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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1945

Page

6

Chalk Talk and Music Featured On Local Altrusa Program

Local Altrusans at the Sheraton enjoyed a dinner meeting with Thomas E. Dodamead performing a chalk talk and J Gur ney Briggs singing The Art Scale of Caer as applied to art. Dodamead discussed art forms, showed portraits and landscapes, and quoted Rudyard in a sunlit finale. The event drew about twenty five members and guests, with introductions by Mrs Mabel Burnett and Sara Haworth presiding.

Altrusa Club Sheraton Thomas E. Dodamead J. Gurney Briggs Caer Dodamaad Christ Dodamead Madeline Hoover Louise Abernathy Ernestine Strickland Riggs Roses Picardy Strickland Mary McDonald

Ladies Bridge Draws Dense Attendance At Country Club

A large turnout of out of town guests joined the weekly ladies bridge at the country club yesterday morning. Winners were FE Howard and J T Ryan for northwest, C G McIntosh and F T Wilhite for East West, with Mrs Gilbert Clinard top at contract tables. Numerous local and visiting players filled the tables for the event and luncheon.

Country Club Mesdames T. Howard J. T. Ryan C. G. McIntosh F. T. Wilhite North Mesdames Logan Porter, Jr C. L. Eaton J. V. Thomp J. &. Welborn Gilbert Clinard Mes Farrell Gray J. V. Thompsen O. C. Durland Welborn Porter, Jr Frank Robbins Spruce Pines Joseph J. Cox Morris Jones O. A. Kirkman Paul Casey Ed Mendenhall James Foscue W. A. Tomlinson Guest Miss Joy Gilbert

Mrs Lambeth Feted At Adams Club Shower

Mrs Harry Lee Lambeth former Miss Marion Shoemaker was honored at a miscellaneous shower by the Adams club at the Adams memorial YWCA building with about 18 attendees. The rooms were decorated with cut flowers and a pink roseburn corsage was given. Margaret Burgess participated in a penny hike program. After the hike the bride received many useful gifts. Cake was cut by the honoree and served by Dot Teeters and Imo Kidd with an ice course.

Harry Lee Lambeth Marion Shoemaker Adams Club Adams Memorial Ywca Margaret Burgess Steases Dot Teeters Imo Kidd

USO Seeks Rooms for Service Members at Swim Meet

Local USO seeks ten to twelve rooms for officers and enlisted men attending a swimming meet here. Officials described the attendees as highly selected personnel and urged local families to host them, with fifty percent officers and the rest enlisted.

USO

Junior Hostess Staff Meeting Reminder

Junior hostesses of the USO are reminded of a staff meeting to be held Friday evening in the county building at 7 15. Attendance is required for this meeting, as stated today.

USO

Scout Festival at City Lake Concluding Camp Gala

Local Girl Scouts and officials finalize plans for a gala folk dance and festival at City Lake Park to conclude weeks of summer day camp. Campers will take a special bus at 4 30 pm for a practice and picnic, with a 7 00 to 8 00 pm program in the outdoor theater. Bus return is at 9 00 pm. rain will cancel.

City Lake Park Scouting Mabel Burnett

BIRTHS BRING FIVE NEW HIGH POINT BABIES

Five families welcome newborns in High Point and Kernersville. Ruby May Campbell arrives July 21 at High Point Memorial Hospital Washington Street unit. Texie Annette Campbell born July 22 to Raymond M. and Zella Ruth Campbell. George Vernon Cornell born July 22 to James Robert and wife at the Washington Street unit. A son greets James William Asbill born July 24 at the Washington Street unit. Barbara Lee Eller born July 24 to Richard Lee Eller and wife Myrtle May Hobbs at the Washington Street unit.

Campbells James Griffith Campbell High Point Rt. 1 Ruby May Washington Street High Point Memorial Hospital Campbell Ho Zella Ruthah Texie Annette Campbell Raymond M. Campbell Smith Street Texie Annette Washington Stret Cornell James ‘Robert Cornell Kernersville George Vernon Barbara Lee Eller Richard Lee Eller East Commerce Street Barbara Lee High Point Hospital Eller Myrtle May Hobbs Field Artillery Fort Sil Okla Frank Collins N. Hamilton Street

Wesley Memorial Intermediates Picnic Scheduled Saturday

Members of the Wesley Memorial church intermediate department will hold their picnic Saturday afternoon at James Eagle's farm, located about one and a half miles from the city limits. Meet at the church at 4:30 p.m. for transportation and parents assisting with rides should contact H. W. McCain. The location is one mile left of the Winston-Salem highway. The Manly Bible class of Calvary Methodist will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at 1705 East Green Street.

Wesley Memorial Church James Eagle Winston-Salem Highway Eagle Farm Pet H. W. McCain Manly Manly Bible Calvary Methodist Church George c East Green Street

Local residents host guests and update on hospital patient

Mrs Margaret Smith hosts Doris Wells and Vivian Smith from Philadelphia and Wilmington for two weeks. Alta Mathis and Betty Lewis have returned from Miami Beach. The Ryland family from Baltimore visits with the Wall family and their children. H Keens Jr of Oriental stays with Mrs Coffield through August. Joy Gilbert from Hartsville visits Mrs Tomlinson. Anne Harris and Faith Warner return from Carolina Beach. Mrs Frank Collins hospitalized after appendectomy. Archdale Girl Scout troop delays meetings until fall term begins.

Margaret Smith Sunset Drive Doris Wells Philadelphia Vivian Smith Wilmington Alta Mathis South Hamilton Street Betty Lewis Asheboro Miami Beach Fla Lewis High Point Archdale C. F. Hikins

Local Girls Honored At Meredith College Conference

Fourteen girls from the First Baptist church attended a Girls Auxiliary conference at Meredith College Raleigh. Eight girls were crowned queens and one crowned maiden. Named queens Betsy Ruth Bolling Barbara Smart Betty Baucom Doris Craven Ruth Ellen Monroe Rebecca Dickens Rebecca Autry Jane Roach. Betty Jo Hedrick named maiden. Other local delegates included Betty Lee Dickens Betty Sue Crispmore Johnsie Bridges Ann Hoots and Peggy Sykes.

H. D. Minnis First Baptist Church Meredith College Raleigh Betsy Ruth Bolling Barbara Smart Betty Baucom Doris Craven Ruth Ellen Monroe Rebecca Dickens Rebecca Autry Jane Roach Betty Jo Hedrick Betty Lee Dickens Betty Sue Crissmore Johnsie Bridges Ann Hoots Peggy Sykes

Newcomers Club Fish Fry Slated at City Lake Park

The Newcomers club will host a fish fry at city lake park tomorrow evening at seven oclock. Club member families and guests are invited to join supper served at the barbecue pit on park grounds.

City Lake Park

Beautiful hand collapses in five clubs contract

In a contract bridge puzzled by a South hand that seemed strong, South-South doubles and five clubs are chosen. West leads spades and East counters with a singleton heart. Errors and precise ruffing sequence force loss of six tricks, totaling two trumps, two spades, a heart ruff, and a diamond, ending in defeat.

South North West East Fiay

Pattern 4777 frock promises easy wear and clever lines

Charted pattern 4777 offers a cap sleeved versatile dress with flat ironing ease. It lists sizes from 14 to 42, prices and yardage for size 16, and requests twenty cents for pattern plus mailing details to The Enterprise pattern department in New York.

Enterprise Pattern Dept P. O Station QO New York Ainly Anne Adams

Plan To Roll Back Price Of Clothing Strikes Snag Plan

A wartime clothing price rollback plans stall as the OPA grants more fabric price concessions. Woolen fabric prices for 1946 will fall less than planned, affecting garments like mens suits and coats. Rayon fabric makers face upward adjustments likely to raise retail clothing costs. Prices have risen about 12 percent in 22 months.

OPA

Missionary Zeal Lives On After Elk hart Sowers Death

Charles E Evans of Elk hart dies after a life dedicated to missions. At his funeral mourners give $208 to a missionary fund per his dying wish, to fund a bamboo chapel in Africa. Emma Evans says the funds will support outstation construction and a native missionary worker.

Elkhart Charles E. Evans Emma Evans Africa Evans the Nazarene Missionary Fund

Exchange clubs open NC state convention in Durham

North Carolina exchange clubs opened their annual state convention in Durham with an afternoon business session. All state officers and four new directors of the board were to be elected. Stewart W. McClelland national president of exchange clubs from Harrogate Tennessee was scheduled to speak at a dinner for all out of town guests local exchange members and their wives.

Durham North Carolina Exchange Clubs Stewart W. McClelland Harrogate Tenn Exchange Clubs

Funeral held for Jesse S. Claypool 64

Funeral services were scheduled for tomorrow for Jesse Stanley Claypool 64 executive secretary of the New Bern housing authority who died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack at his home.

Jesse Claypool Jesse Stanley Claypool The New Bern Housing Authority

Farmer Kills Self in Raleigh Corn Field

Coroner Roy M. Banks ruled the death of Walter Williams a self-inflicted shooting. The 60 year old farmer died yesterday in a corn field near his home.

Farmer Self Raleigh Roy M. Banks Walter Williams Banks Williams

Stevens urges compulsory postwar military training

Judge Henry L. Stevens former national commander of the American Legion told a War Superior Court jury that compulsory military training is needed after the war for national security and to improve physical fitness. He cited high unfitness rates among draftees in North Carolina and nationwide as compelling reasons for the plan.

Stevens Onford Henry L. Stevens Warsaw American Legion North Carolina

Rain Damages Drops Raleigh July U4 Weather Note

Weather report notes rain damages in Raleigh during July, with a weather station from the state providing data.

Raleigh

Dr. Schoonover Taken By Death In Greensboro

Funeral services are set for Dr. R. A. Schoonover 65 in Greensboro after a period of declining health. He died at St. Leo's hospital and practiced medicine there since 1912. He was a former consulting physician at Greensboro College and held other medical roles. Burial at Forest Lawn follows Thursday's service.

Greensboro R. A. Schoonover St. Leo's Hospital Haneschapel Forest Lawn Cemetery Sthoonover Magnolia Street Pepsicien Greensboro College Guilford County Medical Society Bethlehem Penn Robert P Eee Ce Ae Uiversity of Maryland College of Medicine Sibley Memorial Hospital Wa ‘On D. C Oonover West Market Street 1St Church

Women’s Golf Meet Off Greensboro July 25

The women’s national golf tour event planned for Spokane Washington on August 6 has been canceled in cooperation with ODT.

Greensboro Spokane Wash ODT

Firefighters Oppose Merit System Move in North Carolina

Four representatives from the North Carolina division of the International Association of Firefighters registered opposition to the merit system already in use in several cities. They said the system is applied on a partial basis and unfair to the average worker, and they called for a committee to draft a resolution for the state federation of labor.

Durham North Carolina International Association of Firefighters Lar

Radar to Aid Sleepy Drivers in Postwar

CHICAGO INS reports Hugo Grensback of the Radio Manufacturers Association says postwar cars will use auto radar to locate approaching dangers even if the driver sleeps. The system would coordinate radar with vehicle controls to shut off the engine and apply brakes automatically.

Chicago INS Hugo Grensback Radio Manufacturers’ Association Grensback

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Hartsville Frank Armfield Frank Shore H. S. Coffield, Jr Oriental William Jarell Henry Betts Allen Parker Kenneth Strickland Alice Wambersie Orange K. B. Geddie Leanna Geddie Whiteville Charles Milstead Jack Grubb Toledo Ohio Elizabeth Covington R. T. Holton Everett Marsh Lydia E. Pinkham Pinkham Nelsop Francis Main &J Lee Laters Ilson Minnie Lee Steed Ruby Tyner Betty Trotter Pauline Hedgecock Princess Beauty Shop N. Main &T Tel Yi Ill Carolinas Mannie Gates John M. Duff, Jr Mrs. Lambeth Staf Chase City Lake W. S. Ryland Baltimore, Md Matt Wall Katherine Ryland William G. Ryland H. Keens * Jr H. I. Coffield Lindsay Street Hartsville, D. C William A. Tomlinson Woodland Drive Anne Harris Faith Warner Carolina Beach Josephine Culbertson East Dealer North-South Vulnerable Janice Lee Scott Joseph Henry Scott Germany Luzon 136Th Infantry William S. Harris Evansville Ind Dingalan Bay Manila Washington Chapel Hill Frank Lowe University of North Carolina Medical School State Utilities Commission Stanley Winborne Commission U.S. Supreme Court Interstate Commerce Commission Supreme Court ICC Winborne Department of Agriculture Neuse J. J. Morgan Dr. Schoonover maSt Joseph Fworu Ost Seller al Northwestern Mutual W. Page Harris Yow’s Funeral Home Western Flectric G. Timmerman Western Electric Co New York City J. McLemere Richmond Sheraton Hotel Timmerman Western Electric Hearing Aid Audiphone GO Woodbine Court N. C
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