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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1944
Page
6
Mrs J Harriss Covington bride of July honored at a luncheon hosted by Mesdames Marsh and Bonner at Edgedale on Saturday afternoon. Guests included the honoree her mother Mrs J Ed Millis and many local society figures.
Bruce H. Carraway came back yesterday after a weeklong trip that included stops in Montgomery and Roger, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia. Carolyn Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cran, 210 Thurston Street, is a patient at Washington Street High Point Memorial Hospital undergoing an operation last Thursday with a satisfactory prognosis. Beulah Moton has returned to High Point from Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore for summer studies. Mrs. W. H. Gibson has returned home after a week in Elizabethtown visiting her brother, accompanied by Frank Woodhouse.
Mr and Mrs Jack Martin hosted Buddie Martins eighth birthday at their Winston Salem home Rt 5 The celebration featured games contests and a serves of ice cream cake and candy Guests included Buddie Paul Carolyman Nancy Lowe Jessup Betsy Bodenheimer Arville Bradley Denali and Ray Martin
Mrs J J Armentrout and Mrs Fred Lawrence entertained at the Armentrout home last Friday evening honoring daughters Josie Faye Armentrout and Marjorie Ellen Lawrence whose birthdays fall in August. Guests gathered on the rear lawn for games led by Mary Katherine Armentrout, with refreshments served by the hostesses to a list of friends and relatives including Mozelle Valentin Betty Jo Parker Mary Jones Thelma Collins Phillis Wall Betty Mae Lawson Lilia Vincannon Frances Hill Margeret Frye Mary Katherine Armentrout J W Long Winefred Callahan Paul Shelton R F Turner Wilbur Mears Raymond Callahan Bobby Williams Doug Massey Randall Saunders Carl Clemson Jimmy Wall Robert Hayworth and Donald Dale.
The Philathea class plans a 7 30 p m air supper at the city lake with Reds vs Blues in a friendly contest. A brief business session will follow the meal and special attendance is urged for important matters.
The Woodmen Circle will hold its regular monthly business meeting Wednesday evening at the hall on West Commerce Street, as announced this morning.
Miss Gwen Bateman of Tarboro is selected sponsor for the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Chapel Hill. A secretary to a university official, she easily lures male students to the office. In high school her fellow students named her prettiest girl. She belonged to the debating club a cheerleader Tarboro swimming team set an American relay record and she played basketball.
Mrs. A L Stevens announced that central surgical dressing rooms are unavailable for Red Cross work. Women workers should continue at the YWCA or the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railway rooms until a new central space is found. The Wednesday class will be at HPT&D rooms and both September and October quotas remain on hand for immediate processing.
Chief Petty Officer Earl F. Walther and Mrs Walther announce the birth of a son Earl Frederick Jr on August 10 at City Memorial hospital Winston-Salem The mother is the former Delafean Teague of the city and the father serves in the armed forces in the Pacific theater. North Carolina cotton yield estimated at 430 pounds lint per acre this year up from 338 last year Southeast states show 279 pounds. In the One-Variety Cotton Improvement Program Rutherford Cleveland Montgomery Wayne Lampoon and Northampton counties shift from community to county-wide system.
Obsolete ad notes a simple house dress pattern 4521 for beginners. It lists sizes 12 to 44 and yardage 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16. The offer includes a transfer moss embroidery pattern and requests twenty cents per pattern by mail to High Point Enterprise Pattern Department in New York.
Mrs. Blanche Twiford and Wade Jenkins will tour Seventh District chapters next week beginning with High Point. Visits continue to Reidsville Lexington Asheboro and Greensboro areas with joint meetings and a banquet August 22 at the Sheraton Hotel for honored guests and district members. Reservations sought through Kenneth Ellington.
Special to The Enterprise. In Thomasville on August 1, members of the Thursday Bridge club met at Sunrise Avenue home of Mrs. W. E. Tomlinson for two tables of bridge among summer flowers. High score prize went to Mrs. Carson Cox dusting powder. second to Miss Mamie Harris note paper. Tables were set by Mesdames John Myers, Carson Cox, Charles Phillips, G. W. Lyles, Robert Rapp, J. W. Hawthorne and Mamie Harris. Guests also noted social visits from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Black and relatives of Pvt. W. C. Myers Jr. and Rev. H. Leach Hoover amid bereavement in nearby Hoover family. A separate Contract Club gathering hosted by Mrs. George Corcoran featured war stamps as prize. a two-course luncheon followed.
The piece rejects the idea that love is a woman's sole mission and argues that love is a shared, enriching life force. It contends real devotion comes from pursuing work and life interests, not self indulgence, and warns against letting romance overshadow personal growth and daily responsibilities.
The article advises keeping strawberry beds weed free and not crowded, favors a single row with space for hoeing, and suggests August or September fertilization with 1 gallon of 5-7-5 per 100 feet. Regional mulch guidance and varieties for Eastern, Piedmont, and Western North Carolina are provided.
A summer dish feature explains pan frying sausages then pairing them with apple rings in a light sweet glaze. Instructions include preparing summer squash with minimal water, plus a recipe for a frozen apricot dessert using marshmallows and lemon juice. Serves 8 to 10.
Mrs. L. M. Teague of 700 Wise Street observed her seventy second birthday with a home gathering. About fifty guests visited last evening while friends called during the day. A fan gifted her with presents as friends sang and chatted, honoring a gracious hostess despite illness.
An advertisement touts Tromone a medical formula claimed to restore vitality for middle aged men by combining vitamine and hormones. It promises improved mood energy and sexual vigor with a suggested label and sales by Mannorus or Grugelets.
James Edwin Frazier, 69, died Monday night at the home of his nephew Troy Poole in Asheboro after months of illness. He is survived by a sister Mrs Tomay of Sophia and two brothers Arthur and Henry of Randleman, plus other nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church in Randleman, with burial in the church cemetery. The body remains at Farlow Funeral Home pending the service.
Senior Regent Frances Lopp announced the Women of the Moose will host their regular meeting tomorrow night at eight o'clock at the Moose hall.
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