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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1950
Page
7
Miss Byrd, renowned Greensboro executive secretary and former head of the Alumnae Association, reviews The New Biography of George Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman. She portrays Washington as a towering figure shaped by genealogy, family, and early life while noting myths are punctured yet his stature endures.
Mrs Ellery Portis entertained Miss Betty Ruth York bride elect of March 4 at her mother Mrs L W Glenns Dayton street home. Colorful gladioli filled the rooms as bridal games and a kitchen shower with prizes and a car together with a corsage of white carnations awaited the honoree. About 20 guests attended a Valentine motif dessert course served by the hostess and her mother.
High Point Garden Club heard a morning program by Mrs. D R Parker and Mrs. W J Fraley with Mrs. Parker tracing camellia history and cultivation while Mrs. Fraley spoke on gar denias and cape jessamine. The club voted to host the opening program for the workshop at the Junior high school. Eighteen members answered roll call.
The Friendly Garden club will meet with Mrs. Tom Bates on South Main Street Thursday at 7 o'clock for a class in flower arrangements.
Friends and relatives of Trinity resident Emory Hill report he is in serious condition at Washington Street Unit of High Point Memorial Hospital after a Monday admission. J. D. Strader of High Point remains in serious condition at the same hospital since last Thursday. Mrs. Lee McBride has returned home after visiting her ill mother Mrs. I. Lee Meredith, who is improving after ten days of illness at 2728 English Street. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Carroll left for Mardi Gras in New Orleans and will visit Mrs. Carroll’s sister in the city before returning by way of Hot Springs around March 1. Mrs. C. W. Collins of Charleston, WV, arrives to stay with her sister Mrs. R. L. Waynick on North Main Street. Mrs. Waynick’s ankle injury is improving. Mrs. Capus M. Waynick arrived from Nicaragua to attend funeral services for her brother Silas McBee at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Mrs. E. C. Clodfelter of Thomasville returns home after a week in Boulevard unit care.
The Plant and Pluck garden club will meet with Mrs. Claude Potts at 817 Arbordale replacing Mrs. Harold Stout. The gathering remains at 10 a m Friday. African lions favor open grasslands over dense jungle habitats.
The notation lists a midweek program cycle at Pickett Library with Y-Teens and Y-Teens clubs at the Y, evening social events including Live Yers dinners and bridge parties, a Friday membership luncheon, weekend registration for a North Carolina Mid-Winter Industrial Conference, a skating party at Unit Skating Rink in Thomasville, and a Sunday continuation of the North Carolina event with Central Conference delegates attending an at home dance. The schedule emphasizes youth activities, social events, and conference participation across Thursday to Sunday.
A disparate mix of gossip covers Winchell in New York and Hollywood costumes, Derby threats from Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane, and a note on Cavalcade as her first winner. The piece mentions a U S physicist linked to the British atom spy affair and Navy officer James Peters nearing promotion. It also touches on Patrice Munsel and a plea for war autograph dollars to fight cancer.
The Adams kin kindergarten held a Valentine party with tiny tots enjoying décor and treats. Windley Dunbar celebrated his sixth birthday, receiving a miniature cake as guests departed.
Darwin officials warn that crocodile hunting yields are declining as grounds shrink. Northern Territory Administrator A. R. Driver notes 30 foot monsters are gone and any croc over 10 feet is now considered a good skin.
About 120 million bee visits to flowers are required to pollinate ten acres of clover. The estimate underscores the scale of pollination work bees perform for legume seed production.
Ruth Millett argues the unwritten rule forces girls into a one boy system once they date, tagging them as someone's girl and cutting them off from dating others. She urges girls to unite and reject the going steady practice as robbing them of their independence and fun.
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