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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1949
Page
21
The Cardinal bridge club will meet Monday evening at 8 at Mrs. Raymond Brown’s Guilford avenue home. Members unable to attend should call 8488. Erastus Bigelow invented the carpet weaving machine.
Miss Laura Davis former Palestine teacher will speak at the Wesleyan Service Guild meeting of the First Methodist on Monday at 8 00 o clock Mrs Ross Davis hosts at 628 North Main Street Miss Marjorie Welborn leads the program and Mrs Herman Coble Sr Guild president presides A social hour follows Lucius Knowles perfected the modern loom.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs launches a nationwide contest to boost community improvement with $60,000 in Kroger prizes. North Carolina clubs can enter by April 1, 1949 with three class divisions and national prizes of 5000, 3000, and 2000 dollars plus a 5000 dollar top country prize.
William Johnston III 37 of Wrightsville Beach North Carolina was found shot to death in his brother Lt Commander Robert W Johnston’s Wrightsville Beach home. Police said the body lay in the bathroom with a 22 caliber pistol beside it. He had been staying with his brother since last Thursday after hospital treatment for asthma lasting 30 years.
In Denver Colorado a sparrow formed a nest inside the caution light of a street signal. The unusual home drew curious onlookers as city crews inspected the site.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Lebanian Methodist Church will hold its February meeting Monday at 7 30 PM. Mrs Ruth Schultheis leads the program themed Working Together in Love. A social hour follows in the church hut with an old time school exhibition and a closing spelling bee.
Church circles gather Monday February 14 at various homes and times with designated hostesses. A Valentine party is planned at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church Monday evening at seven. Mothers invited to bring children aged one to six for the story hour.
Numerous church circles from Main Street Methodist First Presbyterian and Wesley Memorial plan Monday gatherings on February 14. Locations include Woodrow Avenue North Hamilton Street Rotary Drive and several others with hostesses listed. Evening circles at 7:30 p.m. all churches expect joint sessions.
Tabor City High School gymnasium was destroyed by a fire caused by defective wiring. The city fire department said the building, insured for 8500 dollars, suffered total loss. The report notes the damage occurred on February 12. A separate line mentions the first cable car on San Francisco's Clay Street Hill in 1873.
Durham observers report the North Carolina High School Library Association executive board met to finalize plans for the annual meeting in Durham on April 29 and 30. Henry Clark of Reidsville, the association president, participated in the session.
YWCA board chose 1949 committee leadership led by Miss Alice Caldwell with Mrs. James Hogg heading the membership drive. New area combines projects and publicity. various chairs announced for finance, house, grounds, food service, personnel, community service, and other programs. Nominating and association posts named, with Mary McLeod Bethune branch committee management electing officers.
An advertisement touts SSS Tonic as a cure for nutritional anemia by building blood strength. It claims improved energy and vitality after a daily dose before meals and asserts it helps many people feel better without organic disease. Get Tonic from any drug store.
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