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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1947
Page
17
The Pilot club will meet Tuesday evening at 7 at Mrs. Luna Smiths Centennial avenue home for a dinner meeting. Mrs C A McMurray will be guest speaker with Mrs Grace De el as associate hostess. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC was dedicated in
The Country Garden Club will meet Wednesday at 3 30 p m with Mrs Robert C Mason at her Winston road home to plan an outing to City Lake Park. In Southern China the suitable gift for a prospective mother is four pairs of pig feet noted for calcium content.
Ronald Lee Hiatt son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Hiatt of 417 Mangum avenue was one year old May 30. Harvey Wayne Crouse son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Crouse of Thomasville route two celebrated his first birthday June 5. Claude Thomas Guyer son of Mr and Mrs Lee Guyer of 307 Centennial avenue was two years old May 28. George Talmadge Leverett junior son of Mr and Mrs G T Leverett of 907 Thissell street was one year old June 8. Larry William Smith son of Mr and Mrs W C Smith of 204 Phillips street celebrated his third birthday June 4.
Miss Fay Burrows announces wedding details for Evelyn Faye Burrows to Albert Wade Morris Jr. at First Methodist church High Point NC on Friday June 27 at five o clock. The bride will be given in marriage by her father with Joyce Burrows as maid of honor and Jack Morris as best man. A series of prewedding parties are planned in the coming days including a dessert bridge and several luncheons.
Miss Barbara Tobias Miss Jean Walton and Miss Betty Jo Hedrick standout at the Tar Heel Girls State held at Woman's College Greensboro under the High Point unit of the American Legion auxiliary. Tobias Walton named associate justices while Hedrick among five top officials selected secret ary of state. Also listed Frances Ferguson Concord Marshallie Moody Siler City Betty Lee Raynor Weldon Jeanne Smith Hamlet Betty Membley Greenville. Thursday June 19 Emerywood Country Club bridge party hosts R B Terry. weekly activities include family night dinner and ladies bridge. Indians diet of crickets noted. Kappa Alpha Theta founded at DePauw in 1870.
The High Point Girl Scout camp opens Monday June 16 as the first summer camping program serving about 60 girls weekly. The facility features woodland lake docks and boats, remodeled administration space, a large dining porch, screened cabins and wall tents, a small staff led by Camp Director Mrs Mabel Burnett and Program Director Miss Marie Grumbrecht, waterfront supervision Miss Lee Bledsoe, and cook Mrs Sally Peeples with nurse oversight. The schedule runs June 16 to July 21 with sessions for teens Brownies and 10 to 12 year olds, and vacancies may extend the season.
The Emerywood Duplicate club held its weekly game starting at 2 PM. In North-South, Mesdames Hal Davis and C Durland led with top score, followed by Mesdames P Y Adams and J T Howard. In East-West, Mesdames C T Ingram Sr and J W Thompson won, with Mr and Mrs W E Outen as runners-up.
Mrs Mildred Baker delegate from High Point chapter 106 was elected to the advisory board of the Masonic and Eastern Star home in Greensboro. Mrs Edwin Bennison a grand officer for the 43rd session was appointed grand representative at this time following the forty third annual Grand Chapter meeting in Pine land school Salemburg North Carolina.
The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Lebanon Methodist Church will be held at the parsonage 1100 Johnson Street on Monday at 7 30. Circle No 1 serves as hostess with president Mrs C W Bates in charge.
The Susannah Wesley class of Archdale Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 45 PM with Mrs T L Gillmore at her home in Archdale.
In colonial New England, a farmboy commonly kept sheep set aside for him so wool could be used to weave suits. The practice reflects how farm families managed resources for clothing.
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