Womack Wins Local Homemaker of Tomorrow Honor
Shelley Womack ranked first in a written homemaking knowledge and attitude test for senior girls at High Point Central High School on December 5 earning the 1968 Betty rocker Homemaker of Tomorrow for her school. She remains in contention for state and national scholarships from $500 to $5,000 and will receive a silver charm for the local achievement.
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High Point Central High School
Shelley Womack
Betty Rocker
Shelley
College graduate Joy Ann Gilley of High Point
Joy Ann Gilley a Campbell College graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English plans to teach. She was a dean's list student and served on the house council during her sophomore and junior years. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gilley.
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Ann Welborne Young
J. D. Young
Robin Hood Rd
High Point
Meredith College
Raleigh
Miss Young
Jack Noffsinger
Winston Salem
Edgar Christman
Wake Forest University
Charles Boddie
Nashville
Tenn
Ethel Nash
UNC Medical School
Chapel Hill
BSU
Philaretian Society
Joy Ann Gilley
Campbell College
Miss Gilley
House Council of
Durgher
Joy Ann
Ray Gilley
WSCS Members View Film On Christian Unity
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at 12 15 in the church hall. Mrs E H Nease Jr led the invocation luncheon and Mrs Lawrence Leonard's circle arranged Valentine themed decorations. The meeting approved spending from the fall bazaar profits on church parsonage nursery and kindergarten fellowship hall renovation foreign missions and a local Day Care Center. The Rev Robert Little urged attendance at the February 7 family night supper with Broadway tunes by the church choir and a Shenandoah College brass choir Easter program planned for April 4. A Foundation for Dialogue film highlighted church unity and Christian unity progress.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Church Fellowship Hall
E. H. Nease Jr
Lawrence Leonard
C. L. Gray Jr
Robert Davis
Church Parsonage
Foreign Missions
Robert Little
WSCS
Shenandoah College
Carter Holbrook
Thomas Forster
Foundation For
Lincoln Day Dinner Planned in Winston-Salem
The High Point Republican Women’s Club announced a Lincoln Day Dinner for February 12 in the Salem Room at the Robert E. Lee Hotel with co sponsorship from the Federation of Republican Women and Forsyth County Executive Committee.
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Winston-Salem
High Point
Republican Women’s Club
S. C. Vincannon
Ferndale Dr
Salem
Robert E. Lee Hotel
Federation of Republican Women
Forsyth County Executive Committee
Velat Delivers Hunting Expedition Talk to Catesby Club
Dr. C. A. Velat spoke at the High Point Public Library to members of the Catesby Bird Club about two hunting expeditions. He described a Northeastern Canada brown trout trip with films of the Canadian bush and a Idaho elk hunt noting 1934 fires left new growth ideal elk habitat. Mrs. E. R. Lyon led the premeeting business session.
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C. A. Velat
Catesby Bird Club
High Point Public Library
E. R. Lyon
Gardenette Club Votes Change of Meeting Day
Gardenette Garden Club members voted to shift meetings to the second Thursday of each month starting in March. The group met at Mrs. John Wagoner's home and plans were discussed for a Duke Gardens tour in early April. Members will contribute monthly gifts for a sunshine basket for a needy shut‑in. John Wagoner screened film highlights from a California family trip.
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Gardenette Garden Club
John Wagoner
Dogwood Dr
L. J. Albertson
Duke Gardens
California
Disneyland
Santa Monica
Beverly Hills
Catalina Island
Junior League Meeting Set
The board of directors of the High Point Junior League will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. in the League room at Adams Memorial YWCA.
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High Point Junior League
Adams Memorial Ywca
Double M Club Installs Officers In Candlelight Ceremony
Double M Club officers were installed at the YWCA on Gatewood Avenue. New president is Mrs Harold Cheek with members Mrs W M Webster Mrs M S Hutto Mrs John Eble Mrs Max Cook Mrs Ralph Martin and Mrs Ray Torgenson.
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Double M Club
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
Harold Cheek
W. M. Webster
M. S. Hutto
John Eble
Max Cook
Ralph Martin
Ray Torgenson
Stanley Twigg
Cheek
Clyde Johnson
R. Gibson
Charlie Peace
Harold
Dinner And Dance Planned By Women Of The Moose
D. L. Patterson spoke to Women of the Moose at the Moose Home on N Main Street. He discussed the High Point Nurses School library and a planned hospital wing. Eight new members were enrolled. a buffet dinner and dance is set for January 19.
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D. L. Patterson
Women of the Moose
Moose
N. Main Street
Clyde Turpin
Glenn Kearns
Patterson
W. R. Peters
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
Turp
Wednesday Evening Club Meetings Across High Point Area
District 9 Nurses meet at Adams Memorial at 7 pm. Mrs. Melvin Binney speaks to the High Point Camellia Club at 10 am at Mrs. John K. Dwyer’s home. Nature Study Club hosts Mrs. Fred Alexander at 10 am. ABWA hears Rev. Mel Anderson at 6:30 pm. I T Mann Unit of American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7:30 pm with Mrs B Ragan. Wildflower Garden Club hosts Mrs. Charles Diffendal Jr. at 7:30 pm. Piedmont Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1960 meets at the post on Burton Street at 7:30 pm. Mrs. Joe Davis entertains High Point Pharmaceutical Auxiliary at 8 pm at 2706 Janice Ave. John May is Jamestown Jaycettes speaker at 8 pm in Jamestown Town Hall. Friday Morning Music Study Club host Mrs. John W. Thomas Jr. at 11 am. High Point Junior Woman's Club names Woman of Year at Sweetheart Ball at 7 pm. Sunset Garden Club meets at 7:30 pm at Mrs. J L Darr’s home in Trinity.
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Melvin Binney
High Point Camellia Club
John K. Dwyer
Arbordale Dr
Fred Alexander
Parkwood Cir
Nature Study Club
ABWA
Mel Anderson
Adams Memorial Ywca
I. T. Mann
American Legion Auxiliary
B. Ragan
Bridges
Wildflower Garden Club
Charles Diffendal Jr
Edgedale Dr
Piedmont Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Burton Street
Joe Davis
High Point Pharmaceutical Auxiliary
Janice Ave
John May
Jamestown Jaycettes
Jamestown Town Hall
John W. Thomas Jr
Emerywood Dr
High Point Junior Woman’s Club
John Eshelman
Sunset Garden Club
J. L. Darr
Trinity
Kennedy announce birth of Robin Cheryl Kennedy
Mr and Mrs Robie Kennedy of 501 Balfour Drive announce the arrival of a daughter Robin Cheryl on February 6 at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Robin C. Kennedy
Robie Kennedy Nedy
Balfour Dr
Robin Cheryl
High Point Memorial Hospital
Birth of Sabrina Williams in Thomasville
Sabrina Williams, a daughter, was born February 4 at the local hospital to Mr and Mrs Roger L Williams of 505 White Street Thomasville. Mrs Williams is the former Mary Anderson of Conway South Carolina.
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Mrs. Royals
Zennie Rollins
Glenn E. Rollins
Fleet Rd
Thomasville
Sabrina Williams
Sabrina
Roger L. Williams
White St
Mrs Dalton Addresses WCTU Meeting At High Point
Mrs Hunter Dalton spoke at the Women’s Christian Temperance Union gathering hosted by Mrs John Eshelman at 905 Johnson St. She urged deeper prayer and dedication to fight alcoholism and praised High Point for its high principles and integrity.
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Hunter Dalton
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
John Eshelman
Johnson St
WCTU
High Point
Valentine Social Plans Discussed
Mrs. Gary Highfill hosted Phi Tau Chapter Beta Sigma Phi at her 1606 Pershing home. Mrs. Bud Lamb led the meeting and Mrs. Bruce Skeen reported on packing items for soldiers in Viet Nam. Plans for a Feb 14 Valentine’s Day social at Jamestown Town Hall were announced.
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Gary Highfill
Phi Tau Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Pershing
Bud Lamb
Bruce Skeen
Vietnam
Jamestown Town Hall
Pinewood Garden Club Elects New Officers
Pinewood Garden Club named new officers at last evening’s meeting hosted by Miss Trudy Edgerton at 1607 Guyer Street. Officers are Mrs. Ray A. Garrard president, Mrs. Gilbert Cagle president elect, Mrs. Everett Hubbard secretary, and Mrs. Gary Currier treasurer. Fred Yoder spoke on horticulture and refreshments followed in a valentine motif.
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Pinewood Garden Club
Trudy Edgerton
Guyer St
Ray A. Garrard
Gilbert Cagle
Everett Hubbard
Gary Currier
Treasuerer
Fred Yoder
Montgomery O Connor Wedding Ends In Arizona Temple Vows
Mrs. Martha Joann Montgomery and Johnny Ray O Connor wed January 27 at the Arizona Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Phoenix. After a reception the couple, both Northern Arizona University students, will reside in Flagstaff. The bride is the granddaughter of Mrs. J R Montgomery of High Point North Carolina.
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O’connor
J. R. Montgomery
N. Hamilton Street
High Point
N. C
Montgomery
VEW Auxiliary To Meet Friday
The Piedmont Auxiliary to VFW Post 1960 will not meet Thursday night but will gather Friday at 6 p.m. for a covered dish supper at the Post home on Burton Street. Post members are urged to attend.
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Piedmont
VFW Post 1960
Post
Burton Street
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Susan Gayle Groome
Earnest Darrell Shaw
Howard Marsh Jr
Greensboro
Charles D. Lucas Jr
Pamplico
S. C
James Shaw
Miami
Fla
Groome
Mr. Shaw
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. A
Enzo) Handy
Eastchester
Jack Grissom
W. H. Grissom
Rt. 1
Jamestown
N. C. State University
Ragsdale High School
Ronnie Lee Hawks
Oklahoma City
Hawks
Clinton Sherman Air Force Base
Marvin Lee Winslow
Thomasville Rd
Mr. Winslow
Anne Sumner Parham
A. R. Parham
Rockford Rd
Delta Upsilon Chapter
Kappa Kappa Gamma
University of Georgia
Bernice White
AAUW
Marjorie Welborn
Salisbury
North Carolina
Ruth B. Barnes
T. F. Henry
Louisburg College
Gardner-Webb College
Charlestown
W. Va
Campbell
Peggy Ann _ Sparks
Rt. 3
Sparks
Andrew
U. S
Bayer Aspirin
Gerald S. Royals
S. Main St
Mountain View
Calif
Donald A. Royals
Patrick Todd
el Camino Hospital
Mr. Royals
Trinity High School
High Point College
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Lincoln
Paul Collins
Collins
C. C. Spain
Devon Clark
Edward Klug
Exchange Club
James Gardner
Top of the Mart
Donald Kearns
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Joseph McGhee
Centennial St
Dr. Velat
Meet
Gardenette Club
Double M
Mrs. Dalton
Ray Warner
R. D. Allman
Paul Lane
Gladys Ellington
Valentine
Manor Drive
Fred Hughes
Pinewood
VEW
Failerbooeke
Tailorbrooke
TE Company
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