Winners of Ladies Bridge Play at Emerywood Club
Mesdames J. T. Ryan and E. T. Howard led North-South in duplicate. Harold Bennett and O. C. Durland won high for East-West. C. G. Mackintosh and Barbara Lynn topped contracts players. Luncheon featured attractively set tables. Attending were Mesdames Welborn, Davis, Howard, Walker, Ryan, Durland, Bennett, Ingram, Quigley, Conrad, Davis, McNamara, McKee, Harris, Smalley, Beaver, Beav er, Hauschild, Smith and guests Mrs. W. L. Smith Jr. and Mrs. Chitwood, Mackintosh, Marlowe, and guest Mrs. Hagood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
J. T. Ryan
E. T. Howard
Emerywood Country Club
Harold Bennett
O. C. Durland
C. G. Mackintosh
Barbara Lynn
J. S. Welborn
Hal A. Davis
BE. T. Howard
J. H. Walker
J.T. Ryan
Laurance Ingram
R. L. Quigley
Bruce Conrad
Philip Davis
Robert Hubbard
Reid McNamara
Harold McKee
Valette J. Harris
S. C. Smalley
C. S. Beaver
Names of Guests and Misses Listed at Social Event in Iowa and Maryland
A long list of attendees and guests is recorded for a social event featuring figures from Ames Iowa Greensboro North Carolina Dallas Texas and Baltimore Maryland. The names include Mrs Lawrence Thompson and Mrs W Harry Bird along with numerous Misses and Mr Hankins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Dennis Chapin
Dallas
Tex
Posey Redman
Frances Holton
Julia Marsh
Florence Ellis
Tommi Tomlinson
Winifred Wall
Sarah Coe Hunsucker
Alice Cottam
Peppy Smith
Barbara Lynn
Nelson Mann
Marjorie Kearns
Arta Pearl Hiatt
Jane Ferree
Marguerite Murray
Jean Hardin
Teensa Ryland
Baltimore
Mqd
Atary Carolyne Simmons
Aida Ingram
Margaret Barrier
Patricia Hubbard
Betty Brockman
Helen Marie Siccloff
Mildred Marsh
Betty Sechrest
Anna Tomlinson
Theo Redman
Patsy Conrad
Jean Kline
Ellen Russell
Margaret Washburn
Willis Wright
Classifications Announced By Draft Board Five
The draft board released its weekly classifications listing registrants by class. Individuals named include 1-A Norman Earl Foxworth 1-5 Major Leo DuBose 2-A Roland Clarence Garmon 3-A Fred Howie 3-A Bob Reeves Hall and many others with 1-B 2-B 3-A 4-D 4-F statuses. The notice urges citizens with information to contact the board to ensure accurate files and fair determinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board No. 5
Anxi
Draft Board
Francis Lloyd Willard
Norman Earl Foxworth
Ralph Thrower Dennard
Leo DuBose
Roland Clarence Garmon
Rabah Glenn Jackson
Fred Howie
Gilmer Sechrest
Bob Reeves Hall
Henry Cook Hendricks
Clayton Sloop Sechler
Harley Morrison Williams
Jessie Stanton Davis
Charlie McKinnon
Vey
William Paul Leonard
William David Simmons
Julius L. Fine
John William AcGuinn
Thomas Meredith Lee
Carl Allen Johnson
John Harold Long
Samuel Gaither
Montgomery
Herman Floyd Bosworth
Brice LaGrand
Gary Mabry
Max Friedman
Carl Jefferson Hedrick
Wiliam Franklin Freeman
Amos Crofts
Franklin Wesley Potts
James William Rose
Everett Cicero Peace
Claude Shafter Wilson
Walter Howell Albertson
Ivey Dewey Motsinger
Thomas Welborn Winslow
Thomas Lon Davenport
William Lee Payne
Dorsey Marvin Lewis
William Albert Moffitt
Bunn Washington Hackney, Jr
Luther Otis Stutts
Stephen Wesley Crutchfield
Robert Alexander Cole
Clinton Armenius Bull
Wade Hinkle
Hal Gardner Robbins
Robert Thomas Smith
Kent Loury
Thomas Raspers Allen
Evert
Elmer Pitcher
James Edwin Lyon
Dearius Lee Culler
John Willard Thomas
Harvey Davie Gibson
James Wesley Clinard
Arthur Clyde Lutz
Charlie Edward Hatcher
William McKinney Hurley
Clyde Walker Gillespie
Jesse Daniel Farmer
Jesse Norman Hooper
Robert James Campbell
George Collins McLarty
Franklin Pierce Reid
Lewis Clelt Loflin
James Jennings Armentrout
Scott McQuitter
Hubert Maness
John Richard Smart
Donald Williams Conrad
Alvin Lee Memory
Robert Brentzer Hicks
Dallas Clinton ‘Clark
George Everett Badalas, Jr
David Murphy Weatherly
Edgar Barton Dulac
Otis Harmon
Arthur Wathaniel Luther Parker
Richard Edward Holmes
Joe Sadler
James Garfield McNeely
Willmore Mack
George Albert Jones
Shirley Thomas McCollum
Emmett Steele
Charles Frank Harris
Warne David DeBerry
James McWaeiver
William Horace Johnson
Native fabrics spark island fashion surge in Hawaii
A shortage of imported cloth in Honolulu ends the dress blackout and drives a surge in locally made palaka and luana fabrics. Mrs Nat Norfleetin wears a jeep suit crafted from palaka, a blue and white check once worn by Filipino sugar field laborers. Designers introduce hand blocked luana cloth with island motifs, reflecting a growing native textile revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Nat Norfleetin
Local Club Plans Institute Reception At High Point
Informal reception highlighted plans by the Business and Professional Women's Club for the state federation institute to be held at High Point College August 22 23. Sessions start Saturday afternoon and run through Sunday noon with Mrs Arthur P Wilson presiding. Abs Kathryn W Shipman named to the state program coordinating committee. About twenty members and guests attended a picnic supper at Guilford Sanatorium prior to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loca Business and Professional Women’s Club
State Federation
High Point College
Guilford Sanatorium
Marina Henry
Margaret Y.wall
Greensboro
Nate B. Ragan
Broadus Casey
Hamilton Street
High Point Club
Abs
Kathryn W. Shipman
Arthur P. Wilson
Kinston
State BPWC Plans First Institute at High Point College
The North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs will hold its first state institute at High Point College on August 22–23 under the National Federation. Miss Marjorie J. Tillis will lead discussions on the theme What Is the Contribution of Business and Professional Women in the War Crisis. The program runs from registration at 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday to close at 1 p.m. Sunday with sessions on War Needs in the State and Enlisting Women, with no fees or banquets. Local organizers include Mrs. Kate B. Ragan, Mrs. Margaret Y. Wall, and Miss Addie Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
High Point College
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clues
National Federation
Marjorie J. Tillis
Sanford
Fla
Kate B. Ragan
Margaret Y. Wall
Greensboro
Addie Malone
Winston-Satem
Altrusans Vote To Cooperate In Red Cross Work
The Altrusa Club, by unanimous vote, pledged support to Red Cross surgical dressings and reduced meeting times to dedicate an hour or more to making dressings. Members offered extra time at Red Cross rooms to meet High Point's 100000 quota, as advised by President Mrs. Mabel Burnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
Red Cross
High Point
Mabel Burnett
Mercer
Mary Lou Rothrock
Alice Baldwin
Education Advisory Council
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Naval Reserve
WAVES
Marie «Forrest
Altrusa
Miss McKinney Honored by Wayne Green Social
Miss Louise McKinney received honors from Miss Neil Montgomery who hosted a gathering at her home. Guests included Frauline Fowler Connie Clayton Doris Swaim Anne Moffitt Nora Lee Margaret and Elaine Phillips Ida Ann Montgomery and Mrs Florence Montgomery. The event marked McKinney’s anticipated leadership with Wayne Green later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise McKinney
Wayne Green
Neil Montgomery
Alsher
Birthday Boy Lawing Celebrates First Birthday
Stephen Erson Lawing, son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Lawing of Thomasville, recently observed his first birth day. His mother is remembered as Doris Clinard of Trinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Erson Lawing
Cecil Lawing
Thomasville
Doris Clinard
Trinity
Distinctive Anne Adams pattern 4153 for stylish dress
Choose pattern 4153 by Anne Adams for a distinctive Jook style. Optional embroidery from the transfer pattern accents new sleeves. Soft gathers and smart tie-ends shape flattering bodice lines. front skirt panels slenderize. Send sixteen cents to The Enterprise Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St New York NY with SIZE NAME ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Enterprise, Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Police Auxiliary Meeting Friday
The Police Auxiliary will meet Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Walter Elliott 509 Hedrick Street. Aresdames W. G. Friddle and Paul Thornburg will be associate hostesses. Members are asked to note the meeting time change from the second Thursday to the second Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Elliott
Hedrick Street
Aresdames
W. G. Friddle
Paul Thornburg
Glenc Hedgecock on Fifteen Day Leave From Camp Claiborne
Pvt Glenn S Hedgecock son of Mr and Mrs M L Hedgecock and dispatcher with the S2nd Division of the U S Army is spending part of his fifteen day furlough here with his parents and relatives. He has been in service since March and will leave Saturday for Winston where he was in business before joining the army then return to High Point before his leave expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Glenn S. Hedgecock
M. L. Hedgecock
Camp Claiborne
S2nd Division
U. S. Army
Hedgecock
Winston
High Point
Charles Idol and Bickett Idol Leave Kernersville Homes
Charles W Idol, chief specialist in the U S Navy stationed at Newport News, returned to the naval base after a weekend with his family on Wernersville Route One. C Bickett Idol, also a chief specialist at Newport, will arrive in High Point Thursday and stay until early next week. The article notes the changing date of the Chinese New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Idol
United States Navy
Newport
R. FT
Naval Base
Wernersville
C. Bickett Idol
High Point
Local Visitors and Guests Schedule Week of Travel and Stays
Mrs Horace W Fowler and son Richard of Durham visit with J M S Salsbury at 100 Brentley Circle. Mrs T C Boyles and Mildred to Norwich NY to stay with relatives, guest of Mrs C D Jaqay. Mrs William Ferver and Eleanor Hoagland return to Mercer PA after week with Mrs Mabel Burnett. Hoagland worked with Roanoke Girl Scouts. Mrs Frank Shore arrives from Washington DC to visit I T Mann and family. Miss Dorothy Dancy of Lynchburg visits Leo Gaither on Steele Street. Elizabeth Dancy to join. Mr and Mrs C H Willard and Ruth and Harold Willard stay at Myrtle Beach. Helen Eshelman to return home after month in New York City and Boston. Claude Gray and Doris vacation in Portsmouth visiting defense worker. Doris Owen of Fayetteville visits cousins on Thurston Street. Polly Powell of Red Springs visits sister Mrs Lawrence Council on Production Street. Parking meter production ordered discontinued by War Production Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W. Fowler
Richard
Durham
J. M. S. Salsbury
Brentley Circle
William Ferver
Eleanor Hoagland
Mercer
Dorothy Dancy
Lynchburg, Va
Leo Gaither
Steele Street
Miss Dancy
Miss Elizabeth Dancy
Polly Powell
Red Springs
Mrs. Lawrence Council
Thurston Street
Church Social Plans Fellowship Banquet at Main Street Baptist
The Adult Department of the Sixth Street Main Street Baptist Sunday School announces a fellowship banquet for Friday evening August 14 at seven at the church. Members are urged to attend and to notify planning committee members by Thursday night with attendance numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Rth Main Street Baptist Sunday School
Silveys Announce Birth of Daughter Betty Jr
Mr and Mrs Fr A Silvey announce the birth of a daughter Betty Jr on August 10 at Burrus Memorial Hospital Mrs Silvey before marriage was Miss Verna Catron of Galax Va The highest tide in the world is in the Bay of Funes Canada where there is a rise of 33 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. A. Silvey
Betty Jr
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Silvey
Verna Catron
Galax
Bay of Funes
Canada
Gratitude for Soldiers' Recreation Center Opening
Mrs. J F Hayden president of the High Point Woman's club expressed thanks for the support from business firms and individuals that made the Soldiers' Recreation Center at 156 South Main Street a success during its opening weekend. The center featured donated furniture flowers radio piano books and magazines plus light refreshments. The center will reopen this weekend Saturday 1 pm to 10 pm and Sunday 10 am to 10 pm with further aid from local firms and U S O officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hayden
High Point Woman's Club
Soldiers’ Recreation
South Main Street
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Moffitt Furniture Company
Rose Furniture Company
Hendrix Furniture
Jake Harris
West End Drug Company
Wright's Flower Shop
W. F. Austin Furniture Company
W. C. Asbury, Florist
National Upholstery Company
O. A. Kirkman
W. F. Bailey
Jim Corrigan
E. C. Cridlebaugh
Guilford County Realty Transfers High Point and Townships
Guilford County real estate transfers list numerous deeds across High Point townships Sumner Fentress Gilmer Morehead Rock Creek and Morhead areas. Transactions include HUNTER Park Street Fletcher Street Eugene Street Battleground Avenue Collier Drive Holt Avenue and Warner street parcels. Names include Jesse El Minor J W Tadlock Edna Overman Thomas Hoyle David White Sallie Lockwell Walter Wright and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jesse EL Minor
W. G Swanson
Gordon
J. W. Tadlock
Early E. Younts
Park Street
Sumner
E. M. Park
Park
W. M. Clark
Fentress
L. F. Thompson
Walter M. Wright
Fletcher Land
Rock Creek
Edna Louise Overman
Charles L. Jones
Quint
North Eugene Street
Battleground Avenue
John E. Lockwell, Jr
Thomas M. Wilcox
Sallie A. Lockwell
H. L. Cook
Walter David McAdoo
Burrell Gretter
Warnersville
Major League Leaders (By the Associated Press) Show Top Stats
American League leaders include Williams of Boston topping batting at .341 and 93 runs, DiMaggio and Stephens tied for 77 RBIs, while Spence and Stephens hold most hits. National League leaders list Medwick hitting .325 and 131 hits, Mize driving in 75, Slaughter and Nicholson among leaders in various categories. The note ends with a stray line about most American dude ranches in western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Boston
Gordon
New York
DiMag
DiMaggio
Stephens
St. Louis
Spence
Washington
Higgins
Detroit
Doerr
Heath
Cleveland
Laabs
Case
Rahel
Chicago
Chandler
Borony
Relser
Brooklyn
Medwick
Lombard
Oil
Mize
Slaughter
Hack
Midwick
Nicholson
How Can I By Anne Ainley Practical Tips
A Q and A from Anne Ainley covers garden safety tip using discarded rubber hose to shield wire from tree bark, a food tip to flavor apple pie with dry mustard and cheese, and a method to remove road film from car surfaces using gasoline followed by soap and water and drying.
Unbelievers in Madera Loot Safe Silent Warning
Burglars who read a sign atop a tiger company safe found it unlocked and empty as they chiselled off the combination. The incident reveals no cash was in the interior amid a scene in Madera California. A separate note mentions using drying to supplement canning to cut costs and expand winter food variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera
Calif
Tigber-Company
Berlin Claims Reds Have Lost 1 044 741 Men
Berlin reports from German broadcasts that the Don bend battle ended with a claimed German annihilation of the bulk of the 62nd Soviet army and units of the first tank army. It says more than 57,000 prisoners were taken and over 1,000 tanks and 750 guns were captured or destroyed, totaling 1,044,741 Soviet prisoners since spring fighting. It notes Axis troops also captured Slavyansk and heavy air attacks in coastal Black Sea areas with ships sunk or damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Voronezh
Don Bend
Germany
Battle of the Don Bend
Great Don Bend
Kalach
Kerch Peninsula
Slavyansk
Krasnodar
Red Army
Don Basin
Caucasus
Black Sea
High Command
Look and Learn by A. C. Gordon
Answers to questions about a standard typewriter sheet size eight by eleven inches air capacity about ten pints Caledonia poetical name for Scotland Medieval wars between Christians and Turks are the Crusades An anthology is a collection of poems or epigrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Scotland
Lessons In English by W L Gordon
English lesson notes include misused words mispronunciations and spellings. It defines aspiration as ardent desire for what is elevated and references the Southern Cross for timekeeping by inhabitants of the southern hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Boyd Speaker At AFL Annual Convention
ASHEVILLE Aug 12 The North Carolina Federation of Labor finished its annual convention with officer elections and site selection. President C A Fink of Salisbury and other officers were renominated. Edward H Weyler of Louisville urged federal unemployment insurance and claimed sharp racial and white poverty gaps. Joe Boyd of High Point urged industrial democratization before end of the war. The federation backed Fink against recall of honorary member Senator Reynolds and named a special committee to seek pardons for five Guilford County men jailed over a truck burning during a labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
North Carolina Federation of Labor
C. A. Fink
Salisbury
Edward H. Weyler
Louisville
Ixentucky
North Carolina
Boyd
Federation
Fink
U. S
Robert R. Reynolds
Guilford County
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee
A brief etiquette Q and A discusses visiting others with a guest present, handling public disapproval, and proper knife handling at table. It advises not reproving others when possible, emphasizing self-governance, and notes the knife handle should be hidden in the hand while cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lee
Airman Hanson, Byrd Pole Expedition Chief Radio Engineer, Killed
Comdr. Malcolm P. Hanson, once chief radio engineer for the 1928-30 Byrd South Pole expedition, died in a Sunday airplane crash. Navy officials notified his family in Chevy Chase, Maryland, but details were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Malcolm P. Hanson
Navy
Chevy Chase
Baptists Propose Nationwide Prohibition Drive During War
At Ridgecrest the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission conference adopted a resolution urging Christian forces in America to launch a genuine movement to bring about the entire prohibition of liquor traffic for the duration of the war. The declaration reflects strong wartime tempering of social reform efforts among Baptist leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgecrest
America
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Emerywood Club
Draft Board Five
Hawaii
Ruth Anderson
Ruth Merelyn Thompson
Evelyn Moore
Oriana B. James
BPWC
Q! Carto “Vo
Gloria
Moffitt's
North Main Street
Miss McKinney
Miss Montgomery
Horne
Cletus Horne
Tryon Street
Jerry Wayne
Margaret Wray
FE. V. Vestal
North Carolina State College
Moroline Petroleum Jelly
Police Auxiliary
Camp Claiborne, LA
Charles and Bickett
Idol
Kernersville
T. C. Boyles
Mildred Boyles
Norwich
N. Y
C. D. Jaquay
Boyles
Frank Shore
Washington, D. C
I. T. Mann
New England States
C. H. Willard
Miss Ruth
Harold Willard
Myrtle Beach
Helen Eshelman
New York City
Mass
Claude Gray
Doris
Portsmouth
Mr. Gray
B. F. Rogers
Archdale
Duke Hospital
Doris Owen
Fayetteville
Annie Lida and
Jean Council
War Production Board
North Main Baptist
Oak Fir Friends Sunday School
Blanche Fraley
Whittier Street
Grace Freeman
MT. Vernon
W. S.C
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mount Vernon Church
Witl
Etty JO Silvey
Guilford County Realty
Major League
States of
Arizona
Colorado
Montana
New Mexico
Wyoming
Anne Ainley
A. C. Gordon
AFL
Union
Byrd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Srorth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!