House Events Highlight Weekend Holiday Festivities
Mr and Mrs H P Morri hosted at Broad Street from five to seven, with about twenty five guests. Mr and Mrs Harry Abel entertained at 1106 Ferndale Drive with around fifty guests from eight to midnight. Homes were decorated in holiday greens and Christmas motifs with a Nativity scene and festive refreshments.
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H. P. Morri
Broad Street
Harry Abel
Tess
Ferndale
Mr. and
Abel
Marriage of Miss Idol Norfolk Resident Is King Announced Today
A Norfolk resident Miss Idol wed Leonard Marshall in a quiet ceremony at 7:30 PM in Elizabeth City. The bride, daughter of Mrs EB Idol of High, and the groom were married last Saturday.
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Norfolk
King
Prayer for Peace on Christb day in High Point
Poem dated December 1939 by Gertrude Cook Page from High Point North Carolina asks for peace on Christmas Day. It pleads for an end to war and bloodshed and for nations to kneel before God seeking His guiding star.
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Gertrude Cook
High Point, N. C
Marriage Announcement of Norfolk Residents
Point route four and has many friends here who will learn with interest of her marriage. Mr. Marshall is a resident of Norfolk, where he is assistant manager of the A. and P. store.
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Point Route Four
Marshall
Norfolk
A. and P
Local DeMolay Holiday Dance Sponsors Announced
The local chapter of DeMolay lists sponsors for the annual holiday dance at Sedgefield Manor Friday evening. Escorts include Jimmy Ellis B E Putnam Jimmy Smith Roger Taylor N L Garner Paul Warner and George Connor. Jimmie Harriss and his orchestra will provide the music for a 10 p m to 2 a m event with an intermission before midnight.
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Order of DeMolay
Sedgefield Manor
Vi Johnson
Greensboro
Judy Marsh
High Point
Martha Burns Sharpe
Jacqueline Kennedy
Eloise Rankin
Ruth Pollock
Mull Lutz
Demolay
The
Jimmy Ellis
B. E. Putnam
Jimmy Smith
Roger Taylor
N. L. Garner
Paul Warner
George Connor
Jimmie Harriss
Pritchard Ties Knot With Leonard Terry In Pinehurst
Miss Bertha Pritchard of Trinity and Biscoe wed Leonard Terry of High Point and McCall South Carolina in Pinehurst on Thursday. The ceremony at seven followed a piano program and vows before Rev. H R Ashmore with an informal reception and two tiered wedding cake. The couple will reside at 748 North Main Street High Point after a Florida trip.
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Pinehurst
Bertha Pritchard
Trinity and
Biscoe
Leonard Terry
High Point
McColl
South Carolina
Monk Best
E. R. Burt
Jim Burt
Bond
Betrand
Brown
Barnby
H. R. Ashmore
Chas. Townsend
Bennettsville
S. C
Frank Best
Gladys Jackson
McCall
Florida
North Main Street
Terry
W. A. Pritchard
Trinity High School
Eastern Carolina Teachers College
Greenville
L. T. Terry
Ss. C
University of South Carolina
Adams-Millis Corporation
Chas. M. Townsend
Anne
Leroy Stanton
J. EK. Parker
Emerywood Younger Set Holds Christmas Dance
Emerywood younger social set held its annual Christmas dance at Chains dance studio on North Main Street to close the holiday season. A decorated Christmas tree lit the scene as gifts were distributed after dancing led by David Chauns, with Mrs. Walter York at the piano. The Y W C A club meeting by the Business and Professional Girls will not be held this week.
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Emerywood
Chains Dance Studio
North Main Street
David Chauns
Walter York
Business and Professional Girls’ Club
Mrs Edith Sherrod to Entertain Entre Nous at Chapel Hill Inn
Members of the Entre Nous Club will be entertained by Mrs Edith Moore Sherrod in Chapel Hill on Thursday December 28 at 2 30 pm. Attendees are asked to notify Miss Margaret Watson at 2915 or 3108 between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday noon for arrangements.
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Entre Nous Club
Edith Moore Sherrod
Chapel Hill
Carolina Inn
Margaret Watson
Miss Watson
Pentagon Club
Sedgefield Inn
Emerywood Country Club
Eddie Wittstein
Cavalier Club
Sedgefield Manor
Dorothy Kirkman
Henry W. Marshall
P. V. Kirkman
West Broad Street
Rehersal
High Point Order of DeMolay
Jimmy Harris
Happy Musicians Club Entertained At Christmas Party
The Happy Musicians Club piano pupils of Mrs. Eleanor Barksdale and their parents were hosted Friday evening at Mrs. Barksdale's Lindsay Street home for a Christmas party. Seasonal selections were performed and gifts exchanged under a lighted tree, followed by Yuletide refreshments for a large gathering.
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Happy Musicians’ Club
Eleanor Barksdale
Mrs Myrick Hosts Open House for Mary Louise Myrick
Mrs John Marvin Myrick will host an open house at Emerywood Court Apartments this afternoon from four to six in honor of daughter Mary Louise Myrick about 70 guests from Greensboro and High Point invited. Also announced is the birth of James Calhoun Jr son of Mr and Mrs J C Johnson on December 18 at their Kivett Drive home. Mrs Johnson formerly Madge Kersey of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marvin Myrick
Emerywood Court Apartments
Mary Louise Myrick
Greensboro
High Point
JCC
James J. Farriss, Jr
New York
R. K. Stewart
West Farriss Avenue
James Joseph Farriss
Nancy Marguerite
Births of John Thomas Proctor and Ronald Gene Bullock
Mr and Mrs Troy Proctor announce the birth of a son John Thomas on December 21 at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Paul Bullock announce the birth of a son Ronald Gene on December 17 at their home at 1220 East Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Proctor
Willowbrook Street
John Thomas
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Paul Bullock
East Green Street
Ronald Gene
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Pen House
Merry Christmas
Santa
Nick
Preett Gooch
Edith Sherrod
Entre Nous
Chapel Hill Inn
Happy Musicians
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
M. J. Wrenn
L'Amusante Club
Mary Lewis Millis
Mrs. Myrick
Mary
Austin
East Washington
John Thomas Proctor
Ronald Gene Bullock
Betty Lou
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