Mrs Harold Dorsett Hosts Thursday Twelve Bridge Club
Mrs Harold Dorsett entertained the Thursday Twelve bridge club at her Edgeworth Apartments home on the club's name day. Four tables were in play with autumnal yellow chrysanthemums and white asters. salad course followed by bridge. High score went to Mrs Earl Womble, second to Mrs Tony Simeon, traveling honors to Mrs Charles Kearns who joined the club. Gifts included war stamps, china for Mrs Sam McKinney preparing to move to Elkin, and perfume and costume jewelry for two guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dorsett
Twelve
Edgeworth
Earl Womble
Tony Simeon
Charles Kearns
Sam McKinney
Elkin
China
Lester Kilduff
Boston
Mass
L. C. Allen
Fayetteville
Dorsett
Vice-Chairmen Named In War Finance Group
In Spray August 27, Mrs. Karl Bishopric state chairman named two vice chairs for North Carolina war finance women’s division. Mrs. Donald Shoemaker Asheville takes western area, and Mrs. J. S. Mitchener Raleigh eastern section. Both are noted as active leaders. Mitchener was region eight chair, to be followed by Durham’s Mrs. R. O. Everett. Shoemaker was Buncombe county chair. New regional chair appointments announced amid plans for third war loan drive in September to intensify personal canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spray
War Finance Committee
North Carolina
Karl Bishopric
Onald Shoemaker
Asheville
J. S. Mitchener
Raleigh
Bishopric
Mitchener
Chatham
Durham
Orange
Person
Wake
R. O. Everett
Durham County
Shoemaker
Buncombe County
Regional chairmen resign amid ill health and conflicts
Mrs. Bishopric reports that four regional chairmen have resigned, including those overseeing Currituck Parquinans Camden Dare Chowan Hertford and Pasquotank counties due to ill health or other obligations.
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Hertford
Currituck, Parquinans
Camden, Dare, Chowan, Hertford and
Pasquotank Counties
Bishopric
First Ersatz Tires Tested At 35 MPH
Indianapolis test marks the first public demonstration of synthetic rubber tires. A Goodyear sponsored car with 36 tires runs 500 miles at 35 mph on the speedway, with measurements kept to compare performance with natural tires. Demonstrations will continue at Pike's Peak, Bonneville Flats, Chicago, and cross country routes to show mileage gains with moderate speeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Speedway
Arthur F. Grant
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
William Jeffers
Don Waugh
Pearl Harbor
Pike's Peak
Bonneville Flats
Utah
Chicago
Waugh
Goodyear
Lady Mountbatten Proud Of Husband's Post In Asia War Role
Barbara Wack reports from London that Lady Mountbatten, 42, head of the St John Ambulance nursing brigade, expressed pride in her husband’s new Allied supreme command in Southeast Asia. She recalled twenty years as a sailor’s wife, described family life in Mayfair, Broadlands, and Belgrave Square, and noted daughters Patricia and Pamela who spent part of the war in the United States with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Mountbatten
St. John’s Ambulance Nursing Brigade
Southeast Asia
Britain
D. W. Griffith
Tahiti
South Seas
Mountbattens
London
Mayfair
Belgrave Square
Broadlands
New Forest
Romsey
Lord Mount Temple
Lord Louis
Duke of Windsor
Duke of Kent
United States
India
Mexico
Palestine
Persia
St. Johns Ambulance Corps
Red Cross
St. John's
Lambeth
Stepney
Lewisham
Patricia
Wrens
Edwina Ashley
Tests Show Big Fuel Waste When Home Is Uninsulated
A Port land Me study shows uninsulated homes waste 22 to 36 gallons of oil or 452 to 756 pounds of coal per 100 square feet of uninsulated space. Experts advise heat sealing and insulating roofs, attics, walls, and basements with suitable materials and professional guidance for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
OUR BABY ALBUM FAMILY BIRTHDAYS LISTED
A collage of birthday notices for children of several families. Louise Axsom, Glenda Poole, Barbara Randall, Phillip Poole, J. W. Poole Jr, Larry Lane, Willie Mae Scott, Brenda Ferrell, and Toni De Marvo are named with ages and home addresses. Includes background about Lady Mountbatten and former Edwina Ashley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Axsom
Centennial Avenue
Louise Axsom
Glenda
Barbara Jean Randall
H. D. Randall
High Point
Phillip Larry Poole
Coyte Poole
Forrest Avenue
Clara Trotter
Little J. W. Poole, Jr
J. W. Poole
Willowbrook Street
R. Larry Lane
Ralph J. Lane
Willie Mae Scott
Ray Scott
Smith Street
Brenda Kay Ferrell
Center
Harold Ferrell
South Main Street
Ferrell
Carnell Garner
Lexington
Toni Jane de Marvo
Tony de Marvo
Wrapping Paper Scarcity Drives Grocery Bag Reductions
NEA dispatch notes looming limits on wrapping paper and grocery bags as pulpwood is set aside for military and civilian use. Consumers urged to minimize bag usage while authors discuss thinner bags and eventual cutbacks. Also covers paper’s shift to civilian uses and storage tips for home gardens, plus Tokyo war-crimes inquiry by the Allied commission in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
PRICE Utah Choice Steaks and No Red Ration Stamps
State game officials will sell cuts from Price Utah as a move to replace red ration stamps with direct meat sales. The program aims to provide beef to residents while easing wartime scarcity concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Utah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madeline Hoover
War Finance Group
London Sunday Times
Jackson
Swain
Cherokee
Haywood
Graham
Clay
Macon
Giles Cover, Sr
Andrews
R. A. Sutton
Sylva
Albert L. Thompson
Greensboro
Carter Dalton
Rockingham
Caswell
Alamance
Randolph
Guilford
J. S. Ficklen
Greenville
Pitt County
Ralph Hodges
Bertie
Martin
Pitt
Beaufort
Hyde
Tyrrell
Jamestown
Donald Rea Staley
Army Nurses’ Corps
Jamestown Methodist Church
Lieut. Staley
Hagerstown
U. S. Army
Evelyn Wicke
E. B. Wiike
Camp Sutton
George Staley
Mark
Randolph County
Louvenia English
Verne
Trinity
J. W. Sechrest & Son
High Point, N. C
Dleer
W. Broad St
Husband
By Barbara Wack
London House
Our
Colorado
Pamela
Ernest Cassel
Edward VII
Mountbatten
Classiebawn Castle
County Sligo
Blue Donegal
Northern Ireland
Mullagmore
New York
San Francisco
Americas
British Empire
Curtis Wood, Jr
C. W. Wood
Newport News
B. G. [James
A. J. Wood
Tropics
Department of Agriculture
Interc Allied Commission For Investigation
Philippines
Buffalo Burgers
J. H. Enwright
Asheville, N. C
Lisle
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Western Electric
Bell Telephone Laboratories Research
Audiphone CO
Woodbine St
Adare
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