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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1943
Page
6
Mrs. John Teague spoke at the Home and Garden Club meeting hosted by Mrs. J. H. McCall on Colonial Drive. She described boxwood varieties, planting and care, noted their temperature sensitivity and need for water and sprays, and shared visits to boxwood gardens including a 200 year old specimen.
Large Emerywood Center Club turnout for a 6 30 to 8 PM family dinner and bridge night with hosts Mr and Mrs R J Quigley. Tomorrow duplicate bridge set for 2 PM. Reservations list includes Amos Kearns and many couples.
The High Point Council of Parents and Teachers holds a regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at 3 45 at the Eli Street School. Mrs Blake 7, council president, announces the gathering and urges all members to attend due to important business.
Miss Blanche Eakin state manager of Woodmen Circles presided as installing officer at a joint ceremony hosted by the Sanaa Woodmen Circle and Thomasville Grove. Greensboro and High Point officers installed, with Swift mutual aid from Thomasville, ceremonies included prayers, flag presentation, and readings by local guardians and elects.
Social calendar lists a 3 30 p m Canterbury Club meeting at Mrs J W Lindsay s Hill Crest Drive and an 8 p m Emerywood Country Club evening bridge party at the clubhouse hosted by Mr and Mrs R I Quigley with likely club members attending.
The eighth WCMC student recital featured two organ solos by Miss Martha Carpenter and Miss Susannah Matthews, plus voice, piano, and flute numbers. Accompanist Paul Oneley supported four songs. Miss Kathryn Eskey and Miss Phyllis Strickland performed a flute duet, with Miss Sara Scruggs also featured.
The Children’s Division of the First Methodist Church School met at Mrs. L. F. Honeycutt’s home on Woodrow Avenue with many officers and teachers present. Mrs. T. R. Ballard led an evening devotional and about twenty volunteered for the City of Teachers Training Course starting Monday at seven at the church. A social hour with refreshments followed as plans began to recruit new division members.
A High Point College social highlight, the lota Tau Kappa Banquet and Dance occurs this evening at the Sheraton Hotel ballroom. The banquet starts at 7:30 with members and dates, followed by a script affair dance open to all students. Carl Pritchard and his orchestra provide the music. Mrs Clyde Green is recuperating after an appendectomy at Burrus Memorial Hospital and can receive visitors.
Dr Louis Mark of Columbus provided a remarkable hand in the national Duplicate-Noneval tournament in Syracuse. He used the Deschapelles Coup to force the declarer into a difficult position and clinched the trick with a club.
A question and answer pair: meld allowed when the total face value of unmatched cards is less than 10. If remaining points are tied, the player who did not meld first wins the hand.
The Double M. Club of the Y W C A, a group of young city mothers, held its first meeting of the year at the Y building and installed new officers in a candlelight ceremony. Mrs. Glenn Hendrix led the slate with others including vice president Mrs. Frank Holmes and secretary Mrs. C. R. Lloyd.
The Brentwood P T A held its January meeting at 7 30 with L P Greenway presiding Mrs Thelma Parker led the devotional and the group decided to continue monthly meetings through the year A member will sell war stamps weekly in the school The Brentwood band performed with solos by Jimmy Greenway Fred Campbell and Darrell Beverly and the program closed with three orchestra selections directed by Miss Virginia Frank
The Alpha Theta Psi sorority alumnae chapter will meet Saturday at 2 30 PM at the home of Mrs. Dennis Young on Arbordale Drive. Associate hostess will be Mrs. Thomas Bouldin.
Mrs. Vernon Coffey hosted a birthday party for her daughter Brenda LaVerne on Saturday from 3 to 5 pm. The event celebrated Brenda's January 14 birthday with about 24 children in attendance, ice cream and cake served for refreshments.
Ruth Millett urges Mr. Holyoke students to sleep eight hours eat three balanced meals and exercise an hour daily plus always smile. She argues American smiling is lacking and that cheerful greetings boost morale during wartime. readers should rest, exercise, and maintain a positive, friendly outlook.
Ensign Robert Patrick Hewett former Thomasville resident and Duke University alumnus is believed to have ditched his night flight near Jacksonville Florida after the plane was found damaged. Hewett 22 was reported missing for several days before his body was recovered from a river. His family, long moved to Sheffield Alabama, had earlier lived in Asheville.
Rev Wilson O Weldon pastor of First Methodist Church spoke to the Lions Club at the Shenton Hotel on leadership. He urged a definite goal and lifelong dedication, noting leaders face opposition yet worthwhile aims justify effort. The meeting featured awards, a camp talk for infantile paralysis, and visitors from Winston-Salem Thomasville and High Point.
Pattern 4233 by Anne Adams offers a feminine easy to sew dress with a slim princess back and side waist insets for smooth lines. Size 16 requires yards of fabric and ruffling. pattern price sixteen cents plus order details listed by The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department.
The High Point chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold a meeting Monday afternoon at 3 o clock at the home of Mrs J F Hayden 400 East Washington Street. Associate hostesses will be Mesdames T W Albertson and C L Lewis.
Miss Elmore and Sgt. Corry plan a noon wedding at Calvary Methodist Church. The couple recently announced their engagement and will be joined by family in Gaffney before a return home.
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