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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1947
Page
19
Social events fill the week with meetings at Emerywood and Sheraton hotels and high school concerts. Nuptials include Miss Dorothy Clarke's Duke chapel wedding and multiple engagements and marriages across High Point, Thomasville, and nearby towns with families named.
Miss Hedrick daughter of Mr and Mrs John Dick of Lexington wed Bennie Morris of High Point at Becks Evangelical and Reformed church parsonage on November 26. Rev C E Hiatt officiated. The couple to a short wedding trip and now reside on Broad street in High Point.
Guilford County Medical Auxiliary holds a Christmas meeting at Emery Country Club Tuesday at 1 PM. Reservation cards have been mailed to all members.
Mrs Paul Tudor Jones entertained the Priscilla Club at her Greensboro area home on December 17 as twelve members and one guest gathered. The gathering featured yellow chrysanthemums and tea with delicacies, and plans were made for the annual Christmas luncheon at Mrs Herbert Cortlandt's home in Greensboro. Notable attendees included Mrs L A Brannon of Greenville Mississippi and club members Mrs Paul Harden, R K Young, Charles W Perry, C F Carroll, Owen Reece, Harry L Brockmann, Fred Ingram, Vernon Idol, J F Hayden, S C Clark, C A Ring, and the hostess.
The Business and Professional Women's club will hold a dinner meeting at the Sheraton hotel Wednesday at seven o clock. It will celebrate the club birthday and hold its annual Christmas party with Mrs. Kate B. Ragan, president, presiding.
Mrs. Ozelle Dawkins hosted a Ridge Crest Drive bridal shower for Miss Ruth Caudell ahead of her marriage to Thomas G. Meacham. Green and white decor brightened the living room as guests played bingo with high score won by Mrs. Iris Emerson. The honoree received gifts and a linen present from the host, with an ice course served to attending guests.
Highlighting the week’s social calendar the Emerywood Country Club hosts an evening bridge party for members and guests on Thursday December 11. Play begins at 7 45 with Mr and Mrs Joseph T Weaver as hosts following the family night dinner at 6 30. The week starts with a ladies bridge morning hosted by Mrs John W Bivins.
Miss Dorothy Abbertine Clarke daughter of Reverend D A Clarke of Whiteville wed William J Koch son of Mrs Frederick H Koch and the late Professor Koch in Duke University Chapel Durham. The ceremony featured maid of honor Miss Elizabeth Jones and a reception at the Washington Duke hotel.
The Symphony Enjoyment Group of the AAUW will meet Tuesday evening at Mrs. Floyd D. Mehan’s Lexington Avenue home to study Beethoven Fifth in C minor as recorded by Toscanini and the NBC Symphony. The complete symphony will be heard and Mrs. Mehan will give a
High Point chapter No. 106 Order of Eastern Star will hold a regular meeting Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Temple where five candidates will be initiated into the chapter.
At subsequent meetings the group will analyze each movement of the symphony as per their usual custom.
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