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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1945
Page
6
A crowd of 159 gathered west of Veterans Wars for a weekend bingo and picnic at V house starting 8 pm. Donations came from local shops including Men's Clothing Theater, Efird's, Kinney Shoe, Gilbert's, Diana s Jewelry, Walgreens, Ames Advance, and others. A cake walk and raffles supported by the Ladies Auxiliary and C. H. Greer took place.
Local notices announce Methodist class meetings Tuesday evening at 7:30. Green Street church class will meet at Mrs. L. R. Samuels street home, and the Trinity group led by Mrs. wn will gather at 7:30 to proceed to her home.
Mrs. Geo M Small announces the birth of daughter Anne Leslie Small at Memorial hospital Boulevard unit on May 29. Grandparents include Mrs Troy Millikan and Mr D S Davis.
An old Kilmer and Co. advertisement touts Swamp Root as a kidney and bladder relief product. It promises to ease urinary acidity and backache using a blend of herbs and vegetables and urges readers to send name and address to receive a sample.
Mrs Grace Keller and her son return to Washington DC from visiting Mr and Mrs T J Bulla at 208 Guilford Street. Lt Marvin Tincher and his 14 month old twins Gayle and Judy visit Mrs Tincher's parents at 606 Montheu Avenue after a year at the Naval Academy Annapolis. Lt Tincher will return to sea duty with the carrier division. Mrs Jack Burris recovers at High Point Memorial Hospital and receives visitors from Norfolk Virginia. Captain William Van Earle and Thomas Sprinkle visit at 115 Brantley Circle as Sprinkle recovers from two years in Europe with the 377th engineers and awaits redeployment through this state to DeVoir Camp near Alexandria Virginia.
Miss Wylene Sansom of Griffin and Atlanta and Dr Clyde Allan Graham Jr of Ramseur were married in a candlelight ceremony at Glenn Memorial Church Atlanta. Rev Zachary Hayes performed the double ring rite with Harrelson Sansom and Dr C A Graham as parents present. they plan a two week wedding trip and then reside in Ramseur awaiting Navy reassignment.
Lemon juice and water freshen the complexion and serve as a mouth rinse. Rub lemon pulp under nails to remove grime and soften cuticles, reducing hangnails. Use lemon rinse and soap for hair gloss with multiple washings, and mix lemon juice with peroxide as a mild bleach. Apply sunscreen powder before outdoors to shield skin.
Pfc John W Simpson arrives at Presque Isle AAF in Maine aboard Snowball fleet plane. He holds a presidential citation and is married to Ona Simpson of High Point North Carolina. Pfc Sidney Sochrin returns from Europe on furlough and heads to Fort Bragg for reassignment. Len and Lo chrin brothers are also in the army with recent New Guinea service.
The report notes a local soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Co. H. Sowers of Rt 2, Thomasville, North Carolina, serving in the Ruhr pocket and the Bavaria to Austria drive. He will receive a furlough before his division trains for action in the Pacific.
Ernest E. Marshall of 1404 Ragan Street High Point North Carolina is in Camp Detroit near Leon France awaiting deployment with a veteran fighter bomber group to the Pacific theater. He has served overseas 18 months and is authorized to wear the Presidential Unit Citation Good Conduct Medal and ETO ribbon with four battle stars. He is married to Mrs. Ernest Meshall also of 1404 Ragan Street.
T-4 Charles Sowers of 604 Sullivan Street Thomasville North Carolina is processed at Camp Atlanta in northeastern France as the first ETO armored division to be ordered to the Pacific. He serves in Battery H 497th AFA Battalion after previously with the 13th armored division.
Cpl Ira M McCain of Asheboro part of the 3052nd Quartermaster salvage company arrived at Fort King Georgia with the advance detachment for redeployment training under Second Army Special Troops. His wife Mary F McCain lives in Asheboro and his parents Dr and Mrs W R McCain reside at 21 Louise Avenue Sat. He served in the Ninth and later the Seventh Army.
East dealer North-South vulnerable, a mild slam try by North failed after a series of plays. Declarer, with misdirected diamond and heart crises, ends down one. Private notes report Pvt. Chester W. Lohr’s reassignment in Miami Beach and Pvt. Jesse E. Saunders of High Point honored for service with the 381st Field Artillery in Europe.
Sgt Edgaree Se Bullabough and his wife Mrs Ed Bullabough reside at 1208 Vernon Street His promotion advances him from corporal to a higher rank at Camp Gordon Georgia where he serves as a cadet member of the IRTC.
Pattern 4656 offers a refreshed neckline on a classic shirtwaister with optional yoke and collar contrast. Available in sizes 34 to 50 with size 36 using 3 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send twenty cents to The Enter ne Dept New York for pattern. twenty five more for the 1945 Summer Pattern Book.
A hometown sketch notes Gunners Mate Pendry, son of Mr. and Mrs. B G Pendry of High Point Rt 1. Pendry enlisted April 1942, served at Guadalcanal and Munda where 20 LST crew were killed, and was sent home to rest. He hoped to study engineering or civics after the war and joked his girlfriend might delay him.
Seaman Samuel K. Gray 2/c USNR serves aboard USS Birmingham in the Pacific. His wife Ruby lives at 623 Arch Street High Point. The ship has logged 121,500 miles fighting the Axis from Sicily invasion to Okinawa battle.
Lt Eugene Spurgeon Warner of Guilford College NC receives the Air Medal for meritorious achievement as co pilot and navigator of a Navy patrol bomber in Patrol Squadron 84. He aided in anti submarine and convoy coverage missions over the North Atlantic from November 1 1942 to June 1 1943.
Research from Sonotone laboratories states that children's ability to talk improves when they hear the speech of their elders. The finding emphasizes modeling language patterns and cadence in early childhood development.
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