Marriages and social events enrich Asheboro scene
Special to The Enterprise reports multiple marriages in Asheboro including Elma Britt and Vernon Quarles at First Baptist Church, and Margaret Leach to Corporal Cecil Leach in Bennettsville. Local clubs host gatherings with bridge and rummy parties as residents celebrate weddings and entertain guests. birthday celebrations and dinners at homes for families like the Payne and Ridge households are also noted.
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Sheboro
Elma Britt
al Britt
Britt Paul
Vernon Quarles
R. H. Quarles
Quarles
Asheville
Asheboro
First Baptist Church
Bruce H. Price
C. School For Deaf
Morand
FE. T
L. M. Mitchell
Boro
C. School For the Deaf
Morton
Altrusa Club to Meet Tuesday for Dressings
The Altrusa Club will hold its January meeting at the Sheraton Hotel Tuesday at 6:30 PM. After routine business and a meal, members will go to the Central surgical dressing room of the Red Cross to aid High Point Gradu ate Nurses in making dressings for the Home Defense project.
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Altrusa Club
Sheraton
Central Surgical Dressing Room
The
Red Cross
High Point
Church groups plan meetings and officer installs
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church holds an executive board meeting Monday at 3:00 pm with a general meeting and installation of new officers in the main auditorium. Wesleyan Service Guild units meet at Mrs. Honeycutt's home. Green Street Baptist missionary circles No 1 through 6 and the Business Women's Circle set meetings through Monday night with leaders and addresses listed.
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Women's Guild of
St Mary's Church
Matt Wall
Greenway Drive
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Philath
Wilson ©. Weldon
N. P. Yarborough
C .R. Hinshaw
Wesleyan Service Guild
L. F. Honeycutt
Woodrow Avenue
W. R. Kelly
Main Street Church
Belvin Moore
Green Street Baptist Church
G. M. Koontz
Mangum Ave
Pee Curlee
J. C. McAlister
Filbert St
D. F. Evans
J. L. Kivett
E. Green St
J. B Phillips
C. W Albertson
S. Main St
Ollie Rimmer
J.J. Johnson
Kennedy St
J. L Payne
C. E Crissman
Woodrow Ave
The
Business Women’s Circle
Louella Loftin
Clyde Lewis
Lexington Ave
Main Street Methodist Church
J. R. McDonald
Circle Drive
P. C. Sprinkle
L. W. Alrutz
Colonial Drive
L. W. Alcutz
J. R. Plummer
Wilowbrook St
Main Street church circles set Monday meetings
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Main Street Methodist and the Service Guild of Wesley Memorial Church schedule Monday meetings. Circles 1 through 5 at various addresses and 7 30 p m times, with leaders listed. Wesley Memorial circles numbered 1 to 9 meet in rooms and hostesses named, followed by a joint program after brief business sessions.
Woman's Club To Hear Mrs White At YWCA
The January High Point Woman's Club meeting at the YWCA features Mrs. Alice Paige White of High Point College as principal speaker. President Mrs. J F Hayden will preside. her topic is Precious Stones Foundations of the New Order. The executive board meets at 2 15 prior to the general session.
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High Point Woman's Club
Y.W.C.A
Alice Paige White
High Point College
J. F. Hayden
White
Precious Stones
Foundations of the New Order
Song Of Bernadette Reviewed By Philomathean Club
Mrs. Howard Hartzell led a review of Franz Werfel's Song of Bernadette for the Philomathean Club at Mrs. W. C. Idol's Hillcrest Drive home. Eight members and six visitors attended as the group voted to meet once a month and devote a second monthly meeting to Red Cross dressings work.
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W. C. Idol
Hillcrest Drive
Philomathean Club
Howard S. Hartzell
Franz Werfel
Bernadette
Hartzell
Werfel
Europe
France
Lourdes
Skinner To Give Monologues At Woman's College
GREENSBORO Jan 9 First feature of the lecture ram at The Women's College of the University of North Carolina will be an appearance by Cornelia Otis Skinner famous actress in The Loves of Charles II The original costume drama arranged for a single actress will be the highlight of a program including three additional character sketches for Saturday evening January 16 at 8 o'clock in Aycock auditorium Daughter of the celebrated Otis Skinner she has made a name in her own right Her stage career began at Baldwin school Bryn Mawr Paris and New York She later became a successful monologuist dramatist and impersonator with notable works including The Wives of Henry VIII The Empire Eugenie The Loves of Charles II and Theatre She also wrote Mansion on the Hudson and Edna His Wife Her latest roles have been in Theatre and Candida.
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Greensboro
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Charles II
Miss Skinner
Aycock
Otis Skinner
Henry VIII
Eugenie
Charles 11
Mansion On the Hudson
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Edna
Somerset Maugham
Local births announced in Guilford General Hospital records
Mr and Mrs Marvin Lee Winslow announce daughter Diannah Lee born January 6 at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Mrs Winslow formerly Zella Stroud. Also Mr and Mrs Fred E Sappenfield announce son Gary Vaughn born January 8 at Guilford General Hospital. Other births include James Lee Jr son of Mr J L Smith born January 9. Rebecca Elizabeth daughter of Steene Cadet and Mrs R F Clifton born January 9. Judith Lulana daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul E Foust born January 9. and Robert Newell son of Mr and Mrs Harvey R Hauser born January 9 with Hauser serving in the armed forces.
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Marvin Lee Winslow
High Point Route Two
Diannah Lee
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Winslow
Zella Stroud
Fred E. Sappenfield
English Street
Gary Vaughn
Guilford General Hospital
J. L. Smith
James Lee, Jr
Smith
Armed Forces
Ste Eene
R. F. Clifton
Rebecca Elizabeth
F. FE. Sepphenfield
Guilford General
Paul E. Foust, Baron
Ext
Judith Lulana
Harvey R. Hauser
Robert Newell
Hauser
Divorces Prolific in U S Marriages Report
The article notes 15 divorces per 100 marriages in the United States and observes that most wives sue for divorce on grounds of cruelty or desertion.
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United States
World’s oldest sequoia General Sherman tree in California
The General Sherman Sequoia in California is cited as the world’s oldest living thing, about five feet in diameter and around five millennia old. In 1940’s first nine months US traffic deaths totaled 23,830, up 1,500 from 1939.
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California
United States
Christmas Eve Wedding Is Announced Today
Mr and Mrs Albert Hartiss announce the marriage of their daughter Evelyn Elizabeth to Pvt Harold Author Durst at Oak Hill Friends Church parsonage on December 24 The Rev D Virgil Pike officiated with the ring service The bride wore a blue dress with brown accessories and a sweetheart rose corsage Durst grandson of Mrs O H Leaptrope 719 English Street He is stationed at Ft Knox Ky The bride will reside with her parents at 107 Homestead Avenue
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H. A. Durst
Oak Hill Friends Church Parsonage
Albert Harriss
Evelyn Elizabeth Marriss
Pvt. Durst
Ft. Knox, Ky
O. H. Leaptrope
Albert Hartiss
Evelyn Elizabeth
Pfe
Harold Author Durst
Homestead Avenue
Miss Hanes Weds Marion Stillwell in Thomasville
Miss Alma Hanes and Marion Stillwell wed January 2 at the bride’s Lexington Avenue home in a simple ceremony officiated by Rev. W. C. Lyerly. Attendants were sister-in-law Connie Hanes Jr and best man Dink Caton. The couple’s reception followed as family ties noted. Stillwell is the daughter of Mrs. Edward Everhart and late Connie Hanes, and the groom is from the Stillwell family. The article also notes the groom’s naval reserve status and college ties.
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Thomasville
Lexington Avenue
Alma Hanes
Marion Stillwell
W. C. Lyerly
Jay N. Howard
Blanche Myers
Marshall Stillwell
Gladioliana Fern
Connie Hanes, Jr
Dink Caton
Concord
Appalachian School
DuPont Company
Martinsville
G. R. Stillwell
N.C. State College
United States Naval Reserve
State College
Monogram Club
Social notes trace wartime travel and local hospital news
Mrs John Henderson Lumpkin arrives to visit parents at 1013 Johnson Street while her husband Ensign Lumpkin remains in Seattle. The column records Army Air Corps and Navy personnel visiting High Point area, hospital updates for Mrs W G Friddle and Dr W A Hayes, and travel of Mrs Lawrence Williamson and family.
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John Henderson Lumpkin
Caroline Dalton
Carter Dalton
Johnson Street
Bradshaw Street
Lila Samuels
Michael
High Pointe
Sarasota
Fla
Pvt
Harold Setzer
Pvt. Setzer
U. S. Army Air Corps
Setzer
Mary Jo Scales
Samuels
R. F. Bromell
U. S. Navy
T. O. Whittington
Bay Street
Mr. Bromell
High Point
Navy
Pacific Coast
Lawrence Williamson, Jr
Thissell Street
Fort Myers
Pvt. Williamson
Army Air Corps
Lawrence Williamson
Accident Deaths Top War Highlighting U S Toll
The piece notes that more people die or are injured annually from accidents in the United States than in any of the nation s wars, underscoring the high societal toll of noncombat incidents.
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United States
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W. FE. Graves
Margaret
Cecil E. Leach
Bennettsville
S. C
Bride
Sea High School
Jones Business Col
Mara Mae Willster
EF. M. Hodgin
Mr. Hodgin
Ashe
William Hobart Payne
W. H
Bridgeport
West Va
Covenant Christian Church
Rev Williams
Payne
Hampton, Va
Langley Field
J. W. Wilson
Route One
Mae
Joe Marvin Davis
S Nts
J. A. Howell
Methodist
Davis
B. F. C. Davis
Denton
Essiehter
Oo. Denton
Loflin
Randolph Club
Lacy Lewis
N. M
Nat Mason
Point and
Hugh Holthouser
Winston-Salem
Elizabeth
Helen Philli
Bridge
Lee Fritz
Kittye Lee Fritz
J. T. Barnes
Westmont
J. A. Eee
Lillie Lewallen
Rose Thayer
Joyce Lucas
Frances Morris
Sarah Crawford
Tiffany Barnes
Ed Steere
George Joyner
George Sumner
Francis White, Jr
Margaret Alexander
Kemp Alexander
Clifford Cashatt
J. C. Ridge, Jr
Baltimore, Md
Mr. Ridge
Charles Worth Way
Worth Way
Stella Kempe Ae Roberts
Curtis Jr
Steom
ST. Mary's Guild
North Main Street
Over Hood Bank
Sylvia Anne Gashaw
J. W. Gashaw
Cable Street
First Methodist
WSCS
Green ST
Bobby Willard
D. R. Willard
Pt. Bragg
Bobby
U.S. Army Air Corps
Ervin Ray Davis, Jr
Ervin Davis
Greensboro Road
Betty Wardell
Mary Gladys Wardell
Clarice Ann Harris
Pat Harris
Route Two
Main ST
Wesley Memorial Circles
Woman's Society of Wesley Memorial Church
J. R. Adams
E. C Dillon
Montheu
C. L. Steidley
J. A. Austin
E. Kearns
E. Washington
Hunter Sechrest
Clyde Edwards
W. H. Lin
R. T. Amos
Forest Hill
Charles Carroll
Arthur Marsh
Forrest Murray
H. T. Hudson
Parkway
P. A. Jones
Elliott Wood
W. T. Powell
Grady Goldston
Arbordale
May
Woman's Club
Mrs. White
Mrs. Hartzell
Philomatheans
Bernard the Soubirous
Massabielle
Bernadett
Pope Pius
Miss Pearl Idol
Mesdames G. H. Kearns
C. EF. Rozzelle
C. F. Tomlinson
J. W. Lindsay
L.M.H. Reynolds
Mesdames H. A. Millis
Howard Hartzell
S. H. Tomlinson
A. E. Tate
O. P. Moffitt
R. F. J. Johnson
Hostess
Skinner
Woman’s College
Shelley Taylor
Faye Lazelle
Mrs. Taylor
Baby
Eldorado
Hanes
T'ville
Omny
U. S. Army
Agu
Forrest L. Cates
Fort Jackson
Columbia
U.S. Army
N. M. Cates
Montheu Avenue
W. G. Friddle
W. A. Hayes
Charlotte Hospital
West Coast
Kernersville
George Wright
Homer H. Leonard
Atlanta
Greensway Drive
Ellen Millsaps
Albemarie
J. B. Ellis
M. H. Sirull
M. Sirull
Monthieu Avenue
Pvt. Sirull
Fort Dix
N. J
B. W. Cooke
Magnolia Court
Clyde Chernault
Quality Shoe Store
St. Louis
Missouri
Mit Chernault
Wanda Davis
Virginia Avenue
D. R. Heddrick
Rotary Drive
the Baptist Hospital
Charles Ray Spoon
United States Naval Air Corps
Floyd Benedett Field
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mrs. S. P. Spoon
Prospect Road
Wade Chandler
Floyd Bennett Field
Jamestown
Cooney
South Main Street
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