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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1944
Page
14
Elsie Robinson argues that Americans dream without real intent or effort, using Betty Brown as a case study. She contends dreams provide escape from mediocrity and criticism, while real life slips by. trashy media inflames desire for glamour over practical work.
Dean Mildred Thompson of Vassar, the lone woman delegate at the Allied Ministers of Education conference, urges America's cultural leadership postwar. She describes an international plan for rehabilitating educational resources, training teachers, and restoring archives, with broad participation from US and allied nations.
Mrs. Conrad R. Wyre announces the marriage of Frances Wyre to W W Ruth in York South Carolina on July 1. Witnesses included Miss Sara Wyre and Bruce Woodell. Frances wore a white eyelet dress with red rosebud corsage. Frances is the youngest Wyre daughter. She attended Jamestown High School and works for Glennessery Corporation. Ruth, son of Mrs. W V Ruth, works at Sm oaks Service Station. The couple reside at Oakwood Court Apartments.
A new Red Cross room opens Tuesday in the junior high school on Kivett Drive to serve workers in the vicinity. Mrs Mary Dyke will oversee the rooms with hours matching those downtown. Residents have contributed greatly to the local effort and welcomed the move for convenience.
The text notes Magellan discovering the Marianas in 1521 and naming them Isles of Thieves. It also mentions Chikuho hosting Japan’s largest and best developed coal mines.
A cluster of Randolph County weddings reported. Ruth Bray and T. H. Myers wed July 4 in Asheboro with reception. Dora Ellison and Robert Petersen married June 13 in Newport Rhode Island with Navy family reception. Joan Underwood and George Miller united July 1 in Bennettsville. Additional ceremonies include Miss Sallie Pendergrass wedding to Robert Ward in Siler City and Catherine Moffitt with Chalmers Walters in Greensboro.
The article describes the wedding of Miss Millis and Ensign Covington with lace gown, heirloom veil, and butterfly orchids. Family members wear pastel dresses and the reception features a two tier cake and buffet supper. The couple leaves for a wedding trip as he serves on a destroyer escort after Princeton.
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