Mid-Week Study Club Hosted by Mrs Eshelman
Mrs J A Eshelman hosted the Mid-Week club on Johnson street with current events program led by president Mrs J M S Salsbury. Dessert followed in a Valentine theme with pink camellias and narcissus decorations. attendees included club members and guests from Columbia South Carolina and other locals. A Britannica note on processionary caterpillars appears in the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eshelman
J. A. Eshelman
Johnson Street
J. M. S. Salsbury
Harry Bell
C. F. Carroll
J. W. Chandler
Paul Hardin, Jr
Miss Glascoe to wed Mr Reddick in early spring
Evel Glascoe received a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Rowland Davis and Mrs. Robert Weant at 1112 Adams Street High Point. Guests enjoyed a green and white theme with coffee cake ice cream and wedding bells. The bride to be’s upcoming nuptials were announced. The article also notes petroleum production history from 1850s with US share about 64 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evel Glascoe
Nton Reddick
Rowland Davis
Robert Weant
Weant
Adams Street
High Point
Scientists Have Big Year Using War Knowhows
1946 saw scientists and engineers convert wartime knowhow to peacetime production despite material shortages. Westinghouse led atomic research at Clinton lab and Bikini tests, with advances in electropult propulsion, portable chest X rays, stratovision tests, lightweight geared turbines, a 1000 watt mercury lamp, and a two way talking lamp via invisible beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
L. W. Chubb
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse
Clinton Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Dr. Chubb
Stratovision
Experimental military and scientific advances from 1946 report
The report highlights a 1000 volt power transmission upgrade with doubled capacity, a fast infrared spectrograph, naval radar for long voyages, and plans for an underwater missile and rocket-propelled hydro bomb. It also notes cleaner electric status and four massive motors for the Grand Coulee irrigation project, each housing a six room size and 65000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surace
Chubb
Grand Coulee Dam
Politburo Hopeful Malenkov Emerges as Stalin Heir Candidate
Georgi Malenkov deputy prime minister and top Communist official rises as a leading successor to Stalin. Analysts note rivals include Zhdanov Molotov Voroshilov and Beria while Malenkov wields central committee influence and Moscow power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Brown
International News Service
London
INS
Georgi Maximilianovich Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Andrei Zhdanov
Viacheslav Molotov
Marshal Voroshilov
Beria
Malenkov
Soviet Union
Moscow
Central Committee
Communist Party
Stalin
Zhenanov
Red Army
Civil Defense Council
Women of the Moose Plan Benefit Dance in March
The Women of the Moose held a regular meeting at the Moose hall with senior regent Mrs. Mary Schwitzer presiding and outlined plans for a March benefit dance. Reports from the Wilson conference were discussed and a committee including Eurie Brown Ray Hutchins and Sadie Sechrest was formed to organize the event. The definite date will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Mary Schwinzer
Wilson
Mesdames Eurie Brown
Ray Hutchins
Sadie Sechrest
Gerta Kobletz
Blond Fund
Sprinkler System Freezes Flood Shirley Plant
Low temperatures froze sprinkler heads at Shirley Manufacturing, 1519 South Main, flooding the building. Fire Chief E K Ingram said the damaged fire control system caused about 1500 dollars in damage to the structure and its contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Manufacturing Company
South Main Street
E. K. Ingram
Sweden program presented before Utopian Study Club
Mrs. O B Bonner hosted a luncheon at Farmerywood Country Club for the Utopian Study Club. The program on Sweden covered holidays and foods as part of a series on customs and foods of different countries. Members included Mesdames Walker Washburn Adams Alexander Foscue Harris Holton Kirkman Matton Pickett Smith and O B Bonner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Bonner
Utopian Study Club
O. B. Bonner
F Merywood Country Club
Mrs. Bonner
Mesdames J. R. Walker
Jesse Washburn
P.Y. Adams
Valery Alexander
Henry Foscue
Valette J. Harris
Roland T. Holton
O. A. Kirkman
L. C. Matton
John S. Pickett
Herman Smith
S. C.kirkman
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T. A
J. A. Marsh
W. R. ‘Morrow
H. W. McCain
J. M. S. ‘Sary
F. = Sizemore
A. W. Utley
W. L. Watson
Mesdames
Clara Harrison
Wilson Weldon, Jr
Leila Weldon
Columbia
S. C
J H. Whitley
Paul Tudor Jones
Mrs. Gehringer
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Perscup
Mesdames Weant and
Davis
Glascoe
U. S
United States
Walgreen's
Mann's
Fieldcrest Nobili
Esmond
Ironing Board
A . Ae
Broilers
Metal Juicers
Wen
Pacific Beach
Washington
Devon G. Winslow
13Th Naval District
Winslow
International Soundphoto
Voroshilov
Chkalov
Orenburg
Leningrad
Women of Moose Plan
Shirley
Europe
Tert LA Neur Sacs
I A
Beau
Kirkman’s
South Main
Tobias
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