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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1945
Page
8
The Carl Chavis YMCA drive reports 480 members joined in five days of canvassing far surpassing the 300 member goal. Campaign chair C. E. Yokely credits all workers as final counts come in on February 26 with an Open House to mark the formal opening.
The following Red Cross workers are requested to meet the Colonel at Haizlip's on Wednesday night February 22 at 7 30 p m: Ruth Melton Annie Jones Williams Mytrolene Gray Mattie Haizlip S Whitted E Burford Alice McLeod Tenah Itten Ophelia Morgan Ora Martin Sara Elliott Mary Blackburn Ethel Wilson Lillian McDonnell Angeline Rhinehardt Thelma Peterson Hattie Cook Matrix Phipher Lula Kirkpatrick Ulysses Harriss Arlese Lemons Alice Eccles Carrie Harriss Daisy Tribble Mary Bright L L Boyd D L Flowe Lonnie Roundtree F O Bass Vernell Leake H T Starr O E Davis Mamie Bass Syvivia Alford Laura Coefield A B Tyson Callie Holmes C W Robinson Gertrude Kendall Irma Withers.
Miss Hattie Caldwell daughter of Mr and Mrs Fate Fowler died in Greystone Park New Jersey Sunday.
Overnight home remedy ad touts Palmer’s Skin Whitener Ointment for blackheads and skin blemishes. Claims easy removal and drying action, priced at 25 cents, urging purchase from any drug store. Advertisement credited to CK Galenol Co. Atlanta Ga.
Tuesday night the YWCA called a informal party for the Gay Girls with boys from ORD in Greensboro as guests. Dancing and games provided entertainment. The club was decorated in Valentine motif with a decorated table, punch cookies nuts and fruit cake served.
Friday night the Blue Triangle Club enjoyed an evening of music under Mrs Sylvia Alford. She played and sang and then taught the group some songs. This week the club will have a program on art.
Miss Mary Louise Love hosted a candle light tea for friends at her home 1212 Sherrod Street. The decor featured candles and attendees included Virginia Spencer Thelma Banner Martha Burns Mary Burns Geraldine Stephenson Martha Boulware Lula Thomasson Willie B Huff Geneva Robbins Dorothy Dumas Marvin Love James Lilly James Griffin Robert and Willie Boulware Walter Wallace Robert Anderson and Norman Spencer. Thelma Banner won a prize.
A George Washington dinner will be held at the home of Mrs. Ethel Waddell 1405 Leonard Street on Thursday February 22. The public is invited.
Rev. C. C. Crone will lead as choir and congregation of St Paul Holiness church worship at St Mathews C. M. E. church Thursday February 22 at 8 p.m. Public invited.
The Heavenly Gospel Singers will perform at St Stephens A M E Zion Church Sunday at 7 30 p m. The public is cordially invited.
Miss Willie Graves of 812 Hoover Street has returned home after an operation at Duke hospital and is improving nicely.
The Willing Workers of Mt. Vernon Baptist church will meet at an upcoming gathering to discuss church activities and community service plans. Members are urged to attend for updates and participation opportunities.
A report notes Tim Tyler concealed beneath blankets of synthetic fur, awaiting a signal to strike. The paragraph presents this as a dramatic detail from an unfolding event.
Rev. Wilson Weldon of First Methodist spoke at the Sheraton to Civitan Club members on the Methodist movement. He traced its roots to Luther and Wesley, noted Wesley’s Anglican roots, and described circuit riders, church structure, and the church’s current reach with eight million members and global crusade. Guests included Don M. Franklin, D. C. Ross, and Robert Wendel.
Thursday night at 7:45 p m at Mrs. Mattie Akins home urged attendance Rev C W Lawrence pastor of St Stephen s A M E Zion will leave Thursday for the funeral of his sister Mrs Ella Jones who died Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs Lenora Lawson 608 Saint James Street Richmond Va The funeral will be held Friday at Hood Temple A M E Zion church Rev Lawrence was called to Richmond last week to attend the funeral of his sister s husband who had passed away while she was too ill to know of his death
The Missionary Circle 2 of the First Baptist Church will meet Thursday night February 22 with Lee Williams as host at his Underhill Avenue residence. Members are urged to be present at 8 p.m.
The Senior Choir of St Stephens A M E Zion Church will hold a special business session Friday at 8 p m at the home of Mrs Marris Phipher 205 Hay Street. J H Harrington urges members to attend.
Mrs Mollie Brummell extends thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness after an injury one year ago. She notes gratitude from both white and colored friends and acknowledges hospital staff and Mrs Mary Dixon for assistance.
The arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart and return via veins. The clavicle is the collarbone linking the sternum to the shoulder. The aorta is the main artery delivering blood from the heart to the body.
A aphoristic line criticizes narrow-minded and ignorant people who discuss others. gossip is labeled a bane and disgrace affecting a large portion of society.
Advice stresses good manners in crowds. It urges thinking of others and practicing self restraint to improve behavior in public spaces.
The note urges the reader to overcome moroseness, trust in themselves, banish inferiority feelings, and adopt a cheerful view of life. It compliments kindness and encourages quick forgiveness for those who hurt.
A compact, upbeat note urges readers to cherish enduring love and use mutual ideas to build prosperity. It encourages reaching out to friends by phone to foster productive, optimistic connections under sunny, positive language.
The notes identify capillaries as tiny blood vessels. It notes the clavicle as a bone of the shoulder girdle. It defines the aorta as the great arterial trunk carrying blood from the heart to most body parts.
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Henry G Pegram late of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned duly verified on or before the 8th day of January 1946 or this notice will be pleadhed in bar to their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This the 30th day of January 1945 RANSOM B PEGRAM Administrator of the Estate of Henry G Pegram High Point N C Roberson Haworth Reese Attys 1/31 2/7 14 21 28 3/7
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