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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1944

Page

6

Carter Dalton Hosts W O T Club For Valentine Tea

Mrs. Carter Dalton welcomed W O T members at her Johnson home for an afternoon event with a current events program. Guests enjoyed tea service, Valentine decor, and spring flowers while discussions highlighted local state and national issues.

Carter Dalton W.O.T Johnson W. C. Idol Valentine H. W. McCain Collier Ellis Forrest Murray O. C. Williamson Harry Raymond Fred Thomas A. E. Tate H. T. Hudson Joseph D. Cox Hiram Armentrout H. A. Millis R. K. Stewart Mary Alexander Mrs. Dalton John K. Roberts, Jr Hillcrest Drive Anne Haefflinger Edwin Hedrick Randall Terry, Jr Braxton Warner Roberts Bruce Carraway Happy Birthohn

Bridge Winners Club Names Adies Ridge Victors

Logan Porter Jr and I topped North South scores at the Emery Country Club weekly ridge yesterday. Mrs Grady Gold served as hostess. East high scorers were Mesdames T Hawerd and P Y Adams. Seven in the North South row included Mesdames F T and C S Beaver.

Logan Porter, Jr Emery Country Club Grady Goldvee Eastigh Mesdames T Hawerd P. Y. Adams F. T C. S

Jewish Women Meeting Tonight in High Point

The February meeting of the High Point Council of Jewish Women is tonight at Mrs. Milton Silver's home on Brentley Circle. Mrs. Harry Doctor asks members to attend with a special effort. The meeting starts at 8:30 p.m. as usual.

High Point Council of Jewish Women Milton Silver Brentley Circle Harry Doctor Mem

East West bridge players lead with second scores

East West players Mesdames R D Tillson and Reid McNamara held second scores. Making up the tables were Mesdames C B Beaver O C Durland Hal Davis J O Hauschild Grat ton Foy Farrell Gray Laurence Ingram F T Wilhite R D Tillson Logan Porter Jr J S Welborn Harold McKee W P Hazelwood P Y Adams.

Mesdames R. D. Tillson Reid McNamara Mesdames C

Community Club Events Calendar For The Week

A schedule lists meetings and activities across Brentley Circle Park area from Wednesday to Saturday. Groups include High Point Council of Jewish Women Utopian Study Club Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Tea and Topics Priscilla Club Live Yers YWCA Lend A Hand USO and USOnee with soldiers, dancers, bands, and buffets at Adams Memorial YWCA YMCA and local clubs.

High Point Council of Jewish Women Milton Silver Brentley Circle Utopian Study Club Roland T. Holton Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hazel Hoffman Asheville Tea and C.E. Sheroff Parkway New In Country Club Y.M.C.A. Nasium Adams Memorial Y. W. C. A

Hendrix Endorsed For Presidency By Local Legion Auxiliary

At the February meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary unit at 400 Howell Street the group endorsed Mrs. J. W. Hendrix for president of the New Carolina Department Auxiliary. Hendrix, sister of Mrs. J. W. McGuinn, has been nominated by her home unit in Statesville. The vote also approved purchasing records dramatizing The Star Spangled Banner for elementary schools.

American Legion Auxiliary G. M Howell Street J. W. Hendrix New Carolina Department of the Auxiliary Hendrix J. W. McGuinn Statesville Leigh Harper Unit J. Worth Ivey Caroline Ward Haley

Business Group Hears Negro Glee Club at Adams Memorial YWCA

Thirty-one members attended the Business and Professional Club meeting at the Adams Memorial YWCA where the William Penn Glee Club directed by Prof. S E Burford of William Penn High School performed Negro spirituals and classics. They closed with Go Tell It On the Mountain as heart shaped cookies were presented and flowers donated for the event.

Adams Memorial Y.W.C.A William Penn Glee Club Valentine

Beta Sigma Phi To Meet Tonight

The Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet in the Blue room at the Sheraton hotel this evening at 7 30 per announcement made this morning.

Beta Sigma Phi Sheraton Hotel

Double M Club Valentine Bridge Party at YWCA

The Double M Club of the YWCA hosted a Valentine themed bridge party at the Adams Memorial building. Four bridge tables and a cross-word lexicon game were played with Margaret Prettyman winning the bridge prize and Walter Hedrick taking the lexicon prize.

Double M Club YWCA Adams Memorial Building Edgar Snider Pete Oldham J. D. West C. W. Patterson, Jr Margaret Prettyman Walter Hedrick Valentine Mesdarmes H. G. Heirs Jr Marco Prettyman Robert Bain D. Baird

Local Health and Illness Notices in High Point

Mrs. Carmon of 1209 East Green is in treatment at Boulevard Branch High Point Memorial Hospital. Miss Virginia Calhoun’s mother Mamie Calhoun is ill in Columbia South Carolina. Mrs. Inez Easom, once ill at 610 W Berry, is recovering and will receive visitors. Mrs. Fay Hughes at 812 Sixth remains ill at home. Charles Burns on Ray Street shows improvement after a bad arm injury. Mrs. W V Evans of 906 East Green is at Boulevard branch and cannot have visitors. Corporal Millard Lassiter, son of Mrs. M F Lassiter of 901 East Green, is back in training after surgery at Manvel Field Alabama.

Carmon East Green Street Boulevard High Point Memorial Hospital Virginia Calhoun Columbia S. C Mamie Calhoun Inez Easom Woodberry Avenue Fay Hughes Sixth Street Charles Burns Ray Street W. V. Evans High Point Millard Rd PL Lassiter M. F. Lassiter Manvel Field Alabama

Last DAR Charter Member Dies At Charlotte Home

Mrs. Josephine Phifer Durant 82 died at her daughter’s Charlotte home. A Confederate cabinet meeting attendee in 1865 her father was William Phifer of Fort Mill. Durant taught in city schools 16 years and was a charter member of the Mecklenburg DAR and Stonewall Jackson Daughters of the Confederacy. Funeral tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at the Houston home. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery.

Charlotte Josephine Phifer Durant James Houston Phifer William Fulenwilder Phifer Fort Mill S. C Rs. Durant Stonewall Jackson United Daughters of the Confederacy Mecklenburg the Daughters of the American Revolution Houston Elmwood

Partner Trapping in a Bidding Blunder

In a contract bridge column North earns the label partner trapper after a four spade bid that South could not support. South, with a modest two heart response, aims for a part score but North insists his pass and later bid were justified. The piece argues North lacks basic logic and misreads the partnership.

North South Sevea Gee Ting Twoheart

Miss Davis Named Official Delegate At Guild Conference

Miss Myrtle Davis was elected a delegate to the Wesleyan Service Guild conference to be held in Hickory April 12 14 during a First Methodist church meeting at Mrs T E Strickland home. Miss Annabel Thompson led devotions and an organ concert followed. Refreshments with a Valentine motif and corsages were shared by hostesses. Ward Street Circle meets Thursday at 7 30 pm at Mrs R O Lawson residence.

God Jake Servin Wesleyan Service Guild First Methodist Church T. E. Strickland Annabel Thompson Land Ralph Vance Myrtle Davis Hickory Charles Medlin George Gibardt Mr. Medlin Schuman Mr. Gibbardt Frimil Bond Ward Street Ward Circle Woman’s Society of Christian Service Ward Street Methodist Chure R. O Lawson Ridgecrest Drive

Newly-Wed Pair Return To Home

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Burns have returned to their New York home after visiting relatives in High Point via Richmond Virginia. They were married December 25 1943 in Albany New York at the Evangelical and Reformed church. Mrs. Burns is Dorothy Anna House a yeoman third class in the Navy and Mr. Burns a seaman second class who has seen overseas service.

Elmer C. Burns New York High Point Richmond Albany N. Y Evangelical and Reformed Church Burns Dorothy Anna House United States Navy Navy

Tarawa, A Milestone In The Human Spirit

Elsie Robinson writes on Tarawa, linking war news to a storm of doubt and faith. She recalls broadcasts and horror that tested sanity, then finds a spark of courage and a long arc of humanity’s struggle toward justice and decency on the Tarawa beach.

Cecile de Tarawa Fife

Phenothiazine Use in Livestock Parasiticide Estimated

A 2 million pound annual usage estimate for phenothiazine as a parasite control agent in livestock is noted. The fragmentary text shifts from industrial chemistry to wartime imagery, contrasting small everyday labors with Tarawa’s grim battlefield scene and then toward a spiritual reflection on human effort.

VapoRub Promoted as Home Remedy for Relief

An early 20th century advertisement touts Vicks VapoRub as a universal relief for millions of homes. The claim highlights rubbing the product on the throat chest and back at bedtime to ease discomfort.

Vicks

Also Mentioned on This Page

S. Carter Dalton C. T. Club Adies Bridgelub Lige Christian Science Society High Point, N.C Paul A. Harsch, C. S. B Toledo, Ohio The Mother Church First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston Massachusetts Southern Dairies Southern Dairies, Inc National Dairy Products Corporation SNT Joan Davis NBC RED Priscilla Club J. F. Hayden Washington Street Y'ers Club Sedgefield Y.W.C.A George Washington Business Group Hears Negro Glee Club John Roberts, Jr. Valentine Double M DAR Miss Davis Elsie Robinson Lee Puget Ss Mann Amazing Millis Mann Drug Store Pnt Lydia E. Pin Lydia E. Pinkham Vaporus Traub Orange Blossom Fifth Avenue Parkinsons North Main Street
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