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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1945
Page
6
The High chapter No 106 Order of the Eastern Star holds a birthday party at the Masonic Temple Tuesday at 8 pm. Honorees include members with birthdays in the first six months. Mrs Gertrude Pemberton leads the program.
Pattern 4724 offers sunlit air cooled sundress and hat in sizes 2 4 6 with 2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send twenty cents to Enterprise 69 Pattern 1 P O Box 173 Station O New York NY 11 for the book and free patterns plus a color full edition for fifteen cents more.
Large number of air force veterans from Fort Bragg Cherry Point ORD Greensboro and Camp Butner visited the USO for a weekend. Activities included piano music letter writing and games with Sgt Louie Beam among the visitors. An outdoor dance featured the Clyde Henry orchestra and was enjoyed by service members and hosts. future dances planned at the YMCA gym if weather permits.
The Newcomers Club will hold a picnic luncheon at City Lake next Thursday at 12 o clock noon. Shelter No 1 will be used. Hostesses will be Mesdames W. K ad Wiley and S. P. Ponsaing.
In Asheboro on July 9 a report notes the marriage of Miss Janet a and Alton Williams at Central Methodist church on June 29 with Rev. Mark Q. Tuttle officiating. The couple, both from Asheboro, wed before family and close friends. The bride wore a navy gown with white accessories and gardenia corsage. Also noted is the June 20 wedding of Alma Emily Jordan of Asheboro to Orville James Lowdermilk of Seagrove, with Rev. Joseph S. Johnson officiating. they will reside in Asheboro.
Members of the Catherine Gill class and the Young Adult class of Welch Memorial church will hold a joint meeting at Mrs Lee Merediths home 514 Walnut street Tuesday evening at 8 oclock Re election of officers will be held All members urged to attend.
A summer birthday idea from Charlotte Adams describes simple Funny Face sandwiches and bogey man bottle decorations. It uses crescent cookie cutters to form mouths noses and eyes with butter jelly fillings, raisins and peanut butter, plus paper hats and bottle faces for playful drinks.
Pvt and Mrs John Dexter Walls announce the birth of a son Donald Ray Walls on July 5 at High Point Memorial Hospital Washington Street unit Pvt Walls is at Fort Bragg Sgt Walker FE Whaley and Mrs Whaley announce a daughter Julia Catherine on July 7 at the same hospital Mrs Whaley is formerly Miss Sadie Smith Sgt Whaley is in the air corps stationed at ORD Greensboro
J P Hinkle Jr son of Mr and Mrs J P Hinkle Route 5 is a patient at the Washington Street unit High Point Memorial hospital where he underwent an operation last Monday He is still unable to see visitors Mrs Carey W Meredith of the Thomasville road is recovering satisfactorily after having undergone an operation last Saturday at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital Mrs Rosser C Mullen Cedron Avenue extension is now a patient memorial hospital after having undergone an operation last Saturday
The notice lists ration details for meats fats processed foods sugar shoes and gasoline plus fuel oil validity periods. It also mentions OPA plans and the next stamp dates. A historical line notes that in 1859 petroleum was discovered from drilling.
The article notes a snack solution amid rationing, urging plentiful unrationed crackers and cookies to sustain energy between meals. It highlights graham crackers ginger snaps butter wafers and soda crackers as quick digests to curb fatigue during work and play.
The Institute for Teachers of Mathematics at Duke University ends its initial week with Miss Veryl Schulz of Washington DC as assistant director. Prof W W Rankin leads the program now in its fifth year, emphasizing applications of mathematics to science engineering industry and business through July 12. A second session runs July 21 through August 4 focusing on elementary arithmetic for grades one to six and includes attendees from nine states and the District of Columbia.
North dealer vulnerable in a contract by one trick. Declarer uses known suit distribution to force East into a squeeze, discarding a heart and uncovering West's six spades with five hearts. He then cashes the clubs and diamonds to seal the win.
Charlotte July 9. There will be no sleeping car service between Charlotte and Atlanta Norfolk Richmond and Jacksonville after 12 noon July 15. All reservations dated after July 15 will be automatically cancelled as per instructions from Frank L. Jenkins.
Four building permits totaling 625 dollars were issued by the local building inspector. S. Taro starts a basement dig at 931 Dayton Street for 250 dollars. FE. Bingham repairs a porch at 301 Park Street for 150 dollars. W. C. Koontz repairs a basement at 309 Fourth Street for 150 dollars. Virginia Wilson builds a new flue and chimney at 698 Vail Street for 150 dollars.
The article recommends seasonally affordable fruits as healthy snack options for lunches. It advises selecting easy to eat fruits and highlights prunes dates and apricots for their high natural sugar content as convenient snack solutions.
Betty Clarke outlines how women embraced swimming from modest beach days to athletic strokes. She credits daughter with discovering how swimming shapes figure and confidence, tracing from early one piece suits to strapless styles and the eight beat crawl's muscle work and breathing benefits.
Pfc. Howard E. Wood of James Town North Carolina husband of Mrs. H E Wood is at the redistribution station for two weeks before new assignment to the United States He recently returned from six months in the European theatre as a machine gunner and holds the Bronze Star Combat Infantry Badge Good Conduct Ribbon and the European Theatre Ribbon with two Bronze Service Stars
Harold Clifton Surrett, 19, radioman third class USNR, of 315 Meadow Street High Point North Carolina, has served aboard an Atlantic fleet destroyer escort for 13 months. He wears the American and European African Middle Eastern theatre ribbons and is the son of Mrs J E Surrett. His brother John E is a flight officer in the army air forces. He attended High Point High School before enlisting in June 1943 and received naval training at Epo radio school Bainbridge.
Vice Admiral William Ward Smith announces the advancement in rate of William C. Page Jr. to electrician mate third class. Page resides at 726 Sunset Avenue Asheboro North Carolina.
Private First Class Nolan F. Tucker, son of Mr and Mrs Arlie J. Tucker of High Point, husband of Sally Tucker, is stationed at Camp Butner North Carolina for two weeks before reporting to a new assignment in the United States. He was recently returned to the United States after a period abroad.
Medical overview of Addison's disease detailing suprarenal gland function, lack of cortex secretion, and resulting salt and water loss, potassium retention, and glucose disturbance. Notes symptom patterns, demographic trends, and diagnosis. Mentions treatment with gland extract, salt, and potassium-limited diet.
The veteran completed 18 months in the Alaskan theatre where he served as a hospital orderly. He holds the Good Conduct and Asiatic Pacific ribbons for his service and conduct.
WWN. P. Mulvaney of Asheville named chairman of the North Carolina Elks war and hospital commission. Joining him are William G. Haney Durham Charles Overbeck Fayetteville J. M. Underwood Gastonia and Ed W. Davis Wilson. Thad Eure president of the State Elks association announced the appointments. The commission will set up and operate Elks hospital service programs across the state.
The note discusses how cooking time depends on roast size and weight, noting smaller roasts cook faster per pound than larger ones. It emphasizes checking internal temperature to ensure doneness and avoiding overcooking.
The Landing Ship Dock measures a length just over 497 feet with a beam of 72 feet, detailing its principal dimensions for identification and classification.
The McDaniel family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness shown after the death of their son Gary McDaniel. They appreciate the many beautiful moral offerings. Mrs and Mrs Thomas McDaniel and Family
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