Woman WAC on sick leave longs for New Guinea duty
Lt. Worth of the Women's Army Corps, grounded by a skin condition contracted in New Guinea, awaits overseas duty after completing treatment at Oliver General Hospital Augusta Ga. Her narrative covers jungle dangers, local culture, rain, and attempts to rejoin foreign service.
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New Guinea
Guinea
S Army Corps
Worth
Greta
Ionia
Mich
High Point
F. W
Tes
Oliver General Hos
Augusta
Foreign Service
Starde
Best
WAC
Wacs
Gershwin
Remai
Women's Army Corps
Kalamazoo
Midhand
Camp Sheridan
Fort Oglethorpe
Daytona Beach
Camp Upton
Long Island
Oliver General Hospital
Gergee
W Avenue
Ray Leonard Birthday Party Reported at Home
Fred C. Leonard hosted a birthday gathering at his Thom rad residence for Harold, who turned four. Guests enjoyed ice cream, lemonade, and candy as gifts were opened and light refreshments were shared in a simple family celebration.
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Ray Leonard
Fred C. Leonard
Harold
Local Guests At event Highlight Community Ties
Attendees included A. C. and Charlies Craver Henry Carr Larry Payne Salley Maude Veach Priscilla Sink Darren Freeman Gilbert and Janice Blair and Ronnie Boyers, reflecting a well attended gathering showcasing community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. and
Charlies Craver
Henry Carr
Larry Payne
Salley Maude Veach
Priscilla Sink
Darren Freeman
Gilbert and
Janice Blair
Ronnie Boyers
Women of the Moose Set Evening Ritual Practice
All officers and members of the Women of the Moose are to meet at the Moose home on North Main Street Monday at 8:00 PM for ritual practice and other important business to discuss.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Home
North Main Street
War Bond Booths Schedule Seeks Local Leaders
Monday through Saturday listings show various organizations appointing chairmen for war bond booths. Names include Y W C A Mrs Nat Harrison, Nurses Club Frances Bailey, Pentagon Club Jeanne Rankin, U D C Mig W A Bivens, Cooperette H D Minnis, Beta Sigma Phi Melvin Hayes, A A A W Mrs Blake Thomp Woodmen Circle Paul Carroll, Eastern Star E G Updegrove, D A R Mrs C E Diffendal, Newcomers Club S P Ponsaing, plus Y W C A Club Group and Business and Professional Women's Club Miss Birtie White.
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Y.W.C.A
Nat Harrison
Nurses Club
Frances Bailey
Pentagon Club
Jeanne Rankin
U.D.C
W. A. Bivens
Cooperette Club
H. D. Minnis
Beta Sigma Phi
Melvin Hayes
A.A.A.W
Blake Thompson
Woodmen Circle
Paul Carroll
H. P
Order of Eastern Star
E. G. Updegrove
D.A.R
C. E. Diffendal
P. Ponsaing
Y.W.C.A. Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
Birtie White
Births and newborns in High Point area families
A series of birth notices from High Point Memorial hospital details include Ann Willis born June 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lovelace at Boulevard unit. a son to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Price on June 13 at Washington Street unit. Jimmy Lee Smith born June 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Van Smith at Washington Street unit. Albert Malcolm Walker Jr. born June 15 to Pvt. and Mrs. Albert M. Walker at Camp Gordon, Ga. Cynthia Kay Abernathy born June 14 at Boulevard unit to Phil and Exie Poole Abernathy. listing addresses as 408 Worth Avenue, 309 Princeton Street, 1814 English Street, and 618 Highland Avenue.
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Horace Lovelace
Worth Avenue
Ann Willis
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
RICES
Herbert S. Price
Princeton Street
Washington Street
Aee
Albert M.walker
Highland Avenue
Albert Malcolm, Jr
Walker
Serong
Camp Gordon
Cynthia Kay Abernathy
Phil Abernathy
Cynthia Kay
Abernathy
Exie Poole
High Point
Army Nurse Corps
Mattie Idol
Red Cross
Estelle Lackey Smith
White Oak Street
Camp Rucker
Ala
Medical College of Virginia
Nursing School
High Point College
Boulevard
Louise McCormick Davis
Howell Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
City Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
H. L. Brockmann
VFW Auxiliary to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at eight o'clock at the VFW home on West Broad Street. Reports from the state encampment held last weekend will be featured and related business transacted.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
West Broad Street
Church Social WMU Plans Program At First Baptist
The Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist church will meet tomorrow at 3 pm for a program. A short play about Miss Fanny E. S. Heck, founder of the training union in Louisville, Kentucky will be presented. Mrs. J. H. McBroom of Roanoke and Mrs. Bernard Williams of Culpepper attended the funeral rites of their uncle Fred N. Tate and have returned home.
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Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church
Fanny FE. S. Heck
Training Union
Louisville
J. H. McBroom
Roanoke
Bernard Williams
Culpepper
Roland T. Holton
Holton
Brentley Circle
Fred N. Tate
Williams
Katherine Williams
Ana Bernard Williams, Jr
Laurine Doris Bean
Calvin L. Loflin
Melvin
W. H. Conner
Central Falls
Baptist Church
Loflin
Walter Bean
Denton
Denton High School
Pvt. Loflin
Mamie Loflin
J. L. Loflin
Farmer
Farmer High School
Armed Forces
Fort Ord
Calif
Bean
Miss Vera Idol to Speak at YWCA June Luncheon
The YWCA June membership luncheon at the Adams Memorial building features speaker Miss Vera Idol discussing Ernie Pyle and the War in Europe. Reservations due by noon Monday. committee includes Mesdames Haltom Neal Beavans Bain and Cox.
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YWCA
Adams Memorial
Vera Idol
Ernie Pyle
Europe
George Haltom
P. J. Neal
W. C. Beavans
Robert Bain
Joseph D. Cox
Florence Nightingale Club
Adams Club
Evening Bridge Winners At Club Announced
Emerywood Country club hosted a Friday bridge event with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Warner as hosts. North-South winners included Mesdames J O Hauschild and Lloyd Flythe. East-West top scorers were Mr. and Mrs. J S Welborn. Upcoming events include ladies bridge Tuesday at ten, luncheon served, and family night dinner Tuesday evening.
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Emerywood Country Club
Phil Warner
Mesdames
J. O. Hauschild
Lloyd Flythe
Sicate
J. S. Welborn
J. W. Thompson
Ethel Rochelle
Mesdames Reid McNamara
Valette J. Harris
C. G. Mackintosh
Emerywood Lkate
Miss Sears Bride Elect Honored by Employment Office Staff
Miss Julia Delle Sears bride elect to Joseph Williard Eldridge was feted by United States Employment Service and area war manpower commission staff with a six thirty Friday weiner roast at the city lake. Guests included staff members and families, with Alden P. Honeycutt of Raleigh and Mr and Mrs R B Davis of Norfolk among the special guests.
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Julia Delle Sears
Joseph Williard Eldridge
United States Employment Service and
Area War Manpower Commission
City Lake
Alden P. Honeycutt
Raleigh
High Point
R. B. Davis
Norfolk
Sears
I Want to Live and Fight On in My Old Age
Elsie Robinson reflects on aging with restless desire for risk and change. She rejects quiet retirement, longing to witness and shape a faster, more just world through bold thought and action.
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Toonee
Ygmeet
Miss Crawford Bride Elect Of June 20 Feted In Asheboro
Honors for Miss Doris Crawford of Asheboro who will wed Major James N. Thomas in a June 20 wedding at First Methodist church. multiple bridge parties in Ramseur and Asheboro mark wedding week with attendants Eugenia Brady Ramseur maid of honor and Miss Louise Thomas sister of the groom among bridesmaids.
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Asheboro
Doris Crawford
James N. Thomas
United States Army
Ramseur
Thomas
A. H. Thomas
Louise Thomas
Bridge
First Methodist Church
Miss Crawford
Jowell Kearns
Charles Calvin Coffey
J. B. Ward
Williams Rafferty
Mildred Craven
Ward
Davis Crawford
Charles E. Moore, Jr
Eugenia Brady of
Dessert Bridge
Ervin Frye
Major Thomas
Eugenia Brady
Mary Lloyd
Greensboro
Emily Fritz
Linda Crawford
Virginia Ballard
Gainesville
Local residents visit and recoveries noted in High Point
Barbara Lowe daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Lowe recuperating satisfactorily at Charlotte Memorial Hospital after spinal operation. Helen Dixon patient at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial Hospital recovering well after Friday operation. Visitors include Cc E Kiger, Mrs W A Jones, First Sgt and Mrs Howard Turner and family, Miss Atha Graves, Mrs Rebecca Mangum, Mrs Billy Manley, Mrs Wayne Fant and Mrs Jerry Pringle, and Mrs C Crowell Little recovering from appendectomy.
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Barbara Lowe
George W. Lowe
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Charlotte
Newport News
Barbara
Howard B. Turner
Sue Lynn
Orlando, Fla
F. C. Sharp
Carrick Avenue
Atha Graves
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Rebecca Mangum
English Street
Helen Dixon
Gatewood Avenue
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Wayne Fant
Jerry Pringle
Seneca, S. C
F. H. Morris
Lindsay Street
Fant
Morris
Pringle
C. Crowell Little
Steele Street
Bequest for a Warrior’s Right to Die with Boots On
Poem lines lament a veteran seeking the right to die in battle, invoking kinship with fathers and the old army code. The speaker asks for permission to end life with dignity while still fighting, ending with a soft blessing and Amen.
BPWC Plans Midweek Meeting at Sheraton in June
High Point Business and Professional Women's club schedules a Wednesday evening 7:30 gathering at the Sheraton for its June business meeting. Members are urged to attend and remit 1945 dues. president Mrs. Broadus Casey will preside.
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Washington Street
City Lake
Betty Hastings
Winston-Salem
Business and Professional Club
Ben Herman
Wilbur Hutchins
Jolly Y Club
Nondas Metcalfe
High Point Business and Professional Women's Club
Sheraton Hotel
Broadus Casey
Penalty double decision underscored in bridge article reading
In Josephine Culbertson's contract bridge column, the deal shows typical overcautious penalty doubles. Fast defends pass after a notrump raise, but the East West pair could have doubled three clubs for a better score, illustrating where players err in doubling decisions.
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West
Declarer
East
South
North
Fast
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John M. Duffie
Beth
John M. Duff
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WMU
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Louise Yarbrough
Kenneth Murphy
Davis
Barker
Mitchell
Ralph E. Miller
Vivian
Gloria Miller
Noah A. Davis
Claude R. Sealey
Harold Dorsett
Sam Coble
George Osborne
H. M. Hinkle
Agnes King
Evelyn Stirewall
Lillie Mae Moore
Doris Mitchell
Les Johnson
Willard Eldridge
Follyn Frerks
Ruby Lee Garner
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Howard L. Lee
Bennettsville
John F. Kinney
Lee
G. M. Garner
Pic. Lee
A. L. Lee
Bridgeport
Indiana
Ben Davis High
France
Italy
Belgium
Indianapolis
Ind
Pfc
Miss Brady
Petert Garner
Chesterfield
Jack Horton
Garner
W. M. Brady
Pvt
Pacific Theatre
Meegeee
Margaret Angeline Purvis
H. F. Purvis
John B. Pierce
FE. B. Pierce
Cc. E. Kiger
Statecville
D. H. Parsons
Farriss Avenue
W. A. Jones
Greenway Drive
E. Tippin
Jane Tippin
Wichita
Kansas
Billy Manley
Albany, Ga
Hilly Manley
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
BPWC
Samuel Hyman
Josephine Culbertson
Frank M. Whiting
Comeeny Devgn
South Main
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