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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1943
Page
13
The Asheboro section notes two weddings. Margaret Pritchard and LeRoy Benedict wed at First Baptist Church with a large crowd and a double ring ceremony. The Delk and Hunt nuptials occurred August 6 at the Delk home with a ring ceremony and a cake buffet.
Local servicemen fill the YMCA gymnasium turned ballroom for a first in a weekly USO dance series. Highlights include L C Pinson and Flanor Younts from High Point College, Bob Eisner and Eleanor Amos among cadets, with MPs Matt Driggers and Davis Meadows on duty nearby.
Rev and Mrs L S Furr announce a son August 12 at Salisbury city hospital. Mr and Mrs James Robert Snyder report a daughter Vivian Jacquette born August 7 at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joseph EF Bird announce a son Joseph F Jr born August 18 at Burrus Memorial. Pvt and Mrs Talmadge L Driggers report a son Roger Laverne born August 9 at Guilford General Hospital.
The Wesley Fellowship Class of South Main Methodist Church will meet Monday at 7:00 p m with Miss Elizabeth Ellis on South Main Street. Attendees should bring lunch as supper will be served picnic style.
War food officials push jam and jelly to entice higher bread consumption as part of a civilian diet program. Soya products to rise, truckers must display poultry manifests, wool use for military needs dominates 1942, frozen berries replace ice cream, home canners must submit stamps, and chicken preservation research advances.
The High Point Woman's club will hold a call meeting at 2 30 p m Wednesday at the YWCA for a short business session. All executive committee members are asked to meet at 2 o'clock.
Announcement of the engagement of Staff Sgt Henry F Moore of the Army Air Base at Pocatello Idaho to Miss Mary Lou Giles of Pocatello. The wedding is planned for later this month in the bride’s home. The bride is the daughter of Mrs C A Giles and the late Mr Giles and works for the Union Pacific Railway. S Sgt Moore is the son of Mr and Mrs N A Moore of Bel ham and brother of Olen Hilliard of High Point Route Two.
A Friday event honors Mrs. L. M. Teague on reaching 71, with about forty Rebekahs and Odd Fellows members presenting congratulations and gifts at her home. She has been a shut-in for seven years yet remains active in church work and groups. Many friends visited throughout the day, culminating in the Friday night gathering.
At the Great Lakes training station a Navy muster lists seven Combs brothers serving in one company. All but one hail from Knott County Kentucky and none are related.
Myron T. Jacobsen sought extra mileage stamps from OPA officials when a paper in his pocket dropped and revealed coupons valid for 100 gallons. Assistant U. S. Attorney Valentine G. Hammack filed an information in federal court accusing him of illegal possession of the stamps.
The regular weekly meeting of the V F W auxiliary will be held Tuesday August 17 at the hall.
A quiet July 31 wedding at the Jackson home unites Miss Alice Christine Ross and Cpl Garnette H. Nelms in the presence of immediate family. Rev H E Taylor officiates as floral summer decor abounds. The bride is daughter of Mrs J F Ross of 305 Best Street. Nelms is the son of Mr and Mrs T C Nelms of Greensboro and stationed at B T C No 10.
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