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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1942
Page
6
The remarriage of Mrs. J. D. Smith is announced. She will wed in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 10. Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Laura Gray Fulghum of High Point, daughter of Mrs. J. B. Fulghum of Goldsboro and the late Mr. Fulghum.
In the Carolinas, the Army’s sixth corps launches the most important phase of its first wartime maneuvers. Flying artillery ranges low over troops as light bombers and fighters boost air support. Col. Guy Lewis McNeill explains two mission types, prepared and request, to observe, photograph, and strike targets. The 21 day exercise tests ground air integration across infantry, armor, and motorized divisions with night assaults and constant repositioning.
Social highlights of the week end at the Emerywood Country Club featured a July dinner dance with about 150 reservations and a duplicate bridge club meeting. Winners at the duplicate party were Mr and Mrs Capus M Waynick for North South and Mrs Harold Bennett with Mrs O C Durland for East West.
At First Methodist Church a capacity audience heard the Children Division honor the church's men in the armed forces. Led by Mrs. T. R. Ballard, the program featured a cornet solo by Billy Friddle, poems by Patricia Hubbard, and a candlelit roll of honor. A framed plaque with all names was presented by A J Simeon to the pastor Rev W A Jenkins. Arnold J Koonce spoke on Be Strong and sang He Cares For Me to close.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Ha Gray Fulghum of High Point to J. D. Smith of Newport News Virginia, solemnized July 11 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Norfolk. Officiating elder Walter Hick. bride given in marriage by her sister Elizabeth Fulghum. best man Lane of Norfolk. The bride, formerly of Goldsboro, is daughter of Mrs. S. B. Fulghum and the late Mr. Fulghum. groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Smith of Mount Olive. They will reside in Hilton Village, Newport News after a wedding trip. Twin daughters Linda Ixay and Brenda Fay born July 18 at Burri Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Boggs. The family home is 214 Kelly Street.
Miss Trene Parker and Miss Mary Alice Thayer from High Point College accepted teaching posts in Iredell County schools. Parker joins Sharon School faculty and Thayer at Cool Springs School. Both were notable campus leaders with Parker editing the college paper. Sherron Ann Loflin born July 24 at Burrus Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Gurney Loflin Jr. of 1137 Anderson Street. Arch II Schoch and Harold Gray Harrison announce newborn sons at Guilford General and City Memorial Hospitals respectively.
Wash berries and fold into buttered cake pan. Mix sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice over berries, dot with butter. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Beat egg yolks with warm syrup and flavoring, blend with butter. Fold in stiff egg whites and bake. Invert on plate while warm and serve with whipped cream. Yield eight servings.
The ad promotes pattern 4005 by Anne Adams, a button front dress with cape and cap cut from old clothing. Sizes 2 4 6 8 10 available, size 6 dress uses 2 4/4 yards of fabric, cape and cap 2 1/8 yards. Costs 35 cents for the fabric, sixteen cents for the pattern, ten cents for the pattern book copy, mail order to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department in New York.
Susannah Wesley class at Montchal Church postpones its Thursday City Lake picnic with no new date given. Oak Hill Friends Christian Endeavor Society held a Sunday worship session opening with singing and a talk by Lucy Marsh on Time To Say No. Participants included Vera Lee Marsh Marguerite Blair Madeline Gurley Frances Burton Elwanda Gurley Hilda Workmen C T Duggins and Marshall Duggins.
Doris and Mauretta Elliott returned home after visiting cousin Billie Bel in Greens boro last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ruafus A. Whitaker now plan to live at Cameron Court Apartments Hillsboro Street Raleigh with Mrs. Neese. Ensign 1. Dwight Morgan has returned to Cape May New Jersey after a ten day furlough in High Point visiting his sister Mrs. G. T. Royal and their Willowbrook Street home, and his mother at Jackson Creek.
The local Alpha Theta Pst sorority plans a 6:30 p.m. meeting at Tyree Nabors Ales home on Flightiy 10 with a steak supper as the meeting format. Also announced is the birth of Horace Newlin Kayworth to Mr and Mrs S Newlin Kayworth of Sir Sunset Drive born Wednesday July 22 at Guilford General Hospital.
Mr and Mrs E Outland and Mr and Mrs George H Dobbins returned home yesterday after a ten day trip to Canada and other points north They attended the International Lions Clubs convention in Toronto July 21 24 and visited Niagara Falls and White Sulphur Springs along the way
Local residents traveled from High Point after a Saturday wedding at five thirty PM in Wilson. Rebecca Curtis, a High Point City Schools faculty member, married Herbert Abel at the First Baptist Church. Attendants included Mrs Hedrick, Frances McCrary, Mr and Mrs Charles Coira, and Robert Hedrick with Mr Hedrick as best man and Mrs Coira as an usher.
Sherbyteen Gaddy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Loy Gaddy of E202 Shelton Street, celebrated her fifth birthday yesterday in a red letter day event. Photo by Smith's Studio.
Behind the screen a major studio, long financially strained, seeks to turn out good pictures. Actors toast humor, fame, and snubs. Bob Hope worries about Bing Crosby, Victor Mature courts Lucille Ball amid a busy Warner’s slate including Desert Song and Little Miss Marker remakes.
Miss Dorothy Craven Weddington became the bride of Lieut. Lelon Sink Baker on July 17 in Hattiesburg Mississippi in a quiet home ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Addison Weddington of Concord, wore light blue crepe with orchid corsage. Lieut. Baker, son of Mrs. W. H. Raker, is an officer at Camp Shelby Mississippi. After a brief visit in Hattiesburg, the couple will return to their respective duties. he to Camp Shelby and she to Lexington.
Charlotte events highlight eleven violent deaths across the state during the weekend. Shooting near Charlotte claims two victims, Bula Harkey and Ruby Middlebrook, with authorities arresting Harkey’s father J W Broom. Additional fatalities include a car crash near Goldsboro, hit and run incidents near Camp Davis and Smithfield, a wagon collision in Lee County, a suicide in Kitty Hawk, a jeep accident at Camp Sutton, and multiple injuries and deaths in Burlington and Pikeville.
Smith celebrated her eighth birthday with a city pool party. Guests later gathered at the Smith home on Vance Circle for ice cream and cake, with favors of whistles and balloons.
Mary Louise Medley reports at Broad Street market the kerosene gas line items and new five burner models, with Goshen rep Mandel showcasing chaise lounges with white wooden frames and leatherette cushions. Ernst Kellerman’s space features Jack Grove, a Russia born sales rep now in New York, praising High Point building and noting his brother in Vichy, France.
Five U S naval officers who fled the Philippines in a primitive native outrigger reached Australia after a two month journey. They navigated with an alarm clock compass map torn from a schoolbook and a partial radio. Leaders included Lieut. Commander Alexander Simmons and Lieuts Carl Faries Ellis Sheffield Daniel Dorsey and William Lipsett.
A column on wedding etiquette advises guests may leave after speaking to the couple, lateness to dinner is rude unless illness or accident occurs, and formal attire guidance says plain black silk hose only.
A dense list of crossword style clues with numbers and abbreviations covering words from aviation to geography and grammar. Includes entries like bedrock terms, verb forms, and chemical symbols, plus several cryptic style hints and placeholder abbreviations.
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