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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
6
The High Point Community Concert Association opens its annual membership campaign with a tea in the Sheraton hotel ballroom on Friday afternoon February 23 at 4 30. Workers are invited to attend and receive membership cards and instructions.
The Mid-Week Study Club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. A. M. Utley as president. Members and guests discussed Dumbarton Oaks for peace after a brief business meeting led by Mrs. H. W. McCain. A dessert with coffee and nuts followed, with spring flowers decorating the room.
The Study Club met with Mrs R T Holton on Brentley Circle to hear Dr C E Rozzelle discuss Walt Whitman as a social reformer and humanitarian. He quoted poems and closed with Robinsons Tribute to all Whitman. Members exchanged books and refreshments followed. The Women of the Moose met at Moose Hall with Lopp presiding. A note thanked Miss Fern Stover for books to Mooseheart and a Grand Chancellor update was read. The Chapter was on the Grand Dean’s Honor list and planned a March supper meeting. The Nine OClock Ceremony and Mooseheart Endowment Fund Pledge were observed. Robert Fulton designed the first steam warship for the United States during the War of...
Social notes from Thomasville detail multiple club gatherings. The Little Gardens club hosted a luncheon with Mrs. C. J. White Jr. in attendance and spring floral décor. The Clockwise bridge club, led by Mrs. David Diamont, awarded high score to Mrs. Ralph Lambeth and travels prizes to Mrs. John Crowell. The Thomasville Garden club met at Mrs. Homer Sink’s home with a program on Victory Gardens led by Mrs. Mary Green Matthews. Other groups met at the Woman's Club, First Presbyterian church, and First Baptist church for meetings on nutrition, foreign missions, and chaplaincy work for service members.
The commission outlines a plan to build a central 600 bed teaching hospital, several 60 to 100 bed county and district facilities, and health centers in rural areas. Financing would mix state funds, loans, federal aid, and local support, with strong emphasis on expanding medical education and public hospitals while guiding costs for families.
The American Legion Auxiliary met in Forty and Eight club rooms with Mrs. L R Peacock presiding. They voted to donate 25 to the Red Cross and heard a letter from Mrs J S Claverie of Asheville praising the Christmas contribution to disabled veterans. Mrs Mabel Burnett spoke on Americanism and youth training, closing with a prayer from the New York State Medical Journal. Hostesses included Mesdames Haley Greer Greer Harris Harrison and others.
Hollywood chatter notes Bing Crosby and Bob Hope will be displayed at Madame Tussauds alongside historic icons. Paramount requests 12 photos of each star and exact measurements. The edition humorously mentions avoidance of toupees and includes a light aside about Kathleen O Malley’s tiger incident on Night in Paradise set.
Roger Thomas Albertson infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Albertson died at the Trinity township home early Thursday. Born in High Point on August 13, 1944 the infant is survived by the parents a sister Willie Ruth Albertson. Funeral at Trinity Methodist church Friday at 2 30 pm Rev Vestal officiates interment Hopewell cemetery. Body to be taken to T. B. Wagner home near Trinity today.
Mrs J F Hicks hosted a dessert bridge on Louise Avenue to honor Mrs George Watson formerly Myrtle Poore and Mrs Leo Hines who will move to Boston. High bridge scorer Mrs Leo Hines won costume jewelry. Mrs George Watson took soap for rummy. traveling prize went to Mrs Howard Heinz.
Mrs George Mobley is seriously ill and confined to her home at 1445 North Hamilton Street Leon Adams, son of Mr and Mrs Ira T Adams 1897 Commerce Street, is critically ill at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital.
The South Side prayer circle No. 2 holds a Saturday night prayer meeting at 901 Thissell Street with Rev. W. H. Barker as speaker. Also note a historical line about bard-horses.
A fragment reports Shirley Temple’s new driving license led her parents to bar her from driving, after a carload of boys allegedly forced her machine into a curb at Santa Monica and Robertson. The note notes her pride in the license shown to many on the “Kiss and Tell” wet.
Capt. Robert Payne with General Patton's Third Army mechanized infantry earns a third citation for six days reconnaissance behind enemy lines. He has spent 27 months overseas and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Brief, fragmented notes reveal Navy duties for Lt j g John Howard and Cornell training. Ida Lupino consulting a divorce attorney. Gene Autry fans threaten boycotts over June Storey Westerns. Marie Butch Austin and husband Don Case at odds. Richard Lane family pursuing two more adoptions. Joan Beale directing Army shorts postwar hopes. Emil Coleman recounts a couple seeking a marriage license.
The article notes R K O releases featuring Pacific war plots with Tom Neal portraying an American intelligence officer who disguises as a Japanese pilot and parachutes into Tokyo, mirroring his previous role as a villainous Japanese character.
Poor Bob Alda faces setback as Warners postpone Rhapsody in Blue from July 4 release and drop it from August plans. He completed the film a year and a half ago while his last acting credit was Cinderella Jones six months back, as Hotel Berlin seeks headlines.
M G M dramatic coach and wife of director George Sidney is recovering at St Johns hospital Santa Monica after an operation. She sang the lyrics of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe during anesthesia, the Harvey Girls theme number.
The piece notes Jacqueline White’s topaz ring from Lt J McDowell now in France. Alma Lloyd and her three year old head to Fort Benning after Hollywood visit. Don Sahlin survived a crash in Italy with no serious injuries. Louis Armstrong releases I Wonder as his 510th recording. Dolores Moran and producer Ben Bogeau form a Mocambo duo. Ray Bauduc seeks a discharged WAC or WAVE for his band with ex servicemen musicians. John Decker promotes John Emery to play John Barrymore in Goodnight Sweet Prince while Emery resists Decker.
At the inter American conference in Mexico City leaders press democracy as a prerequisite for regional harmony and oppose recognizing Argentina's present regime. Paraguay pushes Argentina issue high on the agenda while Mexican Foreign Minister Padilla warns against any move to back the Buenos Aires government.
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