Formal USO Dance To Mark 1st Anniversary Openhouse
The USO service organization plans a formal dance at the YMCA gymnasium tomorrow evening to celebrate its charter anniversary with Greensboro musician Johnny Green and his orchestra. Senior hostesses and husbands will serve as chaperones, with a 8:30 p.m. start and 8:15 arrival for junior chaperones. An open house for service families follows Sunday, with a special afternoon program and a Sunday buffet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Weather dictates whether the garden of Mrs. J. F. Hayden or Wesley Memorial Methodist Church hosts the event.
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U. S. S. Service Men's Center
YMCA
Johnny Green
Greensboro
Charlotte
Guy
J. F. Hayden
East
Washington Street
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Visiting Women Tour Tomlinson's Tea at High Point Club
A group of North Carolina press women visited Tomlinson of High Point furniture showrooms for an open house tour featuring period reproductions. Light refreshments were served on a lower floor as colorful summer flowers adorned the table. An informal tea at 4 30 pm at Erie Country Club with the High Point Enterprise hostess group will follow, with 50 to 75 ladies expected.
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North Carolina Press Association
Tomlinson
High Point
Erie Country Club
High Point Enterprise
Scout Troop 14 Cancels Meetings Until Fall
Scout Troop 14 of the Local Girl Scouts under Mrs. Hawkins will discontinue all meetings until Fall due to the continued spread of infantile paralysis.
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Scout
Johnathan D. Hawkins
Soldiers Honored At Y Club Dance In Greensboro
Members of the Jolly Y club entertained about thirty soldiers from the Overoo Replacement Depot Greensboro with an informal dance at the Adams Memorial YWCA building. The event began around eight thirty with fifteen club members acting as partners and Polly Hulin and Margie Lee as hostesses serving sandwiches cookies and punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Y Club
Adams Memorial Ywca
Overoo
Greensro
Polly Hulin
Margie Lee
Arrval
Hospital Alumnae Honor Nursing School Graduates
The Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital School of Nursing honored its graduating class at a park outing with Burrus Memorial Alumnae Association led by Miss Mattie Idol. About fifty graduates and guests attended, with named attendees from Sybil Brown Ramseur to Gypsy Braswell, in place of an outdoor picnic due to bad weather.
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Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing
City Lake
Burrus Memorial Alumnae Association
Mattie Idol
Sybil Brown
Ramseur
Ruth Holland
High Point
Juanita Forte
Shulerville
Anna Hackett
Pleasant Garden
Sarah Fox
Asheboro
Frances Lassiter
Wagram
Juanita Vaughn
Ciola Bullard
Climax
Nellie Galla Wilcox
Harmony
Mary C. Durham
Gypsy B. Braswell
Dobson
Elizabeth Albright class meets tonight at Ward Street Methodist
The Elizabeth Albright class of Ward Street Methodist church meets Friday at 8 PM at Mrs C B Kearns home 515 Monthew Avenue. The session includes notices for WMS at Pisgah Baptist church and a postponed ice cream supper due to bad weather.
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Elizabeth Albright
Ward Street Methodist Church
C. B. Kearns
Monthew Avenue
Anderson
Oak Hill Friends Church
People Miss Callie Webster Returns From Southwest Visit
Callie Webster returns after a month visiting her brother Pfc. W. W. Webster stationed with the Army Air Force in Fort Worth Texas. She toured Dallas Corsicana and Will Rogers Coliseum among other Southwest sites. Also noted are Mr and Mrs W T Powell of 204 Hillcrest Drive and Mrs Myrtle H Barthmaier and son David Hayworth of 505 Parkway at the Waldorf Astoria stay in New York. Mrs Daisy Lindley has returned home after joining her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie Webster
Pfc. W. W. Webster
Forth Worth
Texas
Army Air Force
Miss Webster
Dallas
Corsicana
Tex
Will Rogers Coliseum
Southwest
New York
W. T. Powell
Hillcrest Drive
Myrtle H. Barthmaier
David Hayworth
Parkway
When I Grow Up I Will Be Perfect
Elsie Robinson recalls childhood fantasies of grown up certainty and poise, only to reveal that adulthood brings lingering fear and self doubt. The piece contrasts imagined maturity with the inevitable ongoing awkwardness and mistakes that persist through life.
Lindley Soldier Visits Richmond Kin During Leave
Cpl. Raymond Lindley of Bolling Field Washington and his wife travel to Richmond Virginia to visit his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs J M Lindley during a service leave. The letter notes the couple's trip from Bolling Field to the city.
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Cpl
Raymond Lindley
Richmond
Lindley
J. M. Lindley
iCpl
Bollying Field
Weshington
Psychological coup in North South bridge bidding
A fragmented discussion of overconfidence and signaling in a bridge deal. The narrative notes North dealer, vulnerability, and a sequence where South leverages a game by opening three spades, aiming to secure a part score rather than a slam.
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North
South
West
Service Members Named From Local Area in World War II
Pfc Milton Elliott of 1235 Reddi Street serves on a hospital unit in the European Theater. Lt Willis Slane of Bainbridge Army Air Field Bainbridge GA reports as a service pilot. a 1940 Riverside Military Academy graduate who also studied at Parks Air College. S/Sgt Robert F Hill of Rt 3 and S/Sgt Angus N Johnson of Rt 4 in England are overseas and taking a course to bridge training with active duty.
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Slane
Bainbridge
Willis Slane
Willis H. Slane
High Point
Bainbridge Army Air Field
Air Force
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Parks Air College
East St. Louis
England
Robert F. Hill
Sidney Thomas Hill
Rt. 3
States
Angus N. Johnson
Margaret L. Johnson
Rt. 4
Air Service Compees
Enga
McGhee on Furlo in City During Navy Leave
Seaman James R. McGhee 2/c is in the city on an emergency furlough. He has served eight months in the U S Navy in the Southwest Pacific. His wife is Ruth Underwood of 500 East Russell Street.
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McGhee
James R. McGhee
U. S. Navy
Ruth Underwood
East Russell Street
Pvt Culler to Leave for Duty in Tennessee
Pvt Roy Culler visiting parents at 601 Sunset Drive expects to depart tonight for Dyersburg Tennessee where he has been stationed recently. He has been here since June 27.
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Pvt
Culler
Roy Culler
R. B. Culler
Sunset Drive
Dyersburg
Tenn
Clockwise Bridge Club Entertained At Thomasville
Special members of the Clock Wise bridge club met Monday evening at Mrs. S. C. Stirsons home on West Main Street for two tables of bridge amid summer flowers. Mrs. H. A. Cecil Jr. won a bath mittas visitors award and a dessert course was served to Mesdames Charles Eanes Harry Brown Finch Billy Boyles David Diamond Ralph Lambeth H A Cecil Jr and Evelyn Webb Clarkson.
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Thomasville
Clock Wise Bridge Club
S. C. Stir
West Main Street
H. A. Cecil, Jr
Bath Mittas
Charles Eanes
Harry Brown Finch
Billy Boyles
David Diamond
Ralph Lambeth
Evelyn Webb Clarkson
Bridge party honors top scorers at Mrs Clifton Black home
Mrs. Clifton Black hosted a small bridge gathering with two tables and colorful flowers. Top score went to Mrs. Carl Wilson, runner up to Mrs. Howard Steed, each receiving a Pyrex dish as prize.
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Clifton Black
Carl Wilson
Howard Steed
Mesdames
S. L. Pollock
Homer Beck
Van
East Stars With Tricky Trump Play in Card Hand
A bridge hand shows East guiding play with a guarded king and a club lead. West ruffs, East returns a heart four, declarer misreads the position, and East's trump shift traps declarer into a failed finesse. East's line, while clever, risks the spade king if misread.
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East
West
Hearts
Diamonds
Heart
Declarer
John Atkins Dies In Fayetteville
John Herman Atkins, operator of the Fayetteville Country Club, died at his home in Fayetteville on Wednesday. His daughter, Mrs. Oris C. Harvey, and her husband formerly resided here.
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John Herman Atkins
Fayetteville Country Club
Local Women Share Travel and Family Visits
Mrs. Guy Loftin, working in Washington, is on vacation. She left Tuesday for Greenville to visit Mrs. Ben F. Singleton, a former classmate. Loftin’s guest has been her niece Miss Vicki Lou Kearns of High Point. Mrs. Hunter Burton and daughter Gretchen of Portsmouth, Virginia, are visiting this month. Mr. On and son Murrill are expected later this month as the family plans to return to Portsmouth the first of August.
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M. A. Bowers
Winston-Salem
R. 8. Green
Spring Street
Bowers
Green
Eugene Green
J. C. Green
Washington
J. W. Prevo
J. L. Baum
Euphrata
Ben Hooker
Laurinburg
Ed Ketchie
Salisbury
Henderson
Fred Kester
Jimmie Bodie
Burrus Clinic
High Point
Cromer Bodie
Vernon Snyder
Billy Shuford
Southport
C. F. Finch
J. S. Green
Jimmie
Margaret Green
Myrtle Beach
C. FE. Ingalls, Sr
T. E. Jennings
Ingalls, Jr
Atlantic City
N. J
Ingalls
Jennings
Rs. C. F
Guy Loftin
Greenville
Ben F. Singleton
Loftin
Vicki Lou Kearns
Hunter Burton
Gretchen
Portsruth
Murrill
Portsmouth
High Point Community Chest Publishes Unit War Chest Booklet
The High Point Community Chest issues a pocket booklet detailing each agency's operations and the percentage of every dollar received. Ruth Neve, chest secretary, says the booklet aims to inform the public about the chest's workings and is not tied to the next campaign. She urges local plants and businesses to distribute it widely.
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Ruth Neve
Caldwell & Co. President James B Caldwell Dies
James B Caldwell 67 president of Caldwell & Co cottonseed product maker with plants in Spartanburg Chesnee and Madison Ga died yesterday in Spartanburg South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
James B. Caldwell
Caldwell & Co
Oe Chesnee
Madison, Ga
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Steed
Helen Wright
Ty Trotter
Pauline Hedgecock
N. Main St
Company of America
W. Page Harris
Northwestern Mutual
MABISCO + NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
Nasisco
ORD
Dance By
Y Club
Hospital Alumnae
WMS
Woman's Missionary Society of the Pisgah Baptist Church
Nellie Vaughn
Nathan Hunt Drive
Daisy Lindley
By Obnne Oblans
Anne Adams
Pattern Department
Elsie Robinson
Josephine Culbertson
John Atkins
Fayetteville
Community Chest
Heinz
O.P.A
Lexington
Fletcher
Tet Contabr Company
Misiom
Biowar W
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