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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1942
Page
3
A condensed women’s section item notes contact details for editor Madeline Hoover with telephone access and hours from 8:30 to 12:00. The brief entry serves as a reader guidance announcement in the paper’s women’s page.
Miss Janie Wilson entertained with a come-and-sit-ten tea at 1207 Hardover Street yesterday afternoon for bride-elect Miss Catherine Ryan. Guests included a circle of close friends, gifts of linen, and a handkerchief keepsake from Miss Wilson. A Christmas greenery decor set a festive scene as sandwiches and tea were served.
Miss Beverly Sheetz receives a silver gift in her chosen pattern at a dessert-bridge hosted by Miss Sarah Hutchens at Emerywood Country Club. Holiday decor featured red wreaths and Christmas candles, eight-table bridge with top prize a sequined hair ornament awarded to Meredith Clark Slane and runner-up eau de cologne to Mrs. George W. Hutchens. Attending were Mrs. Fred Neece and others including Mrs. Everett C. Bryant and Mrs. George E. Hutchens, with many guests helping arrange tables.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Kearney and Pfc. Walford M. Sexton took place at five o'clock Wednesday, December 9, at the Little Church Around The Corner in New York City. Rev. Randolph Ray officiated. The couple's attendants were Lt. Ralph Snyder and Miss Scholaszy. The bride wore soldier blue with dubonnet accessories and orange blossoms. Mrs. Sexton is connected with the Henderson Dispatch. Pfc. Sexton is an Elon College graduate, Army Air Corps office worker, and was stationed in Presque Isle, Maine. They visited Denton and then returned to North Carolina.
Brownie Troop 21 staged a Christmas program in First Presbyterian Church Ladies Parlor featuring carols and a Shadow Show The Night Before Christmas The event drew guests and weather forced some absences Leaders Mrs C W Kneessi and Mrs Robt Cameron served treats Special guests included Mrs A D Grant and others Troop 18 later caroled at Emanuel Lutheran and Burrus Memorial Hospital
Emerywood Country Club members held a busy Christmas week with a Ladies bridge party and a stag party drawing about fifty attendees. Prizes went to Mesdames Farrell Gray and F T Wilhite for North South and Mesdames John C Abels and Joseph T Weaver for East West. Dinner followed for many including J S Welborn O C Durland Farrell Gray W P Hazelwood Frank Wood Joseph T Weaver John C Abels J O Hauschild FLT Wilhite C Beaver R D Tillson Jack Holbrook P Y Adams. Tomorrow night a Family Night dinner will feature one hundred reservations. A Christmas dinner dance with John Peddicord orchestra is set for Saturday Dec 26.
Miss Betty Wilhite entertained a Christmas bridge luncheon at Emerywood Country Club yesterday morning with two tables of play in a festive setting. Elen Russell won top score receiving a perfume in a china kitten. Betsy Ragan earned the dusting powder as runner up. Guests included Ulisses Kathleen VanLoan Ann Steed Betty Ragan Ann Gamble Margaret Barrer Ellen Russell Martha Sale and the hostess.
Montreal student Miss Tillie Sue Iveich is a patient at Burrus Memorial Hospital after contracting pneumonia at school. She was brought to the city once her condition warranted. Also visiting for the holidays are Mrs. Carl Myers of Washington, D C and Pvt. Charles C. Green with his wife Helen Davis. Lieut. Collier H. Ellis Jr. and Mrs. Ellis with families, and Mr. E. R. Mellivane and two children, Eileen and Alice Marie Melvaine, among others. Mrs. Thomas Mowery and Mrs. Arthur Ellison host Christmas visits on North Main Street, Ellison family ties noted.
Aus Erwin Earnhart hosted a bridge gathering with two tables at her Park Avenue home in Thomasville. Agnes Herndon won novelty Christmas candles, while Walter Newby was runner up with hand lotion. Guests included Isabel Mouzon Eva Kirkman Ruth Thomason and Mrs R L McDonald among others.
Anne Adams pattern 4276 offers an all year wardrobe with a side-buttoned princess jumper that pairs with a tong or short sleeved blouse. For summer, make it a cotton sundress with optional inside pockets and tabs. Available in junior miss sizes 11 to 17. yardage listed for size 13. Order by mail with name address and pattern number.
A Christmas present from national bridge players celebrates the War Orphans Scholarships program. Thousands endorse a plan to fund college or vocational training for service members who die or are disabled, while a hands scenario illustrates precise finesse and entry ideas in a game.
Assistant Police Chief Henry Hoon and six officers resign effective January 1 after the city refused higher pay. City Manager Ralph Smyre disclosed the action and said the demands could not be met.
The Wishing and Waiting Girl Scout Troop met at headquarters to fill stockings for needy children. Stockings were given to the Family Service Bureau for distribution. Participants included Sally Trepke Nora Mundy Jane Chamelin Mary Lou Dillion Barbara Barlow Anne Hall Mary Ann Britt Gordie Maxwell Nancy Lewis, with Miss Mary Ruth Shimrey assisting.
Miss Barbara Mathews will entertain Beta Sigma Phi Mu chapter at her home on Sunset Drive for the annual Christmas party tonight at eight o clock. The event was announced today and promises seasonal festivities.
Sgt. and Mrs. John Ratledge announce the birth of a son, John Robert, on December 17 at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. Mrs. Ratledge is the former Miss Isabel Burgess of High Point.
James M. Hutton of High Point was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Army after completing the Officer Candidate Course at Fort Benning Infantry School Georgia. He enlisted December 2 1941 and previously served with the 40th Bn Camp Croft South Carolina. Hutton, a High Point High School graduate, is the son of Mr and Mrs S M Hutton of Thomasville North Carolina.
Thom asville Dec 23 Specially Rev BE Snow pastor of the Community Methodist Church was elected president of the Thom asville Ministerial Association at the regular monthly meeting Other officers included Rev WC Ly erly vice president and Rev Charles D White secretary treasurer
Thomasville December 23 special The annual banquet of the Foreman's club of the Amazon Cotton Mill will be held at the Woman's club building this evening at six o'clock. An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion, one of the Christmas season highlights.
Christmas observances are announced for three churches. The Reform Church holds two services with children's programs tonight at 1 30 and a candlelight service tomorrow at 7. Gospel Tabernacle offers a 7 30 p m Christmas program led by Rev Dick Cimino. St Mary’s Episcopal schedules a Christmas Eve 11 30 p m service with violin soloist Evelyn Sharpe and a Christmas Day 10 a m communion service led by Rector Howard S Hartzell.
A World War II era poem asks how to keep Christmas amid conflict. It recalls angels singing a night of glory and honors brave men who fought for what is right. The speaker, Mildred Davis Anthony, 1942, hopes for a dawn of peace and brotherhood when wars end and nations shed enmity.
The pastor Rev. R. E. Ward announced Christmas exercises at Oakview Methodist Church tonight at 7:30. A Kansas statute makes it illegal to eat snakes in public.
Officials of the Thomasville Merchants Association announce that nearly all city shops will close Friday and Saturday to give employees a much needed holiday rest. The First National Bank will also close on those days.
City Transit Company has applied for a motor carrier franchise to operate passenger service. The Utilities Commission will hold a hearing in Raleigh North Carolina on Thursday January 14 1943 at 2 30 p m regarding the application and proposed route extensions including Allen Jay School line Archdale Line and extensions to Springfield Road Green Street Extension to Kivett Drive and reverse routing.
Article offers wartime guidance for wives entering male labor markets. It urges gradual adjustment to shared earnings, avoiding direct competition, and promoting a family pool approach. Weighs risks of ego clashes, cites a Rock Island case of a husband firing shots, and suggests communicating, differing job types, and celebratory framing to ease transition.
The statement lists twelve types of passenger car fan belts, each containing at least one half pound of rubber. It reflects a cataloging of belt varieties and their material heft for automotive use.
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