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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
6
Mesdames John Dyer and W H son hosted a hospitality fete for bride Edith Bullare Albertson last evening at Valaha. Guests enjoyed a buffet bridge with four tables and awards for top and low scores.
The Cooperative ry meeting scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Mrs. H D Minnis’s residence was postponed to Thursday June 8. Mrs Minnis will host the rescheduled session and the postponement was due to a conflict with invasion service obligations.
Mabel Koontz of 306 Man Avenue was awarded the Master of Arts by Teachers College at Columbia University during the annual commencement. She specializes in English and was elected to Kappa Delta Pi, a community of educators.
Miss Elizabeth Hedrick was named president of the YWCA Business and Professional club at the weekly dinner in the Adams Memorial building. The nominating committee was Marie Heath Carl Cronstedt and Margaret Sink. The group voted to hold only monthly business sessions in July and August. Miss Winifred Bodie rejoined active membership.
A farmer near Colesburg South Africa destroyed crow nests on a windmill triggering a blitz by crows. They finished one nest and laid two eggs while the farmer carried out weekly visits and honored those showing special academic ability.
Wednesday events include a farm picnic at VanLoan’s to end the year, a dinner for the High Point BPW club at the Sheraton, a YWCA dinner for graduate nurses, and a luncheon for Miss Betsy Yow at Emerywood. Other activities feature Emerywood family night, WCA board meeting, Philomathean and Music Study clubs, and USO dances for service members.
Honoring twelve senior Girl Scouts who completed high school this spring, an informal reception was held at the Adams Memorial YWCA. The event opened at 8 30 with Mrs. Harry Alexander greeting guests and presiding at the punch bowl. Mrs Alexander and Mabel Burnett spoke briefly, offering best wishes as the girls enter further schooling. Attending honored guests included Anne Allman Helen Ershler Doris Thomas Helenvy Betty Frances Forrest Betty Faye Gibson Mary Frances Nell McCain Louise Gibraht Lewis Lorene Osborne and Loraine Mason.
Wayside Garden club members and about fifty guests gathered yesterday at Mrs. Minta Hughes’s Woodbrook Court home for a year ending outing. Light rain moved the picnic indoors with a buffet supper. Dr. C Excelle Rozzezile of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church gave an invocation focusing on D-Day. Mrs Hughes led the committee, with McGuinn, R. A. Sheloff, and a few others assisting.
Miss Mae Kirkmans pupils staged a spring recital at the Sheraton Hotel ballroom before a large audience. Students aged seven to eighteen earned honors for memory work attendance and practice as Miss Kirkman accompanied the piano solos and a flute piece while Corallie Thomas sang a selection.
Mrs Ruth M Carter returned from Chapel Hill with a master of arts degree in guidance personnel and English from the University of North Carolina. She has taught nine years at High Point High School and did undergrad work at Woman's College Greensboro while studying for her degree. Her thesis studied juvenile delinquency among white children 12 to 16 in High Point 1939 to 1943.
The piano pupils of Miss Florence Blair will give an annual Spring recital Thursday at 8 15 pm at 102 Church Street. Patrons and friends are invited to attend the event. Police in Karachi India search for three men who attacked two Hindus with hatchets, killing one and injuring the other as they rode a tonga on a highway.
About people judge and Mrs. P A Bailey return to Lenoir City after visiting Mrs. Bailey s sister Mrs H J Scarborough who is improving at her home J C Cross is ill at home Annie Brown has returned from Baptist Hospital Winston Salem much improved Basil Freeman recuperating at home Peggy Teague UNC student visiting her mother then Myrtle Beach S C for a summer stay Mrs Edward D Palmer arrives to visit while Lieut Palmer serves overseas Mae Milton formerly of Dobbins family Barbara Weir returns home from Elkin James M McLeod of Fort Douglas Utah visits his brother Vernon McLeod and family
United Nations women trained in London prepare to move with liberating armies to Europe. Fourteen hundred completed courses in feeding housing health and rehabilitation. Chinese Russian and French women interned in war zones provide nursing surgical and relief support amid harsh conditions.
The Mary Conrad class of First Baptist held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Tom Guy's home with Mrs. Bill Carroll as associate hostess. Mrs. Guy presided and reports from officers were heard. Mrs. Weedon discussed My Father's World. Hostesses served sandwiches and drinks.
A persuasive plea to readers to change their expressions from gloom to a smile. The author argues personal responsibility for mood, urges lifting chin and mouth, and suggests smiles improve not only the wheeler but those around them during hard times. She calls for a nationwide smile to uplift others.
The piano students of Mrs Clyé Barksdale will give a music recital Friday at 8 30 pm at the YWCA The program features dance pieces in character and costume styles learned over the past quarter from the Dominy dance studio in Winston Salem.
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