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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1956
Page
11
AP News notes fashion conscious shoppers seek lace as a holiday touch. Lace trimmed lingerie, scarfs, mantillas, cummerbunds, boleros, and lace sweaters top gifts. A pastel orlon cardigan with lace adds practical washability and style for the season.
Garden clubs, Altrusa and Jewish Women groups host meetings and dinners from Wednesday to Saturday. Notable gatherings include Mrs. Warren Godwin’s Christmas meeting at 504 Rockspring Road, the Sheraton hotel party for Altrusa, and a YWCA Christmas vesper with Y-teens in charge.
The Capital prepares for the Christmas Pageant of Peace with President Eisenhower lighting a 76 foot National Community Christmas Tree on the White House lawn. Participants include diplomats from 78 nations, 48 states, and a Catholic Protestant Orthodox church committee arranging six services. The New Mexico spruce will headline this 34th annual tree lighting with 8,000 lights, Marine Band music, a nativity scene, yule log, Youth Corner activities, and a Santa Claus. In Los Angeles, auctioneer Leo Proctor nearly sold his own coat during the burglary loot sale before recognizing his pen in a pocket.
The government filed a suit against mystery writer Dashiell Hammett to recover more than 111000 dollars allegedly owed in taxes. He now lives in Katonah, New York.
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