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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1943
Page
6
A sequence of meetings lists the Garden Council at the Y W C A at 10 a m on Tuesday. Various clubs convene at homes and venues with names and addresses for officers’ elections and programs through Friday.
Greensboro January 4 The first in the Wade R Brown faculty recital series at The Woman's College will feature baritone Paul B Oncley with Alma Lisson Oneley as pianist. The program includes Bach Christmas pieces Brahms Strauss and works by American composers with translations for the English recital.
In England, St John’s Church relined with orange carpets green pews and light walls the vicar hoping vibrant colors would attract more young parishioners to services and activities.
Miss Nancy Frances Stroup of Denton and Youngsville wed Rev. Everett Cleveland Wilkie of Raleigh in a Denton Baptist Church ceremony on December 26 1942. The bride wore ivory satin with seed pearls and a train. attendants included Martha Stroup and bridesmaids in rose satin. music featured Liszt Wagner and Mendelssohn. The couple will reside in Youngsville after a wedding trip. both hold church and educational roles in North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hobson announce a daughter Nancy Carl born December 28 at Burrus Memorial Hospital to Mrs. Hobson formerly Juanita Fiddler. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rudcock announce a daughter Brenda Joyce born December 31 at Burrus Memorial Hospital.
Lt. Charles T. Rawls and Mrs. Rawls rest with Mrs. H L Pope before heading to Atlantic City for a new Naval Air Base project. William C Schelows trained at Grinnell College earns second lieutenant after Officer Candidate Course. Sgt Paul Goble returns to New Mexico after furlough with his mother Mrs Luther Cobie. Lt Shceloff to Newport News after ten day leave with parents at 1104 North Main. Mrs Minnie Davis in Burrus Memorial Hospital after appendectomy with satisfactory condition. Corp David W Kestler promoted to sergeant after service since January 7 with Finance Detachment.
Anne Adams Pattern 4317 described with square neck in front, inset waist, heart pockets, full back, available in misses and women's sizes 14 to 40. Size 16 requires 34% yards of 35 inch fabric and 2% yards ric rac. Order by mail with size name address and pattern number from The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department.
The Garden Study Club will meet Wednesday at 3 30 at Mrs M Z Perkinson 1107 Greenway Drive. The subject is Winter Decorations and Arrangements with all members taking part.
The regular V. F. W. meeting will be held Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the hall on Washington and Main. All members are requested to attend as prospective members will be present.
The Friday Morning Music Study Club will meet at 11 A M Friday January 8 at Mrs W L Jacksons home Colonial Drive. Mrs R T Amos and Mrs A B Huff will present papers on Opera Forms.
The Monarch Auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 at 411 Centennial Ave home of Mrs H M Taylor for an officer election and a reminder that all members attend.
Parker dam on the Colorado River near the California Arizona line started generating power at the end of 1942. The Bureau of Reclamation plant serves mining industrial production and military needs in the southwest.
The article compares ration coupons to money and explains that point values and time period letters govern purchases of canned dried and frozen foods. It uses beans as an example to show how points are allocated and how households can distribute 32 points per person per month across different bean types.
Various church groups hold meetings this week across Green Street Baptist Leb anon Methodist and First Baptist churches. The L L L Class meets at Nell Rutledge 1207 Johnston. Live Wire Class at Nell Collins 524 Barker. Mary Conrad Class tonight 7 30 at First Baptist. Oak Hill Friends hold Jan 3 meeting with Essie Rae Fraley leading on What the Bible Teaches About God.
A wartime mother explains quitting her full-time job to spend more time with her son Corky, son of hero Colin Kelly Jr. She argues a mother’s duty is to her child during war, even if loneliness and hardship follow, urging restraint before hiring outside help unless essential for family support.
Mrs. Benjamin M. Golder of Philadelphia earned the 33rd Life Master title after amassing 250 Master Points and winning the national women's team of four championship with her teammates. She is the third woman to reach Life Master, following Mrs. Sobel of New York and Mrs. Young of Philadelphia, with a noted bridge hand described from the tournament.
Sunday services center on God as eternal and all wise. Scriptures from Jeremiah and 1 Timothy frame the lesson, while Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health emphasizes God as divine Mind Life Truth and Love beyond corporeal limits.
A War Production Board order bars silver use for unessential items, signaling loss of mirrors and broader shortages. The piece warns shortages will persist beyond wartime production shifts and affect both shoppers and farmers, redefining what counts as essential goods.
Shortage of canned foods boosts home gardening with hotbeds coldframes and protective gear to extend harvest by a month or six weeks. Early plantings for lettuce cabbage and other hardy vegetables keep winter supply steady and aid spring yields with Imperial and New York heading varieties noted.
The piece argues that American and Allied control of French West Africa and North Africa could bring more cocoa bananas oils and other African products to the United States and Allied troops. This could reduce shipments from the U S to troops and help feed Europe, easing imminent cocoa and fats shortages amid occupation.
Industrial power sales jumped from 76 billion kilowatt hours in 1941 to 88 billion in 1942, driven largely by expanded war production. The rise reflects intensified industrial activity and a shift to higher energy use across manufacturing sectors during the war period.
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