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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
7
The author compares a tall white cloud seen in wide open spaces to lives that rise from the plain and travel onward. She reflects on how such shadowing light and healing can touch the weary, naming readers’ loved ones and parents as examples of those generous, tall spirits.
High Point college announces four contestants from each class for the annual Zenith beauty contest. Freshmen Mary Trances Gamewell Libby Fuller Betty Sebastian. sophomores Dot Brown Maxine Aldridge Julia Folger. juniors Margaret Koonce Nancy Eisenhour Arlene Steelman. seniors Enola Flowers Mildred Allen Myra Lee. Final class representatives chosen December 14 at Roberts Hall. judges’ photos sent to a beauty authority for the Miss High Point College title.
Historical notes describe how people used sand and pumice to scrub and cleanse before the invention and widespread availability of soap, reflecting early hygiene practices and material use.
Pattern 4603 offers a shirtwaist or frock option in dark rayon crepe or cotton with a matching dickey. Includes a Sew Chart, sizes 34 to 48, yardage 31/4 yards at size 36. Send sixteen cents for pattern plus size, name, address, and pattern number to High Point Enterprise Pattern Dept New York.
The wedding of Miss Sue Gaddy Lassiter to Sgt. David Draughn took place November 20 at Fairfield Methodist Church with Rev. O L Brown officiating. The couple will reside with the bride’s parents in High Point while Sgt. Draughn serves at Greensboro’s B T C number ten.
Twenty two army airmen, crew members of two Liberator bombers guarding a damaged third returning from a raid on Rabaul, were awarded silver stars by Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney. The action followed a 30 minute battle against about 50 Japanese fighters, with eight enemy fighters shot down and a ninth probably destroyed. The stricken bomber crashed. one Liberator circled the crash and the other sought help, saving the eight aboard.
Mrs Belvin T Ferguson left last week for Solomon's Island Maryland to visit her husband a former High Point resident now in the Navy in service since August 1. James P Chaney of Council Street is in serious condition at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem after an operation and cannot receive visitors.
George S. Hotchkiss says present-day watchmakers lack the ingenuity and workmanship of early clockmakers, noting the skills once common in the industry in Doylestown.
West Emerywood Garden Club members met at president Mrs. C. T. Ingram Jr. home on Fairway Drive to plan the Christmas meet. The event will be Friday December 17 at Mrs. Herman Smiths home with the program details finalized.
Hotchkiss, a collector and restorer, notes that old-time manufacturers "put their whole heart and soul in their work" as he pursues his hobby of reviving antique timepieces.
Mr and Mrs Carroll Harrison of Reading announce the birth of a son Gary Lee on November 25. Former High Point resident Mr Harrison. Mr and Mrs Benson Lassiter announce a daughter Sheryle Ann born November 24 at Slippery Rock where the couple reside. Mrs Lassiter is the former Annie Lee Jones. Mr and Mrs M R Key of 919 Millis Street announce a son Jimmy Ray born December 1 at Guilford General Hospital.
Denton residents and relatives gathered for Thanksgiving visits with family members in the area. Several households hosted relatives from High Point Charlotte Asheboro Greensboro and Navy personnel visiting home. Local names include the Spines Musters Skeen Wood Barker and Gallimore among others.
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