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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1955
Page
6
New York designers reveal a spring silhouette emphasizing long torsos and slim hips without exaggerated bosoms. Skirts shorten slightly. dresses and suits blend, with navy as a dominant color and light fabrics shaping a modern, fitted look.
A Lexington Avenue party hosted by Mr Micke wa Schwartz honored Mr and Mrs Harold Rabhan. Mrs Rabhan received a white carnation corsage and Mr Rabhan a carnation boutonniere on arrival. Twenty guests attended with notable parents and sister Patricia among the family. The decor featured green and white carnations, white tapers, and lilies of the valley with a silver tray prize presented to the couple.
Senior girls at High Point High School and William Penn High School compete in the Betty Crocker Search for the Homemaker of Tomorrow. A 50 minute written exam determines school and state finalists, with national honors in Philadelphia on April 21 and prizes totaling 75 000 dollars.
Mrs. A G Douglas came back to Emerywood Court Apts after an extended stay in Washington D C with her daughter Miss Frances Douglas. Rev Albert Dunning to be moved from Macon Ga hospital to Baptist Hospital Winston Salem this week after auto crash injuries. Mr and Mrs Frank Grubb returned home at 500 Carter Street after weekend trips to West Graham Virginia to visit Mr Grubbs parents and to Bluefield West Virginia to see Clyde Grubb.
High Point Garden Club will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the audio visual room of the High Point Public Library. The program titled Flower Arrangements of Williamsburg will be narrated. Members may bring guests. hostesses are Mesdames W F Clayton E E Macklin and Noble T Prairy.
Miss Elizabeth Hipps and Walter Davis will wed on Sunday January 23 1955 at four o clock in the afternoon at Alien Jay Baptist Church High Point North Carolina Invitations read Mr and Mrs J A Perry request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth Roberta Hipps to Mr Walter C Davis
The Pioneer Council Sons and Daughters of Liberty will name state officers at 8 pm tonight at the Commerce Street hall. A social hour follows. A Tri-County meeting in Durham Saturday at 8 pm will feature Branson Council nine as hostess group with officer installation.
The Hospital Guild meets Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Nurses Home for the January session. Annual reports will be read and Mrs. R. T. Amos the retiring president will preside before new officers take charge. Mrs. Tom Powell will be president for the coming year.
The Ruth Robbins Circle of Green St. Baptist Church will gather tonight at 7 50 p.m. at 809 Willow Drive with host Mrs Wayne Green.
Mr and Mrs Kyle Cox announce the birth of a daughter Audrey Leigh on January 7 at a Roanoke Rapids hospital. The Coxes, former High Point residents, note Mr Cox worked in display advertising for The Enterprise.
ALICIA HART notes a mature woman may wear a grand jewel, even if fake, after a life of work. A chemist husband buys a large industrial diamond cut and set for cost of a small real diamond, proving taste and confidence trump price. Emphasizes personal enjoyment and self expression at this life stage.
A community calendar lists Monday and Tuesday meetings across several garden clubs. Events include the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle at Mrs Paul Carrols home and multiple garden clubs meeting at libraries, private residences, and clubs with guest speakers from Arnold Schiffman to Mrs P Kimsey and Mrs C Cox.
Teens teach thrift in fashion, improvising outfits from five and ten boxes. The piece urges planning wardrobe expenses, repairing shoes, and fixing worn items to avoid sloppy looks while balancing costs with new purchases.
Wake Forest College begins a million dollar faculty housing project on the new campus in Winston-Salem. Vice President R G Deyton notes 10 buildings will house 72 apartments for faculty and staff when the college moves in mid 1956. Sixteen units will be three bedroom, the other 56 on a flexible plan for one or two bedrooms.
Mrs Farrell Gray and Mrs Nes bit Caughman led the High Pointers to a silver trophy for first place in their section at the Mid Southern Bridge Tournament held at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst last Saturday. Fifteen tables competed per section, with other notable finishers including Mrs C S Beaver and Mrs R D Tillson, and Mrs R B Terry and Phil Warner. Additional High Pointers present were Mrs France Ingram, Mrs J T Ferabee, Mr and Mrs Hal A Davis, and Mrs Robert A Sheloff and Mrs Clyde Allred.
The Junior Woman's Club meets at the Senior Woman's Club house for a noon luncheon to hear Dr. F. M. Lash of Caswell Training School. Members are asked to bring Caswell Training School cards to the event.
Brush refrigerated biscuit tops with melted butter and caraway and poppy seeds as directed. Bake and serve hot with cream of tomato soup for lunch.
The notice lists multiple meetings and events at the YMCA including Y Teens for 4th to 9th grades, Modernette Board, Inter-Club luncheon, swimming, B and P Club dinner, crew gatherings, Robins Club bingo, Adams Club bowling, and a 9th grade party with times ranging from 4:00 to 9:00.
Union Hill Parent Teachers Association schedules a 7:30 pm meeting on Tuesday. Guest speaker Mrs. James Moffity will discuss Mental Hygiene.
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