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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
7
A party honored Cindy Shrawder on her fourth birthday at the AD Watson home. Dignitaries include Captain and Mrs. Ww. J. Shrawder. Entertainment featured games and stories with refreshments and a decorated cake. Grandmother Mrs. Sossaman attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Smith hosted a Christmas Eve gathering at their Allen Day home. Guests watched a television program before Santa arrived to distribute candy canes and gifts. Photographs captured festive decorations including a lighted tree and mantel arrangement. About thirty five Smith relatives attended the party with cake and punch served at a decorated table.
High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star met in the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Cora Briles and Frank Caldwell presiding. Reports from committees and a Christmas box valued at 715.18 sent to Oxford. Invitations extended to the 14th district school of instruction January 6 at p.m. in Thomasville. Harriet Godwin and Margaret Oldham honored. Dot Lewis performed piano pieces with corsages. New Year message from Mrs. Briles. refreshments served.
A period tone guide urges women to build arms through five minutes of arm swinging daily to improve musculature and elasticity. Emphasizes neat shoulders, smooth skin, and regular massage with hand cream. Recommends brushing elbows, thorough bathing, and borated talcum for smoother, more attractive arms.
Agnes Reisen returned to her Hillside apartment after Christmas to find a covered cupboard emptied a bed slept in furniture moved lipstick on towels and her best silk underwear stolen. A ring was left around the bathtub. She told police Goldilocks was ruled out.
Hollywood reports writer Robert Riskin age 53 underwent immediate surgery to remove a brain clot after hospitalization yesterday. He remains in good condition with wife Fay Wray at his bedside.
Archie K. Davis, vice president of Wachovia Bank and Trust in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was named a board director of the bank branch in Richmond, Virginia, on December 28.
Five inmates escaped from the Alleghany county State prison camp after sawing through bars. Three men described as dangerous fled yesterday. Jack Phillips of Winston-Salem Joe Mallen of Mount Airy and Fred Hilton of State Road named among them. Authorities spread an alarm and bloodhounds pursued the fugitives into the night. The other two escapees are Curtis A. Butchner of Mount Airy and Cecil Mc Knight with an unknown address.
Adrian J. Morson 21 was killed and two Fort Bragg soldiers injured when their car overturned eight miles south of Fayetteville. Sgt. Alfred C. Price and Raymond L. Waldron were taken to Moore County Hospital in Pinehurst. Waldron sustained minor injuries while Price suffered chest injuries.
Edwin D. Flanders, a 60 year old beat patrolman, retires after 28 years in the department's lowest grade. He holds a BA from Portia Law School, a BA in literary interpretation from Emerson, and a J.D. from Boston University. He tried for promotion to sergeant but was not promoted. He says retirement plans are open and may write a book.
Marine Sgt Harry L. Ogg, 26, back from Korea, with wife Patricia and two daughters, launches a one man effort to contact every man in his marine reserve battalion after learning mail to Korea was delayed. He spent the day making calls on his private mission.
While the Mills family attended services, a thief broke in and stole an 18 pound turkey $40 worth of gifts and the family Bible from their Los Angeles home yesterday, police said.
Durham reports the Christmas Day auto crash in Orange County claiming three lives. Mrs. Louis Niuman, 45, mother of an eight year old killed in the wreck, died at Duke Hospital. Mrs. Hattie Carter, 42, of Mebane Rt. 3, died at Alamance Hospital Burlington.
Washington dispatch notes Rep. Sabath of Illinois breaks the all time record for consecutive service in Congress. Elected November 7 to another term, he entered the House March 4, 1907 and will have served 43 years nine months and 25 days when today’s session ends.
Twenty year old twin nephews of U S ambassador to Russia Alan G Kirk enlisted in the U S Air Force. Donald C Kirk and Richard A Kirk of Morristown N J had identical scores in cadet qualification tests. Their uncle has served as ambassador in Russia for 18 months.
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