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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1945
Page
6
Oak Hill School presents Why the Chimes Rang Thursday at 5 pm with two choirs totaling about 100 voices. Sixth grader Jennings Collins will play the priest, Donald Scalf will sing the boy's gift on the altar, solos by Jacqueline Garner and Helen Woods. Parents and friends invited.
Mrs Otis C Bundy Jr entertained a few friends at a kitchen shower for Miss Henrietta Bundy bride elect near Jamestown. The hostess led games and guests opened gifts in a white theme as refreshments were served. Friday night Mrs Ernest Crouch and daughter Ernestine honored Miss Bundy with a surprise shower and sang a welcome song.
Members of the Pentagon club will be entertained by Mrs C Rankin at her home 228 Edge dale drive this evening at seven o clock according to an announcement made today.
Kearns and Carol Snowden were top scorers. A Christmas themed menu featured festive lments. Out of town guests included Carol Snowden of Long Island New York and Dorothy of Cuba, both students at High Point college. Miss Snowden will wed Jannie Thomas Hester of Greensboro on Christmas Eve.
The United States has 500000 fewer farms today than in 1940, reflecting a dramatic shift in agricultural structure. The drop indicates consolidation and changing land use patterns across the nation.
A large turnout of servicemen mainly from ORD Greensboro attended the USO dance at the YMCA with Clyde Henry and his band providing the music. Junior hostesses partnered with GIs while senior staff and USO officials acted as chaperones. A prelude officers’ dance at the Sheraton hotel featured the Girls Service Organization and benefited from the Sedgefield horse show ticket fund.
BPWC announces a change of venue for the Christmas party. It will be held at Mrs. Dillard Ragan's home at 407 Otteray Drive at 7:30 PM with Miss Ruth Welborn as arrangements chair.
The West Emerywood Garden Club will hold its annual Christmas party at Emerywood Country Club on Saturday December 15 at eight o clock in the evening. Members will have their husbands as special guests per the club's annual custom.
The Woodmen Circle will hold a Wednesday 7 30 p m meeting at the W O W hall on West High Street replacing the scheduled social gathering. Officers will be elected for the new year and members are asked to bring donations for the Christmas basket.
The Young Adults Fellowship class of Ward Street Methodist Church will hold a Christmas party Saturday at 7 30 PM in the church hut. Helen and Austin Lassiter will serve as hostess and host for the group in Ward 8 St. Young Adults party notes.
A special North Carolina commission studied domestic relations laws including adoption divorce alimony marriage guardianship and illegitimate children. W E Church Forsyth county clerk of court chairs the group which will report to the 1947 general assembly. The panel will meet through Wednesday. Reconnaissance color photos from the war noted a small but vital difference between live foliage and camouflage branches.
The calendar lists dozens of events from Tuesday to Saturday. AAUW silver tea at Mrs. Blake T Thompson’s home, Altrusa dinner at the Sheraton, YWCA greens ceremony, L Amusante Christmas party, and BPW Christmas gathering at the Sheraton, plus garden club, Girl Scouts banquet, and Emerywood club activities. Proceeds go to charity. attendees urged to bring gifts and RSVP as noted.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Katie Maxwell from Richmond Virginia to Alvin V. Willis of Morehead City on November 24 in Richmond. They reside in Cherry Point. Mrs. Willis is aunt of Mrs. Fenn Royals of 309 Richardson Street and had lived here for years with sister Mrs. Arthur Guthrie.
In this contract bridge note East and West exchanged bitter words and large wagers after the four spades contract was doubled. The East dealer and vulnerable sides led to debate on bids and defense, with East insisting West erred in opening bids and doubled wrongly while West defended his actions and pledged a wager on outcomes.
Belva Harris of Thomasville is a patient at Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital after an operation. Her condition is improving. Also noted are illnesses at homes of Mrs. W L Har anger and Ruth Burge with pneumonia. James S Moffitt family recovering from influenza. In 1941, 34 million motor vehicles traveled 348 billion miles in the United States.
Raleigh reports Attorney General McMullan issues opinions on foreign corporations tax liability unincorporated subsidiaries and sellers of self made goods exemptions for ped dler license and adoption consent readoption and parental rights. Other rulings cover game and fish laws public school enrollment wartime speed limit dual office holding and minor wills probate rules.
A Springfield grocery window displays a dwindling banana stalk with a sign urging customers to buy other items as the banana supply runs low. The scene captures a practical message about shopper choices in a tight market.
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