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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1943
Page
6
The notice lists Tuesday events including Junior Service League meetings at Adams Memorial Building and League room, a High Point Garden Club gathering with Mrs Davis, a bridge party at Emerywood, DAR meeting, Altrusa year end, and Order of the Eastern Star. Wednesday covers lunch, club suppers, and nursing group picnics, with Friday silent listings for Priscilla Club and Philo Mathean Club events.
Several church groups announce upcoming Tuesday evening gatherings at 7 30. The J W Clinard Bible Class meets at Main Street Methodist Church then at Mrs W D Stroud s home 724 South Hamilton Street The Green Street Baptist T E L Class gathers with Mrs E W Stalling 800 East Commerce for prayer only The Fidelis Bible Class of First Baptist convenes tonight in the church Also Mittie Philathea Class at Lebanon Methodist hosts Mrs H B Johnson and Mrs J M Harvey The First Baptist T E L Class holds its monthly session in the church classroom
Mrs. E Lehman hosts three Buf falo sisters Mrs W Kay Anderson Mrs Milton Back and Mrs Mathew Campbell at 1010 Wellington. Anderson visits son Pvt W Kay Anderson Jr with the U S Army at Greens boro B T C Camp 10. Eleanor Younts from Women's College returns for vacation and choir at commencement. Mrs Kelman Gomo of Emerywood Plaza hosts sister Mrs C K King of Atlanta for several days.
Brownie Troop No 24 led by Mary Ruth Kimrey will meet at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday afternoon at four o clock to plan the coming camp.
Louise Stirewalt, future bride of Sgt. Rufus W. Reynolds of the U S Army Air Corps stationed in Oklahoma City, will be married Friday June 18 at 5 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. A week of honor events includes a bridge party hosted by her mother Mrs N S Stirewalt and Mrs R L Waynick Tuesday at 8 p.m. at 103 East Lexington. Luncheon hostesses: Mrs M A Lackey Wednesday at 1 p.m. on Hullcrest. a bridge party by Mrs G L Rankin and Mrs Wade Beisecker Thursday at 3 p.m. at Parkway residence. Wedding rehearsal Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and ceremony Friday at 5 p.m. at the church.
The Woman's College held its first annual commencement in Aycock auditorium honoring two leaders. Mrs. Palmer Jerman of Raleigh and Dr. Mary Martin Sloop of Crossnore received doctor of laws degrees. The ceremonies awarded 426 bachelor and two master degrees to other students with remarks by Dr. Frank Porter Graham and Dr. Walter Clinton Jackson.
Mrs E Bragg received a birthday party at her Clara Cox Apartments home hosted by Misses Jackie Heilig Dot Cramer Peggy Jean and Janice Murphy. Garland Bryant Charles Bryant Edn Taylor won games prizes. ice cream cake and peanuts were served along with gifts for the guest of honor. Attendees included Garland Bryant V L Bryant Ray Bryant Doris Lindsay Sally Towery Betty Hedgecock Raymond Winters Norman Winters Leona Winters Dorothy Howard Junior Howard Nancy Brigh Misses Jackie Heilig Janet Murphy Peggy Murphy and others. A Navy slang hash mark note is included.
Asheboro hosts a busy social week with bridge clubs and book discussions. Guests include Mrs. Thomas Fletcher Bulla Jr. of Spartanburg and Miss Frances Frazier bride elect, with dinners, high scores, and gifts amid pink and white decor. Engagements announced for Opal Inez Brown and Robert Lee Mizelle.
The author notes dry weather has damaged many home gardens and urges planting snap beans lima beans squash and salar greens. Suggests extra tomato plants with staking and pruning for early crops quality and abundant harvests. Favors succession planting to extend canning season and warns against quitting as heat comes.
Memorial Hospital in New York benefits from the Brooklyn and Long Island Championships run by Raymond J. McGrover and the ACBL committee of Brook Lyon. The tournament raised $962 for the children’s ward.
The play features North making four hearts after a diamond sequence and a club lead. East declines to cover hearts, allowing a finessing sequence with dummy and West's queen over the jack of spades. North uses a precise trumping run to secure the contract and East is forced to lead from a vulnerable king seven.
Charles McCrary reports a Randolph County Medical Society auxiliary meeting at Mrs. George Sumner home with presiding president Mrs. R P Sykes. Reports from state auxiliaries and Raleigh meeting. Mrs Ray Hayworth reads the constitution and by laws adopted. Mrs W L Lambert discusses Be Informed and health education. Ice tea served. Beatrice Lackemy and John Henry Pierce wed May 22 in Randleman. Opal Brown to marry Robert Mizelle June 26 with a silver tray gift at a Jamesville bridge party.
Members of the Twentieth Century Study Club with their husbands met Saturday evening for a buffet supper and bridge hosted by Mrs. Charles Risch on Hillcrest Drive. Supper was served from the table and guests moved to porch tables. after the meal informal bridge followed.
The High Point Garden Club meets June 8 at 10 AM at 623 Colonial Drive home of Mrs. Stanley Davis. Assistant hostesses are Mrs. C. F. Tomlinson and Mrs. W. C. Idol. After a 30 minute business session a speaker and authority will lead a timely season discussion.
Synthetic spices satisfy wartime tastes as flavor compounds replace lost extracts. Cinnamon, nutmeg, caraway and imitation chocolate flavors enter market trials, while clothing studs labor shortages prompt tighter garment linings and rayon use. Hospitals repurpose baby identification bracelets to cope with birthrate rise and button shortages hint at reworking zippers for safety.
Sunday services in Christian Science churches centered on the theme God the only cause and creator with the Golden Text from Ecclesiastes and cited Isaiah verses. The Lesson-Sermon drew on Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures noting there is one creator and creation reflected in infinite Mind.
Ruth Millett sketches how wives of servicemen vow sharper control at home. Wives promise earlier dinners and veto power over guests, claiming husbands understood better living than their wives did, signaling a shift in home life after deployment.
Farmers are urged not to cut small grains until thoroughly ripe or after rain to prevent grain loss from harvesting too damp.
Washington dispatch notes the Secret Service heavy guard and secrecy around Madame Chiang Kai-shek travels, contrasting Churchill and Roosevelt visits. It highlights the covert planning, police coordination, and media restrictions tied to wartime diplomacy and future U N ations strategy.
Classic sewing pattern advertisement invites readers to order Anne Adams Pattern 14445 with pocket motif transfer, suitable for spun rayon or cotton. Available in misses and women sizes 14 through 42. size 16 needs 3 yards of 35 inch fabric and 24 yards bias binding. Send 16 cents plus 10 cents for Spring Pattern Book to The High Point acconeian Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St New York.
The Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 196 will hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Masonic Temple. The announcement listed the time and venue for the gathering.
New York banks report grocers’ profits shrinking despite wartime prices. National City Bank notes chains earned about 2.4 cents per dollar in 1933 and trends show declines through 1942. Retailers face higher costs, rationing, and OPA rules, forcing tougher operating choices.
City playgrounds will not formally open until Tuesday due to heavy rains last night. Boys Commissioner J Ellington said several grounds were not in shape for opening today.
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