Holiday bridge and social gatherings in Thomasville
Mrs. C L White Jr hosted the first of a holiday party series with seven bridge tables as high score prizes went to Roy Proctor and Alvah Boyles. Subsequent evenings featured bridge and rook games with multiple winners, followed by refreshment courses and festive decorations.
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Thomasville
C. L. White, Jr
Roy Proctor
Cologne
Alvah Boyles
Mrs. White
Bridge
Clarisse Rose
Henry Poe
Miss Rose
Poe
Rook
W. C. Myers
Jake Stone
Walter Rapp
Charles Phillips
Walter Newby
Carson Cox
Miss Mamie Harris
Openhouse at Kirkman Home Bright holiday gatherings at Otteray drive
Two informal parties hosted by Mr and Mrs W G Kirkman at their Otteray drive home mark the start of the holiday season. A family open house from five to six featured punch and treats beneath a Christmas tree and festive mistletoe while neighbors visited in the evening. The piece also includes a Christmas poem by Gertrude Cook and a brief note that nitro glycerine dynamite shortages will ease in January, aiding farmers in ditch blasting plans.
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W. G. Kirkman
Otteray Drive
Kirkman
State College
Straight Finesse in Bridge Proves Untrustworthy
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE reviews a common error in declarer play. The article cites a Cincinnati unit meeting and a home visit by Chariton Wallace to discuss a hand where players finessed spades or diamonds. It outlines an alternate line of play leading to an end-play and cautions against relying on straight finesses.
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WM BE. McKenney
America
Calrd Authority
NEA
Country
Cincinnati
The
American Contract Bridge
Chariton Wallace
Wallace
Declarer
West
Christmas Table by NEA Service
A formal dinner table idea features a Irish linen damask cloth and a tall white candle wrapped by holly and pine sprays with gardenias. Designed by the Society of American Florists, a versatile centerpiece can use roses carnations or poinsettias instead of gardenias.
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NEA
Saiety
Service Wife Strong For American Way
Metropolis Illinois report describes Mrs John Harrington wife of a chief warrant officer sailing to Germany to join her husband. She transported a new car to the port and arranged shipment of a refrigerator, washer, bed and living room suites along with other furniture and rugs for their home abroad.
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Metropolis, Ill
John Harrington
Metropolis
Germany
Connie Mack Celebrates 84th Birthday in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles Connie Mack marked his 84th birthday yesterday and said he eagerly looks forward to a 63rd year in organized baseball as owner manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Los Angeles
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Local Girl Joins Eastern Air Lines Silver Fleet
Kathryn Lee Smith of High Point North Carolina is part of a 21 member class graduating from Eastern Air Lines school in Forest Hills New York. She will serve aboard a Silverliner in the Great Silver Fleet based in Miami Florida.
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Kathryn Lee Smith
P. L. Smith
Howell Street
High Point
Eastern Air Lines
Forest Hills
New York
Miss Smith
Miami
Florida
John T. Stickney
Greensboro
Leo Platt
West Church Avenue
Roanoke
Eastern Air Lines’ School
The
United States
Edison’s Talking Machine Invention at Age Thirty
The article notes that Thomas Edison invented the talking machine when he was thirty years old. It highlights his role as a pioneering inventor and marks the achievement as a milestone in early recorded sound technology.
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Thomas Edison
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Charles White NT
Inos
Asheboro Business College
Woman's Club
C. R. Patterson
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Ida Hensley
Shirley Greene
Dorothy Wilson
Theopile Davis
G. E .Crowell
Mae Gallimore
Eunice Wood
Greeling
Pollock
Southern Institution
King-Harris Pharmacy
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MR. and
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Arthur Williams
Joel Williams
Lee Lanier
Ww. C. Belo
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Gertrude Cook Page
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AQDS
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Merry Christmas
Prerce
Service Wife
American Way
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AL Schwartz
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I. H. Bennett
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N. Brown
A. L. Furgerson
M. B. Brown
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