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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1943
Page
6
The Mid-Week Study Club meets with Mrs W L Watson at Steat ley Circle. The Girl Scout Council and Girl Reserves hold sessions at Adams Memorial YWCA. Emerywood Country Club hosts family night dinner. Priscilla Club rolls bandages at the YWCA. Emerywood Duplicate Club plays at the clubhouse.
The Highland Lend-a-Hand Club of the Y W C A installs its new slate at Mrs Esther Gillis home with Mrs Myrtle Buchanan as vice president and Mrs Virginia Lance as secretary The next meeting Tuesday at 1 45 PM at the Highland Community Building will study income tax Mrs Gillis serves fruit cookies and Russian tea during a social period
Mrs Ben Herman delivered a vivid review of W L White’s They Were Expendable at the Double M Club meeting held yesterday afternoon at the Y W C A. The program followed a brief business session with hostesses Mesdames Cecil and W B Fluharty assisting.
Ten adults have already signed up for the high school education course at the YWCA under the adult education program. The class aims to help those who left school early earn high school credits toward a diploma, with no charge. Contact Miss Louise Surratt at the YWCA, 2577, to join.
The Early American Arts Club will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 10:30 at the Adams Memorial YWCA building. Mrs. W F Bailey will discuss Old Coin Silver and show a display illustrating her remarks.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Caroline York to Iredell S. Hutton of the United States Army Signal Corps. The ceremony was at ten in the morning on Sunday in West Palm Beach at First Methodist Church with Rev. C. H. Marlin officiating. The bride is from Colonial Drive and a High Point College graduate. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hutton, is stationed at Camp Murphy Florida. prior to service he was assistant manager of the Paramount theater in town.
Mesdames Farrell Gray and F T Wilhite won North South at the Emerywood Country Club weekly ladies luncheon duplicate bridge. East West honors went to Mrs Harold McKee and W E Outen. Contract winners were Mesdames Clark Dillon and George P Jones Jr with runners up Mesdames C S Beaver and R D Tillson. East West runners up Mesdames J O Hauschild and Hal Davis.
Mrs Barrett welcomes Monarch Auxiliary at her Woodrow Avenue home for a regular meeting. A handkerchief shower honors retiring president Mrs Glenn Brown. D W Hunter is elected president, committees are named, bingo at three tables precedes refreshments for twelve members.
The Ray Street P T A executive board voted to hold February’s general meeting on Tuesday morning February 9 at 8 45 at the school to fit gasoline rationing and parental attendance. Founders Day program will be featured, with Sixten members present, led by president Mrs John Peacock. Lake Winnebago is noted as Wisconsin’s largest lake by area.
The High Point Enterprise advertises Anne Adams patterns 41337 1129 4337 and 4129 with size ranges 14 to 42 and fabric needs for size 16. Readers are urged to send plain name address and style numbers for LINTEEN CENTS and to order the Fall and Winter fashions book including school outfits bridal wear and work or parade attire.
Mrs. Foil and Michael Jr. of Gastonia announce the birth of a son William Foil born January 28. Margaret Sears is the former wife of H D Sears. Brenner and Clara Cox announce a son Ralph Nelson Jr. born February 2 at Guilford General Hospital. Peggy Lee Morgan born February 1. Beulah Royals Morgan prior to marriage from High Point. Susan Franklin born February 2 at Guilford General Hospital. DeWitt Shean and wife announce a son February 2. they will remain in Guilford General for several days. P W McKenzie announces a son February 3 at Guilford General. John H Spurgeon Jr and wife announce a daughter Phillis Annette born February 3. mother is Margaret Johnson prior to marriage from High Point. Cassandra Garrett born February 1 at Guilford General Hospital. William Neil Robinson born January 26 at Burrus Memorial Hospital.
The February Johnson Street School P T A meeting will be held Thursday at 7 30 P M at the school. A Founder's Day program will be featured and Miss Thelma Moss will present an original play about the school's wartime efforts with an accompanying exhibit.
Miss Mildred Marsh hosted a dinner at her South Main Street home for Miss Pearl Thompson and Debonaire Club members. The event featured white gladioli and carnations, a crystal glass gift for Miss Thompson, and a ten-place setting. Future events include dessert bridge at Mrs. Bob Stewart, a bridge party at Emerywood Country Club hosted by Mrs. Eleanor Amos, and further gatherings through Friday and Saturday to honor the February bride elect.
Miss Louise de Jarnette marries Lt Miles A. Gayle in Moultrie Georgia on Tuesday. Mrs. Gayle is daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Reid de Jarnette of Miami and Coral Gables. Lt Gayle, a 1942 West Point graduate, is the son of Mr and Mrs S A Gayle. The couple will visit his parents after the ceremony.
NEA notes from WPB outline scarcity and substitution in home supplies. Linoleum production down due to imported cork base and gum kauri finishes. floor wax stock remains but output may shrink. shellac halted with India imports complicating shipments. enamels drying slower and packaging changing. paint brushes scarce as bristles once from China cease. advice to conserve, wax floors, and proper brush care with turpentine and linseed oil blend.
Har ry J. Fishbein of the Mayfair Bridge Club New York tops the year with 184 Master Points and the world Masters Individual title. He also wins the national mixed pair and Eastern States team events, places second in open pair and team-of-four, and shares a reputation for discussing hands with players of all levels.
South wins a hearts lead then ruffs a low spade and runs clubs. West cannot avoid trouble and lets clubs win while Fishbein discards diamonds. West must bare the spade ace to save three diamonds, allowing South to ruff with the dummy and force a favorable ending.
Mrs James W Furr and her son leave the city for New York to join James Furr who has been transferred to the American Bemberg Rayon Corp offices. They will live in Douglaston, a New York City suburb, and have secured housing. The piece then offers housewifely tips for handling fine china and preserving gold decorations during cleaning to avoid chipping or damage.
A quiz explains that in Hollywood style gin rummy a game is 100 points by official laws. Bets of 125 or 150 extend the game unnecessarily. Each game awards a 100 point bonus to the winner, allowing for various win patterns across three games.
The St Edward's Guild sets an evening meeting at the Catholic Rectory on Barbee Street at eight. Mary Harper Philathea Class shifts to Friday 7 30 at Mrs Charles McKenzie's home Monroe Street. Catherine Gill Bible Class meets Thursday Feb 4 at Welch Memorial Church. Witch craft meaning explained as craft of the wise.
Editor's note introduces a third daily recipe in the Share the Meat series. The method uses potatoes carrots onion and ham with pastry dough, forming 4 by 6 inch rectangles filled and baked at 375 degrees for about one hour. This recipe credits the Citizens Service Corps nutrition committee chaired by Mrs. Lidie P. Horton.
Ruth Millett urges women to avoid complaints about wartime hardships. She argues young people adjust quickly, while older women often dwell on rationing and lost comforts. Complaining ages a person and shows reluctance to adapt or find new sources of satisfaction.
Guidance for wartime brides on preparing a cedar chest and linens for storage. Advice covers washing bed and table linens, wrapping white items in blue paper to prevent yellowing, mothproofing woolens, periodic airing, and airtight wrapping to deter pests. A note explains Wisconsin’s nickname Badger State from its mining settlers.
Mrs. R. J. Quigley of 1108 Westwood is named chair of a local committee to aid WAVES and SPARS enrollment, with members Mrs. John H. Lumpkin and Mrs. Lewis E. Teague assisting. The group, appointed by Captain M. C. Robertson, will help applicants fill forms locally, with contact details at homes and YWCA.
A column by W A Bivins reflects on sunrise skies and dreams of 1000 mph flight circumnavigating the globe, notes a soldier-son traveling westward, and praises American breadth of vision for postwar years. It also features a woodcutter at the Y W C A who, at 73, talks of two Army sons and the duty to aid Providence.
A column contrasts farm work with gym drills at Trinity College and notes Army recruits missing physical prep. It cites Camp Carson mules and mountain artillery training, praising mule use in the U S Army as a reliable fixture in global service.
R N Miss Alta Ree Fritts is improving after illness at Guilford General Hospital but remains confined. Mrs A A Byerly of 613 Lindsay Street is satisfactory after surgery at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Doris Byerly of 613 Lindsay Street is a patient at Burrus Memorial Hospital.
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