Community Calendar Promises At Home Picnics And Club Events
The schedule lists a Tea and club picnic at Mrs Horace Ha s home 411 Edgedale Drive for husbands of members with special guests. Family Nite at Emerywood Country Club includes the weekly dinner and must have Ovations in by noon. USO events at the Y M C A gym feature music by a popular trio. North Carolina Jewish Women and Jewish Men groups meet at Sheraton Hotel for a Saturday session. Sunday includes a weekly buffer for service men organized by YWCA club in coordination with the USO.
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Horace Ha
Edgedale Drive
Emerywood Country
Y. M. C. A. Gymum
North Carolina Nation
North Carolina
Lanier Essay Contest Prize Awarded to Miss White
Miss Nancy White daughter of Mr and Mrs C A White Richardson Street won a five dollar prize for best essay on Southern subjects in the annual High Point chapter contest. The winning piece about Sidney Lanier, Confederate poet and soldier, was judged the best submission in the contest. Mountain fever after a tick bite is discussed as a separate note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy White
C. A. White
Richardson Street
High Point Chapter
Tion
Sidney Lanier
Confed
Miss Betsy Yow to Wed Lt. Pearce in June
Invitations announce the marriage of Elizabeth Perry Yow to Lieutenant Robert McIntyre Pearce United States Army on Wednesday evening June 14 at half after eight o clock Wesley Memorial Methodist church High Point North Carolina A reception will follow at Emeryweed Country Club Miss Yow a College of William and Mary graduate is in West Point for June Week with her fiancé Lt Pearce a United States Military Academy graduate who will return to High Point June 8 for a series of social events in her honor
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Betsy Perry
Robert McIntyre Pearce
United States Army
David Thomas
Elizabeth Perry
Robert McIntyre
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
North Carolina
Emeryweed Country Club
Yow
College of Iliam and Mary
Williamsburg
West Point
Pearce
United States Military Academy
Parhelion Club Entertained by Miss Jean Davis
Miss Jean Davis hosted the Parhelion Club on Tuesday evening at her Fourth Street home. Bridge at two tables crowned Mrs. Gilbert Southern high and Miss Hannah Campbell runner-up, with a novelty card container as prize. A sweet course followed for members, and Ross Spencer served as guest. The next meeting is set for June 20 at Miss Gen Polston’s Queens Court home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Davis
Parhelion Club
Fourth Street
Gilbert Southern
Hannah Campbell
Gen Polston
Libertin
Maxine Kennedy
Rebekah Lodge Set to Nominate New Officers Friday
The Magdalene Rebekah lodge schedules its regular meeting Friday evening at eight o'clock at the hall. Nomination of a new slate of officers will be conducted during the session.
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Magdalene Rebekah Lodge
Garand Receives Medal for Meritorious War Service
Secretary of State Cordell Hull honors John C. Garand inventor of the Garand Rifle with a medal for exceptionally meritorious conduct in wartime duties. The award underscores Garand’s world famous firearm and its impact on military service.
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Boston
INS
Cordell Hull
John C. Garand
Garand
Gin Rummy Series Starts At Emerywood Club
Emerywood Country Club kicks off a gin rummy series on Friday June 16 with an experienced Greensburg director guiding play open to members and out of town guests. The June bulletin also announces a new Emerywood Duplicate Club bridge series starting June 3 Saturdays at 2 PM, with the top six scores used as eight week average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerywood Country Club
Earl Phillips
Greensburg
C. 3. Beaver
Emerywood Duplicate Club
Hal Davis
Francis H. Johnson
Frank Sizemore
J. D. Hawkins
J. 8
AAUW Branch backs postwar jobs plank for women
High Point AAUW chapter supports a proposed postwar employment plank calling for equal opportunity and no sex discrimination in pay. The plank, approved by AAUW leaders in Washington, lists allied groups including General Federation of Women’s Clubs and National Council of Jewish Women as supporters.
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High Point
American Association of Women
Cotion
AAUW
Na Ua Fede
BPWC
General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Council of Catholic Women
National Council of
Officers Club of Rebekah Lodge to Meet This Evening
The Officers and Past Grands club of the Magdalene Rebekah lodge will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. W. E. Schneil 604 Minece. All past grands are expected to attend. The meeting will be held at eight o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdalene Rebekah Lodge
W. E. Schneil
Minece
Penalty Doubles in Contract Bridge from Culbertson
North's unexpected double in a four spade rescue led to substantial points for East-West. South incurred heavy costs for overcalling with spades, while North faced criticism for a weak double despite the notrump threat.
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South
West
North
East
Clarer
East-West
People Arrivals and Visits Include Mrs. Knapp and Local Check-ins
Mrs. Frank Knapp arrives from Albuquerque for a summer visit with daughter Mrs. G. M. Mitchell at 1420 Wiltshire Boulevard. Jene Miss Johns ie Loflin now home at 209 Kennedy Street after hospital observation in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Mattie Simmerson returns tonight from Smyrna Georgia where son James Simmerson works in war efforts. Mrs. Worth Hedrick and young Kenneth arrive from Baltimore to stay with her parents at 2206 Hansell Street. Mrs. W. W. Hicks returns to Dadesville after a month with niece Mrs. J. G. Groome. Mrs. H. E. Johnson and children Nancy and Jimmy visit from Asheville staying with relatives and friends on Sunset Drive and Rowland Park Avenue.
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Frank Knapp
Albuquerque
New Mexico
G. M. Mitchell
Wiltshire Boulevard
Jene
Mattie Simmerson
Sng
James Simmerson
Smyrna
Simmerson
Worth Hedrick
Kenneth
Baltimore, Maryland
N. C. Lowe
Hansell Street
Women of the Moose Set Election at Regular Meeting
Women of the Moose will hold their regular meeting this month at Moose Hall. Election of officers will occur at this time and all committee chairmen are asked to have their reports ready for presentation.
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The
Moose
Moose Hall
Births Culler and Loflin Families Welcome Daughters and Son
Mr and Mrs Elbert F Culler of 302 Lindsay street announce the birth of a daughter Carolyn Elizabeth on Monday May 29 at the Boulevard unit High Point Memorial Hospital Mr and Mrs Glenn Loflin announce the birth of a son Gary Walter on May 30 at the Boulevard Unit of the High Point Hospital Mrs Loflin is the former Geneva Shoe of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullers
Elbert F. Culler
Lindsay Street
Carolyn Elizabeth
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Loflins
Glenn Loflin
Gary Walter
High Point Hosital
Willing Workers Social Set To Meet Tomorrow
The Willing Workers class of the Main Street M E Church will meet at Mrs. L W Chesson's home 2301 East Green street with Mesdames Pearl Durham FE E Dawkins and L C Chaney as associate hostesses in Fayetteville North Carolina near Fort Bragg. The town was the first in the United States named for the Marquis de Lafayette.
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Main Street
M.E. Church
L. W. Chesson
East Green Street
Pearl Durham
FE. E. Dawkins
L. C. Chaney
Fayetteville, N. C
Fort Bragg
the United States
Marquis de Lafayette
Red Cushions Draw Ducks To Hershey Farm
Mrs. Ross W. Esbenshade of Hershey claims ducks on Hershey farms favor red. She says outdoors with a red cushion the ducks swarm around her. with a cushion of any other color they ignore her.
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Hershey, Pa
INS
Ross W. Esbenshade
Hershey
Hershey Farms
Telegraph Hill Names in Winchester and San Francisco
Telegraph Hill in Winchester England and a separate Telegraph Hill in San Francisco appear in historical texts as distinct hills. The Winchester hill sits near St Cross and connects to city routes, while the San Francisco hill forms part of the city’s coastal panorama.
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Winchester
England
San Francisco
Contemporaries Question Valley Forge History In Schools
In Norristown Pennsylvania historian Harry Emerson Wildes argues that only eight of 27 public school history books reference George Washington and the Continental Army’s winter at Valley Forge. He notes the telegraph word origin from Greek elements tele and graphein meaning to write.
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Norristown
Valley Forge
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Harry Emerson Wildes
Rotary hears Dr Berryhill on postwar medical plans
Dr Reece Berryhill dean of UNC Medical School spoke at the Thomasville Rotary on postwar medical plans in North Carolina. He cited hospital bed shortages with 2.4 beds per thousand and 34 counties lacking hospitals, urging better distribution and rural care. He noted one physician per 1800 residents and called for expanded facilities and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Reece Berryhill
Medical School
University of North Carolina
Rotary Club
W. G. Smith
Berryhill
North Carolina
Davidson County
Sad Homecoming for Uniontown Soldier in Loss of Brother
Uniontown Pennsylvania reports a sad homecoming for Willard J Miller 22 who learned his brother Daniel Miller had been killed in action in Australia last February. The piece notes Daniel previously served in Russia and Willard had spent four years in the Hawaiian area.
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Uniontown
Willard J. Miller
Unitown
Hawaiian
Dpiel
Australia
Local Doctors Shrink as Staff Shortage Grows
The article notes we lose about 100 physicians annually to death or other causes and would take roughly a century to reach a safe ratio. Visitors included Lieut Clyde DuBose a chaplain at sea, Jack Vi, Jack Lewis, and Ralph E. Johnson of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Lieut Clyde DuBose
Jack Vi
Jack Lewis
Ralph E. Johnson
Chanooga
Tennessee
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