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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1943
Page
6
The Emerywood Country Club designates August as guest month inviting members to bring one non member visitor to the Tuesday morning ladies bridge party. Lunch reservations are required the day before. Hostess tomorrow is Mrs James Totten. Duplicate play starts at 10 and contract at 10 30.
About People Miss Hazel Chapman returns to Washington after a week's visit with her parents Mr and Mrs A L Chapman at 305 Church Street. Mrs John Loyd at 1106 Adams Street is now a patient at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem for major surgery. Mrs Iredell S Hutton returns to Stuart Florida after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C A York of 645 Colonial Drive. Mrs Joe Bruce and Mrs M E Heath and son Jean visit Mrs J G Ruth at 508 Carter Street. G E Wise and son Raymond left for Harrison Tennessee to visit him on construction work. Misses Anne Harris and Faith Warner return after two weeks in New London Connecticut and New York City. Garland Capel Slack and wife announce birth of Garland Capel Jr on August 1 at Guilford General Hospital. John Hicks and wife announce birth of John Courtney on August 1 at Guilford General Hospital.
The article explains how cue bids assist in reaching slam in bridge. It describes Blackwood as the key ace-count method and details the artificial responses used to indicate aces and kings, with the five level showing aces and six level showing kings.
In a Cincinnati club game the Fighting Irish enhanced the Blackwood system with a void showing cue bid after four no trump. South opens one spade, North jumps to three spades, four no trump is shown, North responds five hearts for two aces, and South advances to six hearts then seven spades after North lacks the heart ace.
Miss Ruth Goodman national president of Masque and Gavel, spoke with the society's board of trustees to plan policy for 1943 44 and meet with class groups. In Chicago she attended Northwestern University School of Speech luncheon as guest of honor and was hosted at dinners. En route she visited Ashland Kentucky with Mrs. Clarence Sparks.
Washington dispatch reports the War Food Administration plans to propose mandatory enrichment of white flour with thiamine iron riboflavin and niacin. Enrichment would cost about 20 cents per 150 pounds of bread and would not raise prices. The proposal could target family flour or all flour milled for human consumption.
The L L L Class of Green Street Baptist meets at 7 30 PM at Mrs Paul Wireless 1208 Thissel Street with a time change from Tuesday The P E L Class of First Baptist holds an eight o clock monthly class in the classroom Tonight The Loyal Workers Class of North Main Street Baptist meets Tuesday at 7 30 PM at Mrs R L Teague 1700 Johnson Street Hosts Mrs D O Ward and Mrs Mattie Filliard will reveal their pals
Mr and Mrs Ivey Jackson McNeill of Jonesboro announce the engagement of their daughter Jessie Elva to Rev Gilbert Wes ley Crutchfield of Burlington and Sanford. The wedding will take place August 31 in this section.
Sunday services in Christian Science churches focused on Love as the lesson subject. The Golden Text cited Psalms 63 1 3 praising God and seeking Him early, with Deuteronomy 7 9 onward among cited scriptures. The Science and Health passages describe God as divine Mind Life Truth and Love and reject corporeality, urging reverent understanding and rejoicing in divine abundance.
Pattern 4503 is available in children's sizes 2 through 10. Size 6 dress requires 1% yards of 35 inch fabric. Send ten cents to receive this Anne Adams pattern with plain order details including size name and address. Send orders to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department New York.
Staff Sgt. and Mrs Rayvon Beck announce the birth of a daughter Patricia Ray at Burrus Memorial Hospital on August 1. Mrs Beck is the former Miss Marjorie Pegram.
A standard first aid class taught by Mrs. W. F. Freeman, Red Cross motor corps captain, will be held tonight at 7 30 at the Red Cross office 104 College Street Harold Kearns chair man of first aid announced today. Nurse's aides who have not had first aid are urged to attend as it is required to become a certified nurse's aide. Any interested person may attend. The piece notes driving speed effects on consumption and mileage.
Lin Sen aged 81 and president of the Chinese republic died after a long illness in Chungking He is succeeded as acting president by Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek per the Kuomintang central committee Lin Sen born in Foochow 1862 educated in California and later led China through the war with Japan His political will urged unity and national duty as the nation mourns awaiting funeral arrangements and state ceremonies.
Ruth Millett argues war wives with children fare better in small towns where neighbors are real and help is nearby. She cites New York as an example of impersonal city life and warns of tragedy when a wife alone with a baby dies and the baby starves.
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York returned from a six month tour through Africa the Mediterranean and the British Isles with a Vatican visit. As Catholic military vicar he met Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Pope Pius XII and arrived back in New York by plane feeling well and happy to be home.
Moscow reports Pravda the official Communist Party organ praised a new free German national committee as a tool to overthrow Hitler. It said the group would unite anti Hitler forces inside Germany and swell Hitler's enemies.
Creed and all places of amusement will close for three days. Memorial rites will be held throughout the country on Aug 7.
Alphabet filled crossword style clues reveal a list of terms linked to a famous aviatrix and related crossword entries. The page presents word answers, scattered numbers, and partial phrases that span aviation and general knowledge.
Phyllis Dockeray, twenty, from Glendale, plans to star as a control tower operator in a WAVES film shot by the Naval Photo Science Laboratory. After boot at Hunter College she becomes third class petty officer before moving to Washington for recruiting work. She says Navy life offers discipline and practical skills and envisions eventual life in the South Seas.
A U S Department of Agriculture guide promotes snap beans for autumn gardens. It details space needs for a 30 by 50 foot plot, ideal variety U S No 5 Refugee, planting intervals every two weeks, and early planting timing eight weeks before frost. It notes soil texture, moisture, and handling tips for heavy soil, plus canning, storage, and using overripe beans as dry beans.
The report notes western Atlantic ship sinkings last month totaled six, same as June, echoing Churchill's view that German U boat hopes are sinking. The AP tally shows allied and neutral merchant losses since America entered the war at 676, with U.S. losses in the area totaling 272 since Pearl Harbor. You and your tires will live longer if you remember to slow down on curves.
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