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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1951
Page
6
Miss Milicent Young, the bride elect, and her fiancé were feted at a series of events. A picnic turned indoor Wiener roast, with gifts including a double boiler, and evening games capped the party. Additional teas and hospitality events are planned at Woodrow, Jamestown, and Oakdale Club.
Members are reminded of a meeting at the VFW Home tonight at eight. Mrs. Mary Alice Moody, North Carolina Department president, will be the guest speaker.
Mrs Elliott will entertain the club with a gathering at her home at eight o'clock. The note confirms the meeting time and location for the upcoming event.
The August bulletin from the Emerywood Country Club outlines upcoming events for members. An all-night party is planned for August 16 and 30 at 8:30 p.m. Food prizes will go to winners. Bridge games, including duplicate and contract, occur on selected Tuesdays. Prize bridge events target all adult members with reservations on August 5 and 19.
The American Legion Auxiliary unit will meet Thursday at 6 30 PM at Mrs G M Haley 400 Howell Ave for a picnic supper with husbands and friends invited as guests Installations of officers will be a highlight of the meeting.
The S'Amusante Club will meet at 8 o'clock this evening at the home of Mrs Archie Newton on Morris Street Geneption.
Miss Gwendolyn Keller and Ronald E. Griffin wed July 27 at the Keller family country home in High Point. Rev. A. T. Tuttle officiated as guests noted the bride’s staircase entrance and simple altar. The bride, a Allen Jay High School graduate, plans to study home economics at Woman’s College Greensboro. the groom, son of T. R. Griffin, works in his father’s furniture business.
A series of birth announcements from August at High Point Memorial Hospital and local hospitals. Includes Patricia Ann Winsted Barbara Jean Johnson Sharon Ann Dehart Charlene Fay Monk Roger Walker Moon Kathy Roberta Davis Catherine Louise Brewer Martha Janice Cranford Larry Carl Craven David Lee Phillips Vicki Lynn Wood with full parent names and addresses where given.
Oak View Methodist Church women’s society circles meet this evening at 7 30 at Circle One View Church Circle Two Mrs Farmer Pine Circle Drive Circle Three Mrs Weaver Peach Tree Drive A joint session will be held Thursday at 7 30 at the church Mothers Prayer Band meets Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs Rachel Gaddis home Estherian Class Green Street Baptist meets tonight at 7 30 at Mrs Fred Chilton 502 Cable Street hostesses Mrs W S Creech and Mrs Mildred Wiseman assist.
A wedding reception followed the Saturday evening ceremony at the First Methodist Church chapel. L. C. Brown hosted at 309 Kennedy Street, with Mrs. Kenneth Goodson guiding the receiving line for the bride and groom and their families. White gladioli decor and a tiered cake highlighted the setup as relatives and close friends signed the guest book. About a hundred guests attended.
Mr and Mrs Dick Meisky and children left Sunday after a week with Mr Meiskys mother Mrs M H Folger. They head to Knoxville Tennessee for a week in Florida before returning home. Mrs G E Jacobs of Greensboro Road has returned from High Point Memorial Hospital where she was treated two weeks. Mrs J W Dennis of Ketchikan Alaska arrived for extended visit with Mr and Mrs Albert Meadows on Welch Drive. Mrs Q R Garner of Fairfield Road moved home from hospital. Miss Helen Bonner Eshelman goes to Houston Texas to manage a Shell Oil cafeteria after spending part of the summer in town with her parents on Johnson Street.
Miss Carlene Brown and Gilbert Allen Kearns married in a ceremony at the First Methodist Church Memorial Chapel. The couple, with families and close friends present, exchanged vows before a backdrop of palms and white gladioli as music filled the room.
A period social list shows a Tuesday calendar with the Pilot Club hosting at Mrs Emma V Sutton and Newcomers Club gatherings at 1001 Tipton Street. Wednesday includes a luncheon at Sedgefield for bride-elect Miss Tomma Layton. Thursday features a supper at Mrs Haley’s Howell Street home and a bridge event for Miss Millicent Young. Friday offers a tea at Oakdale Community Club for bride-elect Miss Young and a later gathering at Arch Street for Bertha’s event.
The Newcomers club will meet with Mrs C S Elliott at her home 1001 Tipton street tonight at 8 oclock.
Nearby states North and South Carolina and Virginia sent officers to Raleigh for the annual FFA tri state speaking contest amid livestock and shops events at the state convention. Hermaner age 18 of Wayne County won 100 dollars for a Pasture program speech, with Reveille Jr earning 75 dollars and Hough 65 for finishing third. Jim Poe 17 of Lansing Ashe County won 20 dollars in the instrumental solo contest with a guitar selector field.
Mrs. Ed ward L. Graff files divorce suit claiming she lost control of her home after her husband struck her with a rolling pin. The issue arises amid allegations of marital distress and abuse during the proceedings.
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