Come And Sit Tea Honors Miss Lucy Heilig Bride Elect
A 4 PM informal tea at Mrs. Louis F Voorhees home on Forest Hill Dr honors Miss Lucy Ragsdale Heilig, bride elect of the month. Hostesses greet guests including Mrs. W G Ragsdale Sr with red rosebud corsage as a green white bridal motif decorates the table. Heilig will wed Charles Gaskins Froelich on January 28 at Wesley Memorial Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Voorhees
Forest Hill Dr
L. F. Voorhees Jr
Lucy Ragsdale Heilig
Heilig
Charles Gaskins Froelich
Wesley Memorial Church
Miss Donna Burns Describes Belgium Trip As Ambassador
Miss Donna Burns, High Point Community Ambassador to Belgium, spoke to the BPWC on her summer stay in a Belgian family home. She explained travel by bicycle, barn sleeping, and daily life as a way to learn about Belgians who are eager to understand the United States. The talk honored support from local clubs and tied to the year’s Golden Keys to Achievement theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Burns
BPWC
Belgium
High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club
Alda Berry
High Point
Miss Burns
Junior Chamber of Commerce
BPW
United States
Burns
Evelyn Harris
Pat Edwards
Grace
Clark Gable
Ray Milland
Sorority Plans January Project and Ibsen Reading
The Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will donate to the March of Dimes in January and continue studying Ibsen's The Wild Duck. Members read several acts with assigned parts at Miss Nora Oyag's home. Hostess served refreshments. High Point Association of University Women Drama group to attend next meeting at Mrs. Fred's home on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Nora Oy
Local Navy Returnee Visits Family Amid East Asia Duty
Charles B. Loflin Jr. returns from eight months with the U S Navy in the Orient to visit his parents at 1109 Forrest Ave before departing again for duty overseas. E M Blakeley 410 Lindsay St enters High Point Memorial Hospital for treatment and is eligible for visitor access. Mrs G C Hayworth 707 Sherwood Ave remains a patient at the local hospital undergoing treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Loflin Jr
Charles B. Loflin
Forrest Ave
E. M. Blakeley
Lindsay St
High Point Memorial Hosital
Mr Blakeley
G. C. Hayworth
Sherwood Ave
Bondas
New Series Of YWCA Programs Launched
The YWCA introduces a morning program for housewives and second-shift workers with slim gym, badminton, volleyball, and swimming from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Jan 17 for six weeks. Options include partial sessions and a nursery for two-year-olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Skeen
Naomi French
YWCA
YMCA
Enterprise
Jim Thornton
Young Women's Christian Association
Ellen Strawbridge
Oecas
High Point
Mrs Harold Williard Heads State Junior Woman's Club Officers
Mrs Harold Williard Jr named president as the High Point Junior Woman's Club elected officers for 1956. George Davis spoke on The Role of Insurance in Building and Preserve Estates, introduced by Mrs Fred Swartzberg. Donations were approved to Woman's Club lot fund Caswell Training School Children's Home and local day center for handi capped children. A $10 gift backed Korean Foundation project and plans for a Valentine dance were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
Insurances
Fred Swartzberg
High Point
Woman's Club
Davis
Children’s Home
Caswell Training School
B. J
Harold Williard Jr
Neal Lancaster
Z. T. Long
Paul Teague
Mary Lou Culler
Porter Hauser
Marion West
Robert Bollinger
Gilbert Ross
Ways and Means
Thayer Coggins
Bill. Morsiss
Caswell Training ‘School
John P
Frilly touches soften severe silhouettes for spring 1956
New York designers remix the straight silhouette with feminine touches. Hannah Troy favors white collars, linen lace trims, and removable jackets to convert one piece dresses into tailored or cocktail looks. Oleg Cassini emphasizes drape and cut outs in sheath silhouettes while George Carmel highlights belted navy worsted suits with silk braid accents.
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New York
Hannah Troy
Troy
Oleg Cassini
Cassini
George Carmel
Grace Kelly Becomes Monaco Princess After Hollywood Stardom
Grace Kelly, famed film star, becomes Princess of Monaco as Rainier III weds amid a glamorous royal relocation. The story traces her rise from Hollywood icon to European royalty and her ongoing film plans with Designing Woman and High Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskine Johnson
NEA
Hollywood
Grace Kelly
Kelly
Monaco
Grace
France
Trees and Flowers of Palestine Discussed By Mrs Allen
Mrs H G Allen was guest speaker for the Burbank Garden Club at Mrs Blake Thompson’s Sunset Drive home. She spoke on Trees and Flowers of Palestine describing Palestine trees vineyards Tel Aviv farming cement drives grove enclosures and 12000 flower varieties blooming from December. Twenty two members attended as Mrs Holt McPherson led the meeting in president Mrs David T Yow’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
H. G. Allen
Burbank
Holt McPherson
David T. Yow
Women Voters Study North Carolina Constitution in NC League Meetings
High Point League of Women Voters Units I III and IV met for the second of three sessions on understanding the North Carolina Constitution. Speakers reviewed separation of powers, government efficiency, and state standards for public servants as part of a statewide study noting NC governor lacks veto power.
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IIT
High Point League of Women Voters
North Carolina
Unit I
A. H. Whitley
Edgedale Dr
R. H. Glaesner
Sherrod Ave
Unit III
Richard Riemer
Jane Nemes
Unit IV
Doris Anzivine
Edward K. Washington
William
C. A. York
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Mary Benn Garner
Louise Hatch
Mabel Brown
Nancy Williams
Hilda Ward
Zelma Blackburn
Elizabeth Kepley
Mary Pegram
Myra Hilliard
Voorhees
Lucy Heilig
Margaret Jones
Sara Abernethy
Pauline Miller
Ethel Chadwick
Jessie Mae Blackburn
Greensboro Club
Frances Burgess
Greensboro
Verna Honbarker
Denton Club
Norma Dutton
Leona Ritchie
High Point Enterprise
Harold Williard
Dorothy Roe
Women's
Hollywood Echo
Hollywood Today
Rainier
Philadelphia Story
Prince
Paramount
Edith Head
Edith
Jack
N. C. Constitution
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