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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1949

Page

6

Pre‑nuptial Honors For Miss Joreen Kearns Ireland

Miss Joreen Kearns Ireland bride elect of February received several pre-nuptial parties. Mrs Val Kearns and Mrs Hattie Cooke helped organize gifts, games, and an iced course at a shower and at homes on Ragan Street. Out of town relatives from Montreal were among guests.

Ireland Joreen Kearns John Gilmour Ireland Tommye Stanton David L. Stanton Henry Millis Stanton Sherrod W. L. Jackson Wendall L. Dickenson Jackson Home Wnh Fred Guerin Charette Sedgefield Inn Ellen Farlowe Ragan Street Val Kearns Hattie Cooke Mesdames Golda Davis J. L. Farlowe J. D. Meadows Jack Farlowe W. W. Evans A. B. Jones Bill Bennett Evelyn Vaughan Earl Myers Paul Bryant Maxine Farlowe Marie Craven

YWCA Weekly Activities and Club Meetings Schedule

Tuesday offers bridge classes at 10 00 and 7 30 bridge class with Adams club at 8 00. Lunch at 12 15 for Double M club with business meeting. Girls plunge at 3 30 5 00 and gym swim 6 00 8 00. Supper 6 15 B and P club meeting. Miss Nina Wilkes oversees Adams club. Thursday hosts Y Teens for 12th grade at 3 30 Senior High and 4 00 10th and 11th grade at Y. Jolly Y club supper at 6 30. Doris Elliott and Loretta Elliott host. Saturday Winter Industrial conference begins at Winston Salem YWCA 1 00.

Ymca Pool YMCA Adams Club Nina Wilkes Doris Loretta Elliott Winston-Salem Ywca

SSS Tonic Claims Relief For Stomach Distress Indigestion

A vintage ad claims SSS Tonic relieves stomach distress and acid indigestion. It promises time tested, doctor approved relief after meals, asserting the tonic tones the stomach and aids digestion, with directions to take the product from any drug store.

Kernersville Club reports January meeting and club aims

Kernersville Home Demonstration Club held its January gathering with Mrs C W Allen and Mrs C S Miller as hostesses. Elizabeth Tuttle the home agent spoke on what the club does for the country and detailed monthly lessons in homemaking crafts with arts and crafts added this year. Project leaders include Mrs Margie Harris, Mrs Robert Joyce, Mrs Vanstone, Mrs Otis Smith, and others across home gardens dairy clothing recreation and more. The Davis Class of Bunker Hill Methodist hosted by Rev Clyde Faulkner discussed yard funds and pastor's remarks followed by reports and business notes. Orders show Lt Col H Morris to extended active service with the Fourth Army at Fort Sill activated February 10 1949. Col Morris served in the Pacific during World War II.

Kernersville Sedge Guard Home C. W. Allen C. S. Miller Elizabeth Tuttle Vera Phillips Grace Holder Margie Harris Robert Joyce Vanstone Otis Smith Francis Smith Ida Lee Atkins Ethel Motsinger Co. S. Miller Inez Parrish DeWitt Atkins Alfred Smith Hastings Angel Fred Parrish Nat Holder Davis Bunker Hill Methodist Church Clyde Faulkner Faulkner Delbert Clodfelter Edgar Idol Roscoe Clodfelter Faulker Col H. Morris Fourth Army Fort Sill Oklo 4011Th ASU Col. Morris Pacific

Community club and society meetings listed for Friday schedule

Several clubs announce dinners and meetings throughout the day. The Lillian I Massey chapter hosts a dinner at 6 pm. various groups meet at homes on Carrick Avenue North Main Street Archdale Road and other addresses with speakers on topics from Woodpeckers to sanitation. Beta Sigma Phi Mu chapter guest Grace Cushman. Boy Scouts Girl Scout council at headquarters. Legion Auxiliary plans for February conference. nursing and Priscilla club events noted.

Lillian I. Massey National Secretaries Association Ee Ide L. H. Zimmerman Hering Carrick Avenue Catesby Bird Club J. S. Pickett North Main Street Edith M. Sherrod Domino Bridge Club D. Clark Johnson Montreiu Avenue Garden Study Club S. O. Peebles Archdale Road L. Wallin S. A. Gayle Country Club John Walker, Jr Paul Y. Adams Rodney Snow Woman's Club J. F. Hayden Alle Welborn West Farriss Avenue Graduate Nurses Club Y.W.C.A Loren Wallin Lula Davis Clara Bodenhamer Beta Sigma Phi Grace Cushman Girl Scout Council Scout The Legion Auxiliary Legion Home West High Street Friendship Club Edgar George Hillcrest Drive

Women of the Moose Varying Meeting Opens to Public

Women of the Moose will hold an open meeting at their Church street home Wednesday at 8 o'clock with senior regent Mrs Dot Knight presiding. The academy of Friendship will present a chapter night program and Jake Isvnhour state director will show pictures of Mooseheart and Moosehaven. The public is invited.

Women of the Moose Church Street Dot Knight Academy of Friendship Jake Isvnhour Mooseheart Moosehaven

Church and society meetings postponed and planned

The Truth Seekers class at Green Street Baptist Church postpones its Tuesday evening meeting to next Tuesday. Lindsay Memorial's Woman's Society meets tonight at 7 30 at Mrs. Robert Taylor’s home. Stephens Bible class convenes Wednesday at 3 with Mrs. Bodemamer at 313 Sunset Drive led by Mrs J Paul Hill. B nai Israel Ladies Aid gathers Wednesday at 8 30 at Mrs Harry Doctor’s home with Mrs Arther Cassell as associate hostess. call 3798 if unable to attend.

Green Street Baptist Church Woman's Society Mrs. Taylor The Lindsay Memorial Church Robert Taylor Route 6 Ladies’ Aid B'nai Israel Synagogue Harry Doctor Arther Cassell

Daughters of America Hold Meeting Tonight

Washington council No 4 Daughters of America will hold their regular meeting this evening at 7 30 o clock at the hall on Commerce street.

Daughters of America Washington Council No. 4 Daughters of America Commerce Street

Gardner announces birth of son Michael Esmond

Mr and Mrs J P Gardner announce the birth of a son named Michael Esmond born January 2 at the High Point Memorial Hospital.

Michael Gardner J. P. Gardner Michael Esmond Wsnevard High Point "Memorial Hospital

Buttons And Bows New Style Theme At Spectator Sports

Visiting fashion editors viewed spring sportswear by Spectator Sports Inc in New York. The collection features a Buttons And Bows theme with button accented dresses and double breasted coats, plus new capelet silhouettes and handkerchief skirts in sheer fabrics.

New York INS Spectator Sports Inc

Today’s Grab Bag Quiz Answers and Notes

Questions cover the seven current Arab League states the amendment ratification threshold for constitutional changes the bachelor presidents who took oaths and the ex president who became chief justice Nob Hill is located in a U S city Evelyn Keyes career highlights and recent films United States Senator John W Bricker born near Columbus Ohio and his WWI rejection for service

Arab League United States Supreme Court Nob Hill Evelyn Keyes Atlanta Evelyn Ted Fio Rito Buccaneer Mr. Jordan Jolson John W. Bricker Ohio Columbus Ohio State University Bricker

The Empty Vessel Makes the Greatest Sound

A terse Shakespearean proverb attributed remark notes that silence or emptiness amplifies noise or impact, reflecting on how voids or undervalued voices can produce outsized effect. The quote emphasizes perception of value in absence.

William Shakespeare

Birthdays for Kipnis and Clark Gable

Alexander Kipnis the Metropolitan Opera bass is born on February 1 in Russia and actor Clark Gable shares the birthday greetings of the day.

Alexander Kipnis Metropolitan Opera Russia Clark Gable

Quiet persistence and tact aid future success

The reading emphasizes steady effort and a noncritical stance as keys to yearly success. It promises timely help if problems arise and notes that tact in business matters will benefit outcomes. A child born under these influences should enjoy moderate lifelong fortune.

Tips for Teens and a Lost Friend

A reader asks how to heal a rift with a best girl friend after a foolish argument. Elinor Williams advises apologizing again, urging that the friendship may rekindle as time passes and the hurt fades. If hurt persists, treat it as a loss and move on with other friends.

Elinor Col. I

Local social notes and hospital updates from High Point area

Mrs W G Shipman arrived Sunday to visit her daughter and son in law Frank H Wood at 611 Montheu Avenue. Mrs Rowe Brown returns from City Memorial hospital Winston Salem after an operation. Mrs Laurance Ingram and her mother Mrs C W Hollowell of Elizabeth City depart for Georgia to visit relatives. Mrs Alice L McPherson of 1806 Johnson Street entered Baptist hospital for an operation last Friday. Mrs Otis C Chapman of 318 Avery Street is a patient at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Mrs S D Roberts of Albertson Road is a patient at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Little Miss Martha Loflin daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Loflin remains seriously ill at Duke Hospital after an operation. Mrs G J Humphreys has returned home from Atlanta.

W. G. Shipman Frank H. Wood Montheu Rowe Brown West State Street City Memorial Hospital Winston-Salem Laurance Ingram C. W. Hollowell Elizabeth City Georgia Alice L. McPherson Johnson Street The Baptist Hospital Otis C. Chapman Avery Street Boulevard High Point Memorial Hospital S. D. Roberts Albertson Road Martha Loflin J. R. Loflin Duke Hospital

Shooting stars burn up before reaching Earth

The text explains that without an atmosphere the earth would face constant meteor bombardment, but the atmosphere causes shooting stars to burn up before arrival.

Earth

RESPIRING HILL IN CASTLEMAINE HILL SNORES WITH AIR FLOW

In Castlemaine Australia a hill above an abandoned mine breathes and snores as air moves in and out beneath. A new photographic print dryer for homes or small shops combines a variable speed electrically driven drum with a balanced heater unit.

Castlemaine Australia

New York City to band five counties under one sheriff

New York City uses a civil service sheriff appointed jointly by metropolitan counties instead of electing five sheriffs. A device measures irregular areas by sweeping light beams and recording results with photocells. Home accidents killed 33,000 and injured 5,000,000 in 1946 in the United States.

New York INS New York City U. S

Red Cross Blood Donor Program Discussed at Southeast Area Office

A visitor spent several days visiting the Southeastern area office of the American Red Cross and discussed the blood donor program with officials there.

Southeastern Area The American Red Cross

Bricker's Career Path From Governor to Senatorial Figure

Lilian Campbell reports on Bricker who accepted a Chaplain's Corps commission, earned a law degree, entered politics, governed Ohio from 1939 to 1943, ran as Republican vice presidential candidate in 1944, and was elected to the Senate in November 1945.

Chaplain’s Corps Ohio Bricker Senate

Criticizing a spouse in public is poor taste and manners

Publicly praising or denigrating a husband or wife reflects on character and social grace. The remark underscores propriety in private life and decorum in social settings.

First Supreme Court Meeting and Kwajalein Landings

On February 1 dates span history from 1790 when the Supreme Court held its first meeting with Chief Justice John Jay presiding to 1944 when U S Marines and Army troops landed on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands Also February 1 marks the Feast of St Brigid in Ireland

Supreme Court of the United States John Hay Philadelphia United States Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands Brigid Bridget

Political Figures and States Mentioned in Historical Quiz

The text lists Middle East states Saudi Arabia Egypt Syria Lebanon Yemen Iraq and Trans- Jordan, notes three fourths of the 36 states, mentions James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland with Cleveland indexed in the White House and Buchanan a bachelor, names William Howard Taft, and locates San Francisco as a frame.

Saudi Arabia Egypt Syria Lebanon Yemen Iraq Trans- Jordan James Buchanan Grover Cleveland Cleveland White House Buchanan William Howard Taft San Francisco

Billfolds And Wallets Go Feminine At Leather Show

A survey of Personal Leather Goods Show exhibitors in Chicago from January 31 to February 3 reports women adopting billfolds as daily accessories. The trend features carry-all cases with money tools and cards, plus Easter color themes and polka dots, signaling a shift from male ownership to female use across mothers and daughters.

Chicago Mother Dad Mom Daughter

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General Mills Advt Ywca News Lester Marshall E. Ginsburg Optometrist N. Main St Oscar Mayer Seward’s Market Commerce ST Appalachian State Teachers College Jonnie Ruth Turner H. B. Turner High Point Jerry Crouch Mooresville Martha Peeler Gold Hill Sara Frances Sorosis Club W. G. Ragsdale Jamestown Priscilla Club Phyllis Battelle Happy Elinor Williams Doan G. J.” Humphreys Diag Matrea Olag Lilian Campbell Central Press Monark Dupont Monark Shade Co Cecil's Office Equipment CO Main ST Fleetwood Ragga Array Coffee Fleetwood
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