Luncheon And Tea Fete Miss Jennings Popular Bride Elect
Miss Jennings of Thomasville is honored by Mrs. R K Farrington with a luncheon at Colonial Drive home. Guests include Mrs R G Jennings and Mrs Doris Pope Thompson among about 150. A subsequent tea from four to five thirty at the Woman's Club will honor Miss Jennings with hosts Mrs T E Jennings and Mrs C F Gibson and Miss Ida Lambeth Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jennings
Thomasville
Belly Claire Jennings
Benjamin Cox
Greenville
Spartanburg
S.C
R. K. Farrington
Colonial
Robert William Thompson
Doris Pope
High Point
W. N. Thompson
Seymour McMillan
Sara Forrest
Ruth Merely Thompson
Woman's Club
Elliott Drive
T. E. Jennings
C. ¥. Gibson
Ida Lambeth Jennings
Thornton Eugene Jennings
Clarence. Ferrell Gibson
Betty Claire Jennings
War Today Debates If Nazis Can Be Stopped In Russia
The piece argues that Hitler’s momentum may be checked as Bolshevists claim to halt German advances along the Stalin Line. It notes Berlin’s official denial, reports German troops halted for brief pauses, and suggests a new frontal assault on a vast fortress line resembles a radical military development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuhher
London
Vichy
Berlin
Hitler
Europe
Russia
Mannerheim
Girl Scouts Announce Summer Swimming Phase Schedule
Local Girl Scout director Mrs. Mabel Burnett announces a new summer phase with swimming at the Y M C A pool each Monday 10 30 to 11 30 starting next week for High Point groups. Miss Frances Johnson will lead the session at the pool and schedules for all groups will be handed out. Other crafts and outdoor cooking remain, with four neighborhood groups meeting at designated times and sites across the city. Negro Girl Scouts will be led by Mrs. Lillian Merritt Thursdays at 5 30 at the Colored Municipal lake under local office supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Burnett
Girl Scouts of
High Point
Frances Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
Cloverdale School
East Side
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
West Side
Ward Street
Altrusans Begin New Year At Dinner Meeting
Altrusa club members held July dinner at the Sheraton Hotel with Mary Lou Rothrock presiding as new president. Delegates plan Roanoke Virginia convention attendance, set follow through on banquet timing and year’s committees, while retiring president Miss Jessie May Young and guest Mrs. Fred Moore are noted. Twenty two attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
Sheraton Hotel
Mary Lou Rothrock
International Association of Aurusa Clubs
Roanoke
Rothrock
High Point West
Marie Caddell
United Service Organizations
Jessie May Young
Wancy Kirkman Poston
Fred Moore
Duncan
S. C
Lois Welvern
Mae Hull
Virginia Ryan
Madeline Hoover
Alma Young
Verta Coe
Marie Handlin
Mary Warrelson
Vera Idol
Louise Wrenn
Lucilie Johnston
Louise C. Wrenn
Alice , Dickerson
Mary Ballard
Louise Abernathy
Mabel Burnett
Eastern Star Meeting Promotes Benefit Musical Program
The High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple with 29 members and two visitors. Miss Lucy Fry’s official visit was postponed to August 12 due to scheduling conflicts. The chapter announced a July 17 benefit concert by The Sons of the Waste Land at Allen Jay School to aid the QC ES treasury. Mrs Christiana Snyder presided. visitors included Mrs Ellen Davis and Mrs Ina McGirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lucy Fry
Gramd Matron
Lexington
Fry
Sons of the Waste Land
New Officers To Be Installed By Daughters America
The Washington Council No 4 of the Daughters of America will install new officers at their hall on West Washington Street tomorrow evening at 7:30 oclock. All members are expected to be present. A reception and social hour will follow the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Council No. 4 of the Daughters of America
West Washington Street
Mary Harper
Main Street Methodist Church
Green Street
Temple Tyree to Visit Rockford Road Hostess
Miss Temple Tyree of Altavista Va arrives this afternoon as house guest of Miss Anne Garrett on Rockford Road. Tyree and Garrett are college roommates at Mary Baldwin College Staunton Va. continue several days of visits with friends and relatives noted across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Tyree
Altavista
Anne Garrett
Rockford Road
Miss Tyree
Miss Garrett
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Women Of Moose Award Home Nursing Certificates
Eight members of the local Women of the Moose chapter received Home Nursing certificates from the National Red Cross headquarters in Washington DC. Recipients include Mesdames Walaska Johnson Lucille Smith Aussie Forward Mable Beeson Ola Perry Misses Dorothy Forward Gladys Richardson and Sadie Smith after completing the Hugh High Point sponsored course several weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Women of the Moose
Thei Ardern High Point
Mesdames Walaska Johnson
Lucille Smith
Mable Beeson
Ola Perry
Dorothy Forward
Gladys Richardson
Sadie Smith
Double M Club Meeting Forms Bridge Party in Adams Memorial
A newly organized group of young mothers in the W. C. A. known as the Double M Club held a bridge gathering yesterday at Adams Memorial building. Three tables were in play with Mrs. Henry Bell winning a month’s handkerchief for high score. Co-hostesses Mrs. Ralph Stevens and Mrs. J. G. West served iced drinks and cookies after the games. Visitors included Mrs. J. A. Stanford and Mrs. P. M. Oliver. club members present were Mrs. Ralph Stevens, Mrs. W. E. James, Mrs. Fred Mundy, Mrs. E. L. Grimsley, Mrs. Boyd Cummings, Mrs. C. W. Patterson, Mrs. Edgar Snider, Mrs. A. E. Spivey, Mrs. J. G. West and Mr. Henry Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Memorial
Henry Bell
Mesdames Ralp Stevens
J. G. West
J. A. Stanford
P. M. Oliver
Ralph Stevens
W. E. James
Fred Munday
E. L. Grimsley
Boyd Cummings
C. W. Patterson
Edgar Snider
A. E. Spivey
Social Arts Club Honors Mrs Rose On Her Birthday
Members of the Social Arts Club honored their president Mrs J W Rose with a dinner party at the city lake park last evening for her birthday. Husbands of members attended as special guests as pink and white were the color note, with a large white birthday cake and crepe myrtle arrangements as centerpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Arts Club
J. W. Rose
City Lake Park
Club
E. Z. Jones
A. J. Koonce
E. R. Outland
E. C. Harville
T. BR. Zimmerman
J. W. Frazier
Bundles For Britain Meet Tonight At Emerywood Club
Local Bundles for Britain chapter calls a five o'clock meeting at Emerywood Country Club. Mrs Matt Wall, chairwoman, urges all members and new volunteers to attend as plans are laid to advance the group’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundles For
Britain
Emerywood Country Club
Matt Wall
Annual Farmer's Field Day July 17 in Statesville
Statesville reports the 36th annual Field Day at Piedmont Station on July 17 drawing several thousand farmers. Morning addresses by Earl B. Garrett State Soil Conservation Coordinator Dr. Carl V. Reynolds head of the State Board of Health and Clyde R. Hoey ex governor with W Kerr Scott introducing Hoey. Garrett speaks on The Need of Agricultural Defense after a musical program and an invocation by Rev. Harry Y. Gamble.
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Enterprise
W. Kerr Scott
Garrett
Harry Y. Gamble
Brest Baptist Church
Satesville
Willkie Guest Of For At White House Luncheon Talk
Wendell L. Willkie the 1940 Republican nominee attends a White House luncheon at which international affairs are discussed. President Roosevelt’s aide notes no imminent job for Willkie and that he seeks no political position. Also in brief: birth announcements, church class meeting, 4-H demonstrations, and an ice cream supper at Sophia Church noting proceeds for the church fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
White House
Willkie
England
Stephen Early
Masons Find Work After Soda Fountain Chat
In New Bern two jobless stone masons told W. C. Carlton of the four-county employment service that they were seeking work. After seven regional offices failed to locate openings, Carlton traveled to a local soda fountain where the men revealed they were masons and were also seeking employment, prompting a hopeful moment at the spot near the Marino barracks in Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
Rew Marino
Jacksonvile
W. C. Carlton
Stalin Line defenses and German invasion
The Stalin defenses span about 1100 miles from north to south along the front in old Russian territory. The line follows deep, distributed, central principles seen in other defenses. The key question is whether Russians can sustain strong resistance and impede German progress, potentially nullifying the blitz aspect of the invasion.
James Sanford Russell Joins U S Marine Corps for Parris Island
James Sanford Russell of High Point has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the Raleigh recruiting station. He will be trained briefly at Marine Barracks Parris Island and, after 10 days leave, assigned to a service school or duty location. Enlistments are open at Winston-Salem for the duration of the national emergency or four years.
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United States Marine Corps
North Carolina
Raleigh
James Sanford Russell
High Point
Mabel Russell
North Main Street
Marine Barracks
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps
Best Office
Winston-Salem
Seees
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Jewell Sink
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W. C. Bayles
Marion Dilton
Mary Harrison
Adies
J. Clyde Allman
Lee F. Tuttle
Forrest Grimes
John W. Prevo
R. C. Wilson
Dewi
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Maurice
Rose Vanderholm
Continental College OF Beauty Culture
Eastern Star
Daughters America
Jésus
J, Crosby
Jesus
Ines
J. W. Sechrest & Son
High Point, N.C
D. C
John L. Rothrock
Woodrow Avenue
Moore
Algie Maurice Stuart, Jr
Atlanta
U.S. Naval Air Corps
Unty of North Carolina
Chapel
Till
J. E. Ammons
Mrs. C. A. Brown
Carolina Beach
Geraldine Cole
Lake Junaluska
Dorothy Cox
C. W. Cox
High Point Route 1
Leath Clinic
H. F. Lacoon
Columbia
J. Q. Cheves
J. H. Mackenfuss, Jr
Columbia, S. C
Mary Esther Baker
New York
C. M. Flyum
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Mary Hogan
W. K. Nance
Mr. Nance
Hamilton Street
Kenneth Flyum
Mr. Flynm
Aea
Bruce Quigley
R. T. Quigley
Westwood
Admiral Farragut Naval Academy
Pine Beach
N. J
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Mich
I. J. Quigley
W. H. Plimmer
Martha Neal
Reidsville
D. A. Rawley
Charlotte
Dianne Tucker
Mary Jo Spencer
Farish Sizemore
Roaring Gap
Shirley Rogers
Winston- Salem
R. C. Loman
Coy Elliott
O. C. Chapman
Otis, Jr
Avery Street
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Ind
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Abeli
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G. D. Pettibone
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Peggy
Janice
Ocean View Park
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Hedrick
Betty Jo Bailey
Union, S.C
Emilie Cobb
Newton Street
Rose
Emerywood Club
Green Street Baptist Church
Gibson
Worth Main Street
Johnsie Wheeltess
Statesville
Sandra Katherine, Ridge
Burrus. Hospital
Edward Ridge
Sandra Katherine
Burrus Memorial’ Hospital
Ridge
Katherine Greene
Clyde R. Hoey
Mecklenburgh County
4-H Club
Robertson's Bakery, Inc
Going
S. Main
Kress
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