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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1943
Page
6
An ad offers Anne Adams patterns 1490 and 4490 for sleeved or sleeveless dresses in gingham chambray or chintz. Sizes range up to 18 with yardage for size 13. Order by sending ten cents, size name address and style number to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department New York.
A series of events previews the May wedding of Miss Millis and Ensign Diffendal. Mrs. J. A. Cheek hosts a tea for Marsh and Millis, receptions and dinners honor Millis with family and friends at Emerywood Country Club and Wesley Memorial Church.
Millikan Hall hosts an End of Camp event for Senior Scout girls with a swimming party and a watermelon feast at four thirty tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Mabel Burnett, local Girl Scout director, announces the concluding activity closing the three week summer Day Camp.
Miss Anne Scott Garrett held a come and sit tea at her Rockford Road home with about thirty guests honoring bride elect Miss Mary Lewis Millis and her fiancé Miss Mildred Marsh, who marry this week. Guests enjoyed pastel flowers, a yellow and white dining room, and refreshments served by Miss Eleanor Garrett and Miss Sara Jane Racer.
Mesdames P. Y. Adams and C. C. Durland led North South scores in duplicate bridge at Emerywood Country Club ladies luncheon. East West top scorers were Harold McKee and F. T. Withite with contract high going to Mrs. J. L. Rothrock. Runners up included R. D. Tillson, W. P. Hazelwood and Lloyd Flythe, Logan Porter Jr. Jane Baucom held second in contract. War Stamps were awarded to the winners. A luncheon followed and a family night dinner is planned for tomorrow with reservations due by noon.
An advertisement touts St. Joseph Aspirin as a world leading seller at 10 cents per tablet. It claims the product can do more for you and positions it as a value choice against higher priced rivals.
The local American Legion Auxiliary met at Otteray Drive home of Mrs C B Stainback with Mrs J H King as associate hostess. President Leigh Harper presided naming committees and reporting on Girls State attendees Edna Hoggard Louise Gibson Mary Caroline Simmons with sponsors Pearl Way Kiwanis Club and Marjorie Machen Civitan Club. Plans for August picnic at Mrs Oscar Smith Howell Street were discussed. about twenty five members and four visitors attended with refreshments.
The Business and Professional Club of the Y invited by Mr. and Mrs. David T. Yow to an outdoor supper at their Edgedale Drive home. About twenty members attended the six thirty dinner set among garden flowers and greenery with lawnside conversation afterward.
In a rubber bridge game Harry Fishbein held North as dummy. South misplayed by leading the queen of hearts instead of a club, allowing West to call the misplay and reveal the position of the king. Fishbein argued a heart should have been played for dummy to finesse the nine and avoid defeat.
Social calendar highlights two upcoming weddings Miss Mary Lewis Millis and Miss Mildred Marsh honored at a dessert bridge hosted by Miss Mary Wilson Wall at Emerywood Country Club. Millis to wed Ensign John W. Diffendal Saturday at Wesley Memorial while Marsh to wed Pvt. James I. Groome Jr tomorrow at Fort McClellan Alabama.
Lieutenant Walter L. Hargett Jr and Mrs Ruth Krabbe Hargett announce Steven Roy born this morning at Monroe hospital. Corporal Care M. Mankins and wife Evelyn Efird Mankins report son Cl Philip born July 13 at Guilford General hospital. Barbara Jean Laughlin born July 18 at Guilford General hospital to Mrs Virginia Leonard Laughlin. husband Johnny Laughlin serves with Army Air Corps in navigation at Selman Field.
Helen Deans nurses recovery at Wesley Long after major surgery and teaching roles noted at Curry School and Woman's College practice school in Greensboro. Frances Coppridge visits Portsmouth and Virginia Beach with Burton family. Mrs. James Purdue and Mrs. Vestal Morris return from Washington, D C accompanied by Pfc. John Purdue. Mrs. Rozzelle and Caroline Rozzelle travel from Hickory to Hillcrest Drive. Griffin returns home from Oteen Veterans Hospital. Millis-Diffendal wedding guests include Miss Sara Jane Racer of Marietta Ohio and Mrs. Racer, aunt to Ensign Diffendal.
Mrs. C K Wright entertained nine guests at a birthday dinner at her home to honor her husband and Mrs Kermit Russell whose birthdays fell on the same date. A pink and white cake with burning tapers centered the table for the evening.
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty met Monday evening at the hall with Mrs. C H Greer presiding. A highlight was a shower of gifts for Mr and Mrs Bill Pierce who were recently married.
A county in Illinois followed the golf adage follow through by enlisting emergency crop-saving help this spring. A traveling sound-effects truck recruited initial volunteers who were quickly dispatched by a second truck close behind.
The United States is forecast to produce ten times more fighting equipment than Japan by the end of 1943, signaling a major shift in wartime production and capability.
In May 1943 employment in the United States rose beyond the total population counted in 1880, signaling a dramatic expansion of work beyond early census figures. The note highlights rapid job growth during wartime production and shifts in the labor market.
The piece notes uneven male distribution from wartime, creating two groups of women facing adjustment after the war. Lone girls in dateless towns await a returning suitor while Red Cross workers endure flattery from soldiers. Ruth Millett warns that life after widespread attention may feel dull for those who enjoyed constant admiration. The article also reports more than two million children aged 14 to 17 employed in industry, double the 1941 figure.
The report shows persons over 45 accounted for over one third of national employment in May 1943. Also notes ill fitting uniforms cause tears and that Chicago park district employed 400 women last year to replace 568 regular staff now in the armed services.
Local full fashion hosiers mills here will go on a 40 hour week two shift basis Concili ator E H Dunnigan hopes for an early conference of committees to bring about a strike settlement here Theo Barrow has assumed duties as manager of the Sheraton Hotel Personal Miss Louise Stevenson is visiting in Charleston S C Miss Estelle Harris is recovering from an appendectomy at Burrus Memorial Hospital Miss Inez Caldwell is visiting Mrs A W Peace in Oxford General Wiley Post whose plane crashed in Siberia has resumed his flight after repairs Cotton has dropped 85 per bale The Lindberghs have headed toward Greenland in the aviation map making tour 20 years ago July 21 1923 Local A real estate board is to be organized here A youth apparently under 20 received a fine of 160 and a six months road sentence from the judge of the recorder s court today The judge thought that 21 gallons of whiskey were not for snake bites Rev C R Sorrell of Wake County will occupy the pulpit at First Baptist Church in the two services Sunday Personal Mrs Claude Roberson of Knightdale is expected here tomorrow as the guest of Mrs W H Gibson Sunset Drive Mrs M Hylton and Mrs J R Lackey have returned from a visit to Moores Springs General The Atlantic Coast Line and the L N Railroad have asked authority to lease the Carolina Clinchfield Ohio Railroad for a period of 999 years Josiah W Bailey says that A J Maxwell s estimate of the State deficit is correct A British note on reparations has been received in Washington.
In Thomasville on July 21 the Red Cross surgical dressing rooms reopen under Mrs. G T Alexander with a goal of 66 000 dressings by September 1. Hours are 9 to 11 am and 2 to 4 pm Monday through Friday, plus Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7 to 9. Women are urged to volunteer.
Miss Margaret Jones, farm security home economist of Davidson county, assisted by Mrs Mildred Seather of Duke Power, will present a practical demonstration in food preservation at the Duke Power company office in Thomasville on Thursday and Friday July 22 and 23. The program highlights dehydration techniques and invites all interested residents to attend for information.
The Thomasville Lions club voted to postpone their annual picnic until summer. Junior Chamber of Commerce members will be guests at the rescheduled event, with Clifton Black in charge of the meeting bingo.
The club held a meeting where cigarettes were awarded as prizes. Raymond Fowler attended as a guest while Dr. Claiborne, the vice president, presided due to the absence of president John Perry.
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