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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
8
Gaiety mingled with sadness as the old year ended and the new year began at the Emerywood Country club New Year’s Eve dinner dance. A capacity crowd enjoyed meals at individual tables while Gale and his orchestra provided music.
Mrs William C Shceloff is honored with an informal tea at the Park Way home by Pauline Douglas Madge Shceloff Bess Shceloff Mary Alice Shceloff and Mary Alice Shceloff with a receiving line and dining room offering white snapdragons and chrysanthemums. About 60 guests attended Tuesday afternoon.
G L McKinney father of Rev C M McKinney is ill with pneumonia at High Point Memorial hospital. Horace Pennington of 300 Phillips street left for New Orleans to attend the Sugar Bowl game. Mr and Mrs C R Thomas hosted guests over the holidays including Ross Durham Bill Warren and others from Detroit Prosperity New York and Albany.
Miss Zdenka Pyhklekova of Haslov Czechoslovakia marries James W Saunders of High Point in a November 30 ceremony in York South Carolina officiated by E Gettys Nunn. The couple, arriving on the Queen Mary November 25, plan to reside with the Saunders family at 523 Amos Street High Point.
Miss Tommie Lee Munford of Blacksburg Va is honored at an informal tea by Miss Eleanor Garrett on Rockford Road. A family night dinner is set for Emerywood Country Club. The Priscilla club will be entertained by Mrs. Fred P Ingram at Rotary Drive.
Mr and Mrs Kermit Metheny of 1417 North Hamilton announce the birth of a daughter Betty Jean on Wednesday December 31 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital. Venomous snakes are abundant in some southern states of the Union as in any part of the world.
Ann Graham Stephens announces the birth of daughter Anne Graham on December 22 at High Point Memorial Hospital Boulevard unit. D Delmar Almond and spouse report son David Delmar Jr born December 22 at Boulevard unit, High Point Memorial Hospital. Charles Kenneth Hutchens born December 28 at Randolph Hospital Asheboro to Ed Hutchens and Betty Jones Hutchens. James McAnally Griffen born December 26 at High Point Memorial Hospital Washington Street unit to Mack Griffen and Pat Welborn Griffen.
An autopsy report was awaited today in the death of Alexander T. Hester 73 night watchman at the executive mansion Raleigh He died yesterday from injuries suffered Tuesday morning Police think a fractured skull from a fall at the mansion steps occurred but his wife and two daughters disputed there was any foul play
Mr and Mrs C S Rutledge of this city announce the marriage of their daughter Alva Been to Mr Leonard Matthews of High Point on December 19. Rev W H Barker pastor of Southside Baptist church officiated at the service at his home. The couple will make their home here in High Point.
Two social bridges are arranged to honor Miss Exie Lee Hardee whose engagement to George E Morgenstern was announced last Sunday. Novie and Cleo Hardee host a dessert bridge at the Sheraton hotel tomorrow at 8 pm, followed by a dessert bridge at the McCrary home on Parkway Saturday afternoon hosted by Mrs J N McCrary and Mrs Braxton C Younts Jr. The couple plans a home wedding on January 17.
Miss Eleanor Garrett entertained Miss Tommie Munsford of Blacksburg Virginia at a luncheon at the Garrett home on Rockford road. Munsford arrived Monday to visit Miss Ellen Russell for several days and several parties are planned in her honor. Decorations with holiday motifs complemented the entertaining rooms. Twelve members of the local college set dined at individual tables. Miss Garrett presented Miss Munsford with cosmetics as a gift.
Article by William E McKenney for NEA Service discusses Budge Fienney and his chess opinions. Highlights include strategy insights and Fienney's standing as an American card authority viewpoint shaping chess commentary.
A bridge column marking twenty years of safety plays. The writer shares hands and strategies to minimize losses, urging memorization and use during the year. It notes 1948 optimism and mentions New York City claiming the largest high school with 8000 pupils and 285 teachers, plus a Los Angeles dentist who keeps tools in a dollhouse.
The Catherine Gill Bible class will meet tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the home of Esary Ridge on the Asheboro road. Separately Florida law bans possession transport or vending of alligators under four feet long.
Washington reports Senator Vandenberg plans to decline any draft movement at the Philadelphia convention in June. He will publicly ask delegates not to support him for the nomination, following a New Year letter to Michigan COP leaders. This stance convinces Washington associates he does not want to run.
Rep. Herbert C. Bonner urged the Army Corps of Engineers to finish dredging the inland waterway to allow a Navy destroyer escort to reach the city for power support after a plant explosion caused damage. Governor Cherry asked for naval escort vessels, but officials said part of the waterway remains too shallow.
General Electric announced price cuts of three to ten percent on refrigerators ranges and home radio and television receivers. The move aims to curb inflation and covers about 40 percent of GE’s business, saving consumers roughly 50 million dollars annually. Government officials praised the action and urged other industries to follow.
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