation. Other letters discuss inviting an elderly widow cousin to visit and custody issues with a divorced mother and son, with guidance to consult an attorney and communicate with the child. The column closes with a satirical pair about a heartless woman and a chiseler.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Dodge Jr. of Hickory announce the birth of Kathryn Anne on April 25. The Dodge heiress is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Smith of Gatewood Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Erath of 2417 Dallas Street announce the adoption of Marion Lynn on April 22.
Mrs. J. Q. Cheves Sr. and Mrs. J. Q. Cheves Jr. and daughter Donna Kay left this morning for Washington D C for a relative visit. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shavitz are vacationing at the Sherry Frontenac Hotel in Miami Beach.
A private note addressed to Corky reveals a claim of being the person in a photograph and asserts decency. The writer notes will be 41 in July and adds a personal thanks to "Doll."
Teen readers are urged to obtain Ann Landers new book How To Live With Your Parents by sending 20 cents and a large self addressed stamped envelope. Readers are instructed to mail questions to Ann Landers in care of the newspaper for assistance.
The Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle will hold a business meeting this evening at WOW Hall at 7 30. Attendees planning to join the state convention in Asheville on May 15 have been asked to attend the meeting.
In Richmond Virginia six Negro youths were wounded when two speeding cars fired shotgun pellets at them through the East End neighborhood Sunday night. Injured were Clark Jr aged 15 and Washa 16 hospitalized. others Black 15 Dicker son 17 Floyd Reynolds 17 and Mickleburg 16 less seriously hurt. Police questioned a car owner and linked the incident to a prior rock throwing clash between white youths and Negro teens.
Campbell College announces the May Day pageant on May 2 at 4 p.m. on campus circle featuring Miss Ann Raynor and a court from areas including Burlington and Sanford. The program showcases episodes from girls physical education history with period costumes, calisthenics, dances, and modern ballet elements directed by Frances Lloyd and Barbara Barber with music by Charles Horton.
The piece contrasts Great-grandma’s hard daily chores with a modern wife’s focus on staying young and being a companion. It notes time spent on beauty, salons, shopping, and social duties, then ends with a potato cooking time estimate.
Ad promotes coin collecting as good for nerves and patience and notes a full line of collectors supplies available for purchase.
Myrtle Wolfe of Raleigh North Carolina was elected chairman of the Southern Region al Conference of the Child Welfare League of America at the three day meeting The group will meet next year in Asheville North Carolina April 27 30.
Four Cubans jailed after hijacking a Cubana Airlines jet to Key West apply as political refugees. Ceferino Rodriguez Diaz 55 and Sidofredo 29, aided by Maria and Margarita Mendoza, say they fear punishment in Cuba where military service is a crime. The Viscount turbojet carried 20 people and landed safely with the hijackers surrendering to immigration authorities.
Doctors say a tumor removed from Sewell L. Avery was cancerous but localized with no spread. The 85 year old former Montgomery Ward chairman, who dominated Ward from 1931 to 1955, had surgery on his colon and retired from the board.
Hollywood AP report says Wyatt Earp actor Hugh O’Brian’s houseboy Stig Hoglund received a call from someone posing as Pomona police Sgt Henderson claiming a traffic warrant. Hoglund went to Pomona, was told no warrant, and returned to find two automatic pistols and various clothing and jewelry missing while the marshal was in New York.
Oregon wagon train of 22 members resumes along the Oregon Trail after rest at St Marys Kansas. Next camp 17 miles farther at Louisville. Observes centennial from Independence Missouri to Independence Oregon. Free dinner basket social ice cream and laundry for travelers drew about 5000 visitors with a hay bale pulpit and cross of sticks in service.
Johnny Lynch praises Mr Lindsay for taking top photographs for Miss High Point and Mother's Day, noting the quality comes from his expertise. The quote identifies Lynch as son of Dr and Mrs Jack Lynch of Arbordale Drive.
Mrs. Muriel Lawrence argues that Steve’s late return due to a crate on a wagon shows initiative and perseverance. The problem is disobedience that ignores its effect on others, like delaying dinner and causing worry. The editorial urges praising effort when actions consider others. A rule for deep fat frying ends the piece.
Advertisement for people age sixty to eighty to obtain up to 1000 life insurance without obligation. Mail in name address and birth year to Old American Insurance Co Kansas City for simple processing. No agent calls will be made.
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