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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1945

Page

6

Virginia Irwin Feted At Party On 3rd Birthday

Mrs R M Irwin hosted a party at Cross street home on Saturday evening to honor her daughter Vir Ann on her third birthday. Children enjoyed games then ice cream and refreshments were served with gifts given to the honoree. Attendees included Barry and Judy Foust Jacqueline Ronald Eunice Irwin Frances and Pay Monroe Irwin Jr Toots Bonnie Coleman Nancy Johnson Donald Jone Margaret Ann Church Mae Mitchell Donald Brewer and Claudette Polson.

R. M. Irwin Cross Street Vir- Ann Irwin Paul E. Foust Clay Holcombe Grayson Irwin Barry Judy Foust Jacqueline Ronald Eunice Irwin Frances Pay Monroe Irwin, Jr Toots Bonnie Coleman Nancy Johnson Donald Jone Margaret Ann Church Mae Mitchell Donald Brewer Claudette Polson

Altrusa Club Plans August Program Meeting

The Altrusa club will meet tonight at the Sheraton hotel for the August program. Mrs. Alma will lead the program after the usual dinner, which begins at six thirty. The event will be held in the main dining area rather than the private room.

Altrusa Club Sheraton Hotel Mrs. Almay

Miss Kluttz Heads To Women’s College Conference

Martha Ann Kluttz will join about sixty-five students and thirty-five faculty at Woman’s College Greensboro for a September 12 to 14 conference on health recreation and postwar service in a unified college program. Student leaders and organizers from Sarah Moss to Jane Linville will direct three discussion groups reporting to the full assembly.

Martha Ann Kluttz Woman's College Greensboro Sarah Moss Hickory Jane Linvaile Kernersville Student Government Association Dorothy Spruill Lexingwn War Service League Jane Austin Smithfield Juanita Smatfield

Local Girls Attend Camp Latta Leadership Conference

Two High Point Girl Reserves Eloise Garner and Doris Nance attend the leadership conference at Camp Latta near Charlotte with fifty Girl Reserve officers from five states. Representing Adams Memorial YWCA Girl Reserve, the North Carolina delegation includes Doris Nance as council chair and hostess council head.

High Point Eloise Garner Doris Nance Sea Ae Charlotte Adams Memorial Ywca North Carolina South Carolina Washington Virginia West Virginia Mary Ellen Hege YWCA Camp Latta Muriel Petioni New York City Louise Crane Belgian Congo Doris’ Nance

Victory dance planned for ORD service men in Greensboro

About sixty local USO junior hostesses from Greensboro will be transported to the ORD dance Thursday night to serve as dance partners for the service men. Girls are urged to wear formal attire per an Army request, though informal dress will not bar attendance. Trucks will depart at seven with two extra vehicles, the Army providing transport to and from the event.

Greensboro USO ORD Army Virginia Frank

The Clinging Vine Is Over for Keeps Says Elsie Robinson

Elsie Robinson argues postwar society will end the clingy ideal of American women. She credits nurses and wartime sacrifice with true equality, while condemning women who drain men’s strength and exploit affection as vicious saboteurs.

America

Pentagons Club to Meet at Gibson Apartment

The Pentagons club will meet with Mrs J F Gibson Jr at her Rowella Apartments home this evening at eight oclock. Mrs Gibson resides in apartment five of the Rowella.

Pentagonsclub J. F. Gibson, Jr Rowella Apartments

Stephens Bible Study Set at Mrs Bodenheimer Home

The Stephens Bible study class will meet Wednesday at 3 PM at 313 Sunset Drive hosted by Mrs. W P Bodenheimer with Mrs C S Grayson leading. Florence Thomas Bible class at First Baptist held a homecoming day with 30 members and 6 visitors.

SOC Stephens METS Stephens Bible W. P. Bodenheimer Sunset Drive C. S. Grayson Florence Thomas First Baptist Church Fred A. Thomas W. F. Clayton Wilbur W. Hutchins Mattel McCarter W. W. Hutchins

Local residents note health updates and family moves

Jimmy Hoots returns home after an operation at Baptist hospital Winston-Salem. Mrs. Dora Richardson remains critically ill at home on South Asheboro road. Mrs. Coy Moose of Alexandria Va plans an operation after a December fall. Mrs. N C Johnson Jr visiting from Chau mont New York while Captain Johnson serves in Okinawa. Larry Griffett recovers at home after a tonsillectomy. Mrs. T R Zimmerman recovering at home from a major operation August 6. Mr. and Mrs. Olin Beck and Betty returned to Oak Ridge Tenn after visiting relatives here.

Jimmy Hoots the Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem J. M. Hoots Church Street Dora Richardson Asheboro Road Coy Moose High Point Alexandria Sibley Memorial Pital Washington, D. C Moose N. C. Johnson, Jr Chaumont New York Mrs. N. C. Johnson Barbee Street Captain Johnson Medical Corps Okinawa Cas Larry Griffett J. E. Griffett West Lexington Avenue T. R. Zimmerman West Farriss Avenue Boulevard High Point Memorial Hospital Olin Beck Betty Oak Ridge, Tenn

Present class teachers Mrs Thom and Mrs McCarter

The notice identifies the present class teachers as Mrs Thom and Mrs McCarter. Their names appear in the readable segment of the article, indicating their roles within the class. No further details are available in the text.

Thom McCarter

Slower Delivery On Weed Urged

Rock y Mount Aug 28 L L Gravely president of the Tobacco Association of the United States urged farmers to slow deliveries of the 1945 crop to market or face a tobacco holiday. He said a week 20 000 000 bright tobacco exceeded the redrying capacity by a wide margin.

Rocky Mount L. L. Gravely The Tobacco Association of the United

New York Area Drives Large Share of U.S. Sulfuric Acid Output

More than ten percent of the nation’s sulfuric acid production comes from the New York City area, highlighting the region's role in industrial chemical output.

United States New York City

Pattern 4744 Lingerie Set and Embroidery Transfer

Pattern 4744 offers matching panties and an embroidery transfer with sizes 12 through 44 and a size 16 slip. Send 20 cents to The Enterprise Pattern Dept for the pattern plus 69 Pattern Dept P O Box 173 Station O New York 11 NY. Add 15 cents more for the Anne Adams 1945 Summer Pattern Book featuring free hat bag and gloves patterns.

Enterprise P. O Station O New York N. Y Anne Adams

Partnership misrule costs rubber and trust at bridge

East dealer notes a contract bridge hand where one player dictates play and saves the rubber, costing 1100 points and destroying partnership confidence. South claims rubber saving while North is blamed for failures, exposing fragile teamwork and poor cooperation.

West South East North

Public arbitrators named to aid NC labor war program

Raleigh notes nine nominees selected by Labor Commissioner Forrest Shuford to serve as public arbitrators under the postwar labor framework. The appointees include Clarkson, Heaton, Darden, Hobbs, Wolfe, Jenkins, Keister, Millar, Spengler, and Waynick, with NC historically prone to peaceful industry relations and arbitration expected to curb conflicts after the war.

Raleigh George W. Taylor National War Labor Board Hendersonville North Carolina Forrest Shuford Federal Department Peeies Francis ©. Clarkson George D. Heaton, Jr Charlotte

Bill Nicholson May Be Substituted Tonight

Chicago Cubs manager Charlie Grimm indicated Bill Nicholson may sit out the series opener in Pittsburgh. Nicholson, NL home run and RBI leader for the last two seasons, would be replaced in the outfield by Phil Cavarretta with Heinz Becker moving to first base. Nicholson bats .253 with 10 homers and 75 RBIs this season.

Chicago Bill Nicholson Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Charlie Grimm Nicholson Phil Cavarretta Heinz Becker Cavarretta RBI

Tennyson on Galahad’s strength and next line request

The query asks why according to Tennyson Galahad’s sixth sense was strength ten and asks for the line following I was a king in Baby lon. It also asks who authored The Murder in the Rue Morgue.

Tennyson Babylon Rue Morgue

Disgusting Habit Noted For Hair Combing In Wash Bowl

A reader criticizes the practice of combing hair over a wash bowl and leaving the combings there as unsanitary and unpleasant for the next user. The letter urges better hygiene in shared bathrooms.

Horoscope for August birthday with disciplined, artistic focus

The reader born on this date has a serious practical nature and strong intellectual and artistic interests. They strive to accomplish goals and should seek inspiration in nature as it changes colors, learning that life moves in cycles for spiritual consolation.

Quotations and an Orangutan in Poe Style

The text presents three items: a line about strength from an unnamed source, a quote attributed to W E Henley noting Christian slaves, and a description of a large tawny orangutan labeled as a Poe story by Edgar Allan Poe. The mix blends literary quotes with a creature description.

W. E. Henley Edgar Allen Poe

Luke Appling May Be Out Of Army By End Of Week

Luke Appling the 38 year old AL batting leader two years ago plans to leave khaki soon and join the Chicago White Sox. Inducted in 1943 he is to be discharged under the over 38 rule and will head for Chicago after discharge ceremonies at Lawson General hospital where he serves as a sergeant.

Atlanta Luke Agatne Chicago White Sox Luke Chicago Lawson Eral Hospital Appling

Change of name for Verla Mae Bottoms to Verla Mae Gordon

Guilford County Superior Court orders the change of name for Verla Mae Bottoms to Verla Mae Gordon. The individual's social security number is 241-34-1584 and remains issued to Verla Mae Gordon.

Verla Mae Bottoms Superior Court Guilford County Verla Mae Gordon

Sleuths Hunt Nazi Air Force Equipment

Air force disarmament sleuths attached to two wings comb Germany for hidden equipment and projects. They located over four thousand targets in places like Ebrach and Geisling, uncovering jet factory caches and tools used for ME-262 production.

Ninth Air — Force INS Germany Air Force Reich Uncle Sams Ebrach Nuremburg RED Cross Geisling Abirty

Chaplain's Cupid Letter Backfires in Navy Story

Pittsburgh based chaplain Captain F C Black recalls aiding a USS Fulton mess steward by writing for a girl back home. The letter earned praise, then trouble when the girl's husband returned from jail upset about the affair. The tale ends with a caution to check marital status before writing.

Pittsburgh INS Chalain F. C. Black USNR Pacific USS Fulton States Cupid Romeo

Don’t Disturb Errant Wives Shaw Advises

London reports dramatist George Bernard Shaw says a husband should act as a gentleman and sue for divorce if he returns from war to find his wife unfaithful. He rejects violence and urges polite withdrawal rather than fisticuffs or murder.

Shaw London INS George Bernard Shaw Passioner

Norfolk church to convert idle Ocean View club into house of worship

The Episcopal Church of the Advent in Norfolk plans to buy the dormant Ocean View Golf and Country Club and remodel it into a church building, aiming to serve Sunday worship with a clear conscience.

Norfolk Episcopal Church of the Advent Count Club Ocean View Golf and Country Club

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