Misses Bell and Strickland Host Bridal Shower for McDonald
Miss Colleen McDonald, bride elect, received china from Miss Bell and silver from Miss Strickland during a misc shower at 1362 Dorris Street. About twenty guests, including Mrs. P. L. McDonald, enjoyed lime ice and cakes as parlor games were played with prizes to Miss Kitsie McLamb and Mrs. Arnold Metcalfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Bell
Strickland
Miss McDonald
Colleen McDonald
Derla Dean Bell
Della Ann Strickland
Dorris Street
Miss Bell
Miss Strickland
Mately
P. L. McDonald
Kitsie McLamb
W. M. McLamb
Arnold Metcalfe
Wives Learn Repair Basics At Arizona State College
A summer session course open to housewives and husbands teaches repairing irons toasters and refrigerators at Arizona State College in Tempe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tempe
Ariz
Arizona State College
Mrs Frankie Greer New VFW President Achieved
The Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars accepted the resignation of Gladys Richardson and named Frankie Greer as her successor for the unexpired term. The regu lar meeting at the VFW Home noted Greer is a past president and will assume office immediately. Committees reported and plans were made to serve doughnuts and coffee to inductees leaving for service on August 8. A note of appreciation from Thomas B. Corn who has left for the armed services was read. Twenty members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Richardson
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frankie Greer
VFW
Thomas B. Corn
Armed Services
Pattern 8857 sews feminine collarfront with lace
Pattern No. 8857 by Sue Burnett offers a Bes row lace collar front with a feminine touch. Sizes 32 to 46 require 4% yards of 29 inch fabric and 3% yards trimming. mail 30 cents plus name address size and pattern number to Sue Burnett in New York.
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Sue Burnett
High Point Enterprise
Ave
Americas
New York
Local Residents Report Back Home and Visitors
Mrs. Nick. Lawrence and infant Donna Marie are home on Carolina Avenue after Monday transfer from High Point Memorial Hospital. Annie Jolly returns home from local hospital after a two week stay. George McCurdy and children Tommy and Debbie of Waterville Maine visit grandmother Mrs. John Allred at 214 Venable Street for two weeks. Edward Leyton recuperating at High Point Hospital after surgery last Friday and now able to receive visitors. Dorothy Boyles of 804 Arbordale Drive is a patient at New Alamance County Hospital in Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cashatt left for Merced California to visit their son Sergeant Charles Alvin Cashatt in the Air Force. H. M. Washam and Coy McKey of Mt. Holly spent the weekend with Mrs. Washam’s parents at 404 East Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick. Lawrence
Donna Marie
Carolina Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
George McCurdy
Tommy
Debbie
Waterville
Maine
John Allred
Venable Street
Edward Leyton
Woodrow Avenue
High Point Hospital
Dorothy Boyles
W. A. Davis
Arbordale Drive
New Alamance County Hospital
Burlington
C. A. Cashatt
Merced
Calif
Sgt
Charles Alvin Cashatt
Air Force
H. M. Washam
Coy McKey
Mt. Holly
Local Birth Announcements Hit High Point Hospitals
Paula Frances Hines born August 4 at High Point Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hines of Friends Avenue. Kenneth Alfred Kitchens born August 4 at the local hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Kitchens of 225 Boyer Street. James D. Jr. born August 5 at High Point Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. James D. Garner of 1105 East Green Street, mother Eva Bowman before marriage. Karen Aletta Wolf born August 5 to Sgt. and Mrs. John S. Wolf of 1601 East Commerce Street. David Lewis born August 3 at High Point Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Conner of 503 Gatewood Avenue. Vivian Lea born at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stewart of Jamestown route one. mother Miss Ella Lea Briles of Trinity previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hines
Friends Avenue
Paula Frances
High Point Memorial Hospital
Paul A. Kitchens
Boyer Street
Kenneth Alfred
James D. Garner
East Green Street
James D. Jr
High Point Hospital
Eva Bowman
John S. Wolf
East
Commerce Street
Karen Aletta
Bill Conner
Gatewood Avenue
David Lewis
J. R. Stewart
Jamestown
Vivian Lea
Ella Lea Briles
Trinity
British buses return home after cross-Atlantic goodwill tour
New York reporters note holders of free bus tickets must travel about 3000 miles to use them as three British double decker buses end a 12000 mile goodwill tour of the United States and Canada. The buses are loaded aboard the Cunard liner Parthia which sails for London today.
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New York
United States
Canda
London
Miss Yarborough Receives Shower in Honor of Upcoming Wedding
Miss Clara Yarborough, to wed Kenneth K. Oliver of Reedley on August 22, was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Jean Short. A corsage greeted her arrival, summer flowers adorned the home, and guests enjoyed games and an umbrella gift display. Miss Short, to be maid of honor, was helped by her mother Mrs. D. H. Short to serve ice.
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Clara Yarborough
Kenneth K. Oliver
Reedley
Calif
Jean Short
Miss Short
Miss Yarborough
D. H. Short
Jap Court Denies British Protest Over Sailors’ Sentences
Japan's Supreme Court rejected British protests and ruled the Kobe District Court sentences of two British sailors, Peter Skinner and Derek Smith, to two and a half years in jail for assault and robbery remain. The court noted appeal possible to a higher court but relief unlikely without a Kobe judgment flaw. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden had summoned the Japanese ambassador in London to protest.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kobe
Kyodo
Supreme Court
Britain
Peter Skinner
Derek Smith
Shiro Ogawa
Anthony Eden
London
Shunichi Matsumoto
Water bill error over seven hundred thousand gallons
Fort Lauderdale city manager Milton Link said an absentee resident will receive a surprise when this month's water bill arrives. The resident left a lawn sprinkler on at his southern home, causing 697000 gallons to be consumed before a meter reader detected the leak. The bill will be about this amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Milton Link
Link
One-Car Crash Damages 12 Cars in Columbus
Columbus police blame Walter H. Steward 28 for a single vehicle crash that damaged 12 parked cars. Officers charged him with intoxication after tracing debris to a beat up car behind Steward's home.
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Columbus
Walter H. Steward
Steward
Altrusa Board Entertained By Miss Dot Forward
The August meeting of the High Point Altrusa Club board was hosted by Miss Dorothy Forward at 1019 Montlieu Avenue. Seven members attended as routine business and future activities were planned for the new year. A social hour featured an ice course at a well appointed dining room table. Attendees included Miss Marcella Carter, Miss Beatrice Crouch, Mrs. Kena Mann, Mrs. Mary Lou Rothrock, Mrs. Ada Burgess, and Madeline Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Altrusa Club
Dorothy Forward
Montlieu Avenue
Miss Forward
Marcella Carter
Beatrice Crouch
Kena Mann
Mary Lou Rothrock
Adaurgess
Madeline Hoover
Parties Planned As Bridal Honors For Miss Kendall
A series of social events honors Miss Dorothy Kendall wedding to Liles Keards. Desserts and a dessert bridge are set for 2 PM at Miss Jane Beam’s house, 7 PM outdoor supper at 608 Richardson Street, and a 6 PM supper at 308 East Farriss Avenue with more celebrations planned later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Endall
Liles Keards
Bill Ellington
Jane Beam
Frank Auman
Ann Auman
Kendall
Auman
Richardson Street
Counterfeiters freed after admitting bogus British sovereigns
In Milan police released a band of counterfeiters after they admitted striking off a batch of bogus British gold sovereigns. Authorities could not hold them as the coins contained the same gold weight as genuine sovereigns, and the men said they profited from the market difference between gold ingots and coins.
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Milan
Italy
Pigeon Problem Prompts Bank to Try Scarecrows
Vancouver bank officials sought a scarecrow solution to pigeon trouble. Two stuffed owls were placed above the doorway on expert advice but the plan failed. a pigeon perched on one owl and others retreated to shade near the second decoy.
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Vancouver
B. C
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Frankie Greer New
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Osborne Street
Paula Frances Hines
James D. Garner, JR
Karen Aletta Wolf
David Lewis Conner
Vivian Lea Stewart
Trinity Wics
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Birtie White
Trinity Philatheas
Howard Younts
Rauio
Dakar
French West Africa
Mindanao
Philippines
Altrusa
Miss Dot
Miss Kendall
Tobias
Thins Laine
Fleecy
Plisse
N. Wrenn
High Point
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