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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1944

Page

6

BPWC Reports From State Meeting At Picnic Supper

The High Point BPWC held a July dinner meeting as a porch picnic at 405 Howell Street with president Mrs. Frances Casey presiding. Reports from the Asheville BPWC convention highlighted the national program Toward Victory and Beyond and noted the district director election. Visitors included Miss Trene Oakes and Mrs. J W Baird of Montreal.

BPWC Oscar L. Smith Howell Street High Point Business and Professional Women's Club Frances Casey Trene Oakes Estelle Hopkins J. W. Baird Montreal Canada Feral Greene

Quiet Vows Unite Barrier and Smith at Methodist Church

Miss Helen Mae Barrier and Freaks Raymond Smith Jr. wed yesterday in the First Methodist Church ladies parlor with Rev. Wilson O. Weldon officiating. The ceremony featured daisy motifs, family attendants, and vows exchanged before relatives and close friends. The bride, from Churchland, and the groom, a U S Army Air Corps staff sergeant, will reside at Lakeland Army Air Field in Florida after a wedding trip.

Helen Mae Barrier Raymond Smith, Jr United States Army Air Corps First Methodist Church Wilson O. Weldon Billy Smith Anne Smith Miss Lanier Mendelssohn Contog John L. Rothrock Smith Bachman Hrock Barrer Churchland High Point Churchland High School Guilford Business College Army Air Corps F. R. Smith Winston-Salem High Mary Jo Davis Lexington Mae Smith F. D. Elliott J. P. Mahoney Ed Smith Curtis Smith Winston- Salem Marian Mahoney Charlotte

State Officials To Visit Local Woodmen Circle

Miss Blanche Eakin of Charlotte will visit High Point on Wednesday July 12 to organize a local drill team. Miss Clemme Handy announced the visit at the Woodmen Circle meeting. Plans for the August picnic at the city lake were discussed. Mrs. Johnny Bruton was named picnic reservations chair.

Blanche Eakin Charlotte High Point Woodmen Circle Clemme Handy Eee City Lake Johnny Bruton

Jolly Y Club Adjusts Meeting Plans For Dressings

Members of the Jolly Y club are notified by Mrs. Leslie Miller that they will make surgical dressings at their weekly meeting this evening at the Y instead of knitting as planned. The wool for knitting has not arrived, prompting the change.

Jolly Y Club Leslie Miller The

National BPWC announces 1944 45 program Toward Victory

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs outlines its 1944 45 ram theme Toward Victory at a July 14 18 Waldorf Astoria New York convention. Miss Kathryn H Starbuck chairs the program for 79 000 members focusing on Facing Facts Earning a Living and a Life and What Kind of World Do We Want.

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc Toward Victory Heyent New York Waldorf-Astoria Kathryn H. Starbuck Sisting Miss Starbuck Insurance Rao

Faithful Workers Meet Friday at Hilliard Memorial

The Faithful Workers class of Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church will meet Friday July 7 at 7 30 p.m. with Mrs Pauline Thrower 2313 Edgewood Avenue. The Ward Street Circle of Ward Street Methodist will meet tonight at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs O C Tooms Prospect Road. An ice cream supper to support Oak Hill church fund is planned Friday July 14 at 6 p.m. at the parsonage 401 Evergreen Street. The Green Street Baptist Woman's Missionary Society hosts a social Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the church basement inviting all women and new members. the high school octette will perform and refreshments will be served.

Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church Pauline Thrower Edgewood Avenue Ward Street Oak Hill Anderson Oak Hill Friends Church Evergreen Street Oak Hill Church Green Street Woman's Missionary Society of

Smith Gordon Vows in Quiet High Point Ceremony

Miss Lucille Gordon became the bride of Cecil Smith in a quiet ceremony yesterday afternoon at four thirty at the office of Justice of the Peace N M Cates Sr. of High Point. The bride is daughter of Mrs Essie Gordon Cox and the late John R Gordon. the groom is son of J W and Mrs Ida Mae Smith of High Point.

Lucille Gordon Cecil Smith High Point N. M. Cates, Sr

Pretty new Anne Adame pattern book offer

Fashion note promotes Pattern 4843 for mis size ranges 12 to 20 with simple button closing and a modest neck line. Includes transfer pattern for embroideries on linens and garments. Price twenty cents. order to High to Enterprise Pattern Dept 243 West 17th New York 99.

Enterprise Pattern Department West New York

Visitors at Deep River Homes Over Holidays

A steadier stream of guests visits Deep River homes during holidays. Residents and relatives from Raleigh, Greensboro, High Point, Jamestown, Pleasant Garden, and other nearby towns stopped by, with several travelers from Baltimore and New Orleans noted among the visitors.

Deep River Herman White Ruth Marie Cherry Point Henry White Magdalene Crumpler Baltimore Irvin Crumper Betty Ward Iris Floyd Washington Cletus Floyd J. Rufus Jones Charlotte High Point T. J. Jones Rex Williard George Old C. Cc. Willard Kathryn Jackson Pleasant Garden Nina Wilson Geraldine Knight Winston-Salem Nancy Williams Hubert Jordan Westmoreland Colfax Hope Parrish E. R. Parrish C. L. Jackson S. K. Jackson Doris Marie Wilson Raleigh Roba Jackson Harriet Edwards D. B. Thrift Greensboro R. T. Jordan F. Williams Thomas Thornton Burlington Carl Bunday Jamestown Eunice Thacker Lulu Thacker Chester Fraley W. J. Little New Orleans Mrs. Little H. W. Horney Laurin Badin Dora M. Horney J. D. Allen, Jr

The St Joseph Aspirin Guarantee Ad

An advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as the world's largest aspirin at 10 cents with a promise of quality and purity assurance. The copy reinforces brand leadership and value for buyers seeking trusted pain relief.

Emerywood Country Club hosts weekly family night dinner

Calendar notes a family night dinner at Emerywood Country Club for members with reservations due by noon. A USO dance follows at 8 30 p m in the YMCA gym with a local orchestra inviting service men. A buffet supper for service men, USO and Junior Service runs 5 to 7 p m in Mrs J F Hayden's garden on Fast Washington Street.

No. O Emerywood Country Club YMCA USO J. F. Hayden Washington Street

Wrights announce birth of daughter Ruth Elaine

Mr and Mrs Bruce Wright of 108 Burton street announce the birth of a daughter Ruth Elaine on Wednesday July 5 at the Boulevard of the High Point Memorial Hospital. Homing pigeon authorities say the dove from Noahs Ark was likely a Rock dove, same species as the modern homing pigeon.

Bruce Wright Burton Street Ruth Elaine Boulevard of the High Point Memorial Hospital Noah's Ark

California man accompanied by Mrs Allen in escort

A brief telegraph note reports a man in California traveling with Mrs Allen, formerly Elma White, as an escort or companion. The sparse item hints at a social or domestic arrangement without further details.

California

Guests and Patients Include Local Residents and Visitors

Mr and Mrs J P Gardner host Miss Katherine Wilson and Mrs Harvey Pittman Jr nieces from Kinston visiting for the Fourth of July weekend. Mrs Douglas Howard formerly Miss Louise Creech a patient at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial Hospital unable to receive visitors. D E Sears of High Point route one patient at Boulevard unit with a heart ailment unable to see visitors. Emma Lou Lackey daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Lackey recuperating after surgery at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial. Miss Lois Welborn leaves tonight for Washington DC for a week long vacation with her brother Mr Glenn Southern and niece Elizabeth Summer of Asheboro.

J. P. Gardner Katherine Wilson Harvey Pittman, Jr Kinston Douglas Howard Louise Creech Boulevard Unit High Point Memorial Hospital D. E. Sears High Point Route One Boulevard Mr. Sears Emma Lou Lackey Ross W. Lackey Willowbrook Street Lois Welborn Washington, D. C Glenn Southern Elizabeth Summer Asheboro

Dust Bowl Irrigation Boost Affects Vast Southwestern Lands

Nearly one million acres of marginal land in the southwestern dust bowl have been irrigated since 1935, reflecting a major shift in agricultural policy and water management as drought conditions persist.

Riment of Agriculture

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the Enterprise Women Madeline Hoover Ing Asheville Oriana B. James Ferol Greene Alta Chamelin Birtie White Anne Russell James Third District National Organization New Lydia E. Pinkham Mayview Manor Blowing Rock N. C Milton M. Chapman SOL Methodist Church Miss Barrier Sgt. Smith Jolly Y Jewel Martha Logan I Ib Pase Ofte By Chia O Mams Wrights Grayvita Herusekeeping Magazine Phone Main Drug CO South Main High Point Guilford Furniture CO N. Main St Our Permanente Minnie Lee Steed Iris Helen Wright Betty Trotter Pauline Hedgecock Princess Beauty Shop Main St Jha Seersucker Richardson
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