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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1941
Page
6
It advises hosting a Hawaiian themed get together on a porch with simple decorations and soft Hawaiian records for atmosphere. Serve coconut cookies and pineapple ice, plus easy tropical drinks made with bottled carbonated beverages. A recipe for Hawaiian Sparkle is given using pineapple, raspberry juice, lime, water, and ginger ale.
The listing advertises The Mad Doctor feature at Broadhurst with showtimes 02 07 13 18 27 and Andy Hardy's Private Secretary at Paramount with segments at 1 30 3 25 5 and TAS 9 10 plus Rialto Hudsons Bay features with times 12 16 2 60 3 50 5 40 7 30 and 9 20.
Miss Ruth Daves and Lloyd W. Swink will wed August 2 at Green Street Baptist Church. Aunt Mrs. B F Sewell hosted a Saturday evening shower at her Durham home with gardenias and roses. Miss Frances Sewell and Miss Patricia Greenhill presented gifts, followed by an ice course for about 25 guests. The next day Mrs. W J Smith hosted a dinner for the couple and relatives, presenting crystal in their chosen pattern.
Yesterday afternoon at 5 p m at Elm Street school Miss Virginia Frank of the city schools music faculty organized a formal close to the summer music school held for six weeks. Solos were performed by Bobby Jones and Charles Medtin cellists and George Wood on violin. A pupil string orchestra accompanied the program including Edna Wall Smith Jane Chamelin Diana Wagger Ruth Ellen Munroe Annie Sue Alverton Hattie Hightower Nancy Jean Junroe Betty Cusworth Amanda Gekas Alton Philips Mawne Teague Donree Greenwood Ann Marlette Gloria Savas Marilyn Collins Nora Bundy Eddie Patterson and Jack Alitchel.
The Business and Professional Chuir of the YAV.CLA will hold a supper at the Y tonight at 6 15 o clock. Original plans for a picnic at City Lake Park were changed due to poor weather, and the group will meet indoors at the Y instead.
Twenty eight Girl Scouts gathered at the Y.M.C.A. pool for the first swimming session of the summer program. Frances Johnson led instruction with four groups forming weekly sessions at varied locations to suit East, West, North, and South side troops. Rain plans move groups indoors to Cloverdale Fire Station No.6 if needed.
Local notes list Mrs. C. S. Beaver and son arriving by plane after visiting relatives in New Jersey with a brief Washington stopover. Ruth Pollock Isgrigg, now Mrs. Robert Isgrigg, arrives from Pontiac for a mother’s visit and to resume work at High Point Savings. Virginia Frank departs to Furman University then Charleston and Richmond before fall return. Prolific travel among Matt Wall, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Froelich. W. E. Myers visits Georgia. Mabel Burnett hosts Ohio guests traveling via Skyline Drive to Asheville and Cincinnati. Annie Tucker Landon of Washington, D C., due next week for family visit east of the city.
Announced by Mr and Mrs Grant Lee the marriage of their daughter Marjorie Dalton to Mr Henry Towvin Coffield junior on Saturday July 12 1940 in Oriental North Carolina. Mr and Mrs Henry Irwin Coffield junior will be at home after May 20 at 601 Brookstown Avenue Winston Salem North Carolina.
Miss Elma Hiatt entertained with a surprise birthday party for her sister Catherine on a Saturday evening at their Wright Street home. Guests enjoyed games and music, followed by refreshments and gifts for the honoree, with many attendees listed. Also noted is the birth of Sylvia Diane Palmer on July 9 at 506 Denny Street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Palmer, formerly Miss Carleen Neal of High Point.
Elizabethtown reports North Carolina PTA officers prepare for the 14th Annual Parent-Teacher Institute at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill August 4 to 8 1941. Mrs J S Blair PTA president outlines state program while national leaders conduct leadership courses with panels on the state program and district events.
The Stephens and Lottie Holden Bible classes schedule a joint meeting tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Mrs. L. E. Spencer's Best Street home with Rev. ara L. Andrews as speaker.
The Cordelia Club will meet at Miss Lotmise Hardison's home at 720 Brow Street. Kathrine Wrenn will host and an election of officers will be featured. Mrs. LR. Bowers has returned home from Burrus Memorial Fest total on Adams Street where she was a patient.
Special to The Enterprise Miss Betty Claire Jennings hosts a luncheon at her Elliot Drive home for eight bridal party attendants before her wedding to Rev. Benjamin Wof ford Cox of Greenville Virginia and Spartanburg D C set for tomorrow at 3 36 PM at First Baptist Church. Attendees include matron of honor Mrs. Charles Leonard Newark and bridesmaids Ida Lambeth Jennings Mabel Johnson Evelyn Mills Theresa Hoover with music by Miss Ellen Mae Pegg and Mrs. Walter F Newby.
Mayor R L Pope to chair a campaign in Thomasville to raise 1000 dollars for an air ambulance fund J Walter Lambeth and Mrs Sam Welborn named to Davidson County Advisory Committee Davidson County asked to raise 2000 dollars while Jamaica reports a decline in beer consumption.
London reports the shortage of clothing materials due to wartime rationing. Tailors lament extra coupons needed for larger customers, noting a 30 coupon demand for bulky suits versus 26 for standard sizes. A Birmingham tailor cites a 280 pound client costing 16 extra coupons per suit leading to concerns about moving to London.
A collage of lighthearted items from Charlotte notes Mike Jacobs eyeing Garrell Rominger for a bout with Joe Louis after a hog chase, a goat-damage auto bill paid by selling Billy, a Charleston physician misadventure, howling dogs soothed by a firecracker, a Cross Hill fishing tale, a military insignia theft, twin appendectomies in Pickens, Brevard College hen fund drive, and Northern Rhodesia mining companies buying American goods.
National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress head George H. Sisler revised the zoning to pick regional and state champions for the 32 team National Semi-Pro Tournament at Wichita Kansas from Aug 15 to 20. State tournament winners in listed cities advance directly to nationals while others compete in a post series to decide regional reps.
The National Crusade of Education announced 1,019 new elementary schools opened across Brazil marking President Vargas' birthday. The expansion aims to boost literacy and educational access nationwide amid celebratory nationwide events.
Joseph William Curlee aged 73 died of pneumonia Sunday morning in a Charlotte hospital. Funeral rites were conducted Monday afternoon at Rocky Mount Baptist Church in Anson County. He lived on Polkton route 2 and is survived by three children and several siblings from North Carolina towns including High Point Albemarle Norwood and Norwood routes.
In Thomasville route 6 the infant J Nathaniel Myers six weeks old child of Mr and Mrs T W Myers died Sunday at City Memorial Hospital. A Monday morning service at the parents home at eleven oclock was led by Rev T R York Mount Zion Pilgrim Hellness Church with music by Mrs Harvey Clodfelter Miss Elvira Black and Rev York. Burial followed at Mount Zion Church cemetery.
Funeral services were held for Howard B Wilson who drowned at Willowmore Springs Friday. The service at Clarksburg Methodist Church was led by Rev. Charles Young and Rev. W M Rathbuts with a large crowd in attendance. Pallbearers included Robert Payne Zeno King Julian Deaton Joseph Clinard Hoyt Luther and Mitchell Carter. Interment was in the church cemetery.
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