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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1961
Page
6
Bobbie Ballow and Julia Stamey host a small after exams gathering. Attendees include David Pruette James Carter and Dick Campbell, enjoying a relaxed informal moment as the semester closes.
Seventy teens held an after exams dance at the Marietta Club House on Saturday night. They danced from 8 to 11:30 with decorations and refreshments as relief from exam tensions. Chaperones included Mr and Mrs Daniel Ballow and Mr and Mrs Paul Stamey.
Mrs C L Davis of Pollocks ville in Jones County advocates boiling soil to sterilize it for potted house plants. Home economics agent Ann Brock notes boiling sterilizes soil and keeps it from drying out, while workshop leaders in Polk County train craft leaders to make wreaths from native materials.
Old jackets transform a plain table into an eyed catching display. Arrange the jackets in a collage style. When dry, seal the surface with shel lac from a spray can to finish.
Mrs. W. B. Hall of High Point joined forty Methodist women at Pfeiffer College for the mid winter executive committee session of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference WSCS. Hall presides over the High Point district and serves on the conference executive committee. Carl King of Statesville led the business session as progress reports from 928 societies were reviewed and Pfeiffer College leaders spoke.
Thomasville couple Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Segers observed their golden wedding with an open house at Culbreth Avenue. About 150 guests attended, including daughter Mrs. Wilbur Grace of Lincolnton and daughter-in-law Mrs. Richard Segers. They have 11 children, 18 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. married January 22, 1911, both natives of Banks County, Ga.
The Central Carolina Bridge Association will sponsor the 11th annual Central Carolina Tournament of the American Contract Bridge League. The event runs February 3 to 5 at Furniture Plaza Hotel with the Tri City Bridge Association as the precursor group.
Miss Kay Harrison, a February bride-elect, was honored at a linen shower hosted by Mrs. Coke Trimnal with 17 guests including her mother Mrs. Edward Harrison and grandmother Mrs. L. B. Cameron of High Point. Gifts featured an adjustable ironing board. color scheme red and white. vows to be exchanged with Earl Edwin Thomas of Martinsville Va. on Feb. 12.
YWCA lists a Health Physical Education Recreation committee at 9 30 a m and a 9 15 a m Children Bible Story session with WMFR Radio as components of the day.
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