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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1955
Page
6
Miss Chandler hosted a birthday party at the city lake park in honor of her daughter Delores Chandler who turned 19. Attendees received many gifts as the host and guest of honor celebrated with cake and ice cream. A note mentions the next total eclipse will be visible in the United States on October 2, 1959.
Miss Donna Burns, Good Will Ambassador to Belgium, was honored at a tea and shower hosted at 400 Hillcrest Drive by Mrs. J Harriss Covington and Mrs. Dupuy Sears. The event featured gifts for the honoree and floral displays in white peonies and rubrum lilies.
Miss Velma Gentry entertains 36 piano pupils at a Monday evening recital party at the YWCA with a white linen cutwork table, pink and white candles, and crystal center arrangement. Prizes for practice and memory go to Hazel Rouse, Peggy Fogleman, Ann Armentrout, and Ruth McGilvery. musical games winners include Sharon Surrett and others. A recipe suggests deviled ham stuffed eggs for picnics.
Miss Sarah Patrick Peacock and her fiancé Oscar Siane White Scarver were honored at a seven o’clock dinner in the Sheraton Hotel Sheraton Room by Mr and Mrs George Haltom and Miss Nancy Haltom. The event featured cor sages of rubrum lilies, a silver vegetable dish as a gift, a white damask table, a miniature bride centerpiece, and a three‑course dinner for the families of the bride elect and groom elect.
Red checked cloths and red arrangements at 113 Hillcrest Dr mark a luncheon for Miss Betty Anne Johnson, bride elect of June, with 16 guests including Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Harrison. Hostess presented balloons with verses revealing gift locations and the lazy susan casserole set as a centerpiece.
Readable fragments describe luncheons, teas, rehearsals, and weddings hosted by residents. Events involve Miss Sarah Patrick Peacock bride elect, Miss Valeria Mendenhall, Miss Evelyn Nance, Miss Betty Anne Johnson, and others with hosts at Emerywood Club, Oak Dale Methodist, Blair Park Club, Pheasant Farm, and First Methodist Church Memorial Chapel.
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