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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1956
Page
8
Emerywood Country Club women will host a round robin tennis tournament tomorrow starting at 10 AM. A luncheon around 12 30 PM will follow, with prizes awarded at the luncheon. All interested members are invited to participate.
New ABC TV series based on the Apache Indian wars launches Tuesday September 25 at 9 p.m. EDT. The program centers on frontier conflicts and features dramatic depictions of Native American and settler encounters.
Mrs R K Davenport Jr and son Kim of Chattanooga Tenn visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ashby M Cook 615 Gatewood Ave Miss Janie Clements of Raleigh arrives as houseguest of Miss Pat Russell on Gatewood Ave Russell and guest leave for Crescent Beach with their parents for a short stay and plan to return Friday
The Pilot Club will meet for a picnic supper Tuesday night at 7 at City Lake. The losing attendance team will entertain the winners at Shelter No. 1.
Rain dampened wide areas of the nation as warm moist air from the Gulf and Pacific brought showers and thunderstorms. West Coast and Southwest saw diminished activity while New England and Central Northern Plains enjoyed fair skies and rising temperatures in places like Milwaukee from 66 to 72.
Tonight expected near 86 during the day with a 66 degree low last night. Sunset is 6 45 and sunrise tomorrow 5 48.
Forecast for North Carolina and South Carolina calls for partly cloudy skies warm and humid conditions through today tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs reach mid 80s to low 90s in North Carolina and upper 60s to mid 90s in South Carolina with lows in the 60s to 70s. Extended period Aug 27 to Sept 1 shows temperatures about four degrees above normal in North Carolina and two to four degrees above normal in South Carolina with limited rainfall and scattered thundershowers.
Scotstown farmer Moda G Taylor lost $349 when his wallet dropped into a hay baler. The Federal Reserve in Washington will redeem the preserved serial numbers, and Taylor plans to keep his money at home while baling hay.
Monday to Sunday events include Mrs R H Sechrest hosting the United Daughters of the Confederacy at 507 Otteray Drive and several tea and luncheon gatherings for Miss Pat Swaim with multiple hosts and venues across High Point. The Totten Lambeth wedding rehearsal and Barbara Ruth Totten’s Sunday wedding are also listed among society happenings.
Invitations issued for the marriage of Barbara Ann Wagoner to Joseph Oliver Horney. The event takes place September eighth, 1956 at eight o clock at Oak View Methodist Church in High Point North Carolina. Mrs Dewey Beck will be matron of honor with bridesmaids Darlene Stamey Kay Moran and Bonnie Edwards. Best man is Roland W Horney. Ushers include Bobby Jarvis Co E Joiner Earl Edwards and Dewey Beck. Flower girl is Janice Sue Beck. Music by organist Betty Bottoms and soloists Bruce Bailey Judy Crockerhan.
Miss Nancy Rouse bride elect of September will be entertained Saturday evening in a miscellane ous shower hosted by Mrs. Raeford Halker Mrs. Ray Meisenheimer and Miss Sylvia Meisenheimer. Guests are invited to call at 2107 E. Green St. at 7 30. She will wed A. Clyde Ward Jr. September 22 at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church.
The Win-Some Class of Green Street Baptist Church will meet tomorrow evening at 7 30 in the social room. Mrs Lewis Williams the class teacher urges all members to attend. The Rebekah Class also plans a 7 30 meeting tonight at Mrs Howard Killingsworths home Route 1.
Mrs. Richard Harris was honored at a Saturday tea hosted by her sisters Mrs. Wayne Johnson and Mrs. Jack Hussey. About 55 guests called at Adams Memorial YWCA from 3 to 5. decorations featured late summer blooms and the honoree wore a pink carnation corsage.
In New York ABC-TV launches Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Faces debuting Monday October 8 at 9 30 p m EDT. Welk presents musical acts and new performers in a variety hour format beginning this week on the network.
Four originals of the Magna Carta from 1215 still exist. Two stay in the cathedral where they were deposited, and two are housed in the British Museum, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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