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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1943
Page
6
The Woman's Club will hold its January meeting at the YWCA. Mrs. Alice Paige White, international relations chairman, will present the program. The usual board meeting precedes the general session at 2 15.
Tuesday Evening Garden Club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. J W Hed s North Main Street home. Twelve members and one guest attended with Fred Gordy as president and Mrs J D Brame reading New Year’s poem Ring Out Wild Bells. John Teague spoke on Boxwoods noting their adaptability and historic use. details covered Weep Tree Box varieties, English Boxwood as best for landscapes, regional collections, and notable plantings in Virginia and North Carolina. Plans for the next meeting were set with Mrs N L, Mrs Dale Montgomery, and Mrs Ray Conrad forming the planning committee.
An aged advertisement touts Vicks VapoRub as a quick aid for infant colds. It claims rubbing the throat chest and back at bedtime eases coughing spasms and chest tightness, with the promise of comfort and calmer sleep by morning.
Charles F. Carroll Jr. told about 125 listeners at High Point's YWCA annual meeting that the world today needs YWCA work to ease tensions. He cited its 82 years of growth, urged action, and urged brightening life locally. The meeting elected Mrs. Harry Alexander president and announced board and officers for three-year terms.
Mrs W T Mowery recent bride formerly Miss Anna Lee Ellison was honored with a theater party hosted by Mrs George Elkins on Lindsay Street and a Beta Sigma Phi sorority bridge shower hosted by Miss Frances Chappell. Guests enjoyed a salad plate and linen gifts while Mrs Elkins’s mother Mrs P R Dixon hosted part of the events. Mrs Enoch Tipton Jr won top bridge score with Mrs Mowery runner up as gifts of china and silver were presented.
At the January meeting the Junior Service League heard Mrs. Royster M. Tucker present a program on what women are doing in Civilian Defense. Mrs. Everett Marsh outlined the Civilian Defense Board duties, with 4,300 registered locally and 2,000 placed in war work.
The High Point Enterprise offers Anne Adams pattern numbers 4102 4321 and 4192 in plain and print fabrics in misses and women sizes from 12 to 40. Size 16 uses mixed yardage on 35 and 39 inch fabrics. Send 16 cents per pattern with name address and style number to Pattern Department.
Mrs. Percy Payne was installed as president of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist Church. New officers include Mrs. N. P. Yarborough as vice president, Mrs. J. H. Allred recording secretary, Miss Myrtle Davis corresponding secretary, and several others overseeing missionary education, student work, youth and children's programs, publications, and membership. The meeting featured organ music, a candle light installation by Rev. Wilson O. Weldon, and a tea with home made cookies hosted by Mrs. Lindley and partners.
The Washington Council No 4 of the Daughters of America will meet Thursday at 7 30 PM at their hall. The session, postponed from last Thursday due to weather, will install new officers for the year and urges all members to attend. Off the Algerian coast lie 5000 square miles of shallow waters rich in fish yet largely untapped.
At the January Alexander Martin Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution meeting held at the YWCA, Frank Wineskie presented slides titled South of the Border showing scenes from a Christmas 1940 trip to Mexico and New Orleans. He described rural and urban life, hospitality, and a matador scene, with a bridge over the Mississippi pictured. Delegates to state and national meetings were elected, and a radio program announced for January 28.
A reader asks how to handle lighter streaks at the temples. The response encourages treating unique features as a personal asset, suggesting dyeing for comfort if needed, and urges embracing natural beauty while celebrating diverse, individual patterns among American women.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist Church held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. L Honeycutt's home. Officers were installed by Rev. W R Kelly with Mrs. Ralph Vance as president and others in roles, followed by a light social hour. Also noted is a brief unrelated line on tire inspections.
High Point Altrusa Club held its first annual meeting in the Sheraton Hotel private dining room with 18 members present including new member Charlotte Guy. The group heard committee reports, voted to aid theater fund drives for the United Nations, and later helped make bandages for home defense with the High Point Graduate Nurses Club.
Ruth Millett argues that wives of service men should work rather than stay at home during the war. She warns that childless married daughters living with parents overpay their country and hinder both their husbands and future prospects. Parents who shelter such daughters risk undermining the war effort and the daughter’s own satisfaction.
The January Elm Street P.T.A meeting opened with president Mrs. Ray Nance presiding and Rev. Wilson O. Weldon leading devotionals. After a brief business session Miss Jane Umstead, a nutrition representative, spoke to attendees in the school auditorium.
About People Pvt. Paul E. Brown of Fort Jackson visited with his wife and son Charles Gray before returning to South Carolina. Mrs Blanche Hardee returned home after visiting Fort Bliss and Carlsbad Caverns. Navy man George W. Logan came home briefly and returned to Norfolk. John R. Hamil Sr. underwent emergency surgery at Guilford General Hospital. C B Stainback travels to New York on a buying trip for the Stainback Apparel Shop. T P Kimrey to Charlotte Eye Clinic for observation after eye surgery.
Miss Umstead delivered an enlightening talk on Nutrition while three sound films supported her remarks. Parents were requested to visit the respective rooms of their children to register.
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