Bonds for Babies Opens This Week in War Loan Drive
High Point launches the seventh War Loan drive with Bonds for Babies week. Mrs. J. H. McCall chairs women volunteers staffing booths. About 250 newborns receive baby blue notes inviting parents to buy bonds for children up to age 12, with Disney gift certificates as rewards. Frances Bailey leads the baby bonds effort and posters feature cherubic infants alongside Disney characters.
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High Point
J. H. McCall
Walt Disney
Frances Bailey
High Point Memorial Postal Boulevard
Center Theatre
Sheraton Hotel
Elwood Cox
Miss Moton Presents Pupils At Piano Recital
Miss Moton announces the annual June piano recital by Miss Beulah Moton at eight tonight in the Junior High School auditorium. The public is invited to attend as reading and piano pieces are presented by the pupils.
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Beulah Moton
Miss Moton
Miss Willard and Richard Henson Announce Vows
Mrs Edna Willard of 1203 Shelton street announces the marriage of her daughter Lois May to Richard E Henson Chief Warrant Officer recently returned from 31 months in the South Pacific. The vows were spoken in Chesterfield South Carolina on June 4. They will honeymoon in Mexico after visiting relatives and then go to Southern California where the groom is stationed.
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Edna Willard
Shelton Street
Lois May
Richard E. Henson
C. E. Henson
Jackson
Michigan
Chesterfield
S. C
California
Mexico
N. C. State College
Raleigh
South Pacific
Carl D. Cates
Colleen Rebecca Teague
North Main Baptist Church
L. J. Rainey
Rex Thornton
Carrick Avenue
Alabama
Richard L. Henson
Lois May Willard
Cuelvesfeld
S.C
Stanley Wallace Cook
Arwilla Midgette Jones
Green Street Baptist Church
Julian Hopkins
William Walker Jones
Jones
Albemarle
Set. Cook
Archie W. Cook
North Tonawanda, New York
Cusion General Hospital
Farmington
Mass
Girl Scouts Register for Day Camp This Week
High Point Girl Scout director Mrs. Mabel Burnett announces schedule for day camps next week for different age groups. Ages 13 to 15 attend June 25 28, Brownies July 2 6, 10 year olds July 12, 11 year olds July 16 19, and 12 year olds July 23 26. Each camp lasts three days with a final festival July date for the public. Dr Rudolph Diesel patented the engine in 1892.
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High Point
Mabel Burnett
Prenuptial Festivities for Story and Matony in Asheboro
Asheboro pages recount a week of pre wedding events for Miss Pat Story and Lieut. James L. Matony culminating in a wedding on Saturday evening. Bridesmaids Miss Hourihan and Miss Alexander figure in the gatherings with lunches, dinners, teas, a rehearsal, confection cake cutting, and bridge games hosted by local families and out of town guests.
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Asheboro
Pat Story
James L. Matony
Davis Crawford
Ken Borydee
Story
Julia Alexander
Doris Covington
George Joyner
Lofla
Joyner
B. McLeod
Max Crawford
Hourihan
Margaret Alexander
Dot Hayworth
Crawford
Burbank Garden Club Outing Set At Summer Cabin
The Burbank Garden Club plans its final summer meeting Friday at 6 30 pm. Members and their husbands will attend a dinner outing at the Summersman cabin. Home demonstration agent advice on saving sugar in canning fruits is requested.
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Burbank Club
Cabin
Burbank
YWCA Week Events Schedule Highlights
The YWCA outlines this week’s activities with finance committee meeting Tuesday at 8 p m and board of directors Thursday at 7 30 p m. The Double M club meets Tuesday 3 15 p m, Business and Professional club dinner Tuesday 6 15 p m with Dr I G Greer and Mrs Greer of Thomasville presenting Ballads. Thursday 6 p m Live Y'er club hosts dinner speaker O A Kirkman and Jolly Y club outdoor supper at City Lake. Industrial department features Monday 6 p m Florence Nightingale club dance instruction finale and sewing lessons, Senearak supper at 6 30 p m. Adams club meets at Washington street bus terminal for City Lake picnic honoring veterans from ORD. Wednesday 12 p m Gay Swingsters lunch at the Y with drive to collect items for recuperating soldiers at Camp Butner. Friday 7 p m Lend-A Hands go to Blair Park for softball and a picnic.
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YWCA
Finance Committee
Board of’ Directors
I. G. Greer
O. A. Kirkman
Jolly Y Club
City Lake
Industrial Department
Florence Nightingale Club
June Parker
Mary Ruth Newton
Senearak
Adams Club
Washington Street
City
Ord
the Y
Camp Butner
Blair Park
Pierce and Thornton Wed in May 26 City Ceremony
Mary Lou Thornton married Thomas A. Pierce on May 26 before Justice Bruce H. Ca. The bride, in white with a red corsage, is the daughter of Rex Thorn of 802 Carrick Avenue. Pierce, son of Rozie Pierce, hails from Greensboro. The couple resided with the bride’s parents awaiting Pvt. reports back to a hospital in Alabama.
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Mary Lou Thornton
Thomas A. Pierce
Bruce H. Ca
Rex Thorn
Carrick Avenue
Jamestown
Hil
Pierce
Rozie Pierce
Greensboro
Pvt
Bama
Sta
Miss Shackelford to Wed Naval Officer in Oklahoma City
Miss Arlene Shackelford will marry Charles Edward USN of Indianapolis Indiana at the South Base chapel in Oklahoma on Saturday evening. The ceremony will be officiated by the Navy team with Ensign Sam Delano and Ensign Wilson as attendants and music provided by a local vocalist. The wedding party includes Mrs Lewis Langley Solis and sister Louise Shackelford. The couple will depart Sunday from Norman Oklahoma for the ceremony and reception with many guests expected.
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Arlene Shackelford
P. H
Indianapolis
Miss Shackelford
Louise
Norman
Okla
Mother Of 13 Honored On 75th Birthday
Mrs. C. L. McDowell celebrated her seventy fifth birthday on June 3 at her home with eleven of her thirteen children and most of her sixty offspring present. Eleven grandchildren in military service, and since her husband’s death eight years ago she has lived with her youngest child Val Dowell. She called the day joyous and received many gifts including an eight cake topped with candles.
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C. L. McDowell
Ell
Val Dowell
Wastern Star To Meet Tuesday In High Point
High Point chapter No. 106 of the Eastern Star will meet Tuesday at 8 p m in the Masonic Temple for the regular meeting an announcement said. The note also mentions supply lines and woodpulp lumber products needing more supply, attributed to Dean I C Schaub of State college.
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High Point
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dean I. C. Schaub
State Lege
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Abe
Carolinas
Mannie Gates
John M. Duff, Jr
Miss Willard
Richard Henson
Rudolph Diesel
South Main St
Audrey Hourihan
Lake Placid
New York
Sam Story
Bridge
Miss Hourihan
Miss Alexander
Anne Lewallen
Marion Stedman
Doris Crawford
Aerns
Dot Sea
Lexington
Miss Covington
J. F. Covington
Mayview Manor
John River Gorwe
Milton M. Chapman
Pierce-Thornton
Miss Shackelfo
Wastern Star
Sechrest
J. W. Sechrest & Son
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