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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1942
Page
6
Mrs John H Lumpkin, recently married, is honored at a bridge luncheon hosted at the McDonald home 1020 Ferndale Drive by Mrs Alan C McDonald Jr and Mrs Howard Blair. Guests invited for ten thirty with bridge in the morning and luncheon to follow.
Mr and Mrs Frank M Taylor announce the marriage of their daughter Ina Maye to Willard Woodrow Ellington of High Point and Norfolk Virginia on Saturday June 13 in York South Carolina. Judge E Gettys Nunn will officiate. Ellington is son of W W Ellington Sr of High Point and employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
The Altrusa Club executive board will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday at 1 30 pm. President Mrs Mabel Burnett announced the gathering at the home of Vice President Mrs Mable W Hargett WO Johnson Street. Plans for the year and routine business will be discussed.
Mrs. Dan Arden was moved to her home at 502 Chandler Street from Guilford County Sanitarium where she had undergone treatment for several weeks and is reported to be recuperating satisfactorily. She is able to receive visitors, except during a rest period each afternoon.
The North Carolina State Nurses Association Greensboro chapter will hold its monthly business meeting on Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the WLC venue. The notice calls for members to attend and discuss district affairs and upcoming activities.
Residents share greetings and travel plans as Miss Janis Spencer leaves Henderson with relatives for a two week trip to New York and northern points. Others welcome Vivian Cronk home to Salem from Roanoke, and note visits by Robert Conrad Jr and George White. A telegram reports Rossie Durhan of Ft. Bragg ill with yellow fever. Additional items list hospital stays, operations, and social gatherings at addresses on Louise Avenue and Ragan Street.
New pattern 4051 offers a crisp frock with jaunty back buttoning for quick ironing. Available in misses and women sizes 12 through 40 with options for straight sleeves or bands. Send fifteen cents plus one cent mailing to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department for the Summer Pattern Book and sizes 16 fabric yardage.
Welch Memorial Church Circle No 1 meets Tuesday at 7 30 with Mrs O B Leviner 1114 Park Street Calvary Methodist Circle schedules meet tonight and tomorrow night with circles meeting at 7 30 Circle 1 Mrs Blanche Baker 502 Thissell Street Circle 2 Mrs George Pike 1705 East Green Street Circle 3 Mrs McBride 1210 Ragan Street T E L Class Green Street Baptist meets Tuesday night at 7 30 with Mrs Lusa Winters 301 Cable Street Mary Hoy class First Evangelical and Reformed Church meets tomorrow at 7 00 in basement for a covered dish supper
Announcing the birth of Sally Faye Smith on June 26 at 2328 Edgewood Avenue to Mr and Mrs Grayson Smith. Also announcing Elsie Marie Morgan born July 2 at home 420 Morgan Avenue and Burrus Memorial Hospital. Sally Baynes Edmonds, daughter of Carl J Edmonds, resides at Ratwella Apartments.
Oak Hill Friends Christian Endeavor Society met Sunday evening for weekly worship led by Miss Frances Burton with the topic Playing a Straight Game. Participants included Jacqueline Burton, Elwanda Gurley, Madeline Gurley, Marguerite Blair, Vera Lee Marsh, Sara Cecil, Ethel and Lucy Marsh, Marshall Duggins, D. Virgil Pike, and Evan Cecil. All urged attendance at the High Point city union picnic at Blair Park Friday evening. The Lebanon Methodist Church also held a regular C E meeting with Miss Doris Swaim guiding an echo session of the State convention. Martha Hayworth, Mrs. Jeanette Cofe, and Mrs. Florence Montgomery spoke on convention programs and classes, Rev. O. L. Easter reported on the My Bible class, and a candle-light installation of officers followed with Misses da Ann Montgomery and Margaret Whitson reading.
Mr and Mrs A L Aycock of High Rock announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Lucile to William Wayne Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Ross Anderson of Denton Saturday afternoon at two oclock at the Holly Grove parsonage with Rev Roy L Fisher officiating in the presence of a few friends. Mrs Anderson wore an ice blue crepe dress with orchids. Both are Denton High School graduates and will live in Denton where Anderson is employed at Hoover Funeral Home.
Asheboro clubs and families hold a busy week of hospitality and games. Bill Moore entertains Gainesville guests Virginia Ballard and Betty Richardson, plus several area friends at a Saturday house party with about 25 attendees. Bridge clubs meet with visitors, high scores awarded to Ruth Anderson, Eunice Hayworth, and others, as iced drinks and desserts accompany card play. A handkerchief shower for Mrs Clyde Graves precedes a Baptist class gathering, while Anne Craven marks her seventh birthday with friends at home.
London July 6 Lord Halifax the British ambassador to Washington has returned to London and will confer today with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. He flew from the United States and is expected to remain about a month. The note lists several local visitors and acquaintances visiting or passing through the area this week including Mrs. J E Wilkins Mrs Lewis Crawford and Nancy of Thomasville and Rev and Mrs Curry of Kannapolis among others.
In Rowesville South Carolina on July third at 7 30 pm Miss Alma Barr Hopkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hopkins married Daniel Hopkins Monroe of Ninety Six South Carolina and High Point The ceremony at New Hope Methodist Church featured music by Annette Herbert and Helen Murray The couple will reside in High Point after July seventh
CHARLOTTE July 6 17 The North Carolina Department of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War elected Charles Baber of Asheville commander Lacy Walker Burlington Victor Payne Winston Salem Louis Glasser Asheville Clyde Mauney Gastonia Claude L Alben Charlotte Arthur Goodman Charlotte retiring commander Ray Bostian Winston Salem Dr A P Dulong Charlotte trustees Baker announced appointment of Capt Robert Lee Smith Jin Asheville as department adjutant A resolution endorsing elimination of the words of the World War from the organization name will be considered at the national convention.
Horizontal clues describe a famous actress, with cross references and abbreviations for a crossword style puzzle. Vertical hints provide years born, locations, and unit symbols, including familiar abbreviations for Se and other elements, forming a connected grid of names, roles, and terms.
A Lexington notice reports the wedding of Bernice Jones to Ensign Wendell Holmes Leonard on June 26 at Union Mills Baptist church. Leonard, a 1942 NC State textiles graduate, will report to active duty after a Cornell assignment. The ceremony was intimate with family and friends, and the couple departed for Ithaca.
Abridged bridge hands recount a suit directing play by Dick Kaplan with Bradford Durham in Washington. Kaplan, East, executes a trick where he drops the queen of spades to lure a nine spot from North, then wins with the ten and leads a diamond which Dunham ruffs, enabling a club and diamond setup that defeats the contract by one trick.
A brief note records a child spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Ezés ler, highlighting time with the grandparents.
Salvage Sally shows how to reduce fat in gravies by skimming pan fat into a grease salvage can. She strains, stores in glass or paper containers, keeps it clean and away from rancidity to supply fat for glycerine and medical uses, advising care with storage.
The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners announces 38 applicants granted dental licenses. The group include Dr. Marion Cleo Son of Canton and Dr. C A Graham of Ram, with officers elected at the Greensboro meeting in July.
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