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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1956
Page
6
Piedmont Edition reports Currituck County home demonstration club members collected magazines for Maple Prison Camp inmates. Prison officials say reading material must be censored before delivery, but farm magazines are popular and prisoners donate blood when the bloodmobile visits.
A miscellaneous shower will honor Miss Marlene Stanley at the home of Mrs. Eddie Ridge on Wednesday evening. Guests are invited for 8 o'clock at 504 Sunset Drive. Miss Stanley is to wed Robert Lawrence Sawyer at S Main Street Methodist Church on September 1.
Budapest reports Hungary's former Communist party chief Matyas Rakosi is taking the cure in Soviet Crimea for high blood pressure. The 63 year old ex Red boss, who resigned July 18 with a confession of dictatorial rule, is said to have cracked up. One informant claims Rakosi tried a Stalin style purge to stay in power and drew up lists of hundreds to arrest as enemies of the party, including former premier Imre Nagy.
A brief note describes Chinese peasants using a cat’s eye to tell noon, noting that even on cloudy days the cat’s pupil narrows to a slit when the sun is near its zenith. The text suggests folk timekeeping based on animal sight.
A week of social gatherings lists multiple miscelaneous showers tea parties and a wedding rehearsal. Notable honorees include Nancy Whitley Patsy Swaim Peggy Tobias Ann Hicks and Betty Floyd with hosts across High Point Greensboro and Charlotte venues from Hillcrest to Emerywood and Fairmont Park.
Miss Joan Lambeth and Thomas Glen Lawson were married July 28 at 5 pm in a double ring ceremony at St John’s Lutheran Church Asheboro. Rev W David Wise led the service in a green and white setting with lighted candles. The couple will reside at 10 West after a wedding trip.
In Asheboro Mr and Mrs Carl D Hamlet announce the engagement of their daughter Doris Lea to Stanley C Smith son of Mrs Farley J Hopkins and the late Marvin F Smith. The wedding is planned for Sept 8 at Calvary Methodist Church.
The United States boasts 504000 grocery stores 350000 bars and restaurants 188000 gas stations 115000 clothing stores and 99000 hardware lumber and building supply outlets. These figures summarize the distribution of retail outlets across major sectors.
Winston Salem Woman's Club sponsored talent auditions at the Arts Center. Three winners advance to High Point on Aug 18 for final Tar Heel Talent Show auditions. First Brenda Hayden dramatic reading from Mary Stuart. second Judy Baylen tap routine. third Charles Stonestreet pantomime.
Add tarragon vinegar to mayonnaise and serve with cold cooked drained vegetables. Delicious with cold salmon steaks for a hot weather meal.
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