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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1951
Page
6
Mrs. Morris Jones hosted a midmorning informal Coke party at 1106 Drive yesterday from 11:30 to 12:30 to honor Mrs. Linzy Elwood Boyles Jr. and Miss Nancy Lee Erwin. Guests greeted at the door by the honorees, white aster corsages, reception in the Siane room, and bridal refreshments centered with white roses.
Miss Rebecca Blair was the guest of honor at a dessert bridge hosted by Miss Frances Rothrock and Mrs Plato Wilson at 514 Woodrow Avenue. The couple, Miss Blair and John Henry Smith, are to marry August 25 at Lower Creek Baptist Church. future festivities include a buffet supper hosted by Miss Donree Garner on Forrest Avenue.
Local merchants rally in Anderson Indiana to assist a community business drive and boost trade in the region. Officials say the effort aims to strengthen downtown commerce and support small shops.
Miss Carlene Kearns, bride elect, received guests Saturday at a tea hosted by Mrs. George Leneaus and Mrs. Cummings at 412 Mint Street. She wore a corsage of white carnations and tube roses, with a painted condiment bucket as a keepsake. The event preceded an outdoor supper hosted by Mrs. Carl Spencer and Mrs. Frank Lee, and the September 1 wedding to William Dryden Gilmer.
An informal coffee at the West home noon honored Miss Haworth, bride elect of 1, with about forty guests. Nancy Lee Erwin will marry John L Beckmann August 31. Corsages and gifts were exchanged as hostesses gave silver crystal and china in preferred patterns.
The Lost Colony events include a morning reception in the Pine Room at the Carolinian Hotel from 11 to 12 and a 522nd performance of Paul Green’s The Lost Colony at Waterside Theatre in Manteo. Garden Club of North Carolina directors meet August 18 in Manteo with tours of the Elizabethan Garden site and joint sessions with Roanoke Island Historical Association.
Mr and Mrs George White announce twin sons Robert and John at High Point Memorial Hospital August 17. Cpl and Mrs G A Robertson announce daughter Amber Lee born August 14 at High Smith Hospital Fayetteville. David Lee Hauser born August 17 at High Point Hospital to Mr and Mrs Harry L Hauser. Mr and Mrs Joe Robertson announce daughter Lou born August 19 at High Point Memorial Hospital.
In Madison Wisconsin a cabbie told a passenger he risks being fired if his boss sees the matchbook he handed over. The passenger requested a light and the matchbook carried an advertisement for a rival company.
The Stephens Bible Class will meet tomorrow at 3 PM at 1006 Lindsay Street hosted by Mrs. P. R. Dixon with Rev. C. K. Gentry leading. The Mother's Prayer Band gathers at 230 PM with Mrs. B. F. Warner on King Street led by Mrs. J. Q. Cherres.
Ad announces pattern No 8738 for a sundress and puffed sleeve bolero in sizes 1 2 and 3 with easy cuts. Includes yardage details and pricing, instructs sending 30 cents to Sue Burnett at High Point Enterprise for pattern No 8738. The Spring and Summer Fashion book offers 48 pages of new styles and fabric news.
A white flag was raised over Watertown's municipal building marking the end of a city clean-up. The effort moved 199 trucks of debris to dumps, 18 more truckloads than in 1950.
In Kenton Tennessee a red Duroc sow owned by Jim Midgett delivered 25 piglets in a single litter. The event highlights remarkable litter size for a farm operation in the region.
Residents plan a series of gatherings across Friday and Saturday at homes in Spencer Jamestown and Emerywood. Hostesses include Mrs Carl Lee Mrs Blair and Miss Eldora Haworth with events ranging from teas and picnics to hospitality at gardens and clubs. Dates span Thursday and Saturday with multiple addresses and honorees: Nancy Lee Erwin Carlene Kearns and Eldora Haworth among those celebrated.
Mrs Clifford Goodman hosted a three thirty come and sit tea at her Greensbor e home in Greensboro. Attendee Miss Haworth wore a white linen suit with a corsage and received a silver gift from the hostess. The bride elect to wed Thomas Eugene on September 8.
Mr and Mrs W L Davis of Bundy Road hosted Mrs Davis sister in law and her husband W M Lewis from West Summerland British Columbia along with two daughters the relatives had not seen in thirty three years From High Point they plan trips to Tennessee and Alabama Also noted Mrs Ruby Bodenheimer Butcher improved enough to receive visitors at High Point Memorial Hospital since August 9 Mrs Edward Stubbs and granddaughters Sylvia and Marilyn Blake returned from a vacation in Asheville and the Georgia mountains Doris Trimmal and Patty Paye spent a week at Mrs C L Trimmal’s 704 Wise Street HL A Ritchie and wife returned home at 510 Oakland Somies after visiting Wilmington and Carolina Beach
Disrupted by skunks, a local league gathering experienced a delayed start as event organizers addressed the sniffing disturbance and few attendees left early.orts
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