Courtesy Dinner for Bride Elect Thomas and Fiance
Miss Margaret Briggs hosted a buffet dinner at her suburban home northwest of the city honoring bride elect Pattie Thomas and her fiancé Henry A. Betts of Greensboro and Fayetteville. Guests enjoyed table settings, games, skits, and a voice-recording souvenir for each guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Miss Margaret Briggs
Pattie Thomas
Henry A. Betts
Greensboro
Faytteville
Mararet Briggs
Heruburban
Theity
Thom
Crystal
Miss Thomas
Mr. Betts
Sara Tomlinson
Caroline Dalton
Alma Virginia McCain
Dorothy Stewart
Mary Lou Moffitt
Helen Sheloff
W. C. Jones
Tom Ragsdale
Collier Ellis
Dick Slate
Bill Fraley
Charles Tomlinson
James Parsons
Ripp
Tabb
Bill Sheloff
Frank Sizemore
Chase Idol, Jr
Allan Parker
Stanton Sherrod
Arthur Marsh
George Armfield
H. S. Coffield, Jr
Kenneth Knorr
Stanton, Va
Local Convention Chairmen Named By Weaver Mann
Mrs. D. D. Arden Jr, president of the local American Legion Auxiliary unit, is advised of the appointment of Mrs. N. S. Stirewall as local chairwoman of arrangements for the North Carolina Department Auxiliary convention to be held here in June. Mrs. L. Waynick is named vice chairwoman. Mrs. Stirewall will convene meetings this week to form convention committees and announce times. She already serves as trophies and awards chairman and has held other offices in state and local groups. The national Auxiliary president, Mrs. William Corwith, will attend the convention here in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Arden, Jr
Merican Legion Auxiliary
N. S. Stirewall
Northarolina Department of Themerican Legion Auxiliary
L. Waynick
Weaver Mann
Newm
Stirewall
Stirealt
Waynick
Mann Iso
Arden
Ntional
William Corwith
New York
Girl Reserve Club Visits Greensboro
The Pickett senior club of Girl Reserves toured Greensboro visiting the Coca Cola plant Guilford Battleground and its museum and Women's College after lunch and a movie. The afternoon trip canceled the next meeting and the Inter-Club Council will meet at the YWCA hut to form a social committee for a February 10 Emerywood party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickett
Greensboro
Susannah Thomas
Emerywood Country Club
YWCA Book Club Discusses Loan Sharks Topic
Miss Leslie Johnson leads a Saturday round table at the YWCA hut using Loan Sharks and Their Victims by William Foster. Members discuss high interest from loan sharks and plan seven speakers for next Saturday at 2 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywca Book Club
Y. W. C. A. Book Club
Hut
Leslie Johnson
William Foster
Build Up Helps Will Interest Women
Article promotes CARDUS as a remedy for periodic suffering in women caused by malnutrition. It claims CARDUS stimulates appetite and gastric juice flow, aiding digestion and building strength, energy, and nerve force to resist discomfort. The piece cites 50 years of popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Community Groups Schedule Week of Meetings and Events
Social calendar lists multiple club gatherings and talks including Dr Elizabeth Duffey on mental hygiene at Westwood, alumnae events, bird lore program, gospel union church meeting, vocational guidance dinner talk, Masonic temple Home Coming Night, bridge party honoring a bride elect, mid week study and consumer buying lectures, lamps program, and a January dance at Emerywood Country Club with Jack Yancey band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayside Garden Club
Co. E. Diffendal
Edgedale Drive
D. C. Haworth
Martha Blair
First Baptist Church
G. I. Humphreys
Altrusa Club
Sheraton
High Point
Masonic Temple
Tom Richardson
Asheboro Road
Pauline Hicks
Miss Thomas To Be Honored On Friday
Another party is planned to honor Miss Pattie Thomas bride elect of next month who will wed Henry A Betts of Greensboro and Fayetteville. The Friday evening event at Miss Sheroff’s home on North Main Street will feature five tables of bridge with close friends as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattie Thomas
Henry A. Betts
Greensboro
Fayetteville
Helen Marie Sheroff
Elizabeth Lambeth
Winston-Salem
Sheloff
North Main Street
Miss Thomas
Highland Women to Meet Tuesday Night
The Woman's Missionary Society of Highland Methodist Church will hold its general meeting at the church Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock. All members are urged to attend. Leene Green Street T E L Class Meets Jan 30. The T E L class of the Green Street Baptist Church will meet with Mrs M C Culler at 320 Woodrow Avenue on Tuesday January 30 at 7 30 o clock. Members are asked to note that the meeting is next week and not tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of Highland Methodist Church
Leene
Green Street
Green Street Baptist Church
M. C. Culler
Woodrow Avenue
Social Notes From Shelby and Nearby Towns
Mrs Earl Byrum of Shelby arrives to visit her parents Mr and Mrs M T Hicks Sr and attend her sister Pauline Hicks wedding to J Earl Teague on February 3. Dr and Mrs Marvin L Slate return from a ten day Miami stay. Weekend visitors to Mr and Mrs J D Atkins include S R Williams Ray Williams Robbie Jones Robert Jones Jr and others from Reidsville Jamestown Greensboro. Mrs C F Rogers remains ill at 115 West Commerce Street. Mrs J K Millis arrives at the Waldorf Astoria from High Point. Russell Simmons and Dorothy Rankin are among visitors as Capt A M Rankin faces illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Atkins
Fourth Street
S. R. Williams
Ray Williams
Robbie Jones
Robert Jones, Jr
Reidsville
W. R. Blow
Jamestown
Ben Fort
Benny Marie Fort
W. H. Atkins
Greensboro
T. B. Bennett
Leo Ozmont
C. F. Rogers
West Commerce Street
Captain A. M. Rankin Gravely Ill At Burrus Memorial Hospital
Captain A. M. Rankin is hospitalized at Burrus Memorial in grave condition after several days of severe illness at home. He was transported to the hospital this morning for urgent care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Rankin
Burrus Memorial Hospital
YWCA Club Plans Discussion On Club Problems
YWCA clubs organize talks on fund raising programs and membership ideas. Florence Nightingale Club and Highland Lend-A-Hand group meet to study Trade Walls. Business and Professional Girls Club and Y's Girls Club schedule suppers and social programs as Live Yers Club prepares for delegates to the Inter-State Mid-Winter Conference in Charleston South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Nightingale Club
Maci Duncan
Hazel Osborn
Leta Anderson
Mary Coble
Joy Patterson
Stella Spencer
Louise Welch
Catherine Howard
Highland Lend-A-Hand Club
Highland
Y‘s
Charleston
S. C
School Annual Staff Feted At Asheboro
Harold Crawford hosted a Friday evening party for the Asheboro High School Annual staff in Asheboro with moving pictures from the local school. Guests included Eleanor Willoughby, Glenn Pugh, Gloria Anderson, Dorothy Hayworth, Kitty Lee Fritz, Virginia Lambert, John Bunch, Jennie Cox, Floyd Trogdon, Millicent Brittain, Addie Lee Morgan, Willie Hooper, Margaret Alexander, Fred Henley and Agnes Bonkemeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Harold Crawford
Eleanor Willoughby
Ask-Hi-Life
Glenn Pugh
Gloria Anderson
Dorothy Hayworth
Kitty Lee Fritz
Virginia Lambert
John Bunch
Jennie Cox
Floyd Trogdon
Millicent Brittain
Addie Lee Morgan
Willie Hooper
Margaret Alexander
Fred Henley
Agnes Bonkemeyer
West Kivett Street party honors young social crowd
Miss Dorothy Lee York and three other Misses served as joint hostesses at a Thursday evening gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Francis White on West Kivett Street. Thirty guests enjoyed dancing progressive dates a musical questionnaire and informal entertainment with hot chocolate sandwiches and sweets. The Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club met at Greystone Terrace with Mrs. Lillie Lewallen presiding and Mrs. O. L. Presnell hosting. Table prizes were awarded to Mrs. A. I. Ferree and Mrs. Roy Cole for pottery ash trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lee York
Juanita Sneed
Mildred Paul
Norma Richardson
Francis White
West Kivett Street
Lillie Lewallen
O. L. Presnell
Greystone Terrace
A. I. Ferree
Roy Cole
Miss Bertha Schwab Hosts Sixteenth Birthday Party
Bertha Schwab daughter of Mr and Mrs L Schwab celebrated her sixteenth birthday with an informal party at the Chains Dance Studio on North Main Street. About 25 to 30 guests from High Point Greensboro Winston Salem and Salisbury attended enjoying games dancing and buffet light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Schwab
Coke Cecil Demonstrates Magic For Fort Lauderdale Dinner
A. Coke Cecil of High Point North Carolina presented a music program and ventriloquism at the Fort Lauderdale chamber of Commerce Ladies Night. About 250 attendees enjoyed Cecil’s act and delivered after dinner remarks by L F Livingston a Du Pont official highlighting advancing chemical research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Coke Cecil
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
High Point
N. C
Hi Y Clubs To Hold Meeting Here Tonite
Representatives from the Spencer Hi Y Club and local high school club will meet at 6:30 PM at Mrs. C A Best home route 2 Spencer to discuss increased cooperation in organizing the Spencer group. E C Alexander chairs the advisory committee. Carl Justice Bill Simmons Herbert Hodgin Jr Edgar Hartley attend from High Point Y M C A. About nine Spencer members expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Hi-Y Club
C. A. Best
Route 2
Spencer Group
E. C. Alexander
High Point High School
Spencer
High Point Club
Carl Justice
Bill Simmons
Herbert Hodgin, Jr
Edgar Hartley
Spencer Hi-Y
Quigley and Shipman Host AAUW Meeting Tonight
Mesdames Quigley and Shipman host the local AAUW branch meeting at Westwood home tonight at 7 30. Dr. Mary Elizabeth Duffey of the Woman's College UNC Greensboro will speak on Mental Hygiene with Mrs. H A White presiding. Eligible members are invited and asked to notify a hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Quigley
Westwood
Elizabeth Duffey
Woman's College
E. M. Shipman
Quigley
Thomas Bouldin
Dennis Young
Alpha Theta Psi Sorority
Mrs. Young
Rotary Drive
American Association of University Women
Richard I. Quigley
Mary Elizabeth Duffey
Psychology Department
Woman’s College, University of North Carolina
Greensboro
H. A. White
National Social Hygiene Day Emphasized by PTA in 1940
Fourth National Social Hygiene Day marks a nationwide drive against syphilis and gonorrhea. The North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers and local associations encourage January or February programs with literature, speakers from health departments, and education for youth on marriage and family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Social Hygiene Association
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
Melville Prongay
Winston-Salem
Congress
Prongay
Hagler Named New Manager of Efird's High Point Store
S. B. Hagler, longtime Efird's manager, succeeds H. M. Schadt at the High Point store after transfer from Gastonia. He previously ran Gastonia and earlier posts in Greenville and Charlotte. A Gastonia Merchants Association vice president, he is active in Kiwanis, the Chamber of Commerce, and First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Hagler
Efird’s
Gastonia
High Point
H. M. Schadt
Winston-Salem
Hagler
Greenville
S. C
Charlotte
Gastonia Merchants Association
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commercce
First Baptist Church
Huffard Elected President of NRFA Plans Industry Cooperation
J H Huffard of Bluefield West Virginia Chicago House Furnishings was named president of the National Retail Furniture Association by directors succeeding Nathan B Sachs of New York. Huffard also heads the Southern Retail Furniture Association and leads the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce. He pledges to push cooperation across home furnishings and to combat unethical distribution while aiming for continued 1939 style sales growth into 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hudson Huffard
Chicago House Furnishings Company
Bluefield
W. Va
National Retail Furniture Association
Nathan B. Sachs
Sachs Quality Furniture Company
New York
Mr. Huffard
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Sam Huffard
Association
Kiwanis International
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
West Virginia
National
NFRA
Huffard
Public Speaking Class Rescheduled Tonight at Wesley Memorial
The adult education class in public speaking taught by Walter Fleischmann of High Point College will be held tonight in the intermediate room at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church instead of the usual Tuesday night session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fleischmann
High Point College
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Eye Clinic to Be Held Here by Lions Club
The High Point Lions Club sponsors an eye clinic for about 50 children with defective eyesight tomorrow and Wednesday. Dr O B Bonner’s Bur rus Clinic office hosts the event with Lions members providing transportation. It is a major project of the local club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Lions Club
J. W. van Loan
O. B. Bonner
Burrus Clinic
Lions Club
Parish changes to avoid clash with Boston University chorus
Mrs J W McGuinn director of the local adult education program announced a change to prevent conflict with the concert of the Boston University Male Chorus at the church tomorrow night. She also reminded that Mr Fleischmann begins a series of parliamentary procedure lessons open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McGuinn
Boston University
Gasoline Heat Potential Lifts Vehicle Six Miles
It is estimated that a gallon of gasoline has a heat of combustion exceeding 98 million foot pounds of work. At 100 percent efficiency this energy could lift a 3100 pound motor vehicle six miles.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madeline Hoover
Vs. Weaver Mann
Carduil
Thurlow Kearns
Lindsay Street
American Homes Department
Woman's Club
J. H. McCall
Colonial Drive
Frances Mendenhall
Early American Arts Club
John Harold Davis
Sedgefield Inn
G. H. Kearns
Social Arts Club
J. W. Rose
Louise Avenue
Priday
Canterbury Club
Carson Burns
Greenway Drive
Jack Yancey
Marvin L. Slate
Miami
Fla
J. K. Millis
Waldorf Astoria
Russell Simmons
Atlantic City
N. J
W. L. Moser
J. E. Welch
Montheu Avenue
Dorothy Rankin
Boston
Mass
Capt
MO Moroline
White Petroleum J
Efird's
Efird's Dept
GLER
Lydia Fenkham
Rls Sig Nee
Ywca Club
Mesdames Quigley
Shipman
AAUW
P-T_A
B. Hagler
JH. Huffard
NRFA
Retail Furniture Association
Bluefield, Va
Man
Elwood Cafe
Amine
Sally
Marge
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