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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1942
Page
6
McKenny on Bridge discusses an exit play that pressures the declarer. In a sample hand, South misdefends by ducking clubs and hearts, allowing West to gain five trump tricks and the contract. The suggested defense is for South to win the ace of clubs, exit a club, forcing declarer to open hearts and improve defense.
Anne Adams promotes a new version of the jumper pattern 4160 with options for a contrasted wai band and sash. The dressy blouse can have short or long sleeves and comes in children sizes 4 6 8 and 10. Materials list and yardage included with a 16 cent price. Send name address and pattern style to Thenus Pattern Department 243 West ith New York NY.
Miss Golda Mae Kearns wed William Houston Measle in an eight thirty ceremony at South Main Street Methodist Church. Rev N C Williams officiated as relatives and friends attended. The bride wore white slipper satin with a fingertip veil and a bouquet of white gladioli and roses. The groom is of Franklin Tennessee and works with J C Penney High Point. They plan a wedding trip to Tennessee before home to the bride's parents 311 Willowbrook Street.
Miss Minnie Williams and Wade Yates were married Saturday August 22 at Rev B H Lowdermilk's Racineur home. The bride, daughter of R L Williams of Trinity, wore a navy dress with white accessories and pink rose buds. The groom, son of J A Yates of Jackson Creek, studied at Mars Hill and Wake Forest law school. The couple enjoyed a wedding supper and a week at Pamlico Beach before starting life together.
The August program meeting of the Altrusa club will be held tomorrow evening at the Sheraton Hotel with Robert L. Thompson editor of The Enterprise as speaker. Thompson will discuss defense, the month’s topic, and Miss Lois Welborn and Mrs. Mabel H. Hargett are co chairmen. Dinner will be served at 6:30 in the Sheraton room before the program.
Miss Tommi Tomlinson hosts Miss Cecelia Gaines of Birmingham Alabama and Miss Ruth Massa of Cookville Tennessee at the Tomlinson home on Hillcrest Drive. Gaines departs soon for Lake Pocono for a hockey camp then attending St Anne's School in Charlottesville Virginia as assistant director while studying at the University of Virginia. Massa stays longer at Tomlynhurst.
Jack Beeson of 402 Whittier Street is recuperating satisfactorily at Guilford General Hospital after an appendectomy on Friday. He can now receive visitors. Pvt. John R. Jones and Corporal James E. Jones Jr. recently visited their mother Mrs. Elwood Jones Sr. on Lindsay Street and traveled to Virginia Beach then Washington DC for a short stay. Pvt. Jones returns to Camp Lee today. his brother plans to stay in High Point until September 2, then return to Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi.
Ola Snyder of Trinity and Ivey D. Motsinger of High Point were married at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in a small ceremony conducted by Dr. F L Conrad. The bride, a King City Schools staffer, wore a blue dress with brown accessories and pink rosebuds. They left for a brief wedding trip and will reside on High Point route one.
Christian Science churches Sunday August 23 centered on Mind the Lesson-Sermon with a golden text from 11 Timothy 1 7 and Bible citations urging unity peace and humility. The standard reference from Science and Health emphasizes one Mind one God and human perfection as the path to brotherhood and wartime cessation.
Dr. A B Conrad led a union service at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with host pastor Dr C F Rozzele welcoming guests. Rev Cecil Haworth gave the invocation as music featured an anthem The Lord Is My Light and a Roy Padgett solo It Heard The Voice Of Jesus.
Miss Marjorie Tillis, field consultant for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, spoke at High Point College urging business and professional women to join the war effort. She outlined four roles from ideas to production, noted a master file of 76,000 members, and promoted active recruitment for 48 states.
The passage recalls Moses inviting Hobab to stay as guide for the Israelites, offering him a share in God’s plan and promise of personal benefit. Hobab declines, aging while Moses and Joshua lead toward the Promised Land, leaving his name out of history and warning of fate if one ignores the divine call.
Last night at the Gospel Tabernacle Rev. H. P. Williams preached on the subject Woe Unto Thee guiding a standing congregation with a fiery message urging moral reflection and calls to repentance.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Highland Methodist Church will hold its meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the church. It will be a covered dish supper and each member is asked to bring a covered dish of food for the feature of the evening. Oak Hill Friends Endeavorers meet for regular Sunday night gathering with Ethel Marsh opening and Sara Cecil leading in prayer. The topic is Bless Be The Tie That Binds with program participants including Sara Cecil Elwanda Gurley Jacqueline Burton Madeline Gurley Lucy Marsh Hilda Workman Ruby Pegram and Vera Lee Marsh. The meeting closes with the Christian Endeavor benediction.
Mr and Mrs J E Franklin of High Point route 4 announce the birth of a daughter named Barbara on August 11 at Guilford General Hospital. Both mother and baby are at home.
Mr and Mrs R L Hundley announce the birth of a daughter Brenda Lou on August 22 at Guilford General Hospital Mrs Blundreys was formerly Miss Irene Foster of this city.
German broadcasts report 166 Soviet planes destroyed yesterday by German fighters and anti aircraft batteries, surpassing all prior daily losses on the eastern front. German losses were eight planes.
Army recruiting doctors urges civilians to maintain general health and seek medical checkups now. Dentists are increasingly called to service, but healthy teeth and overall health remain vital for wartime efficiency and appearance. If you can, use services now before delays.
Ruth Millett notes wartime parenting burdens as families in Chicago cope with rising baby costs and war induced separations. dads may be drafted or sent abroad, mothers juggle households, and children complicate living arrangements while parents accept sacrifices without complaint.
The Tar Heel Gardener outlines fertilizing every 1 to 3 weeks with a complete mix like 5-7-5, watering deeply during droughts, and pruning for large and small flower forms. It stresses staking, side-branch trimming, terminal bud selection, and covering beds to prevent frost damage, with a nicotine sulphate tobacco spray to control aphids.
British and German long range guns opened fire across the Dover Strait at dawn with machinegun fire audible along the south coast. The German batteries on the French coast began the cannonade but British reply stopped the exchange. Sporadic firing is often linked to a convoy passage through the channel, according to residents.
Secretary of State Thad Eure warns residents to beware of unregistered or unlicensed securities sales by unlicensed dealers. He urges directing unused funds to legitimate investments or wartime needs, noting law bans selling unregistered securities or those exempt from registration.
Seven-year-old Martha Jean Gray lay critically injured at Barrus Hospital after a runaway tractor struck her and her father Barnie Gram near Concord. James Lest Brown, 22, was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and held without bond pending further action.
Raleigh August 24 UP committee of automobile dealers appointed by C F Brown to aid North Carolina dealers in selecting men for an Army ordnance unit. Members include FE O Thomas Asheville Winston-Salem, W Wilson Greensboro, P Pickard Durham, Penn Marshall Raleigh, D W Smith Gastonia, S T Atkinson Charlotte. War Department assigns the 304th Regiment to the National Automobile Dealers Association for recruiting mechanics and skilled trades.
A report notes light naval forces operating with limited visibility, reducing effective range to a few hundred yards as the show proceeds.
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