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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1945
Page
6
Miss Lorraine McAdden, bride-elect, was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Push Lain and Miss Mary Etta Carson. The event on Ward Street featured lawn games, contests, and refreshments for 35 guests, ahead of her August 21 ceremony at First Pilgrim Church.
The Women of the Moose will hold their regular meeting Wednesday at 8 o’clock in the Moose hall. All members are urged to attend. A note adds advice on using fresh green vegetables to maximize vitamin C intake.
An advertisement touts Tremett as an unsafe sounding weight loss aid claiming three to five pounds lost weekly without dieting. It guarantees results or a full refund and notes directions come with every package at Mann's Drug Store and other druggists.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley R. Pitchett Jr announce the birth of a daughter on July 15 at the Washington Street unit of High Point Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Pitchett is the former Miss Martha Lucille Sartin of this city.
Mrs H C Horrox and Miss Blanche Burgess return to Washington from a weekend visit with relatives in the city. Lt and Mrs B R Varner sail to host households while Chief Petty Officer Varner visits. Michigan and Baltimore guests travel to Greensboro and Oak Ridge. Grace Street and Blair Avenue hosts noted. Spitzer recuperates after surgery at St Elizabeth hospital in Washington DC.
Emmanuel Lutheran Brotherhood meets at 6 30 Wednesday evening at the church. Stephens Bible class convenes tomorrow at 3 with Mrs C S Grayson on N Main street. First Evangelical and Reformed Men's Brotherhood gathers Wednesday at 7 30 in the Men's classroom. no supper, but refreshments served. Margarine was first made by a French chemist in 1870.
In a South dealer, East West vulnerable deal, declarer misplayed after West led a club. West’s fourth highest club gave East the ace and set up a discard path, enabling defense to win two spades and a diamond. South failed to ruff East’s club return and draw trumps, losing the contract.
John S. Owens of Englewood New Jersey awaiting air forces assignment at AAF redistribution station No 1 describes being blown off a B 24 by a nearby bomber explosion as like sitting on a erupting volcano ground crew chief was blown from his Liberator across the runway to mud banks when a nearby plane blew up
Elsie Robinson speaks in a candid strip about self awareness, honesty, and learning life by living it wrong. She argues against vanity and cruelty, promoting a single payday and rule: play fair and be kind.
Local realtor Blake Thompson reports High Point veterans are more active in VA loans than the national average. Nationwide VA loan guaranties total 11,220 with average loans around 3,300 dollars, while High Point shows eight closed transactions with an average of 3,605 dollars and a high of 5,000 dollars.
Three Youngstown Boy Scouts Jack ONeill Dick Reilly and Tom Reedy spotted a capsized boat on Lake Milton and after two rough-water attempts rescued Frank and Dorothy Caventer and their two daughters Janice and Gail clinging to the overturned craft.
Members of the Carsonville fire department in St Louis county gladly adopted an inhalator after a demonstration. When an emergency call arrived a baby choking in convulsions was saved as the apparatus worked.
The line notes that Oscar Wilde’s mother was a writer who used the pen name Speranza, highlighting the artistic inclination in the Wilde family and connecting to literary circles of the era.
Pattern 4614 blouse requires 1.5 yards of 35 inch fabric in misses sizes 12 to 20. Send twenty cents for pattern and include size style number name address. Louis XIV paid 14000 for a pair of buttons.
Fort Lewis Washington INS reports Lawrence A Zeiger aged 49 a former first class cook rejoined his old unit for dinner saying he missed the army chow and the old comrades his homesickness eased after the meal before returning to civilian life.
Pheasants may be scarce in Maine this season after a fire at a state farm brood house killed about one thousand young birds and a May blizzard wiped out thousands of pheasant and turkey eggs when a power outage cut heat.
A gardener explains mulching benefits from moisture retention to temperature moderation and weed suppression. It protects fruits from soil splash, reduces erosion on slopes, and, as it decomposes, enriches soil and increases water holding capacity. Various materials suit different crops.
South African Boers trace ancestry to Dutch and French Huguenot settlers, German and British influences, and local Dutch-speaking communities, forming a diverse colonial lineage in the region.
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