USO Week Crowded With Service Men Activities Liven Center
Over the past week the USO hosted a large crowd of service men. A 30 minute program by Miss Amenis drew interest, while Jay n ORD Greensboro played piano with Miss Kirkman. Ice cream, punch and sandwiches were served to attendees at the Elwood building and Y M C A gym events. Cpl Hartman ORD Greensboro and Mrs G M Haley provided music. Gilbert Yates, a former service man, hosted an ice watermelon party at the Center. Mrs Floyd Wilson started as schedule chairman yesterday.
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Amenis
Jayn
ORD
Greensboro
Kirkman
Elwood
Y.M.C.A
Cpl Hartman
ORD Greensboro
G. M. Haley
Gilbert Yates
Floyd Wilson
Buffet Supper Draws 140 At Emerywood Country Club
About 140 senior County Club members enjoyed a terrace buffet at Emerywood Country Club last Saturday. Afterward, rummy and bridge circulated in the lounge. An anonymous donation of 18 dollars and 75 cents in War stamps was awarded to six ladies, four of whom had not won in the Scotch foursome. winners listed include Mesdames Stell Wood Redding Larter Sheppard and Miss Hardin.
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Anne
Emerywood Country Club
Trummy
Bridge
Mesdames
Frank Stell
Joyce Wood
Shelley Redding
Sidney Larter
Karl Sheppard
Jean Hardin
Mrs Edwards Honored With Bridge Party In Greensboro
A bridge party in Greensboro honored Mrs James W Edwards formerly Miss Ellen cad of Scotland Even og a e party held at her home 206 Thurston Street Mast Friday evening. The hostesses presented a crystal gift in her wedding pattern and refreshments were served to guests including Mrs James Edwards and several Misses Willa Grey Lewis Carolyn Jones Nancy Woolen Violet Yokeley Betsy Anderson Catherine Crawford and Betty Jean Culver.
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James W. Edwards
Ellen Cad
Scotland
Eleanor
Thurston
Edwards
Miss Younts
Woman's College
Greensboro
Catherine Crawford
Wascael Cosmetics
Crystal
James Edwards
Willa Grey Lewis
Carolyn Jones
Nancy Woolen
Violet Yokeley
Betsy Anderson
Betty Jean Culver
Automatic squeeze noted in bridge deal with South dealer
In a South dealer contract with both sides vulnerable an automatic squeeze was executed in today’s deal. Experts describe the squeeze as one that requires no special preparation beyond recognizing the exact conditions.
Bridge duel reshapes the final stopper scenario
In a hand from a 182 AS w4 column, the declarer reasons that with North holding ace queen in clubs and South ready for bidding, 18 tricks seem feasible. West opens spades, revealing that only 12 top tricks are safe as a defender must hold a club stopper, leading to a tactical clash over whether West keeps the club stop or surrenders it to cash spades and hearts.
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South
North
West
Declarer
East
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Meeting Tuesday
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting at the hall on Tuesday evening August 15 at 8 o'clock. All members are asked to be present, officials announced.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Fidelis Class Meets at Mrs Monroe Home
The Fidelis class of First Baptist church holds its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 PM at 107 Briggs Avenue the home of Mrs L G Monroe.
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First Baptist Church
L. G. Monroe
Briggs Avenue
Local Figures Visit Family and Military Heads
Captain Hugh Howard of Knoxville and Mrs. Howard visited Mrs. W. L. Smith over the weekend. Howard has served in Australia and New Guinea and is now at Fort Benning, Georgia. Visitors Catherine Williams and Mildred Benty Hunter arrived from Cleveland, Ohio to stay with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Cook in West Chester. Mrs. Edwin Chappell returned from an extended visit to Ballentine, South Carolina. Mrs. Jack Burris came back from Sioux City, Iowa with her son Jack for a 10 day furlough, joined by Betty Haskins, also from Sioux City, visiting the Burris home.
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Hugh Howard
Knoxville
Tenn
W. L. Smith
Howard
Australia
New Guinea
Fort Benning
Columbus
Catherine Williams
Mildred Benty Hunter
Cleveland
Ohio
D. A. Cook
West Chester Drive
Edwin Chappell
J. W. Wessinger
Ballentine
Jack Burris
Sioux City
Town
Jack
Betty Haskins
Burris
Yearly Meeting Closes with Haworth Sermon at Guilford
Professor Samuel Haworth, emeritus of religion at Guilford College, delivered the closing sermon of the 247th annual Yearly Meeting of Friends at New Garden Meeting House. He urged building confidence in a new life and contrasted poets and theologians, citing Aquinas and Francis of Assisi and noting progress at San Quentin. A large Friends congregation attended the final service.
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Guilford College
Samuel Haworth
Meeting of Friends
New Garden
Haworth
Thomas Aquinas
Francis of Assissi
Calvin
Barclay
San Quentin
California
Friends Meetings
Professor Haworth
Mrs D T Clark Hosts Family Visitors at Wesley Place
Mrs. D T Clark of 650 Wesley Place welcomed her mother Mrs. Will Dalton her sister Mrs. J E Hems of Stuart Virginia and her brother Wayne Dalton of Martinsville Virginia for a weekend visit at her home on Wesley Place.
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D. T. Clark
Wesley Place
Will Dalton
J. E. Hems
Stuart, Va
Wayne Dalton
Martinsville
Pattern 4621 for Junior Miss Bag and Frock
The notice advertises pattern 4621 from Anne Adams Pattern Bank in New York. It offers a pert drawstring bag with petals to match a scalloped bodice in junior miss sizes 11 to 18, detailing fabric needs for size 13 and includes a transfer embroidery motif.
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Anne Adams Pattern Bank Smert
New York
N.Y
Life Fades Behind Prison Walls of the Mind
Elsie Robinson asserts a midlife crisis warning readers at thirty five toward open life versus self made confinement. The piece laments wasted potential and urges facing reality rather than retreating into work or escape.
Steel Industry Electricity Use in War Production Peak
In 1943 the steel industry consumed enough electricity to power 17,178,000 homes for a year as war production reached a peak.
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