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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1943
Page
6
Four class representatives were named for the Miss High Point College pageant at Roberts Hall. Seniors Enola Flowers and juniors Arline Steelman joined sophomores Alice Aldridge and Betty Sebastian as finalists. The event featured intermission singing and a post contest Christmas party for contestants and judges.
Mrs. W. C. Idol hosted the High Point Garden Club at her 210 Hillcrest Drive home for the December meeting. With the president absent, vice president S. H. Tomlinson led discussions and the group approved donations for the Christmas party at High Point College and for the Red Cross ambulance project. Members also planned a floral map for William Penn High School library and ivy planting at the Adams Memorial YWCA wall.
The schedule lists gatherings at the YWCA Emerywood Country Club and USO activities. Dinner exchanges, Christmas luncheons, and a charity story night are planned through Friday with USO dances on Saturday and a buffet supper Sunday. Notable hosts include Mrs C A McMurray Mesdames Joe West and George Cecil.
About 150 members attended the YWCA Christmas vesper service with the theme Peace On Earth for All Nations. The event featured a country pageant by the Eighth Grade Girl Reserve Club, choir carols, solos, and a tea with Moravian cookies and a silver Christmas tree centerpiece.
Mrs. S. J. Dickson and son Jay stay with J. L. Brackett at 400 Cable Street while Mrs. Dickson plans Christmas in Norfolk with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Brackett. Vance Alton McGhee Jr. returns home from Burrus Memorial Hospital at 408 Otteray Drive in satisfactory condition. Mrs. Hammond A. Strother recuperates at Burrus Memorial Hospital and expects visitors. Mrs. J. C. McCoy visits Spartanburg, D. C., after days with friends in High Point. Miss Annie Boles of 1118 Montheu Avenue returns home after visiting W. R. Lewis in Greenville, D. C.
The Council of Jewish Women will meet at the home of Mrs. Ben Herman on West Farriss Avenue this evening for its regular gathering at 8:30. A new fashion note mentions heavy silver banded bracelets worn over long sleeves.
The Washington Council number four Daughters of America will hold its annual Christmas party Thursday evening at the hall on Washington street. Members are asked to bring gifts. A business session starts at seven o'clock and the party will follow.
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