Weekly Local Clubs Schedule Amid Holiday Gatherings
Tuesday events include High Point Teachers Association meeting city officials at the YWCA with City Manager C Braden as speaker. Wednesday features Good Will Garden Club and Woman's Club teas at private homes. Thursday brings Tea and Topics Club at Woodward Country Club, family night at Emerywood, and USO and A AUW gatherings. Friday covers Music Study Club, Kiwanis Ladies Night at Sheraton, and USO dances. Sunday hosts YWCA buffet supper with USC Club outreach.
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High Point Classroom Teachers’ Association
Y.W.C.A
C. Braden
Monarch Auxiliary
E. E. Younts
Thurston Street
Good Will Garden Club
S. D. Gibson, Jr
Edgedale Drive
A. G. Marsh
Woman's Club
J. F. Hayle
Genertwood Country Club
W. C. Tucker
Greensboro
Emerywood Country Club
A.A.U.W
Blake Thompson
Sunset Drive
Thompson
R. A. Herring
World Forum
New York Herald-Tribune
J. W. Lindsay
Hillcrest Drive
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
Harold J. Kennedy
Orson Welles
YWCA
Adams Memorial Building
USC Club
Lenoir Rhyne Wins Dixie Forensic Tourney Debating
Lenoir Rhyne College won the Dixie Forensic tournament after a final round in which Miss Rachel Conrad and Alice Kipps represented the city in the women's division while Bill Hall and Philip Wahlberg claimed the men’s division and grand championship. Oscar Quinn and Charles Steele of Emory University won the two rounds of extempore speaking. Other colleges included Atlantic Christian Carson- Newman Mars Hill Farmville Emory Auburn Tallahassee Randolph-Macon and Wingate with Dr Warren G Keith of Winthrop College as tournament director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir Rhyne College
Dixie
Rachel Conrad
Alice Kipps
Bill Hall
Philip Wahlberg
Miss Conrad
Phil Wahlberg
Oscar Uinn
Charles Steele
Emory University
Atlantic Kistian
Carson
Memphis Belle Set for New War Role
Spokane reports the Memphis Belle a famed Eighth Air Force bomber retired from England and returned to the United States. After a full transformation she prepares to return to action as one of the latest fortress bombers with Capt. Robert K. Morgan as her former pilot and fiancee’s name on the ship.
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Spokane
Wash
Eighth Air Force
England
Robert K. Morgan
Asheville
N. C
Girl Reserves Plan Carol Tour and Service
Plans for Christmas carolling by Junior and Senior High Girl Reserve Clubs were discussed at a joint Inter-Club Council meeting at the Adams Memorial YWCA. The group adopted fundraising to send delegates to the Southern Regional Conference and noted forty eighth graders will lead the Membership Vesper Service on December 14 at the YWCA. The next council meeting is January 10 to discuss a city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Club Council
Adams Memorial Y.W.C.A
Betty Lou Nance
Ann Allman
Peggy Davis
Inter- Club Council
Nat and State Leaders Attend UDC Meet in Greensboro
Greensboro December event shows Mrs. Jamesse Woodard of Wilson as the first Tar Heel woman to be elected Sas of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Attendees included Mrs. J. Ahdee of Greensboro state vice president and Mrs. Garland Daniel honorary division president, at a Lizzie Lindsay Chapter gathering. A play, Christmas Now and Then, portrayed enduring Christmas spirit through Confederate era to today and stressed family bonds amid war.
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Greensboro
Jamesse Woodard
Wilson
Ted Sas
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lizzie Lindsay
Children Ederacy
Eene
North Carolina Vision
J. J. Ahdee
Gident Thompson
Reensboro
Garland Daniel
North Carolina
Roland Taylor
Children of the Confederacy
Guilford
Joanne Brantley
Miss Willey to Wed Paul Price
Miss Mary Caroline Willey of Clemson South Carolina to Paul W. Price of Fort Benning Georgia betrothed. No date set but ceremony expected this month. Willey is niece of Mrs. W. B. McEwen and Mrs. Joseph T. Weaver and has visited High Point often.
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Mary Caroline Willey
Clemson
S. C
Paul W. Price
Fort Benning
Willey
W. B. McEwen
Joseph T. Weaver
High Point
Care of Children's Hair By Helen Follett
Beauty operatives report many juvenile patrons as mothers lack help and send daughters after school or on Saturdays. Proper shampooing is essential. at home soap scum causes poor rinsing and discomfort. Children behave well in salons, enjoy stylish hairdos, and benefit from professional care and gentle permanents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Follett
Local Girl in Air-WACs Wed to Seaman Brane
Local woman in the Women Army Corps married Seaman Brane in a December ceremony at the Army Air Forces Center in Orlando Florida. Cpl Forrester had served as a cook in the WAC mess at AAFTAC since April and met Brane while both were stationed at Daytona Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brane
Forest Sterars
Forrester
Thomas Dane Seals
U. C. Navy
Saturay
Army Ale
Ges Center
Orlando
Younts Couple Visiting McCrarys Before Camp Sutton Return
Lieut and Mrs B C Younts Jr are visiting Mrs Younts parents Mr and Mrs J N McCrary at their home on Parkway They expect to return to Camp Sutton on Sunday
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B. C. Younts, Jr
Soldier in Armament School at Long Field Colorado
Pvt. Sloan D. Gibson son of Mr and Mrs S D Gibson residing at 233 Edge Rdale Drive is enrolled in the armament school at Long Field Colorado after basic training at Sheppard Field Texas. He is married and father to a seven months old daughter Dana Sue.
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Pvt
Sloan D. Gibson
S. D. Gibson
Edgerdale Drive
Long Field
Colorado
Sheppard Field
Texas
Pvt. Gibson
Dana Sue
Church Social Postponed and Society Meetings Set
The Mary Harper Philathea class at Maintreet Methodist Church postponed its Thursday meeting to Friday December 17. Mt Vernon WSCS plans a December 8 gathering at 7:30 PM. Archdale Methodist Society meets tonight at Mrs G E White’s home at 7:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harper
Maintreet Methodist Church
MT. Vernon
WSCS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Archdale Society
Local Soldier Casper Overman Graduates Gunnery School
Sgt. Casper H. Overman 21, son of John H. Overman of 1108 Anderson Street, has completed the flexible gunnery school at Kingman Army Airfield in Kingman, Arizona. He was inducted at Camp Croft, South Carolina.
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Casper H. Overman
John H. Overman
Anderson Street
Kingman Army Airfield
Kingman
Arizona
Camp Croft
8. C
Paratrooper Pvt Willard E Stiles Earns Wings
Paratrooper Pvt Willard E Stiles son of Mrs Lillie M Stiles 123 Markley Street completes fifth qualifying parachute jump earning the right to wear U S Army paratrooper wings and boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard E. Stiles
Lillie M. Stiles
Markley Street
U. S. Army
Stephens Class With Mrs Ellington Meets At Home
The Stephens Bible Class will meet Wednesday at 3 00 PM at Mrs C F Ellington 217 Bay Street Rev Hugh S Smith will lead. The Loyal Workers class of North Main Street Baptist Church meets at 7 30 PM on Winston Salem Road with a potluck supper hosted by Mrs W B Mitchell.
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N. Main
Loyal Workers
North Main Street
Gunner Sgt Wade Easem Receives Gunnery Wings
Wade D. Easem son of Mr and Mrs D E Easem of 610 Woodbury Street graduates from the flexible gunnery school at Kingman Army Air Field Arizona He completed two weeks of air firing and was awarded his gunnery wings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade D. Easem
D. E. Easem
Woodbury Street
Kingman Army Air Field
Kingman
Arizona
Virginia Tobacco Markets Open With Strong Prices
The 1943 Virginia tobacco auctions opened with strong prices on both dark-fired and flue-cured markets. Lynchburg sold 51,046 pounds at 21.90 a hundredweight, Farmville 27,680 pounds at 24.19, and Blackstone 8,452 pounds at 23.89. Abingdon planned barley leaf sales to start today. Danville moved 2,000 pounds at 42.48 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
Commodity Credit Corporation
Lynchby
Farmville
Blackstone
Abingdon
Pattern 4564 apron boosts hostess charm for back fence critics
The High Point Enterprise advertises pattern 4564 apron in sizes Small to Large with 2¼ yards of fabric for small view B. Trim features ruffles or bias binding. Includes transfer motif for embroideries. Pattern priced twenty cents. order form asks for size name address and style number.
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High Point Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Timid Raise Leads to Zero Despite Thin Hearts Contract
In a match point deal from a recent contract bridge event a South player, despite making eleven tricks, finished with a zero on the board. North's overcall ambushed the hand after a dubious two level raise, the South declarer still managed to ruff, strip diamonds, and lose only one club.
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South
North East South West
East
Declarer
OPA Cuts Ceiling Prices on Swiss Watches
The Office of Price Administration ordered major reductions in retail ceilings for low priced imported Swiss watches. Under the revision watches that sold for 39.50 now drop to 17. New ceilings range from 8.50 to 18.50, depending on movement type and jewels, addressing abuse of the old formula amid watch shortages.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Price Agency
U. S
Auction Totals From South Hill and South Boston Load
South Hill sold 131 412 pounds for 38 61 dollars and South Boston auctioned 452 876 pounds for 40 93 dollars.
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South Hill
South Boston
Launch Out and Cast Your Nets in New Tides
Elsie Robinson urges readers not to settle for a safe, grim life. She recalls Jesus’ call to Simon Peter and others to launch into the deep, leaving their nets to find greater purpose and abundance. Leave your rut and take a calculated risk for growth.
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Simon Peter
James
John
Zebedee
250000 Reported Killed In Allied Raids On Berlin
Basel dispatch reports that recent Allied bombings of Berlin caused 250000 deaths with injuries not estimated. Earlier unconfirmed figures from Sweden cited 25000 dead, while Germany has not released an official death toll.
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Berlin
Bern
Gazette de Laussanne
Basel
Sweden
Germany
Blackout Postponed in Sandhills Area Weather Delays
A blackout set for last night in the Sandhills counties was postponed to tonight due to bad weather. If conditions stay unsuitable, blackouts will run tonight and again tomorrow from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. per Col. William S. Pritchard, Fort Bragg. The maneuvers include aerial operations planned this week by the army. The Danube River is 1,740 miles long and flows through seven countries.
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Raleigh
Sandhills
William S. Pritchard
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Army
Casual Comment By W. A. BIVINS
A personal weekly column reflects on war weariness and public duty. The author recalls wartime service with the Y M C A and urges steadfast effort, warning against pessimism and urging duty as a guiding ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Bivins
King George VI Stricken by Influenza. Royal confinement announced
London reports King George VI has influenza and will remain in his rooms for several days. The monarch joins a growing list of sufferers as influenza spreads across the country. London death toll rose to 376 for the week ending November 27, though the king’s illness is not described as serious. his last public appearance was Thursday at a field inspection with officer candidates.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
West Coast Dim-Out Reveals Multitude Of New Stars
The west coast dimout enables longer photographic exposure at Mt Wilson revealing faint new stars near the center of the Andromeda nebula. The Carnegie Institution report notes many small inner stars, suggesting crowded galactic centers with hundreds of millions of stars in galaxies like Andromeda and the Milky Way.
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West Coast
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Mt. Wilson
Los Angeles
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Andromeda
Earth
Milky Way
Liquor Cases Battle In Thomasville Court
In Thomasville Judge Carl Wilson sentenced several defendants as part of a campaign to curb liquor dealing. Calwell Haywood received eight months suspended on payment of 25 dollars and court costs with two years good behavior. Albert Skeen got 30 days suspended and 30 more for gambling. H R Skeen faced gambling charges with 150 dollar notices. Jacqueline Mack Cunningham found guilty of vagrancy with sentencing continued to February 7. Addie Lee Gaines Irene Curry convicted of Sunday dancing and taxed with court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Thomasville Court
Carl Wilson
Calwell Haywood
Albert Skeen
H. R
Bill” Skeen
Jacqueline Mack Cunningham
Addie Lee Gaines
Irene Curry
Deputy Sheriff H Boyd Pickard Dies in Greensboro
Harri son Boyd Pickard 54 deputy sheriff of Guilford county died at St. Leo s Hospital after a heart attack at his home. He served 19 years and was a former city officer. Survived by wife Helen and daughter, plus two sisters and two brothers. rites planned in Hanes Chapel.
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Grensboro
Harrison Boyd Pickard
Asheboro Street
Guilford County
St. Leo's Hospital
Mr. Pickard
Orange County
Oscar
Sarah Pickard
Helen Pickard
Greensboro
D. B
Eebright. Henderson
James Pickard
Hunton Park
Calif
W. C. Liberty
Hanes Chapel
Search Ends Tonight For Lost Air Cadet
A search for Avianas Deciie Gerard T Held 22 of Chappaqua New York in the Wateree area will be discontinued at dark tonight. Shaw Field Public Relations said the field would still investigate reports and a reward for information remains. More than 1500 people with soldiers from Jackson and Camp Sut aided in the search through the Wateree River swamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw Field
Gerard T. Held
Chappaqua
N. Y
Es Jackson
Camp Sut
Sea Air F Ieee
Ateree
Governor declines to intervene in execution
RALEIGH, Dec. 7. Governor nor Broughton has declined to intervene in the scheduled Friday execution of Clyde Grass, 31, of Barrus County. Grass was convicted of first degree murder in 1942. A three day reprieve was granted Grass last April 30 to allow lawyers to seek a new trial. The trial was denied and the state supreme court later denied his appeal.
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Raleigh
Nor Broughton
Clyde Grass
Barrus County
Grass
W. A. Godwin
Annie Lee Stafford
Intober
Gran Grass
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