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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1970
Page
9
The Senior Citizens Party and secretary Mrs Mary Cox prepared Christmas gifts for a holiday luncheon held yesterday at Blair Park Clubhouse. Staff photographer Sonny Hedgecock documented the event.
Bride elect Cynthia Lynn Bollinger was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Mrs. Culler Mrs. Carr and Mrs. Gibson at the Culler home 1223 Westwood. Guests included Bollinger relatives and Patti Skilar of Miami. The couple will wed December 28 at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
Mr and Mrs Richard D Blackburn announce the birth of Brian Lee Dix on December 1 at High Point Memorial Hospital. Several other families report December births and adoptions including Roy Tyrone Scales Jr Eric Walker Hugh Alexander III Michael Todd and Jennifer Suzanne with parents listed and hospitals named.
Epsilon Zeta and Delta Zeta hosted Betsy Oakley home economist from Piedmont Natural Gas Co. She demonstrated at home made gifts including an antique breadbox from a mail box and a spice box from a soft drink case. A brochure with instructions was shared and a buffet brunch preceded business notes. Epsilon Zeta planned stockings for School for the Deaf students with candy and reading material.
High Point Garden Council members met at Astor Dowdy Towers to make 30 wreaths for the Flowers and Knox Bridge on Main Street. Residents assisted, using greens and red berries donated by members. lunch was provided by Towers residents.
The Rev. Joe Coltrane of Abbotts Creek Baptist Church spoke to ABWA Furniture Capital chapter at the YWCA on Gatewood Avenue. He urged year round Christmas spirit as love in action, noting gifts without sustained effort fade.
Mrs. Marjorie Donnelly of North Carolina State University advises planning a buffet style dinner well in advance. She notes arrange food and utensils logically, keep hot foods hot, and set dessert as a showpiece, with tray or table service depending on help available.
A holiday feature mixes Christmas tree trimming fun with a Cher ry Meringue Torte recipe. It describes margarine as key for moist cake and outlines a 9 inch cake with meringue topping and cherry whipped cream, plus pecan garnish and festive serving notes.
The instruction outlines beating in sugar to form soft peaks then alternating dry ingredients and milk into creamed margarine. Batter fills two greased 9 inch pans and is topped with meringue, pecans, baked at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, cooled, then filled with cherries and whipped cream between layers and frosted.
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