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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1942
Page
5
Miss Buchanan and Mrs. Bill Vance hosted a dessert bridge and shower for Mrs. J. Ross Spencer at 931 Forest Avenue. Gladioli and summer flowers decorated the home as guests enjoyed iced drinks, table centerpieces, and a nose gay for the bride. Prizes included a Pyrex set, a beach bag, novelty vases, and seashell beads.
Lieut Walter L Hargett Jr and Miss Ruth Irene Krabbe wed in a simple ceremony at Church of the Resurrection St Louis Mo He is an air navigation instructor at Turner Field Albany Ga The couple will reside in Albany after a honeymoon trip to New Orleans with out of town guests including Harry A Krabbe of Chicago and Richard S Hargett of High Point
The Tomlinson Club with over 100 members held its annual picnic at the Jefferson Standard Country Club recreation center near Greensboro. Activities included swimming boating and diving demonstrations by Fletcher Lambert, a bountiful dinner, a Kipling quote illustrated by Thomas E. Dodamead, and songs led by Ralph Rochelle. Toasts honored members joining the armed forces, with club officers named.
OPA urges consumers to restyle and salvage hats due to wartime shortages. Materials like fur from Europe and straw from the Far East are scarce, wool needed for uniforms, and shellac reserved for military use. Hat makers shift to reprocessed wool, casein fibers, and alternative straw, with worn hats reblocked and sold as seconds.
Anne Adams Pattern 4128 titled Perfect for summer hours on leave. Features stitched shoulder darts with potential applique ribbon bows and arrowhead slashes for bodice softness and smooth waist. Available in women's sizes 34 through 46. size 36 uses 278 yards 39 inch. Send fifteen cents plus one cent for mailing to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department.
The 15th North Carolina Parent Teacher Institute begins Monday evening at the Woman’s College with a six day program on The Community the Workshop of Democracy. C W Phillips directs. speakers include Mrs Warren Mabrs and Mrs Garry Cleveland Myers. About 150 PTA delegates from across the state attend along with state education groups. A daughter, Brenda Clyd ense Howard, was born July 9 to Mr and Mrs Clyde Howard of Albertson Road at Burrus Memorial Hospital. the mother is Irene Mitchell of Stokes County.
Mrs H P Morrison president of the High Point chapter U D C invites chapter members to the dedication of the North Carolina Confederacy Memorial Forest in Asheville on July 12 1945. Miss Mary Caroline Simmons will assist with unveiling the marker at the forest entrance.
Miss Margie Morgan bride elect of summer was honored at a Blair clubhouse shower hosted byMiss Dorothy Williams and Miss Martha Jane Dean. About twenty five guests attended as gifts were presented before a music filled evening with ices cake and mints. Aliss Williams will be maid of honor and Miss Dean a brides maid. marriage to William H. Graham is set for July 35.
The Emerywood Country Club Thursday Night Family dinner draws many members and guests this summer. Tables reserved included Mr. and Mrs. Carter Dalton, Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Warner, Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Davis, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Eli M. Armentrout, Mrs. J. Hy. Adams, and numerous other couples.
A crowded sequence of weekly dinners prompts early reservations. Relatives visit Belmont Charlotte and Duncan after time with John Rothrock family. Miss Jessie May Young recovers post appendectomy at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Sergeant A F Haney visits from Fort Eustis, VA, staying with parents on Tomlinson Street and sister on Steele Street for a week.
The Light Sharer's Class of Green Street Baptist Church meets this evening at 7:30 with Mrs. Julian Lytle at 330 Monttieu Avenue. The Elizabeth Albright class of Ward Street Methodist meets at 7:30 with Mrs. B. H. Cook on Thomasville road where Mrs. Mayme Harper will speak. a handkerchief sale is planned.
Mr and Mrs Robert Beaver plan to move from their present North Main Street residence to the newly completed Edgeworth Street Apartments tomorrow. They have resided previously in the Ecker Apartments on North Main Street. Mrs J J Harmon and daughter Evelyn of New York City are visiting Mrs L S Carr at her West Broad Street home. Mrs Harmon was formerly Miss Birtie Tomlinson of this city. Mr and Mrs Henry Mayo of Fayetteville left here yesterday.
The Department of Commerce reports that gasoline rations for tourists in Canada are limited to 24 United States gallons per car in a one year period.
Ruth Millett argues sharing childcare lightens mothers workload as communities rotate supervision of young children. Mothers trade days watching Johnny and Susie to allow time for work and errands, with a designated caregiver per day ensuring safe play and no street trouble. She contends cooperation and sufficient eligible children make the plan viable as war demands rise and sharing expands to goods and responsibilities.
R W Madry director of the University of North Carolina News Bureau has been elected mayor of Chapel Hill by the board of aldermen. He has served four years on the board and succeeds John M Fouhee who resigned after moving to the country.
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