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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1948
Page
18
Laymen's League of Saint Way Das Church will hold a monthly supper meeting Monday at 6 15 PM. Dr David Driver of High Point College faculty will speak. Twenty five scout masters and their assistants known as the Scouters club will be presented at the meeting.
Miss F. Marie Foster college librarian at High Point described three current English royal women in a Philomathean meeting at Idol Home on Hillcrest Drive. Guests enjoyed coffee and white poinsettia centerpiece as Mrs. W C Idol hosted.
The North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers executive committee endorsed a gubernatorial special session to address education funding amid rising living and school costs. A telegram to Governor Cherry confirmed the action. Howard Carr chaired the legislative committee meeting at Woman’s College.
George Osborne Jr is two years old from Trinity as he celebrated his birthday on January 10. Linda Kay Norman turned one on January 10, daughter of I T Norman of 2011 E Green St. Mary Louise Clark is one, daughter of Richard Clark of 603 Hedrick St. Donald Paul Davis is one, son of Paul Davis of 523 Carter St. Steve Randall Tuttle turned one on December 28, son of J E Tuttle of High Point route cur. Joan Raye Asbury is one, daughter of Ray Asbury of 1210 Adams St. Tom Lynn Allen is one, daughter of Tom Allen Jr of 915 North Main St, born December 29. Linda Irene Boyd turned one on January 9, daughter of John T Boyd of 321 Greer St. Martha Jane McDaniel is daughter of Lee McDaniel and the late Virginia McDaniel of Wise St. James Lee Lax turns one on January 13, son of J E Lax of 103 Brentwood Homes. Vickie Ernestine Marshall is one, daughter of Ernest Marshall of 1404 Ragan St, born December 29. Lenard Delon Lackey Jr is one, son of L D Lackey of Kimball West Virginia, born December 30. mother is former Nita Dickens.
Miss Gail Beck daughter of Mr and Mrs J Frank Beck entertained many friends for a formal birthday party at Gibson Gold room Friday night. Guests from Rural Hall and Winston-Salem joined in bingo dancing and refreshments as aqua taffeta gowned host wore aqua gown with net.
Mrs. John J. Kirk of Gallup and Mrs. Edwin C. Blanchard of Rose Hill urge clubwomen nationwide to study Navajo needs in New Mexico and Arizona. They call for Congress to overhaul the Interior Department and fund immediate rehabilitation with adequate appropriations, noting 24 000 Navajo schoolchildren and dire living conditions.
Detroit dispatch reports 2 000 passenger cars and 25 500 trucks produced in the first full week of 1948. GM divisions begin 1948 models with Cadillacs and higher priced Oldsmobiles showing styling changes while Ford and Chrysler pursue gradual updates.
The article notes nine states show more forest workers than any other industry while reporting France donated 1 996 500 dollars to the United States during the war era.
The furniture manufacturing sector employs over 300000 wage workers in the United States. A historical note recalls that before the Civil War much of the world’s furniture was built with wooden wheels and woodwork labor.
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