Social Calendar Highlights Community Meetings
At the Sheraton Hotel Altrusa hosts a dinner and nurse aid project. YWCA annual meeting at Adams Memorial Building features Charles F. Carroll Jr. as speaker and board elections. Eastern Star 106 meets at the Masonic Temple. Wayside Garden Club hosted by Mrs Koontz on Ardmore Circle. High Point Graduate Nurses and Woman's Club also schedule meetings at the YWCA with programs and board sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
Sheraton
Central Surgical Dressing
Y.W.C.A
Adams Memorial Builiding
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Wayside Garden Club
Henry V. Koontz
Ardmore Circle
C. B. Mattocks
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Woman's Club
Alice Paige White
Bivins Speaks on World Religions to YWCA Club
W A Bivins addressed the Florence fightingale club at the YWCA in Florence, explaining several religions and comparing them with Christianity. He was introduced by Miss Louise Welch after the group's supper. The program closed with reference to the education class taught by Dessie Cox at the YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Bivins
Florence
Dessie Cox
Ensign Idol of Jamestown Joins U S Naval Reserve
Miss Margaret Idol of Jamestown has been named an ign in the U S Naval Reserve and assigned to active duty January 8. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Idol of Jamestown and a graduate of Woman's College at UNC. Before service she worked as clerk of court in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Idol
James
U. S. Naval Reserve
Itol
Nuary 8
E. D. Idol
Jamestown
Woman's College
Ashoro
Ensign Idol
Greensboro
A U W Board Meeting Tonight At Home
The High t branch of the American Action of University Women holds its executive board meeting this evening at 7 at Mrs R A g on Lexington Avenue. The agenda covers business from AAU national headquarters, rationing food, and wartime savings. notes on gas cooperation and home front efforts appear.
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High T
The
American Action of University Women
Seveneen
Lexington Avenue
National A. A. U
High Point Garden Club Hears Talk By Mrs Johnson Jr
The High Point Garden Club met at Mrs Hiram Armentrout’s Edgedale Drive home with guest speaker Mrs R F J Johnson Jr discussing Japanese flower arrangements. Johnson wife of Commander Johnson of the US Navy described ikebana notes and shared photographs, noting balance and the heaven earth man triangle in traditional arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Garden Club
R. F. J. Johnson, Jr
Hiram Armentrout
Edgedale Drive
Johnson
Commander Johnson
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
J. D. Cox
Misho School
Honolulu
Tokyo
Japan
Heaven
Earth
Man
Nelle Ansley
High Point
G. D. Pettibone
Hazel P. Hardin
W. L. Tabb
Woman's College Alumnae Feted At Thomasville Social Events
Thomasville hosts for Woman's College of UNC alumnae included an informal tea at Mrs. Charles F. Finch home with hostesses Mrs. C. L. White Jr. and others. Guests enjoyed Russian tea, flowers, and a dining room display. several ladies attended a bridge gathering at Mrs. J. E. Hobgood’s home with prizes and War Savings Stamps. The Woman's Missionary Society met at First Baptist Church, with a playlet "A Witness To the Light" led by Mrs. W. O. Poole. May recall a four course dinner at a local apartment and Sunshine Circle meeting focused on "Courage" with officer elections and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Charles F. Finch
West Main Street
C. L. White, Jr
Virginia Gardner
J. S. Hix
Vann Stringfield
Finch
Misses Arrizona Shoaf
Lucille James
Selene Parker
J. E. Hobgood
Fisher Ferry Street
Ruth Thomas
Walter Newby
Larry Poole
Eva Kirkman
Agnes Herndon
Ruth Thomason
Mesdames
R. L. McDonald
Erwin Earnhardt
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Alice Elliott
S. B. Laws
W. O. Poole
R. C. Jennings
Mary Lou Ellis
Margaret McLeod
M. T. Lambeth
Romulus Skaggs
Stella Bradfield
Winthrop College
Lucille Kirkpatrick
R. F. Lowry
Sunshine Circle
Community Methodist Church
Elizabeth
Theresa Haltom
J. R. Sechrest
Haltom
Elaine DeBerry
Patty Sue Haltom
Addie Sechrest
Avis Sechrest
Elizabeth Haltom
Tula May Willard
Isabel Mouzon
Surgical Dressings Work Resumed At College Library
Mrs. Frank L. Judish announces reopening of the High Point College library surgical dressing rooms tomorrow afternoon after holiday closure. December and January supplies arrived. supervisors urged to attend Tuesday at 1:30 PM. hours listed for multiple sites to meet a 120,000 dressings quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Judish
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Committee
High Point College
North Main
West
Washington Streets
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Y.W.C.A
Daniel Brooks
Pentagon Club Plans War Work At Y Tonight
The Pentagon Club will meet at 7 30 this evening at the Adams Memorial W C A to make surgical dressings as part of their regular wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon Club
Adams Memorial
Local Women At Regional War Staff Meeting Held
Mrs. Carter Dalton led the Green sboro region delegation at a Regions Six and Seven War Savings Staff meeting at the King Cotton Hotel. The group heard from C H Robertson of the Internal Revenue Department on December stamp and bond sales and observed reports from multiple Greensboro Forsyth Guilford and surrounding county members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Dalton
War Savings Staff
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
C. H. Robertson
Internal Revenue Department
Dalton
Mesdames H. A. Millis
C. F. Tomlinson
Blake Thompson
Parent-Teacher Council
High Point Woman's Club
W. T. Powell
Junior Service League
Karl Bishopric
Leaksville-Spray
Practical but Pretty Housefrock Pattern 4267
Anne Adams offers pattern 4267 in saucy basque style with flowery cotton and ricrac trim. Sizes 12 through 40, with 3% yards needed for size 16. Send 16 cents for the pattern to The High Point Enterprise pattern department, 243 West 17th St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
High Point Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Smith-Surratt Vows Announced
Denton couple Miss Bruce Smith and Cpl. Robert Wilbur Surratt wed at the bride’s sister's home in High Point. The ceremony at five o'clock featured a ring ceremony and gardenia bouquet bridal flowers. Surratt returns to Camp Young, California, after the vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Bruce Smith
Cpl
Robert Wilbur Surratt
Camp Young
California
High Point
Glenn Doby
Forest Avenue
J. E. McSwain
Ernest Smith
Hazel McSwain
Pallie Brown Wood
Surratt
James Smith
Mr. Smith
Cpl Surratt
Roby Surratt
Local Officials Named for Region 0 Chairmanship
The roster lists regional representatives including Millsaps Alamance Mrs J G Crutchfield and Miss Anne Burgess Randolph Mrs Bess Kennen and Miss Florence Mackie Davie Mrs R R King and Miss Pauline Craft Stokes Mrs Kate Mackie Waynick and Miss Irene Brown Yadkin Mrs Martin Bennet and Miss Grace Pope Brown Larry Mrs Irving Carlyle Winston Salem as chairman of region 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ine Millsaps
Alamance
J. G. Crutchfield
Anne J. Burgess
Randolph
Bess Kennen
Florence Mackie
Davie
R. R. King
Pauline Craft
Stokes
Kate Mackie Waynick
Irene Brown
Yadkin
Martin Bennet
Grace Pope Brown
Larry
Irving Carlyle
Winstonong
YWCA Annual Meeting To Be Held Tonight
The Young Women's Christian Association plans its annual gathering at the Adams Memorial Building with new officers reports and a talk by Charles F. Carroll Jr. The event will feature Carroll addressing the place of the YWCA in the world today. Cars may be used for transport as essential social welfare, but members are urged to pool rides and minimize use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
Adams Memorial
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Carroll
High Point Y. W. C. A
J. F. Jones
1943 ration nut tinless cans to start this year
Washington report outlines 1943 civilian canned goods outlook. Two new can types will appear: a tinless enamel coated steel can and another with reduced tin content. Civilians will receive 29 to 60 percent of war output as WPB maintains 1942 quotas for certain items including baby foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne France Wilson
NEA
Washington
WPB
Lead Of Long Card Assures Trump Trick
A 69 or 70 percent game usually wins in a championship. After the first session of the national team of four at Syracuse, last year’s winning team, Mrs. A. M. Sobel, Miss Ruth Sherman, Pvt. Simon Rossant and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
A. M. Sobel
Ruth Sherman
Simon Rossant
Von Zedtwitz tops national bridge tourney in three sessions
Peter Leventritt placed third with a 73 percent game while Waldermar von Switz Lee Hazen Harry J. Fishbein and S Garton Churchill finished second at 81 percent. Standing stayed unchanged as all three teams kept their positions throughout. Von Zedtwitz, noted as a world leading player, showcased a hand where clubs and hearts led to a sequence ending with the eight of hearts making on the tenth trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Leventritt
Waldemar von Switz
Lee Hazen
Harry J. Fishbein
S. Garton Churchill
von Zedtwitz
South
Good Will Garden Meeting Postponed to January 20
The Good Will Garden Club meeting with Mrs. J. P. Crowder is postponed until Wednesday January 20. Members are asked to note the new time and gather at Mrs. Crowder's home on Steele Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Garden Club
J. P. Crowder
Signs of Times and Ration Aids Mentioned for Wartime Use
The notice describes 60 pound containers of peel and honey and predicts rationing prompts. It forecasts purses with ration book pockets, calendars showing coupon dates, and kitchen folders to hold fuel oil coupons, reflecting home front adjustments.
We Women Should Learn Why Men Like Army Life
Ruth Millett explains why some husbands enjoy Army life and social time with men. She argues wives should understand their husbands needs and avoid pressuring them into a purely domestic, settled pattern. The piece urges adapting home life to reflect men’s preferences and maintain happiness after war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett
Local Service Members Reach Training and Homecomings
Betty May Johnson and Ditsy Williams sail Saturday for Gainesville to train three months before joining Western Union Telegraph. Aviation Cadet Alfred J. Lea is in pre flight training at Santa Ana Air Base after transfers from Chanute Field. Staff Sergeant Lindsay F. Moore arrives for a ten day visit. he is with the Orlando Air Base finance unit. Cpl. Buck Grant returns to Fort Belvoir after a seven day furlough visiting relatives. Mrs. Mason and daughter Joan relocate to Carolina for work. others visit and recover at home, including Mrs. John Stout from Burrus Memorial Hospital. About 30,000 pounds of metal are salvaged on every round trip by large U. S. transports, from service men’ s consumption of juice aboard en route to Pacific fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty May Johnson
W. C. Johnson
White Oak Street
Ditsy Williams
Wesley Place
Gainesville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Alfred J. Lea
M. J. Lea
Santa Ana Air Base
Santa Ana
Calif
Chanute Field
Ilinois
Lea
Keesler Field
Miss
Lindsay F. Moore
H. F. Moore
High Point
Sgt. Moore
Orlando Air Base
Orlando
Fla
Air Base
Cpl
T. A. (Buck) Grant
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
War Engineers
A. W. Kearns
Johnson St
J. L. Grant
Broad Street
U. S
Pacific
Party Honors William Dennis Before Army Call
A group of young people gathered at Miss Almedia Kennedy’s Kearns Street home Saturday evening to honor William Dennis who is entering the armed service. Guests enjoyed a buffet supper and a theater party afterward with Miss Billie Jane Barlow and Mrs. Marcel Welch assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almedia Kennedy
Kearns Street
William Dennis
Dennis
Billie Jane Barlow
Marcel Welch
Louise Davis
Bertha Dennis
Dorothy Robertson
Margaret Davis
Callie Stacy
Jay Barlow
Mary
Church Social Meeting Set at Mrs McLeod Home
The Pauline Woosley Circle of Trinity Methodist plans a meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m with Mrs F D McLeod in Trinity. This is the first gathering after the holiday season, and members are urged to attend. The National Safety Council reports 1942 traffic fatalities under 28 000, about 12 000 fewer than 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Woosley
Trinity Methodist Church
F. D. McLeod
Trinity
National Safety Council
Notice to Car Owners on Maximizing Gas Mileage
Government urges car owners to maximize mileage through spark plug adjustments tuning or overhaul. Southern Motor Company run by Percy Payne on South Main Street City Limits offers complete auto services and skilled mechanics with favorable terms on major overhauls. Phone 3030 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Motor Company
Percy Payne
South Main Street
High Point
Payne
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U.S.N.R
A.U.W. Board
United States of America
United States
Verlisemerrion Witt
Meth
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DR. Caldwell
Woman's College Alumnae
College
By Anne Oddams
C. L. Kearns
Nan Sexton
Lexington
Sim DeLapp
E. O. Cutting
Cordelia Penry
Auline
Elina Powell
Mary Ella Bisher
Creenville
Guilford Furniture CO
N. Main St
YWCA
von Zedtwits
Val
North East Pass
McKenney
Good Will Garden
Tauionn
Ned Parker Harris
Charles
Lenoir
Charles P. Evans
John Stout
Burrus Memorial Hospital
WM. Dennis
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